June topic: mAyA in the Vedas: Indra/ Saundaryalahari

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

>. The Kanchi Mahaswamigal (The

> Paramacharya) also, very

> often refers to this greatness of Indra. Recall, for

> example, his

> explanation of Shloka 65 in Soundaryalahari, at

>

>

http://www.geocities.com/profvk/gohitvip/DPDS71-75.html

 

Namaste Professor-ji,

You too have given me much work for the future by

directing me to the above. That is a bonus to this

study.

I have previously mentioned Dr Gopinath Kaviraj and

his importance to me. It is by many strange events

that I find myself now working in the same area as he

did: the possible relationship between Adi-Shankara's

advaita and that in Kashmiri Saivism.

As you know, Saundaryalahari is at the centre of such

a study and there are many biased reasons for those

who wish to deny its authorship to Shankara. It will

be a study later in the summer after I have returned

to Upadesa Sahasri, an incomplete study that had to be

abandoned last year.

In relation to the content on the above ref. may I

relate a bit of ken-history:

Dr Kaviraj sent me to Sri Anandamayee and after

meeting her I returned to the Government rest house. I

stretched out on the floor and rested. Gradually I

found myself listening to what I had come to call

'Inner music'. This had occured before in the UK . (My

recent research has shown that this is a fairly common

event but I do not want to discuss that further here)

It is not the memory playing a recalled tune but it is

as if I am in an audience in an inner world of hidden

musicians, not just listening but being expanded by

the music. In Banaras it was especially noticeable as

previously the music had been western but on that

occasion it was classical Indian. It continued for

some time but there was an instrument that I could not

recognise by its sound. A few weeks later I was up in

Mussourie when I heard a Vina for the first time and

knew that to be the mystery instrument.

Now, in the room beside me is my vina and on top of

the computer is a small statue of Sarasvati with her

vina.

 

Life is very strange at times but thank heavens and

the resident powers that we do not know what is going

on or we would interfere.

 

Sorry for the personal digression,

 

Ken Knight

 

 

 

 

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