They consider all these magicians as frauds.Ĥ. They do not believe that Swamis, Babas and Gurus have supernatural powers such as materializing ash, gold rings and watches. They believe that the sole purpose these rituals serve is to provide priests the means to make a living.ģ. Charvakas also reject all rituals such as Yajna, Pooja, Abhisheka, pilgrimage, and Shraddha meant to appease gods and ancestral souls. They consider them as relevant to ancient times but totally irrelevant to modern times.Ģ. Therefore, Charvakas reject all supra-sensory phenomena such as gods, Atman, rebirth, demons, evil spirits, Moksha, and the like. It rejects knowledge gained from inference, intuition and testimony.ġ.
Followers of Charvaka Philosophy do not recognize any knowledge, which is not based on sensory perception and physical verification. There is a dire need to regenerate this philosophy in modern India by preserving its fundamental aspects and developing newer ones that are applicable in the twenty-first century. What little knowledge we have of this philosophy comes to us from commentaries written by their adversaries. The original Manifesto of this philosophy was written by Brihaspati around 600 B. PreambleĬharvaka is a Rationalist Philosophy of ancient India.
