Re: "objects are non different from their names"? explain?
Namaste Shays,
Originally Posted by
shays860
I keep reading in advaitic texts something to the effect of the above, That objects and their names are the same, but I can't recall this idea actually being explained And it seems to be a fairly important concept so I would be very grateful if someone could help me get a hold on it. If reference is needed it is addressed in The opening of the mandukya upanisad.
Mandukya Upanishad doesn't say anything like this. May be, you read it somewhere else or it may be in commentary made by someone on Mandukya Upanishad.
However, I would like to share my piece of mind on above issue :
a) There is no Reality except Self. Consciousness is Self. The objects as perceived in this universe are as imagined within Consciousness (by Cosmic Mind). All objects are projected by the power of Consciousness which is also called MAyA. Due to this power of MAyA, objects are imagined just like Dream-objects and are projected in dimensions suited to the environment.
b) If the above is accepted, then the concept of any object or whatever an object is nothing but concepts imagined in Mind. Now these concepts are nothing but words which describe the objects and their attributes. The concept of the object and all its attributes are symbolised by a name given to that particular object. When you take the name of an object all concept of that object and its attributes are imagined in mind : E.g. If I say "Ice" ... this brings in mind the concept and all attributes of Ice in mind (if I know what Ice is).
c) The objects have no reality on their own. Therefore, the objects are nothing but concepts and their attributes imagined in Mind and that is denoted by a name of the object. Therefore, all objects are nothing but their names.
OM
"Om Namo Bhagvate Vaasudevaye"
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