June topic: mAyA in the Vedas: Power asnd Deception

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Namaste.

 

advaitin, ken knight <anirvacaniya>

wrote:

> Finally, I decided to begin with a later understanding

> of mAyA in advaitin terms but one which will link us

 

Wonderful. This seems to be the right decision.

> http://cc.1asphost.com/shastras/ebooks/other_books/panchadasi.htm

>

> 55. The Shruti says: `Creation is only a quarter of

> Brahman, the other three quarters are self-revealing'

> (i.e., not dependent on Maya's effects for its

> revelation). Thus does the Shruti say Maya covers but

> a part of Brahman.'

 

Congratulations Ken-ji, for putting your finger at the right spot in

the Pancadashi.

 

>

> Two of the Rgvedic hymns are being referred to here,

> The Creation Hymn (NAsadIya SUkta) in verse 50 and

> Purusha SUkta in verse 55.

> These Western scholars were dependant upon Sayana's

> commentary on the Rgveda He is missing the subtle meaning of

> this extraordinary will-power underlying difference:

> (anekarUpagrahanasAmarthya)

 

I would also like to emphasize this along with you.

> Although often quoted with reference to

> mAyA we will not spend much time with them now other

> than take one line as our present mantra………please take

> time to sound and listen to the Sanskrit:

> aániid avaatáM svadháyaa tád ékaM tásmaad dhaanyán ná

> paráH kíM canaása ||

>

> `That One Thing, breathless, breathed by its own

> nature: apart from it was nothing whatsoever.'

>

> Were you tempted to let the eyes skim over the

> Sanskrit and grab at the English?

> If so, please go back. Look at the words. Hear them

> sound in the mind. Then let the words sound in the

> mouth. It is through such listening that space

> expands. Take time to be in that space with our

> ancestors. We may be studying together via the wonders

> of the Internet but please do not let the `scanning'

> habits we have developed to cope with `information

> overload' place a curtain over the mantras provided by

> the Rshis for the purpose of explaining their

> insights.

 

Oh Boy! How many times I must have recited these lines, "aániid

avaatáM svadháyaa tád ékaM ..." without pausing to think about their

significance!. Thank you Ken-ji, you are opening up my inner eyes!

 

> Let us now look up RgVeda 1.164. Verse 37 which has

> the singer proclaiming:

>

> `What thing I truly am I know not clearly: mysterious,

> fettered in my mind I wander.'

 

On my own and on behalf of all the readers on this list, I want to

bow down and prostrate to that Absolute and its play of mAyA which

has brought this Rg Veda exposition by you to this list and through

it to posterity!

 

PraNAms to all students of Rg Veda

profvk

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advaitin, "V. Krishnamurthy" <profvk>

wrote:

> Namaste.

>

> advaitin, ken knight <anirvacaniya>

> wrote:

>

> Congratulations Ken-ji, for putting your finger at the right spot

in

> the Pancadashi.

>

> > These Western scholars were dependant upon Sayana's

> > commentary on the Rgveda He is missing the subtle meaning of

> > this extraordinary will-power underlying difference:

> > (anekarUpagrahanasAmart)

 

 

Namaste,

 

Is it not inscrutable that Sayana was Vidyaranya's brother?!!

 

 

 

Regards,

 

Sunder

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--- "V. Krishnamurthy" <profvk wrote:

> On my own and on behalf of all the readers on this

> list, I want to

> bow down and prostrate to that Absolute and its play

> of mAyA which

> has brought this Rg Veda exposition by you to this

> list and through

> it to posterity!

 

Namaste Professor,

Again, thank you for your personal encouragement and

help. Although my own errors are obvious there is no

doubt that this study has been directed, by the powers

inherent in the Vedas and the all our individual

teachers upon whose shoulders we stand. Through the

miracles of cyber-space all the wonderful

contributions to our various topics are available to

any passing, curious intellect. How else could we have

met except through the Net so all salutations to this

wonderful innovation.

Not many members contribute but those who do provide

clues to the next step. It is then a matter of waiting

for a book to fall open at the right place and then to

follow as faithfully as possible that which is already

there in the text. As the mantra states:

'By Agni Agni is inflamed '

agninAgniH samidhyate

 

In the next posting I am going to need your knowledge

of sandhi,

 

Once again,

Many sincere thanks,

 

Ken Knight

 

 

 

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>

> Is it not inscrutable that Sayana was

> Vidyaranya's brother?!!

>

 

 

Namaste Sunderji,

 

I only recently heard of this for the first time....in

fact Madhava Turumella told me of it when he last

visited my home.

Not having known of this tradition previously I would

be grateful for any further understanding that you

have.

 

Many thanks

 

Ken Knight

 

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[Guest guest]

--- "V. Krishnamurthy" <profvk wrote:

> On my own and on behalf of all the readers on this

> list, I want to

> bow down and prostrate to that Absolute and its play

> of mAyA which

> has brought this Rg Veda exposition by you to this

> list and through

> it to posterity!

 

Namaste Professor,

(Please note, I posted this a while ago and it seems

to have disappeared. If it appears twice, many

apologies.)

 

Again, thank you for your personal encouragement and

help. Although my own errors are obvious there is no

doubt that this study has been directed, by the powers

inherent in the Vedas and the all our individual

teachers upon whose shoulders we stand. Through the

miracles of cyber-space all the wonderful

contributions to our various topics are available to

any passing, curious intellect. How else could we have

met except through the Net so all salutations to this

wonderful innovation.

Not many members contribute but those who do provide

clues to the next step. It is then a matter of waiting

for a book to fall open at the right place and then to

follow as faithfully as possible that which is already

there in the text. As the mantra states:

'By Agni Agni is inflamed '

agninAgniH samidhyate

 

In the next posting I am going to need your knowledge

of sandhi,

 

Once again,

Many sincere thanks,

 

Ken Knight

 

 

 

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‘From this Supreme Self are all these, indeed,

breathed forth.’

 

 

 

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‘From this Supreme Self are all these, indeed, breathed forth.’