[Advaita-l] Language and Advaita

[Michael Shepherd]

Dear friends,

A 'test case' could be the word upasana -- or priyanamupaste, so awkwardly
translated into English as 'meditate upon'..

'Learning' may pass the word on; but only experience brings it to life.

A non-Hindu will have (from my experience) difficulty with this term in
translation -- so vital to the Chandogya and Briha, for instance. But with
contemplation, experience will throw up equivalents in one's own language --
such as 'hold this close to your heart'..or 'take this to heart'.. or the
full original meaning of 'learn this by heart' (which so often now only
means, learn this only well enough to repeat it in class..)

Michael



-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:advaita-l-bounces at lists.advaita-vedanta.org]On Behalf Of Sunil
Bhattacharjya
Sent: 21 February 2010 06:33
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Subject: Re: [Advaita-l] Language and Advaita



Dear friends,
 
I think language is related to learning  rather than to experience.
 
Regards,
 
Sunil K. Bhattacharjya

--- On Tue, 2/2/10, sriram <srirudra at vsnl.com> wrote:


From: sriram <srirudra at vsnl.com>
Subject: [Advaita-l] Language and Advaita
To: "advaita" <ADVAITA-L at LISTS.ADVAITA-VEDANTA.ORG>
Date: Tuesday, February 2, 2010, 7:41 AM


Dear Members
It is my humble opinion language is no barrier to experience any spiritual
truth.Experiences are subjective and to share that beautiful experience with
the notion that others also experience the same  the realisers expressed the
inner experience in their own mother tongue or a language in which they are
proficient.So it is for us to get at the correct import of their
words/sayings for which we have to take pains.One is to know the language of
the seers.But even translations will help to get at the truth of their
sayings if one contemplates continuously.this is my
experience.R.Krishnamoorthy.
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