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Art & Science of Meditation
Yoga and Meditation There are nine classes of realities: four classes of atoms (earth, water, light and air), space (akasha), time (kala), direction (dik), infinity of souls (Atman), mind (manas).
Individual souls are eternal and pervade material body for a time.
There are seven categories (padartha) of experience - substance, quality, activity, generality, particularity, inherence and non-existence.
Although the Vaisheshika school developed independently from the Nyaya, the two eventually merged because of their closely related metaphysical theories. In its classical form, however, the Vaisheshika school differed from the Nyaya in one crucial respect: where Nyaya accepted four sources of valid knowledge, the Vaisheshika accepted only two-perception and inference.
5. PURVA MIMAMSA
The main objective of the Purva Mimamsa school was to establish the authority of the Vedas. Consequently, this school's most valuable contribution to Hinduism was its formulation of the rules of Vedic interpretation. Its adherents propounded unquestionable faith in the Vedas and regular performance of the yajnas, or fire-sacrifices. They believed
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