Re: Real and the Unreal-Four levels of interpretation-dante styl;e!

07-07-2004, 07:41 PM

Chitta-ji observes and rather intelligently,

(I would like to modify this slightly, and say that a word has many
meanings, but it gets its specific meaning through the context of
the sentence. Then there is also the expectation of the listener -
the akanksha - that determines what meaning is attributed to the
sentence that is heard.)

Of Course ! Without a doubt!

Yes! Dear-heart! "akansha" -the expectation of the Listener that
determines what meaning is attributed to the sentence that is heard.

YES, as per Dante , interpretation can take place on four levels:

1)The Literal

2)The Allegorical

3)The Moral

4)The anagogical

The *literal* represents the most obvious reading.
The *allegorical* tends to understand the literal set of actions as
being symbolic of certain other principles.
The *moral* draws ethical principles from the literal action.
The *anagogical* applies the principle to the final state of the
believer.

O.K.! now, let us look at this Sentence of TWO WORDS.

Jagat Mithya.

yes. JAGAT is one word . It has a meaning . It has many meanings.

Mithya is one word. It has a meaning. It has many meanings.

Now, take the whole sentence.

Jagat Mithya.

Chitta-ji !

Please examine his seemingly 'innocent' sentence of Two simple (???)
words Jagat and Mithya IN THE LIGHT OF DANTE'S FOUR LEVELS OF
INTERPRETATION.

better still use the Rope-snake analogy!

I am all ears!

How can one liberate the 'non-existent' -a million dollar question...

meanwhile,

balagra sata bhagasya satadha kalpitasya ca
bhago jivah sa vijneyah sa canantyaya kalpate
(Svetasvatara Upanisad 5.9)

"Though the jiva is situated in an inert material body, he is a
subtle transcendental principle (tattva). If one divides the tip of a
hair into one hundred parts and again divides one of those parts into
hundred parts, then however subtle one of those parts may be, the
jiva is even more subtle than that. Although he is so subtle, the
jiva is a spritual substance (aprakrta vastu) and he is suitable for
anantya dharma." ('ant' means 'to be free from death', and anantya
maens moksa, liberation).

Aum Shanti! Shanti! Shantihi!

07-07-2004, 10:29 PM

--- In advaitin (AT) yahoogroups (DOT) com, "adi_shakthi16"
wrote:

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> How can one liberate the 'non-existent' -a million dollar question...
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Namaste Adiji and all

That is why probably it is said ( Pardon me for not getting into 'who
said?')that in true sense there is no bondage and hence there can be
no liberation? Being liberated is the true state of all beings. It is
the notion of bondage that needs to be dispelled?

Many Pranams to all Advaitins
sridhar