[Advaita-l] Sanskrit and Advaitic Truth

[V Subrahmanian]

On Tue, Oct 2, 2018 at 7:37 PM Sean Geiger via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> Namaste
>
> >
> The opening statement of the Mandukya Upanishad asserts everything in the
> world is Om. All words have Om as their basis. This is a parallel line of
> thought to that of Brahman's being all things in the world. Bhartrhari
> describes the first step in language as a flash of consciousness, "sphota".
> Brahman apparently becomes an object in the world by a transformation
> through Maya. This is called vivarta. An equivalent concept in Sanskrit is
> one of a root, dhatu becoming a word, pada, by transformation through
> pratyayas, loosely translated as affixes. The present participle of the
> dhatu, as- to be, in the neuter gender is sat and when joined with the
> suffix, ya in the sense "excellent for", becomes the word satyam, Truth.
>
> I could notice another parallel in Sankaracharya's works- that of
> Panchikarana, where creation from five elements is explained. Any theory
> that describes how One apparently becomes many will also be similar to
> these explanations. Sureshvara assures us any such explanation  is as good
> as any other.
>

These could be a sample of Shankara's thought of Advaita getting
established from the cause-effect method:

Chandogya Upanishad bhashya 6.8.6:

 एवं हि तेजोबन्नमयस्य देहशुङ्गस्य वाचारम्भणमात्रस्य अन्नादिपरम्परया
परमार्थसत्यं सन्मूलमभयमसन्त्रासं निरायासं सन्मूलमन्विच्छेति पुत्रं गमयित्वा


Chandogya bhashya 8.5.4:

 जाग्रद्विषया अपि मानसप्रत्ययाभिनिर्वृत्ता एव, सदीक्षाभिनिर्वृत्ततेजोबन्न
मयत्वाज्जाग्रद्विषयाणाम्    [This one is very powerful.  All the objects of
the waking are 'created' by mental modifications alone; they are all
products of the three elements (fire, water and earth) that have emanated
from the Sat, Brahman.]  So, the matter-material is non-difference is
extended to Brahman - matter non-difference, on the cause-effect
non-difference theme.

regards
subbu

>
> yayA yayA bhavetpuMso vyutpattih pratyagAtmani
> sA sAiva prakriyA jneyA sAdhvI sA chAnavasthitA |
>
> Regards,
> Sean
>
>
> > On Mon, 1 Oct 2018, Jaldhar H. Vyas via Advaita-l <
> > advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
> >
> > > On Sun, 30 Sep 2018, Sean Geiger via Advaita-l wrote:
> > >
> > > I have not read that particular book but the sentiments expressed below
> > > are quite familiar.
> > >
> > > > "Sanskrit has all its words full of spiritual significance."
> > >
> > > Of course historically Sanskrit has also been used for quite mundane
> even
> > > profane uses as well as spiritual ones.  However Advaitins believe any
> > > concept if meditated upon far enough will eventually lead to the
> > > cognisance of Brahman which underlies all.  Sanskrit being a
> "perfected"
> > > (as opposed to Prakrit or "natural") language is especially well suited
> > to
> > > such meditation.  Ultimately though no words can capture Brahman in
> > > totality so the greatest of jnanis abide in silence.
> > >
> > >
> > > > "The truth was originally declared through the Sanskrit language, and
> > it
> > > > still holds the truth in its original form."
> > >
> > > The language of the Vedas is thought to be the primordial one so from
> the
> > > beginning of recorded Indian civilization we have gone to great lengths
> > to
> > > maintain its integrity.
> > >
> > >
> > > --
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