Jan 12, 2025 P 1
Divakar to Grok:

Are you able to recall Erich Fromm quoting from Rig Veda on the hindu view of creation?

Grok to Divakar:

Erich Fromm, in his work, does indeed reference various philosophical and religious traditions, including Hinduism.

One notable reference is in his book "To Have or to Be?" where he discusses the Hindu concept of creation. 

Fromm quotes from the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad:

"In the beginning this world was simply what is existent — one only, without a second. 
It thought to itself: 'Let me be many, let me produce.'"

This quote reflects the Hindu idea of creation where the original unity or the Brahman contemplates multiplicity, leading to the manifestation of the universe.

Fromm uses this to illustrate his point about the nature of being versus having, where the act of creation is seen as an expansion of being rather than an accumulation of possessions.