[Advaita-l] Advaita-l Digest, Vol 2, Issue 29

[Jay Nelamangala]

> > >From brick you need to go down,  from the same
> > brick
> > you need to go up as well.  Either knowledge has the
> > same truth,  because there are no levels in truth to
> > begin
> > with.  Either it is true or it is not true.
> >

> The mistake in your point lies in the fact that brick
> is the not the absolute essence here.When you go down
> from the brick, brick represents the gross. When you
> come up from the brick, brick represents the subtle.In
> the latter case a relative subtle item (brick) helps
> you in constructing the well which is relatively gross.
>

No vEdaantin says brick is the absolute essence.
Let the brick be gross or subtle,  let the well be
gross or subtle, let me molecules be gross or subtle

Vedanta asks you to enquire into the One cause of All,
which made the gross the gross,  and the subtle the subtle.

You seem to be carried away by giving more
importance to the subtler ones than the gross ones.

VedAnta asks you to enquire into the entire creation
which includes all these subtle and  gross elements.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Nagarjuna Siddhartha" <nagarjunasiddhartha at yahoo.com>
To: "Jay Nelamangala" <jay at r-c-i.com>; <ADVAITA-L at LISTS.ADVAITA-VEDANTA.ORG>
Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 5:36 PM
Subject: Re: [Advaita-l] Advaita-l Digest, Vol 2, Issue 29


> Dear Jay Nelamangala,
>
> >
> > You can also increase your level of understanding
> > by looking at the grosser forms,  just as you look
> > at
> > subtler forms.  Both are needed.  No can say one
> > knowledge has higher level truth than other
> > knwoeldge.
>
> The knowledge of the essence is definitely at a higher
> level. Without essence there is no gross. Not
> otherwise though.
>
> > "aNoraNeeyAn mahatO maheeyAn sam anusmarEdyaha"
> > One need to understand the subtler of the subtlest,
> > and bigger than the biggest.
>
> Subtler than the subtlest is nothing but the ultimate
> essence. Bigger than the biggest is an indication of
> greatness and not grossness.
>
> > >From brick you need to go down,  from the same
> > brick
> > you need to go up as well.  Either knowledge has the
> > same truth,  because there are no levels in truth to
> > begin
> > with.  Either it is true or it is not true.
>
> The mistake in your point lies in the fact that brick
> is the not the absolute essence here.When you go down
> from the brick, brick represents the gross. When you
> come up from the brick, brick represents the subtle.In
> the latter case a relative subtle item (brick) helps
> you in constructing the well which is relatively gross.
>
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