Guest guest Posted August 31, 2001 Report Share Posted August 31, 2001 Which advaita circles are you referring to? There are several. Sometimes the terms are used interchangeably, other times a distinction is drawn. Even the single term "enlightenment" is used in 15 different ways by any 10 people. One can hear meanings ranging from relief from neuroses all the way to the explosive and irreversible experience that nothing other awareness ever was. All over the map! Good luck! --Greg At 12:48 PM 8/31/01 -0000, daveoshana wrote: >awakening vs enlightenment > >I am writing an article "awakening vs enlightenment". Does anyone >feel that these two terms are/not clearly distinguished in advaita >circles? > >dave oshana > >www.oshana.org > > >To from this mailing list, send email to: > ><NondualitySalon> > >Leave body of message blank. > >Your use of is subject to > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 31, 2001 Report Share Posted August 31, 2001 hi dave and greg, It seems that people talk about 'an awakening', as though there could many awakenings. 'Enlightenment' conveys a finality. The terms are interchangeable, though it seems more likely that someone would refer to 'an awakening' than they would refer to 'an enlightenment'. However, these are my impressions and not the result of any scientific study! jerry katz Gregory Goode wrote: > Which advaita circles are you referring to? There are several. Sometimes > the terms are used interchangeably, other times a distinction is drawn. > Even the single term "enlightenment" is used in 15 different ways by any 10 > people. One can hear meanings ranging from relief from neuroses all the > way to the explosive and irreversible experience that nothing other > awareness ever was. All over the map! > > Good luck! > > --Greg > > At 12:48 PM 8/31/01 -0000, daveoshana wrote: > >awakening vs enlightenment > > > >I am writing an article "awakening vs enlightenment". Does anyone > >feel that these two terms are/not clearly distinguished in advaita > >circles? > > > >dave oshana > > > >www.oshana.org > > > > > >To from this mailing list, send email to: > > > ><NondualitySalon> > > > >Leave body of message blank. > > > >Your use of is subject to > > > > > > > > > > To from this mailing list, send email to: > > <NondualitySalon> > > Leave body of message blank. > > Your use of is subject to Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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