Abstract:
Human beings are mostly organized to sole the problems they face. As
a group, they organize themselves to live In various situations. And
noteworthy personals arise because each and everybody dose not have
secluded enough knowledge. Those kinds of personals are considered as wiser
than the common people. They might have been named as 'Isi' or 'Rsi' and
meaning as "Seers" "Seers who sees better than the others or "who proceeds".
It is true, according to the Bhagavadgtta they are awakened while other
beings are sleeping (yå ni'ä sarvabhfitänalfl tasyäy;z )ägarti sayilyamt
Mbh.vi.26.69)
So far as we know the concept of Rsi has been drawn smce remote
past, of which exact time can not be mentioned. Here it is a brief discussion
about isi and reflected in both Buddhist and Hindu traditions. Therefore,
we have discussed here only about few main point, which can be seen in
Pali Canon and Commentaries and has been compared with Hindu view,
which Can be seen in the Mahabharata. As an introduction to the concept of
rsi the Rgveda draws attention at its beginning.
