So I've been reading a few tidbits here and there about speech in Hindu dharma and I came across an interesting post by someone in another forum/group.
There are four levels of speech, or rather, thought.
It initiates the journey in Brahman as Para and then gets filtered through the body of the VirAt PuruSA culminating in the nAbhI (navel) as PaSyantI and then into subtle thought as Madhyama and then finally manifests itself as sound at the VaikhArI level.
By the way, this ties directly into the importance of mantrA and why the proper recitation with the correct sIkSa (pronunciation), chanda (meter), and swarA (tone) are vital. Otherwise, the mantrA is rendered useless and in certain cases, can be harmful to the person reciting it. This is why the importance of gurU is also there; this message can be transmitted only from gurU to initiated siSyA (as they do in Upanayana Samskar).
Can anyone give a more detailed explanation of each of these levels and what their pertinence is? What are the Scriptures that discuss these?
So, to recap, the four levels are:
1.) Para (Brahman)
2.) PaSyantI (VirAt PuruSA/ViSnU)
3.) MadhyamA
4.) VaikhArI
It seems like sound or speech is the manifestation of thought. That is why we have to be "careful" with our speech. Boy, I have some learning to do. heheh.
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