Muni (Saint)
Muni (Sanskrit मुनि , "silent",[1] the "Mauna" - pause) – a term for types of ancient Indian sages and hermits or ancient Indian ascetics.[2] Sages of this type are said know the truth of existence not on the basis of scientific texts but through self-realization.[3]
The words "Bu-dhe" (the Buddha) and "Sa-kya-mu-nī " ("Sage of the Shakyas") in the Brahmi script, on Ashoka's Rummindei Minor Pillar Edict (circa 250 BCE).
Buddhism
In Buddhism the term "Muni" is used as a title of Gautama Buddha — who, being born among the tribe of the Shakyas, is called Śākyamuni (sage of the Shakyas).[4]
Hinduism
- In Rigveda the name mūni refers to a known Vedic Rishi who was prosperous beyond ritualistic orthodoxy, i.e., Brahmanism [5]
- In a much later work, the Laghu-yoga-vasistha,[6] mūnis are divided into two types:
- kaṣtha tapasvin - ascetics permanently residing in stillness
- Jivanmukta - those liberated for life in a physical body
See also
References
- Marta Kudelska: Dlaczego istnieje raczej "Ja" niż "to"?
- Muni.
- Marta Kudelska: Dlaczego istnieje raczej "Ja" niż "to"?
- Jr, Robert E. Buswell; Jr, Donald S. Lopez (2013). The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism. Princeton University Press. p. 741. ISBN 9781400848058.
- Muni.
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