Dharmics Only: Is Brahman really all-knowing?

[Martin]

A mind state represented by the concept of satchitanada" means an experience.. The reality of the experience is what it is, 'satchitanada' is merely a word to represent the real. The real is always on the other side of words, words are like signposts pointing to the real, but are not real in themselves, except of course as concepts. The real represented by the concept of 'satchitananda' is the same as that represented by 'enlightenment'.

Satcitananda is an experience. Prior to the experience, we have the words to suggest what the experience is like, and so that we may recognise it when it happens.

As I said, the concepts here are the ideas about what Brahman is and isn't.

 

[Ben Dhyan]

Satcitananda is an experience. Prior to the experience, we have the words to suggest what the experience is like, and so that we may recognise it when it happens.

All words are concepts, when I add 'represented by the concept of', it just clarifies as to what that experience refers to, people can look 'satchitananda' up to find out what sort of experience it is.

 

[Rival]

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[Ben Dhyan]

Satcitananda is an experience. Prior to the experience, we have the words to suggest what the experience is like, and so that we may recognise it when it happens.

I don't disagree and am not faulting your comment, all I am saying is that the experience represented by the concept of satchitanada comes as a result of one's religious practice, not due to any preconceptions, the practitioner may have never even heard of satchitananda and it would not be a problem.

 

[Ben Dhyan]

As I said, the concepts here are the ideas about what Brahman is and isn't.

Brahman is ultimately beyond concepts, that is not to say that concepts are not an essential part of religion, but once one has realized THAT which the concepts represent, it is a part of you and needs no ongoing thought.