A Comparative Study of The Concepts of Insight knowledge in theravada Buddhist Philosophy and Intuition of Osho.

Abstract

This thesis aims at a study of  Visspassananana or insight knowledge in Theravada Buddhist Philosophy and the concept of Oshoís intuition and makes a comparative study on the similarity and dissimilarity. The study can be
summarized as follow.

According to the Theravada Buddhist Philosophy, the word
ìVipassananaî means the wisdom enlighten in the Five Aggregates or seeing the stage of the rising and extinguishing of corporeality and immateriality and
recognized that they were governed by the law of the Three Characteristics; rising, remaining and extinguishing. The path to develop Vipassnanana or insight knowledge is to practice the Four Foundations of mindfulness or Satipatthana Sutta,the Five Strengths or paca bala  and the Threefold Training or sikkhā for attend to the liberation or free from defilements, craving and attachment.

According to Oshoís philosophical ideal the word ìintuitionî means the knowledge and understanding that occurs from the direct inner experience, the state of super conscious and being the Èlan vital.    The path to attain
intuition is to concentrate of oneís mind, living in the present moment and non craving for various emotions.

The similarities of the two philosophical view points found that 1) they both mentioned that the knowledge came from the direct inner experience without reasoning. 2) In term of the source of knowledge, the knowledge came from the pure feeling. 3) In term of the characteristic, intuition is the state of super conscious or it is beyond conventional truth. 4) In term of the cognitive processes, the both views focused on consciousness. 5) In term of aim, the both views focused on the freedom of mind.   

The study found the dissimilarities of both philosophical views as
follows. 1) In term of meanings, Osho has mentioned that intuition came from the innermost core but the Vipassanana or insight knowledge was the enlightenment in mind and body or the seeing and understanding of the impermanence,
suffering and non self.  2) In term of source of the intuition knowledge, according to the Theravada Buddhist Philosophy described that the insight knowledge or Vipassananana arisen by seeing and understanding all aggregates as they really are. 3) In term of the characteristic of intuition, the intuition was the
absolute in itself but the insight knowledge or Vipassanana was the knowledge of
contemplation on rise and fall. 4) In term of cognitive processes, intuition came from consciousness or knowing with oneself and displayed by instinct until the emotional awareness and the non craving for anything developed into oneself then the intuition will be appeared. According to Theravada Buddhist philosophy, the contemplation on mind and body by means of right understanding and the wholesome emotion in order to attend the Vipassananana or insight knowledge is to see things as they really are until develop to the liberation. 5) In term of aims, Oshoís liberation represented the empty mind without the bondage of thought and leaded to the essence of mind that called the intuition. According to Theravada Buddhist philosophy, the liberation focused on the cessation of defilements and attended to Nibbana or become the noble individual.