Guest guest Posted July 12, 2000 Report Share Posted July 12, 2000 On Wed, 12 Jul 2000, Ram Chandran wrote: > Greetings Advaitins: > > It is my pleasure to welcome and introduce Sri Himanshu Bhalachandra Dave, a new member to this list. Sri Himanshu has been contributing interesting articles to the Advaita List for quite some time. I requested him to join the advaitin list and contribute to benefit the members of this list. He is a Sanskrit scholar and very well versed in our scriptures and Advaita philosophy of Shankaracharya. > > He will be contributing a series of articles from Rig Veda and his tribute to Vedavyasa is quite fitting during the Guru Poornima Week. As you all aware, Guru Poornima is to remember the services of Veda Vyasa in the establishment of Vedic Traditions and Vedic Religion. Please extend your warm welcome to Sri Himanshu. > > Ram Chandran > namaste. I welcome shri Dave to the advaitin list. I have been following his recent postings on advaita-l with great interest. I would hope he would post his R^gveda articles in advaitin as well for benefit of all members. I would appreciate if he can (i) send me by personal email gmurthy his interpretation of kena u. (ii)send me by personal email his compilations of devI-sUktAs from the vedas Has he considered joining the list maintained by shri Ravi? Finally, can he publish a short summary of his 'New approach to interpretation of the vedas' on the advaitin for the benefit of all. Again, my enthusiastic welcome to shri Dave to the advaitin and I hope to be able to learn from him. Regards Gummuluru Murthy ---- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 12, 2000 Report Share Posted July 12, 2000 Greetings Advaitins: It is my pleasure to welcome and introduce Sri Himanshu Bhalachandra Dave, a new member to this list. Sri Himanshu has been contributing interesting articles to the Advaita List for quite some time. I requested him to join the advaitin list and contribute to benefit the members of this list. He is a Sanskrit scholar and very well versed in our scriptures and Advaita philosophy of Shankaracharya. He will be contributing a series of articles from Rig Veda and his tribute to Vedavyasa is quite fitting during the Guru Poornima Week. As you all aware, Guru Poornima is to remember the services of Veda Vyasa in the establishment of Vedic Traditions and Vedic Religion. Please extend your warm welcome to Sri Himanshu. Ram Chandran A Self Introduction by Himanshu Bhalchandra Dave ================================================= Caste : Vadanagara Nagar Brahmin, RigVedic Shankhayani shakha. Age : 62 years Education : B.E.(Electronics), M.Tech, visited Japan for one year. Experience : 38 years teaching and research experience in IIT/Kharagpur, L.D.College of Engineering and now at DDIT, Nadiad. Position : Professor and Head of Deptt, Computer Engg. I have been studying Upanishads for last 35 years or so. Also studied Brahma Sutra, Panchadasi, MahaBharata, Shrimad Bhagavat. For last 5 years have been studying RiVeda, Nirukta. I have develop myown (not really, I claim it was the original interpretation by our Rishis) interpretation of RigVeda after studying some 3000 richas out of 10000 odd richas in RigVeda. I am still continuing that work. I feel what I have observed is extremely important and so I am trying to tell other who are ready to listen. I read the following two papers at 39th All India Oriental Conference at Baroda, Oct 1998 : 1. "A New Approach to Interpretation of Vedas" (very well received) 2. "Computer Code for Sanskrit Sound Elements" (understood by some) I am a meditator of long standing. I also teach meditation by our ancient Vedic method to any one interested (without any return, cash or kind). I have also prepared commentaries on Kenopanishad and Kaushitaki Upanishad and printed them (available for asking) Recently, during last Navaratri I prepared a note on "Vedic DeviSuktas" with my explanations from Advaita view point. I give out this to any one interested. Long time back I started my study of Upanishads with Mandukya Upanishad (may be in 1965) but I could not "understand" much. I kept on my efforts, with other Upanishads. In 1978 I re-learned meditation (which was taught to me by my father way back in 1952), and had several "experiences", which are difficult to describe or explain. After that Mandukya with its Karika was very clear to me. Everything fitted like a jig-saw puzzle! What an experience it was! I think there is not much to discuss once you are "convinced", but if any question or doubt is there I will be glad to discuss. I would like to be in company of people who understand these things, rather then so called Indologists! (no offence meant to any one). If there is any further details needed, of course, I am open book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 12, 2000 Report Share Posted July 12, 2000 A Self Introduction by Himanshu Bhalchandra Dave ================================================= I have been studying Upanishads for last 35 years or so. Also studied Brahma Sutra, Panchadasi, MahaBharata, Shrimad Bhagavat. For last 5 years have been studying RiVeda, Nirukta. I have develop myown (not really, I claim it was the original interpretation by our Rishis) interpretation of RigVeda after studying some 3000 richas out of 10000 odd richas in RigVeda. I am still continuing that work. I feel what I have observed is extremely important and so I am trying to tell other who are ready to listen. I read the following two papers at 39th All India Oriental Conference at Baroda, Oct 1998 : 1. "A New Approach to Interpretation of Vedas" (very well received) 2. "Computer Code for Sanskrit Sound Elements" (understood by some) I think there is not much to discuss once you are "convinced", but