Guest guest Posted July 1, 2004 Report Share Posted July 1, 2004 I hope somebody takes the best of this discussion and puts it in a PDF we can download. I am not volunteering! Benjamin advaitin, ken knight <anirvacaniya> wrote: > Namaste all, > Thank you all for your postings. Yesterday's free time > disappeared when the plumber came. He likes to talk > while he works. He has a mega-stammer. He is a friend. > That combination was enough defeat the intention to > answer each of you individually. > > Why does Lord Krishna say 'Of the Vedas I am the > Samaveda'? Others may like to comment. My own view is > that although the Samaveda uses many of the Rks of the > RgVeda, it is in the chanting that the essence, or > essential meaning, can be heard. Must be more to it > than that though so I would welcome other members' > insights. > > Thank you for picking up the mAyA-bheda or mAyA-abheda > problem. In the context of RV X.177 they would both > work. > This highlights the problem of context and intention > of both speaker and listener. Words can change their > contextual meaning from generation to generation and > we can see this in our own times as explained with the > word 'gay'. We need to consider the question as to > whether words have an essential meaning, which > transcends contextual change; the ropeness of the rope > and the delusion of the snake. > > I had hoped to go on to the use of mAyA in the Atharva > Veda....not surprisingly the Sama and Yajur use mAyA > in the same way as the Rgveda....where the mysterious > and magical element becomes more emphasized in the > chaging social context. Then the word can be followed > through the Brahmanas to Upanishads and commentaries > where it finally becomes Shankara's anirvacaniya. > > However, now is the time to pass the flame of sruti on > to the July topic. Thank you all again for all your > help and support, above all though, my gratitude goes > to Sri Anandamayee and Dr Kavairaj, without whom no > such study would have been possible by myself. > > `The Veda is the lark's morning trill of humanity > awakening to the consciousness of its greatness.' > (RgVedic Aesthetics P.S.Shastri Bharatiya Vidya > Prakashan Delhi 1988. p.9 when he is quoting > Brunahofer.) > `When I sing all the sleep comes off my eyes.' ( > Sinnah Kamara, a 10 years old, blind girl from Sierra > Leone writing `A Life in the Day', a Sunday Times > newspaper feature, November 16th. 2003) > > Enjoy the song > > Ken Knight > > > > > ===== > `From this Supreme Self are all these, indeed, breathed forth.' > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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