[Advaita-l] Sanskrit and Advaitic Truth

[Ryan Armstrong]

Namaste

I met Paul some time in the 90s when I visited England.
I must add that much of his thinking would have been guided by Leon
MacLaren and the work he did and which Paul was a part of.
I do confess that not only have I not read his book, I did not know it
existed!

> "Sanskrit has all its words full of spiritual significance."


*Of course historically Sanskrit has also been used for quite mundane
even profane uses as well as spiritual ones.*

I would just like to point out the while Jaldhar ji is correct in general,
the statement "Sanskrit has all its words full of spiritual significance."
was not made in a general manner.
It was used by His Holiness when answering a question put by Mr. MacLaren
as to why Sanskrita should be studied and why English is inadequate for
conveying the fullness of the teaching of the Vedas.
So it was used more in the sense of "Reflecting on the Upanishads allows
penetration directly through the sound of the Sanskrita words"  rather than
"Everything written in Sanskrit is spiritual".

Regards
Ryan


On Mon, 1 Oct 2018 at 05:51, Jaldhar H. Vyas via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> On Sun, 30 Sep 2018, Sean Geiger via Advaita-l wrote:
>
> I have not read that particular book but the sentiments expressed below
> are quite familiar.
>
> > "Sanskrit has all its words full of spiritual significance."
>
> Of course historically Sanskrit has also been used for quite mundane even
> profane uses as well as spiritual ones.  However Advaitins believe any
> concept if meditated upon far enough will eventually lead to the
> cognisance of Brahman which underlies all.  Sanskrit being a "perfected"
> (as opposed to Prakrit or "natural") language is especially well suited to
> such meditation.  Ultimately though no words can capture Brahman in
> totality so the greatest of jnanis abide in silence.
>
>
> > "The truth was originally declared through the Sanskrit language, and it
> > still holds the truth in its original form."
>
> The language of the Vedas is thought to be the primordial one so from the
> beginning of recorded Indian civilization we have gone to great lengths to
> maintain its integrity.
>
>
> --
> Jaldhar H. Vyas <jaldhar at braincells.com>
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Ryan Armstrong
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