if any question or doubt is there I will be glad to discuss. I would like to be in company of people who understand these things, rather then so called Indologists! (no offence meant to any one). If there is any further details needed, of course, I am open book. [Madhava Replies:] Dear Prof. Dave, That is a very interesting account of you forwarded by Sri Ramchandran. We humbly welcome you to the list. And I would request you to share your paper "A new approach to interpretation of vedas" with us. I am sure most of us would benefit in reading your paper. Thank you. Yours, Madhava Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 12, 2000 Report Share Posted July 12, 2000 Greetings to Sri Himanshu, Welcome! Glad you are here, and looking forward to informative postings on the Rig Veda. Two things in your introduction struck me -- that when you teach it is for free. In my learning experience (and in my small teaching activities as well), this has been the time-honored way to present advaita. As they say at the Arsha Vidya Gurukulam, "If one had to pay what these teachings are truly worth, then who could afford them?" The other thing that struck me about your post was your resonance with the Mandukya Upanishad. This is also my favorite Upanishad, and happens to be the first one I read as well! Look forward to hearing from you. Om! --Greg At 07:16 AM 7/12/00 -0400, Ram Chandran wrote: >Greetings Advaitins: > >It is my pleasure to welcome and introduce Sri Himanshu Bhalachandra Dave, a new member to this list. Sri Himanshu has been contributing interesting articles to the Advaita List for quite some time. I requested him to join the advaitin list and contribute to benefit the members of this list. He is a Sanskrit scholar and very well versed in our scriptures and Advaita philosophy of Shankaracharya. > >He will be contributing a series of articles from Rig Veda and his tribute to Vedavyasa is quite fitting during the Guru Poornima Week. As you all aware, Guru Poornima is to remember the services of Veda Vyasa in the establishment of Vedic Traditions and Vedic Religion. Please extend your warm welcome to Sri Himanshu. > >Ram Chandran > > >A Self Introduction by Himanshu Bhalchandra Dave >================================================= >Caste : Vadanagara Nagar Brahmin, RigVedic Shankhayani shakha. >Age : 62 years >Education : B.E.(Electronics), M.Tech, visited Japan for one year. >Experience : 38 years teaching and research experience in IIT/Kharagpur, >L.D.College of Engineering and now at DDIT, Nadiad. >Position : Professor and Head of Deptt, Computer Engg. > >I have been studying Upanishads for last 35 years or so. Also studied Brahma Sutra, Panchadasi, MahaBharata, Shrimad Bhagavat. For last 5 years have been studying RiVeda, Nirukta. I have develop myown (not really, I claim it was the original interpretation by our Rishis) interpretation of RigVeda after studying some 3000 richas out of 10000 odd richas in RigVeda. I am still continuing that work. I feel what I have observed is extremely important and so I am trying to tell other who are ready to listen. > >I read the following two papers at 39th All India Oriental Conference at Baroda, Oct 1998 : >1. "A New Approach to Interpretation of Vedas" (very well received) >2. "Computer Code for Sanskrit Sound Elements" (understood by some) > >I am a meditator of long standing. I also teach meditation by our ancient Vedic method to any one interested (without any return, cash or kind). > >I have also prepared commentaries on Kenopanishad and Kaushitaki Upanishad and printed them (available for asking) Recently, during last Navaratri I prepared a note on "Vedic DeviSuktas" >with my explanations from Advaita view point. I give out this to any one interested. > >Long time back I started my study of Upanishads with Mandukya Upanishad (may be in 1965) but I could not "understand" much. I kept on my efforts, with other Upanishads. In 1978 I re-learned meditation (which was taught to me by my father way back in 1952), and had several >"experiences", which are difficult to describe or explain. After that Mandukya with its Karika was very clear to me. Everything fitted like a jig-saw puzzle! What an experience it was! >I think there is not much to discuss once you are "convinced", but if any question or doubt is there I will be glad to discuss. I would like to be in company of people who understand these things, rather then so called Indologists! (no offence meant to any one). > >If there is any further details needed, of course, I am open book. > > >------ >BTW: Did you buy that new car yet? >If not, check this site out. >They're called CarsDirect.com and it's a pretty sweet way to buy a car. >http://click./1/6847/6/_/489436/_/963400561/ >------ > >Discussion of the True Meaning of Sankara's Advaita Vedanta Philosophy focusing on non-duality between mind and matter. Searchable List Archives are available at: http://www.eScribe.com/culture/advaitin/ To from the list, send Email to <advaitin- > For other contact, Email to <advaitins > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 12, 2000 Report Share Posted July 12, 2000 hariH OM! Sri Himanshu- nice meeting you. i'm particularly interested in interpretations of the rig veda's documentation re the cyclical pralaya state of brahman, just prior to Its re-emergent projection into manifestation (maya of lila). if you would be so inclined to post your and/or any other interpretation of such, it would be very much appreciated! dhanyavaad, namaste, frank Get Mail – Free email you can access from anywhere! / Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 13, 2000 Report Share Posted July 13, 2000 Gummuluru Murthy wrote: > namaste. > > I welcome shri Dave to the advaitin list. I have been