Guest guest Posted June 1, 1999 Report Share Posted June 1, 1999 hi: i seek to make a few observations on the nature of various philosophies. this is partly in response to a comment which proposed that they were mutually exclusive to one other. please view my comments as constructive contributions - i dont intend to slight anyone in the process. it is not wrong to state that True Happiness, Liberation, mOkshA, etc.. are terms with identical connotations. these terms describe our ultimate objective/goal and there is no conflict amongst these terms .. so much so, that they can be interchangeably used. i hasten to add that description of True Happiness in words is an impossible task. infact, language is a very serious limitation that inhibits accuracy. as a result, when we attempt to describe the Ultimate, we fall short miserably and only a Projection of the Reality is elucidated by the words we used. it is like shining light on an object - there is absolutely no way, it can be seen/known FULLY by viewing it from one angle .. if u saw its front face, what about the back side? what about the bottom face? ... how does it look from inside, what is it like between the walls? there can be infinite aspects about it that are not yet captured .. give me 1 million aspects about the object and i will come up with one more, that was not addressed to, by that million. this is a weak example and i insist it must not be extended beyond this point. what i am trying to convey is that, every philosophy is a an attempt to describe the Ultimate .. some do a bad job of it, some others do better, but none can capture it all. it eventually boils down to experience. we must understand that there is this underlying limitation. there was a reference to mathematics as the ultimate science in the mundane realm. similarly, philosophy is something of a mundane science in the ulimate realm! that does not discount the need for philosophy at all. the goal of any philosophy will then be, to throw light in such a way, as to GUIDE/LEAD us to the Ultimate Experience. the greatness of the vEdAs thus springs forth here. in recognition of the limitations of language, the vEdAs are so beautifully and profoundly crafted, that they form a framework/abstraction for many philosophies. the vEdAs are at a level of abstraction higher than that of immediate human comprehension .. a sort of container for many different philosophies - just like how in algebra 'x' can be used to describe any of the infinite different numbers. i conclude by insisting on the necessity to adhere to one philosophy, atleast till our capabilities to abstract, scales to higher levels. otherwise, confusion sets in, since we are unable to capture the underlying oneness in the different philosophies. regards srivats Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 1, 1999 Report Share Posted June 1, 1999 Hello Sri Vatsan : This thought described below is very welcome one for all VedAbhimAnis . Thanks for sharing this thought , which is very important to rememberalways. >the greatness of the vEdAs thus springs forth here. in recognition of the >limitations of language, the vEdAs are so beautifully and profoundly >crafted, that they form a framework/abstraction for many philosophies. > >the vEdAs are at a level of abstraction higher than that of immediate >human comprehension .. a sort of container for many different philosophies >- just like how in algebra 'x' can be used to describe any of the infinite >different numbers. Best Regards, V.Sadagopan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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