Darshan
A Sanskrit term meaning "sight" or "vision." Many Hindus believe the act of seeing a saint or guru confers a spiritual blessing, and when the spiritual leader makes eye-contact with a chela an important psychic link is established. A.G.H.
The six darshanas are:
Vaisheshika or "Atomism"
Nyaya or "Logicism"
Samkhya or the ennumeration of the various cosmic principles (tattwas), which are considered seperate from the true self or consciousness (purusha) ...
Some time between the 4th and 5th centuries AD Asanga, a Buddhist monk of Gandhara, is said to have promulgated the Buddhist Yogacara which, as its name imports, was an adaptation of the Indian Patañjali's Yoga Darshana. Dr.
The latter is often referred to by the Chelas in India as the seventh "Darshana" (school of philosophy), there being only six Darshanas in India known to the world of the profane.
He enabled me to perceive
the subtle body,
and gain the darshan
of the Eight States.
Hinduism has its six darshanas - six "points of view" - and, while the philosophers wrangle and debate, and each school defends its own position, there is no lack of brotherly feeling, ...
 See also: Ritual, Spirit, World, Spiritual, Christ
  
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