[Advaita-l] the meaning trapped into the word

Marko Gregoric markogregori at gmail.com
Thu Jul 24 00:48:10 CDT 2008


dear Anbu
I agree that it makes no sense. That is the magic of the unknown. How
can you know? You have no way to know. Mind only can know and you are
not the mind, you have no way to know anything.
Regards,
Marko

2008/7/24, Anbu sivam2 <anbesivam2 at gmail.com>:
> Marko, you have a problem.  If something remains always unknown, how do you
> know it is there?
>
> You cannot say there is something out there but no one can know!  Whether we
> would name it or not, it makes no sense.
>
> In Tamil there is a saying "POgaatha oorukku vazhi thEdaathE!".  It means if
> there is a town to which no one had gone, then don't bother looking for a
> road to it!
>
> Anbu
>
> On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 9:09 AM, Marko Gregoric <markogregori at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> i will put it in a different way. All words have the same meaning
>> which will always remain unknown. Do you agree?
>>
>> 2008/7/23, kuntimaddi sadananda <kuntimaddisada at yahoo.com>:
>> > Marko - PraNAms
>> >
>> > The word is word only because the meaning is indicated by the word -
>> > otherwise it is just bunch of letters with no meaning. Meaning is the
>> > essence of the word and the world too, which is nothing but bunch of
>> words -
>> > names for forms. The meaning is beyond the word as the later is only a
>> > pointer to the meaning or its essence. The essence or the meaning is the
>> > truth of the word and the world, too. aitadaatmyamidagam sarvam - tat
>> satyam
>> > - sa aatma - tat tvam asi Swetakeo.  The essence of this entire world or
>> > words is nothing but the very core which is the truth and that YOU ARE.
>> > Without the word, the truth of the word cannot be communicated, by the
>> > shruti.
>> >
>> > Hari Om!
>> > Sadananda
>> >
>> >
>> > --- On Wed, 7/23/08, Marko Gregoric <markogregori at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >>
>> >> What is That which is touched by the meaning released from
>> >> the word(s)?
>> >> How can That be expressed with words? I think it can't.
>> >> What do you think?
>> >>
>> >
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