Guest guest Posted March 8, 2006 Report Share Posted March 8, 2006 GuruRatings , " Tony OClery " <aoclery wrote: GuruRatings , " Durga " <durgaji108@> wrote: > > > > > In terms of thingness, no thing ness, someone once > > asked my teacher about the word, 'emptiness.' In > > the teachings of Vedanta that word isn't used. One > > could say Brahman is empty of form, but actually > > two words often used to describe Brahman > > are the opposite of emptiness. They are > > purna and ananta, full and limitless (without end) > > > > I've related this incident before on this forum. One > > time I was talking with Jean Klein, and I mentioned to > > him that a Thai Ajahn (monk) once said, " One day you > > will see that it is all empty. " > > > > Jean looked at me, took a few silent beats, and then > > said, " Yes, and it is all full. " > > > > Durga Namaste D, Yes again this is demonstrating the different seeming levels of Vedanta. This Sunyata -empty- idea of the Buddhists is not that different from the idea of NirGuna in Vedanta. There are again different levels even in describing Sunyata, some call it a void etc. We are dealing with semantics here. Jean Klein's answer is based on the concept of Saguna Brahman, which is a hard one. For if one regards lack of form or material, one could still be talking of Saguna in dissolution potentiality...........ONS...Tony. --- End forwarded message --- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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