Buddhi
Buddhi ( Sanskrit , f., बुद्धि; cognitive faculty, discernment), an expression of Indian philosophy , is derived from the same language root ( budh - to awaken; to understand; to know) as its better-known male form buddha . The term denotes a transpersonal mental faculty of the mind, higher than the rational mind. Buddhi could also be translated as “intuitive intelligence” or “higher mind”. Buddhi is "that which knows", e.g. B. is able to distinguish lies from truth.
The term is first mentioned in one of the middle Upanishads , the Katha Upanishad (probably several centuries before Christ), in verse 1.3.10. In this Upanishad the world principles are arranged in such a way that at the top of everything that exists is the Purusha or the Atman or the soul of the individual, who is supposed to be identical with Brahman , the world soul. Below this is the "unmanifested", the Avyakta , which is the cause of all causal processes in the universe. Lower than the Avyakta then stands - according to this enumeration - "the great self" ( Hiranyagarbha ), the spirit manifesting itself in the world, and this is followed by the subtle , higher cognitive faculty Buddhi . Next in this list is manas , the mind, the lower cognitive faculty. The lowest level is taken by the sense organs ( indriya ).
In the Shvetashvatara Upanishad, the term “I-maker” ( Ahankara ) is placed between Buddhi and Manas. This should be the objectively imagined consciousness of the individual to relate everything to himself and to bring himself to the fore as an individual.
Buddhi corresponds to the platonic concept of Nous .
In Hindu mythology , Buddhi is one of Ganesha's wives .
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- ^ Helmuth von Glasenapp : The philosophy of the Indians. P. 156, 157.
- ↑ The Katha Upanishad On the Immortality of the Self, p. 88
- ^ Helmuth von Glasenapp: The philosophy of the Indians. P. 157.