بدھ مت، غالبؔ اور تصور ہست و نیست

Abstract

The popularity and influence of Gautama Buddha's thoughts and philosophy are not limited only to his followers but have also reached various fields of knowledge, including creative artists and philosophers who draw inspiration from them. A significant example of this can be found in Urdu literature, particularly in the  work of classic poet Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib.

Ghalib was nurtured in a society where the roots of society were connected to Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Islam, and Sikhism. As a sensitive poet, he was influenced by the fundamental intellectual concepts of that society. The purpose of this proposed research is not solely to prove Ghalib as a follower of Buddhism, but to prove that Ghalib's era existed in the presence of those intellectual concepts and that he did not show any inclination to disregard them.

This research merely focusses on   conducting a hermeneutical analysis on the concepts of being and non-being in the works of Ghalib and Buddha.

Gautama Buddha and Ghalib, both perceive existence and nonexistence in terms of dependent origination. In their view, anything that has existence is material, and matter is inherently impermanent and transient. The absence of nonexistence is necessary for existence. They both question the true nature of external entities.Ghalib and Gautama Buddha both adhere to the perpetual cycle of existence and nonexistence.

Both Ghalib and Gautama Buddha are fully acquainted with philosophical theories such as being in the world, being for itself, being in itself, emptiness, nothingness, pure being, and nihilism.