Talk:Indra's net

Buddhist or Hindu?

Given that Indra is definitely a Hindu derived deity, is this article properly categorized? I realize that the imagery of Indra's Pearls (or Web, or Net) is used to illustrate key tenets of Buddhism; but it seems that the imagery and some of its interpretation pre-dated Buddhism.

Anyone know of any authoritative references? —Preceding unsigned comment added by JimD (talk • contribs) 21:52, 11 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Let me try to help you understand the reason for this confusion. The words "hinduism" and "buddhism" are a recent construct. In ancient india, people didn't ask each other which religion they followed. People of those period didn't identify with any religion because the concept of religion didn't exist. Instead, there existed hundreds of "schools of thoughts" across the region. Their beliefs had variations(some ideas they agreed on and others they didn't). Buddha and his school originated in this environment. Indra is a god but it wasn't known as a "hindu god" in those time periods. Try to imagine this environment. For buddhas school, indra the god was just another concept which didn't belong to anybody because it was knowledge. Like other schools, they took what they agreed with(existing) and developed their own thoughts using that. The base is the same. - Sall

Image badly needed

Something opensource, but like: [1] or [2]

--1000Faces (talk) 04:42, 4 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Proto-Sāṃkhya and early Buddhism - references needed

This section is very intersting, but has no references at all. I'm looking forward to them. See also User talk:Joshua Jonathan#Namaste, Illiterate One! Joshua Jonathan -Let's talk! 19:15, 3 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

As interesting at it is, it looks like original research that has been there for years. I have gone ahead and removed it, it is mostly irrelevant to the whole article. It barely mentions the idea of Indra's net itself, mostly focusing on Indra and various theories about his position in Samkya thought. Also, it has zero references. Javierfv1212 (talk) 23:48, 8 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Obscure word

Hi, what is this word "felly"? It's in the section Indra and the world column second para: "Approaching the felly of the wheel...". Would "rim" be more contemporary? Manytexts (talk) 08:12, 4 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Actual references to Avatamsaka sutra added

The previous material in this section was written in a way that made it sound like the quote from Cook is from the Avatamsaka. I have reworded this section and also inserted actual quotes from the Avatamsaka sutra illustrating this concept. Javierfv1212 (talk) 23:32, 8 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]