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

[Jay Nelamangala]

Dear NagArjuna,

> Using your own logic,  can you say bricks give a
> better sense of reality,  than great wall of china?
 
>Bricks do give a better sense of reality. If you know
>the "essence" of the great wall you can even
>reconstruct a similar wall anywhere else. But if you
>dont know the essence of the great wall, such a
>similar reconstruction is impossible.

So what is your point?

By knowing the essence of great wall  as bricks
in the mundane world of civil engineering,
you may be able to reconstruct similar walls.

When it comes to the knowledge of Parabrahman,
neither bricks, nor walls, nor Great wall of China
nor your civil engineering is going to help.
That is the whole point.

BTW,  I have read "MoolamAdhyamika kArikA"
of Sri NagArjuna.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Nagarjuna Siddhartha" <nagarjunasiddhartha at yahoo.com>
To: "Jay Nelamangala" <jay at r-c-i.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 5:23 PM
Subject: Re: [Advaita-l] Advaita-l Digest, Vol 2, Issue 29 


> Dear Jay Nelamangala,
> 
> 
> > No one is saying those molecules themselves are
> > hard.
> > Their 'bonding' is hard.    That bonding is what
> > makes
> > gases, liquids and solids out of the same matter.
> 
> > Why do say molecular terms is a better sense of
> > reality,  than the hard brick level ?.
> 
> Because in esential terms they represent a higher
> level. Just as one may know that the essence of any
> ornament made up of gold is nothing but gold while the
> rest is just a modification in terms of form or name.
> 
> There is no such thing as hardness in itself. It is
> just the type of bonding between molecules that makes
> us perceive some sort of phenomenon occuring in nature
> as hardness. 
>  
> > Using your own logic,  can you say bricks give a
> > better sense of reality,  than great wall of china?
>  
> Bricks do give a better sense of reality. If you know
> the "essence" of the great wall you can even
> reconstruct a similar wall anywhere else. But if you
> dont know the essence of the great wall, such a
> similar reconstruction is impossible.
>  
> 
> 
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