[Advaita-l] the meaning trapped into the word

[Jaldhar H. Vyas]

On Sun, 27 Jul 2008, Lakshminarayana wrote:

> I never suggested that words don't have meaning. (Nor did I suggest that 
> speech has no purpose.)

Marko and some other posters seem to be implying it so I felt I should 
explain that Advaita Vedanta does not teach anything like that at all.

> I only said that speech cannot reach brahman. 
> Marko mentioned the gIta and I don't remember if this idea is presented 
> there. But I do remember this idea being presented in an upanishad, so I 
> mentioned it.

And thankyou for mentioning this important concept!  But I must stress 
again the importance of context.  Speech cannot reach brahman 
_for_the_man_who_has_already_reached_brahman_

-- 
Jaldhar H. Vyas <jaldhar at braincells.com>