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Re: The Spirit of Hinduism
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Subject: Re: The Spirit of Hinduism
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From: cbwillis@netcom.com (C. B. Willis)
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Date: Sun, 23 Jul 1995 19:37:12 GMT
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Apparently-To: alt-hindu@uunet.uu.net
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From cbwillis@netcom.com Sun Jul 23 15: 41:52 1995
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Newsgroups: alt.hindu
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Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest)
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References: <3u4e6n$7o0@babbage.ece.uc.edu>
Dhruba Chakravarti (dchakrav@netserv.unmc.edu) wrote:
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: Are the Vedas written in secretive language or not?
: Scholars do not agree that Vedas were written in code language.
: There are no secrets there, they would say, those verses are
Secret codes are different from esoteric language.
Secret codes have to do with phonemes and morphology,
where esoteric language refers to meaning,
layers of meaning, symbolic meanings,
meanings intelligible to initiates,
the potential of scriptures to point to spiritual truths and
thus initiate the reader, etc.
Of course, this depends on the reader's readiness and,
most of all, his willingness to _look_.
C.B. Willis
Sunnyvale CA
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