following his > recent postings on advaita-l with great interest. I would hope he > would post his R^gveda articles in advaitin as well for benefit > of all members. I have joined the list and already posted the first article. Thank you for your kind words. > > > I would appreciate if he can > > (i) send me by personal email gmurthy his interpretation of > kena u. I shall certainly will. I hope your account will allow a file of about 100K or so as attachment. The file is a PostScript file directly printable on a PS printer or through an appropriate software like ghostscript available on UNIXes and LINUX. Generally files are compressed to *.gz > > (ii)send me by personal email his compilations of devI-sUktAs from > the vedas > Same as above. > > Has he considered joining the list maintained by shri Ravi? Yes, I am a member, but not so active. I shall try to be more active on that list also. Thanks for the suggestion. > > Finally, can he publish a short summary of his 'New approach to > interpretation of the vedas' on the advaitin for the benefit of all. Sure. I have to convert from the LaTex document form to text form. The problem is with devanagari text, which takes some time. I shall try to put it up earliest. In fact, some of the ideas in that paper are being included in the current series of posting I am sending out. > > > Again, my enthusiastic welcome to shri Dave to the advaitin and > I hope to be able to learn from him. > > Regards > Gummuluru Murthy Thanks. Best wishes to you all. May you have grace of your Guru. -- Himanshu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 13, 2000 Report Share Posted July 13, 2000 Madhava K. Turumella wrote: > A Self Introduction by Himanshu Bhalchandra Dave > ================================================= > [Madhava Replies:] > > Dear Prof. Dave, > > That is a very interesting account of you forwarded by Sri Ramchandran. We > humbly welcome you to the list. And I would request you to share your paper > "A new approach to interpretation of vedas" with us. I am sure most of us > would benefit in reading your paper. Thank you. > > Yours, > Madhava > Thank you for your kind welcome. I shall be happy to share whatever I have. In a way I belong to the old tradition, where patents were unknown! -- Himanshu ============================================ Prof. H.B. Dave Co-ordinator for Institutional Development and Professor & Head of Department Computer Engineering Dharmsinh Desai Institute of Technology College Road NADIAD 387001 (Gujarat) India Tel : (O) +91 268 60502 ® +91 268 61025 FAX : +91 268 60501 e-mail : hbd ============================================ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 13, 2000 Report Share Posted July 13, 2000 Gregory Goode wrote: > Greetings to Sri Himanshu, > > Welcome! Glad you are here, and looking forward to informative postings on > the Rig Veda. Two things in your introduction struck me -- that when you > teach it is for free. In my learning experience (and in my small teaching > activities as well), this has been the time-honored way to present advaita. > As they say at the Arsha Vidya Gurukulam, "If one had to pay what these > teachings are truly worth, then who could afford them?" The other thing > that struck me about your post was your resonance with the Mandukya > Upanishad. This is also my favorite Upanishad, and happens to be the first > one I read as well! > > Look forward to hearing from you. > > Om! > > --Greg Thank you! When Hanuman asked Shri Rama which Upanishad should be studied for Knowledge, Shri Rama replied "Read and understand Mandukya Upanishad. Only if you do not understand it, read others." Best wishes, -- Himanshu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 13, 2000 Report Share Posted July 13, 2000 f maiello wrote: > hariH OM! Sri Himanshu- > > nice meeting you. > Thanks. > > i'm particularly interested in interpretations of the > rig veda's documentation re the cyclical pralaya state > of brahman, just prior to Its re-emergent projection > into manifestation (maya of lila). > > if you would be so inclined to post your and/or any > other interpretation of such, it would be very much > appreciated! > Yes, I can do that, but can you give me some time? I have commited myself to the series of postings "RigVeda and the Indian Systems of Approach to the One" This series should take about 10 to 15 days to complete from now. The topic you have suggested is very interesting, please be patient. > > dhanyavaad, > namaste, > frank > WIth best wishes, Himanshu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 13, 2000 Report Share Posted July 13, 2000 Harih Om Himanshu: Pranams, We are glad to see your articles and your willingness to explore more areas on our scriptures. It is His grace that we are able to avail of His guidance through you. We are looking forward to your longtime association and participation. The list doesn't allow attachments but the postscript file can be made available at at the Files facility with the WEB Address: advaitin/ If you find difficulty in loading those files, send me the files (it can be any format) to me (ramvchandran) and I will make sure that it is made available to everyone interested. warmest regards, Ram chandran --- "H.B.Dave" <hbd wrote: > > I shall certainly will. I hope your account will > allow a file of about 100K or so as attachment. > The file is a PostScript file directly printable on > a PS printer or through an appropriate software > like ghostscript available on UNIXes and LINUX. > Generally files are compressed to *.gz > ............ > > Thanks. > Best wishes to you all. May you have grace of your > Guru. > -- Himanshu > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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