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Muni (Saint)

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Muni (Sanskrit मुनि , "silent", the "Mauna" - pause) – a term sages and hermits Indian ascetics. The sages of this type do not possess the knowledge of the truth of existence on the basis of science texts but through self-realization.

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Hinduism

  • In Rigveda name muni refer to ekstatyków known Vedic Rishi, however prosperous beyond orthodoxy ritualistic Brahmanism
  • In a much later work Laghujogawasisztha munich divided into two types :
    1. kaszthatapaswinów - ascetics permanently residing in stillness
    2. Jivanmukta - liberated for life in a physical body

    Buddhism

    This term shall be entitled Gautama Buddha : Sakyamuni – this sage of the (family) Śakjów

    References

    Muni (Saint) Wikipedia
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