Guest guest Posted November 16, 2007 Report Share Posted November 16, 2007 Dear Friends, Knowledge is of several types:- I told you knowledge This is what is the common knowledge that is available everywhere. The veda tells you or Bible tells you or a great Guru told you and so they must be right. Most of the religious knowledge in the Vedas and Puranas is of this type. We all consider it true because of its source, which we revere. Logical knowledge This knowledge is based on observation. The vast knowledge of Indian astronomy , the knowledge emanating from Upanishads and a large part of Gita belongs to this kind of knowledge.The great philosophical knowledge we have inherited from saints like Adhi Shankara, Ramanuja Madhva etc also belongs to this category. The only problem with this knowledge is that it is not based on experimentation and no attempt has been made to verify it ,. Vignana or the scientific knowledge This knowledge is derived logically based on observations and then verified experimentally or through further observation. The knowledge of the science of Ayurveda and possibly Indian astrology to my mind belongs to this category, because after initial logic , the efficacy appears to have been verified by further observation. Ramachander Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 16, 2007 Report Share Posted November 16, 2007 The great philosophical knowledge we have inherited from saints like Adhi Shankara, Ramanuja Madhva etc also belongs to this category. The only problem with this knowledge is that it is not based on experimentation and no attempt has been made to verify it. praNAms Sri Ramachander prabhuji Hare Krishna If you could permit me, I would like to put the above slightly differently...Atma jnAna as enshrined in shruti can be verifiable through shruti approved tarka (shrutyanugrahIta tarka) & anubhava...after all our bhagavatpAda emphasizes this fact and says brahma jnAna can be intuitively realized here in this very life...he says in dharma shAstra & its injuctions & results (phala) this provision is not there...but for brahma jnAna, shrutyAdi (shruti etc.) and anubhavAdi (experience etc.) are valid means of knowledge and the result of the same can be experienced here in this very life. Hari Hari Hari Bol!!! bhaskar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 18, 2007 Report Share Posted November 18, 2007 Namaste Bhaskarji, " ...after all our bhagavatpAda emphasizes this fact and says brahma jnAna can be intuitively " Could you please give me some references regarding " intuitively " and throw light on this? I have seen this term used by Holenarsipur Swamiji. Sw. Dayanandaji dismisses intuition. with prayers Lakshmi Muthuswamy Never miss a thing. Make your homepage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 21, 2007 Report Share Posted November 21, 2007 Namaste Lakshmi-ji. I don't think you got an answer to your question yet. However, I find that there are many references to *intuition* in the quotes of Br. Vinayaka-ji's message # 38161 of today. PraNAms. Madathil Nair ________________ advaitin , Lakshmi Muthuswamy <lakmuthu wrote: > > Namaste Bhaskarji, > > " ...after all our > bhagavatpAda emphasizes this fact and says brahma jnAna can be intuitively " > > Could you please give me some references regarding " intuitively " and throw light on this? > > I have seen this term used by Holenarsipur Swamiji. > Sw. Dayanandaji dismisses intuition. > > with prayers > Lakshmi Muthuswamy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 21, 2007 Report Share Posted November 21, 2007 Dear mAtAji, The sanskrit words used by bhagavadpAda in the quoted passages are anubhavAdayascha/anubhavarUDam tu jnAnaphalam etc., This has been translated by george thibaut/Sri SSS as intution. Warm Regards, Br. Vinayaka. advaitin , " Madathil Rajendran Nair " <madathilnair wrote: > > Namaste Lakshmi-ji. > > I don't think you got an answer to your question yet. > > However, I find that there are many references to *intuition* in the > quotes of Br. Vinayaka-ji's message # 38161 of today. > > PraNAms. > > Madathil Nair Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 21, 2007 Report Share Posted November 21, 2007 The sanskrit words used by bhagavadpAda in the quoted passages are anubhavAdayascha/anubhavarUDam tu jnAnaphalam etc. praNAms Hare Krishna So says the shruti also : ayamAtma brahma sarvAnubhuhityanushAsanaM.(bruhadAraNyaka).. Sanskrit *variants* for the word intuition would be avagati, adhyavasAya, anubhava..etc..However this anubhava or avagati jnAna is distinguished from the sensuous (indriyAnubhava) and the intellectual intuition (vEdanAnubhava).... Hari Hari Hari Bol!!! bhaskar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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