Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v1.c7.s10.t6.53

v1.c7.s10.t6.53

The Upanishads occupied a prominent position on the Indian philosophical scene. The theories contained in the book have played a vital role in the development of Indian culture, especially the development of the later-day Indian religious philosophy and the formation of its basic characteristics. Varied and diverse in contents, the Upanishads upheld the Brahmanist doctrines as its mainstream theories, wherein other non-Brahmanist ideas were also incorporated. In addition to being revered by the Brahmanist school of philosophy, the Upanishadic texts also received its fair share of attention from Buddhism and numerous other schools of thought, with its theories having been extensively adsorbed or borrowed by the majority of schools of thought in the history of Indian philosophy.