It's all in the First verse!

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Om Namo Bhagavathe Sri Ramanaaya

“In order to clarify and explain the full significance of this venba, it is

necessary —and indeed most excellent— to return to and examine it

thoroughly after studying the complete work, because the full purport of this

poem is condensed into this First Benedictory Verse".

 

This is Sri Lakshmana Sarma writing in his introductory footnote to the first

benedictory verse of “Forty Verses on Existenceâ€.

 

Last year we completed our study of the Forty, using Robert Butler's exhaustive

commentary and grammar as source material. This year we are returning, to

include the two monumental introductory verses, with Robert's shrewd and

incisive word-by-word translation and analysis.

 

We are also incorporating Sri Bhagavan’s kali venba version, which means in

simple terms that the verses flow as one unit, with each verse having a

connecting phrase which effectively ‘hooks’ the reader into the next verse.

The experience of following these verses closely is breath-taking, and the

verses will be posted fairly rapidly.

 

The verses will be posted on The_Deep_Forty eGroup, and members of this list

will automatically be accepted.

 

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Dear

John,

Which

book is your reference from, below?

Thanks,

Peter

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order to clarify and explain the full significance of this venba, it is

necessary —and indeed most excellent— to return to and examine

it thoroughly after studying the complete work, because the

full purport of this poem is condensed into this First Benedictory

Verse".

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13.5pt">This is Sri Lakshmana Sarma writing in his introductory footnote to the

first benedictory verse of “Forty Verses on Existence”.