advaitam and Kashmir shaivam

Martin Gifford marting at NSWCC.ORG.AU
Wed Aug 13 02:59:55 CDT 1997


At 03:37 AM 12/08/97 +0000, Jaldhar H. Vyas wrote:
>On Tue, 29 Jul 1997, Martin Gifford wrote:
>
>>         This is the human minds' fantasy that everything can be known by the
>> blinding light of reason and science. The very word 'knowledge' is a
>> fantasy.

>Then why haven't you done so?  Why hasn't anyone gotten rid of thoughts
>and concepts?  Because as distasteful as it may seem rational thought is
>the only tool you've got.



.............I would say that thought is a valid tool for practical
purposes. But the concepts we use should only be seen as tools not truths.

Regards,

Martin.



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