To Dharmavidya on Sanskrit Hymns... A question for the group

[Guest guest]

Dharmavidya wrote:

....Another remark. Latin has been used for 2000 years now as the

languageof the roman catholic church. I mean, 2000 years surely

doesn'tcompare to the majesty of the indian tradition of many

thousands ofyears where Sanskrt has been formed into a divinely

inspired language.Still - 2000 years is something for a language

beeing in constant usein liturgical rituals. But I have never heard

anybody being awakenedby this language.Two conclusions. Sanskrt

really is something very, very special orwhat is said about it is

pure myth.

Dear Dharmavidya ~ I am a bit unclear about your comparison between

Sanskrit and Latin. Are you trying to say both are equally valid for

those who use them? Or that both are equally possibly not useful? One

year, I took a grammar class. I was doing a lot of writing on my job,

and I wanted a refresher. The instructor said that Sanskrit was a

"dead" language compared to English, which was "alive" because it

continues to change. I immediately felt great umbrage at this, but I

didn't know what to say, so I didn't say anything.

 

My personal belief is that Sanskrit is a sacred language. There are

many sacred languages, most of them very ancient, most not being

spoken anymore because the people who spoke them died off. But some

are still extant, and I would include in this certain Native American

Languages like the Navajo and Hopi use, and there may be others.

 

My own personal experience ... when I was give a very simple mantra to

use for meditation many years ago, using that mantra not only changed

me but it enabled me to dive deep into the Void of Cosmic

Consciousness. I had visions with this mantra, but I discount those,

other than being interesting. The most profound experience I had was

when, one day after my meditation, I felt/thought, "I am a soul." I

had experienced the part of me that is sacred and separate, though

for a time, linked with my body. To me, a language that can offer,

even through such a simple technique, is a living and sacred

language, no matter what some English teacher may say. Namah Shivaya

[Guest guest]

Dear Nierika

 

Yes, that's what I wanted to say with my comparison between Latin an

Sanskrt.

What you say about your experiences with your mantra shows that one

needs exactly that: experiences to be able to talk about a subject

like the power of Sanskrt.

By the way: I wrote "I have never heard anybody being awakend by this

language (Latin)". Which is not quite the case. I remember having read

about St. Bruno, the founder of the Carthusian order in the 11th

century, that all he said after arriving in the wilderness of the

french mountains was: "O bonitas! O bonitas"! (O goodness! Oh

goodnes!) And that's Shiva! That's a powerful mantra, and it is in Latin!

 

Take care my dear

 

D

 

>

> Dharmavidya wrote:

>

> ...Another remark. Latin has been used for 2000 years now as the

language

> of the roman catholic church. I mean, 2000 years surely doesn't

> compare to the majesty of the indian tradition of many thousands of

> years where Sanskrt has been formed into a divinely inspired language.

> Still - 2000 years is something for a language beeing in constant use

> in liturgical rituals. But I have never heard anybody being awakened

> by this language.

>

> Two conclusions. Sanskrt really is something very, very special or

> what is said about it is pure myth.

>

>

>

> Dear Dharmavidya ~ I am a bit unclear about your comparison between

Sanskrit

> and Latin. Are you trying to say both are equally valid for those

who use

> them? Or that both are equally possibly not useful? One year, I took

a grammar

> class. I was doing a lot of writing on my job, and I wanted a

refresher. The

> instructor said that Sanskrit was a "dead" language compared to

English,

> which was "alive" because it continues to change. I immediately felt

great

> umbrage at this, but I didn't know what to say, so I didn't say

anything.

>

> My personal belief is that Sanskrit is a sacred language. There are

many

> sacred languages, most of them very ancient, most not being spoken

anymore

> because the people who spoke them died off. But some are still

extant, and I would

> include in this certain Native American Languages like the Navajo

and Hopi

> use, and there may be others.

>

> My own personal experience ... when I was give a very simple mantra

to use

> for meditation many years ago, using that mantra not only changed me

but it

> enabled me to dive deep into the Void of Cosmic Consciousness. I had

visions

> with this mantra, but I discount those, other than being

interesting. The most

> profound experience I had was when, one day after my meditation, I

> felt/thought, "I am a soul." I had experienced the part of me that

is sacred and

> separate, though for a time, linked with my body. To me, a language

that can offer,

> even through such a simple technique, is a living and sacred

language, no

> matter what some English teacher may say. Namah Shivaya

>