June topic

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Namaste All,

The intention is to provide a body of material that

will be of value to all, whether the subject is new to

you or you have had the benefit of many years of study

and practice. It is hoped that all members will

contribute. Questions are of great importance, they

give those with much greater understanding than myself

the opportunity to help push the study along the main

road and the byways that will appear; one road

appearing as many, as it were..

 

I have divided the topic into two sections. The first

will focus on the context and understanding of the

Vedas, the second will concentrate upon the use of

mAyA in the actual texts of the Vedas. Inevitably,

the first section had me writing too much but I have

left plenty of ‘gaps’ for others to contribute. The

second section will be much more text based and will

depend upon your insights. I foresee the situation

arising when the two sections could overlap although I

intend beginning the second, and more important

section, after about ten days.

Postings for the first section will come under the

following headings, and, I would suggest, be posted

every couple of days as they are meant to build up a

background of information. Any points arising from a

posting can continue to be developed as the others are

also presented :

1) Intro:..personal as well as to the topic

2) The Vedas: Infinity and authority

3) Understanding the hymns

4) Context of the poets: the power and the glory

5) ‘That one and the many’

6) Yaska, Vedangas and understanding the hymns

7) Explanation through division

8) Some key words

9) Book and Web-site list ( this is ongoing and will

have grown by the end as I hope you will all

contribute titles and websites. )

 

At the moment I have written the first two postings of

the second section. As I do not want to overload your

mail boxes with lengthy hymns that you can easily

download for yourselves, I will experiment a bit with

the best way to study texts on-line.

 

Finally, my junior school teachers used to hit me with

a leather strap on a daily basis in order to slow me

down and make me check my work. This was not a

successful method of teaching as I still make many

errors for which I apologise in advance.

 

Thank you for your attention,

 

Ken

 

 

 

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