A postscript on April-May topic of PurnamadaH/Overrun into June Topic

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--- Madathil Rajendran Nair <madathilnair

wrote:

>

> I have not studied the Vedas. I would like to do

> that with a

> traditionlist whose frequency I can share without

> difficulty.

> At the moment, I am immersed neckdeep in mundane

> shopping

 

Namaste,

Now that is bravery: to go shopping. Yeukh!!. My wife

and I avoid it as much as possible. Definitely a Kali

Yuga pastime.

> Did our sages (those who `saw' the Truth in `sound')

> approve the

> writing-down?

> If yes, why?

> Weren't they then knowingly distancing a whole lot

> of humanity from

> the Truth by waylaying it to written, inert words?

 

I would have liked more discussion on this one

earlier. We did not touch upon the beauty of

Calligraphy for example or other art forms for

presenting Rtam/Satyam. However, my last posting in

the first section of this study...to be posted

tomorrow...includes Yaska's statement:

'When they had to pass on their insight to their

children, their disciples or other interested persons,

they had to expand their insights through explanations

and instructions, upadeSha, and thereby created the

spiritual tradition known as sampradAya. YAska uses

the word sampradu.

‘They (seers) by oral instruction handed down the

hymns to later generations who were destitute of

direct intuitive insight. The later generations,

declining in (power of) oral communication, compiled

this work, the Veda, and the auxiliary Vedic

treatises, in order to comprehend their meaning.’

Nirukta I.20

 

If we are to accept that at one level, the process of

the Mahayuga is one of decline....emanation from the

inner to the outer maybe......then it is necessary for

wisdom to be held in the most appropriate form for the

age.

Cn u imgin a txt mssge smhta?

 

That seems even worse than the thought of shopping.

 

 

May you soon find your traditional teacher of the

Vedas and may your advaitin wisdom long grace this

site.

Happy holidays and thank you for the blessings,

 

 

Ken Knight

 

 

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Dear Ken-Ji:

 

Here is something to think about from the naasadiiya suuktaa, where

the R^iShi essentially in principally admits that he is not capable

of understanding what is that thing or the one who is behind all this?

 

iyaM visR^iShTiryata aavabhuuva yadi vaa dadhe yadi vaa na |

yo asyaaddhyaxaH paramevyoman tsyo aNgaveda yadi vaa va veda || 129.7

||

 

Liberal meaning as I understand it (Not the WEB)

 

Here the mantra draShTa R^iShi says - From whom this universe

originated, sustained by or/and in which it dissolves, does the

parameshvara the (addhyaxa -chairman of Universe) really understands

or not, is beyond (my) comprehension !!?

 

That is why upanishada used the "methodology of negation" (neti-neti)

for trying to find the truth.

 

With best wishes and regards to all in their personal quest for

understanding "maayaa in R^igveda".

 

In may view it is like trying to arrive at the conclusion based on

the limited understanding of reflection of the image and then trying

to kiss it. But every KISS begins with a "Key". (One may use this as

a transliteration for the English alphabet (K) or understand the

English word that unlocks the universal understanding.)

 

pipilikaa cuMbati cNndrabiMbaa. Meaning - An ant kissing the

reflection of Moon.

 

Regards,

 

Dr. Yadu

 

advaitin@ya

hoogroups.com, ken knight <anirvacaniya> wrote:

>

> --- Madathil Rajendran Nair <madathilnair>

> wrote:

> >

> > I have not studied the Vedas. I would like to do

> > that with a

> > traditionlist whose frequency I can share without

> > difficulty.

> > At the moment, I am immersed neckdeep in mundane

> > shopping

>

> Namaste,

> Now that is bravery: to go shopping. Yeukh!!. My wife

> and I avoid it as much as possible. Definitely a Kali

> Yuga pastime.

> > Did our sages (those who `saw' the Truth in `sound')

> > approve the

> > writing-down?

> > If yes, why?

> > Weren't they then knowingly distancing a whole lot

> > of humanity from

> > the Truth by waylaying it to written, inert words?

>

> I would have liked more discussion on this one

> earlier. We did not touch upon the beauty of

> Calligraphy for example or other art forms for

> presenting Rtam/Satyam. However, my last posting in

> the first section of this study...to be posted

> tomorrow...includes Yaska's statement:

> 'When they had to pass on their insight to their

> children, their disciples or other interested persons,

> they had to expand their insights through explanations

> and instructions, upadeSha, and thereby created the

> spiritual tradition known as sampradAya. YAska uses

> the word sampradu.

> `They (seers) by oral instruction handed down the

> hymns to later generations who were destitute of

> direct intuitive insight. The later generations,

> declining in (power of) oral communication, compiled

> this work, the Veda, and the auxiliary Vedic

> treatises, in order to comprehend their meaning.'

> Nirukta I.20

>

> If we are to accept that at one level, the process of

> the Mahayuga is one of decline....emanation from the

> inner to the outer maybe......then it is necessary for

> wisdom to be held in the most appropriate form for the

> age.

> Cn u imgin a txt mssge smhta?

>

> That seems even worse than the thought of shopping.

>

>

> May you soon find your traditional teacher of the

> Vedas and may your advaitin wisdom long grace this

> site.

> Happy holidays and thank you for the blessings,

>

>

> Ken Knight

>

>

> =====

> `From this Supreme Self are all these, indeed, breathed forth.'

>

>

>

>

>

>

> Friends. Fun. Try the all-new Messenger.

> http://messenger./

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Dr Yaduji!

our beloved poet William Blake says ...

 

''Everything possible to be believ'd is an image of truth.'' --

 

dr. yaduji writes...

 

pipilikaa cuMbati cNndrabiMbaa. Meaning - An ant kissing the

reflection of Moon.