Guest guest Posted June 8, 2006 Report Share Posted June 8, 2006 Respected Garg saheb, Could 'glani' or 'atma glani'be close to what you have said? With naman to all gurujan, Varun Trivedi , Prafulla Gang <jyotish wrote: > > Is not apradh bodh is more on physical level; and guilt is more on sub conscious level (which "sakshi man" feels). > > regards / Prafulla Gang > > If at first, the idea is not absurd, there is no hope for it. > > > > > > varun_trvd > > Thu, 08 Jun 2006 10:50:09 -0000 > > > > Re: GUILT: Serious and experienced posters ONLY! > > > > Respected Ranjan ji, > > > > In the Hindu thought ' prayashchit' or repentance is done for a > > Guilt ; the closet Hindi word for it is ' aparadh bodh'. > > > > The concept of 'prayashchit' or repentance has been there in the > > mythological stories since ever. > > > > With naman to all gurujan, > > > > Varun Trivedi > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > , "crystal pages" <rrgb@> > > wrote: > >> > >> There is a concept of guilt in many old religions, it sure is in > >> Christianity and Judaism. > >> > >> But a scholar way back when I was barely out of teenage > > emphatically > >> stated something that stays with me even today, so I ask this > > august > >> assembly of hindu and other scholars. > >> > >> He claimed that there is no specific word for GUILT in hindi or > >> sanskrit or other indo-sanskrit derived languages. Is this true? > > In > >> none of the north, south, east or west indian languages, there is > > no > >> specific word for the globally-pervasive concept of GUILT, cashed > > in > >> almost nightly by priests and stand-up-comedians daily? Or maybe > >> nightly I should say to be accurate. > >> > >> Was he wrong? Is there a word that describes the feeling > > of 'GUILT' in > >> indian culture (and I am really going broad there, I realize). > >> > >> RR > >> > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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