June Topic: mAyA in the vedas: the One and the many: for Raghavarao

[Guest guest]

Namaste Kenji,

 

 

advaitin, ken knight <anirvacaniya> wrote:

> 'The same was in the beginning with God.' He has

> already repeated himself three times, why do so again?

> What new element is he putting forward? The clue is in

> the word 'same'; see Sanskrit root Sam.

 

I wonder how 'same' relates to 'saman' or 'samanya'. I find it

interesting that the denotation of a word in Advaita is its samanya.

It is also interesting that Plato's ideal forms tend to samanya.

 

Regards,

Chittaranjan

[Guest guest]

Hi Ken,

 

I'm not contributing very much to your topic I'm afraid - mainly sitting

back in awe of your erudition! I am sure that many members of the list will

be studying your posts in detail and that this will justify the vast amount

of effort that you must have put in. This belief helps me assuage any guilt

for not myself reading all of your posts to this depth. It would be very

demanding on time to give them all of the attention they deserve and I am

not that interested in going into this subject so deeply. Nevertheless, I

must congratulate you on the readability and interest of even the difficult

aspects.

 

I do enjoy your supporting material, such as the wonderful passage from Wind

in the Willows. I also must thank you for pointing us to the chant sites.

Whilst looking, I couldn't resist just trying Pandit Jasraj's interpretation

of the Mandukya Upanishad for curiosity. I have subsequently ordered the CD!

It sounds wonderful and can be heard in its entirety at the

www.musicindiaonline.com site - all 3 hours of it! Are there any specific

chants that you would recommend (actual URL pointing to ones that can be

heard on-line)? I freely confess that I am interested from the point of view

of musicality rather than specific relevance to the topic, if this is

permissible! I am practically completely ignorant as regards Indian music

and it clearly has so much to offer. A brief introduction from any member

would be most welcome.

 

I would just like to query your comment on the St. John gospel. You said:

 

'The same was in the beginning with God.' He has

already repeated himself three times, why do so again?

What new element is he putting forward? The clue is in

the word 'same'; see Sanskrit root Sam."

 

I have seen this sort of thing done before by commentators on the Gospels

and wondered how it can be justifiable. Surely the original of the bible

material is in Hebrew or Greek? How, then, can you take an English

translation of this (same) and attempt to suggest that it was based on a

Sanskrit word (or any other language other than the presumably Greek in

which it was written)?

 

Best wishes,

 

Dennis