Guest guest Posted November 17, 1999 Report Share Posted November 17, 1999 Saw this on the advita list <snip> "So say the sages'. In other words, this sentence is only giving out the vedantic vision that though there appears to be MANY things, there is only ONE reality which is non-dual. By splitting the sentence as 'ekam sat' and 'vipraa bahuda vadanti' the translator had only misrepresented the statement. Whether Swami Vivekananda did the translation or picked it up from some other translator, we don't know. But, please think of the immense damage this has done to the fabric of seekers. Many thousands would have dismissed the 'valid means of knowledge' assuming that even shastras support many 'MEANS' of knowledge" <snip> Whenever we read such material we have to smile. Remember Shankara's famous verse 'repeating all the rules of grammar...where will it lead you? Is Knowledge of Brahman grammatical gymnastics? It is also interesting to know :-) "What great damage Vivekananda's explanation has done to the fabric of seekers". I have been studying the teachings of Vivekananda all my life but in all humility I have to say I have not really grasped even 1pct of of the depth of his understanding. jay Vivekananda Centre London Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 17, 1999 Report Share Posted November 17, 1999 I agree with you 100%, Jay-ji. Regards. > > Vivekananda Centre [sMTP:vivekananda] > Wednesday, November 17, 1999 11:01 PM > adv list > Vivekananda > > "Vivekananda Centre" <vivekananda > > Saw this on the advita list > > <snip> > "So say the sages'. In other words, this sentence is only giving out > the vedantic vision that though there appears to be MANY things, there is > only ONE reality which is non-dual. > By splitting the sentence as 'ekam sat' and 'vipraa bahuda vadanti' the > translator had only misrepresented the statement. Whether Swami > Vivekananda > did the translation or picked it up from some other translator, we don't > know. But, please think of the immense damage this has done to the fabric > of seekers. Many thousands would have dismissed the 'valid means of > knowledge' assuming that even shastras support many 'MEANS' of knowledge" > <snip> > > Whenever we read such material we have to smile. > Remember Shankara's famous verse 'repeating all the rules of > grammar...where will it lead you? Is Knowledge of Brahman grammatical > gymnastics? > It is also interesting to know :-) > "What great damage Vivekananda's explanation has done to the fabric of > seekers". > > I have been studying the teachings of Vivekananda all my life but in all > humility I have to say I have not really grasped even 1pct of of the depth > of his understanding. > > jay > Vivekananda Centre London > > > Discussion of the True Meaning of Sankara's Advaita Vedanta Philosophy > focusing on non-duality between mind and matter. Searchable List Archives > are available at: http://www.eScribe.com/culture/advaitin/ Contact Email > Address: advaitins > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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