tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6641738716446631837.post8195568939940654663..comments2023-08-27T12:35:12.308+02:00Comments on sanscrite cogitare, sanscrite loqui: Why starting with ritual and not directly with Vedānta? Veṅkaṭanātha's answerelisa freschihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17068583874519657894noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6641738716446631837.post-21863323281152143052013-05-13T15:34:29.366+02:002013-05-13T15:34:29.366+02:00we are talking here about ritual which is symbolis...we are talking here about ritual which is symbolism in action which naturally lends itself to poetry the most heightened form of expression.ombhurbhuvahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07789523088428270027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6641738716446631837.post-9755127486804735432013-05-12T05:51:34.404+02:002013-05-12T05:51:34.404+02:00[Thinking analytically one might consider that poe...[Thinking analytically one might consider that poetry requires a mastery that presupposes prior competence in plain speech. That is not the case of course as the literature of all cultures demonstrates.] <br /><br />Well, maybe not ALL cultures. Like, who would know anyway?<br /><br />I guess probably people were always pretty masterful in plain speech before they started writing poetry.Philliphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07829053219715458764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6641738716446631837.post-27037195260182922272013-05-10T07:30:03.483+02:002013-05-10T07:30:03.483+02:00It is an interesting suggestion. Are you saying th...It is an interesting suggestion. Are you saying that poetry:ritual=prose:theology? In other words, ritual would be the non-analytical approach to the same reality later on reflected upon.elisa freschihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17068583874519657894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6641738716446631837.post-61892221523882449032013-05-08T13:52:17.646+02:002013-05-08T13:52:17.646+02:00Possibly this is analogous to the question as to w...Possibly this is analogous to the question as to what came first in the order of literary compositions, poetry or prose. Thinking analytically one might consider that poetry requires a mastery that presupposes prior competence in plain speech. That is not the case of course as the literature of all cultures demonstrates. In the matter of the divine, worship used the materials to hand to express the immediate realisation. How do we prove this, how can we rationally establish this is a later event. In the bible there is no Theology because it’s all theology. <br /><br />ombhurbhuvahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07789523088428270027noreply@blogger.com