Guest guest Posted May 30, 2004 Report Share Posted May 30, 2004 Namaste Kenji, A somewhat gratuitous message on my part, but I just want to say that the prospect of studying some Vedas fills me with enthusiasm. I've been wanting to go to the 'Source' for quite some time and draw on that primordial inspiration. Also, adding in the theme of 'maya' naturally arouses the interest of an 'idealist' like me. Just let's please not get too heavy on the Sanskrit! :-) Hari Om! Benjamin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 30, 2004 Report Share Posted May 30, 2004 --- Benjamin <orion777ben wrote: > A somewhat gratuitous message on my part, but I just > want to say that > the prospect of studying some Vedas fills me with > enthusiasm. That's Agni up to his tricks again. Can't keep him away for long with his enthusiasm. > Just let's please not get too heavy on the Sanskrit! Not yet at least. As will be explained later, archaic Sanskrit of the Vedas is not identical to the classical Sanskrit of the Upanishads, so even for the classical scholars on this site it will be necessary to use the intuitive faculty when faced by Rgvedic mantras. As you will agree, if I were Spanish and wanted to understand Walt Whitman's poetry it would be better if I learned some English, better than that, I should learn American English. There are nuances that cannot be picked up in translation from archaic Sanskrit into classical Sanskrit and then into English. Sanskrit is worth the effort. We all have an intuitive faculty which can spark insights from the mantras perceived by the rishis, that is why they gave them to us. So please be patient with me later on if I post a few lines of transliterated Sanskrit. I am no linguist myself and I am hoping that all of you, dwelling in the sun of your own intuitive mind, can explain such English translations of mantras such as 'The calf lowed'. The English does not get us very far, Thanks for joining in, Ken ===== ‘From this Supreme Self are all these, indeed, breathed forth.’ Friends. Fun. Try the all-new Messenger. http://messenger./ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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