Aim of birth

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Om Namo Narayanaya!

 

Why we all given birth and to face joys and sufferings and what is the

motive to spread around the world?

 

With regards,

V. RAJAGOPALAN.

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Maybe the One became the Many so that It could

temporarily move away from Its "Great Aloneness"; so

that after a certain period of Time, it could go back

to Its Great Aloneness.

 

Being -> Becoming -> Being in an endless cycle of

birth and death (Srishti and Maha PraLaya)

 

That which has become (like all of us) cannot fully

comprehend the Being, because the intelligence of the

ones that became, cannot exceed the Intelligence of

Being from which they emanated - the best that we can

do is to try to merge back into Being (our Source) in

our short lives [ours not to reason why, but to do and

die - meaning we cannot comprehend why the Being

decided to become, but we can undertake Saadhana (do)

and let our small egos die or merge into the One Ego]

 

Saakaara approach or Niraakaara approach - whichever

appeals to each one of us depending on our deep

spiritual inclinations - it does not matter; we MUST

strive to reach the Goal/End of merging into Being by

adopting any of the above two Means.

 

Maybe a study of the Naasadeeya Sooktham might help in

this regard

 

adiYen,

 

Ashok K

 

--- VRGOPALAN <vrgopalan wrote:

> Om Namo Narayanaya!

>

> Why we all given birth and to face joys and

> sufferings and what is the

> motive to spread around the world?

>

> With regards,

> V. RAJAGOPALAN.

>

>

>

> [Non-text portions of this message have been

> removed]

>

>

>

 

 

 

 

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Dear Sir,

 

adiYen thanks you for your wonderful article.

 

adiYen was privileged to hear an elucidation of the

Nasadiya Sooktham about 20 years ago (and have

treasured that experience ever since), but did not

remember all the details.

 

Thank you once again for bringing back to adiYen the

wonderful experience that one always has when reading

about the Nasadeeya Sooktham (The Hymn of Creation

from the Rig Veda)

 

Here is a comment on the Nasadeeya Sooktham:

 

"The vision of this hymn comes out of a profound

insight into the mystery of reality. It is the product

of a mystical experience that far transcends the

limits of logical thinking; it is a religious chant -

for only in music or poetry can such a message be

conveyed - invoking in splendid verses the Primal

Mystery that transcends all categories, both human and

divine....." - (Prof. Raimundo Panikkar, "The Vedic

Experience- Mantra-manjari" Pub. by Motilal

Banarasidas, p 54).

 

Though adiYen probably missed the central thought of

the original article on the Aim of birth, adiYen

generalized birth itself to mean not just human birth,

but the birth of the universe itself - adiYen

apologizes to the original author for daring to take

his question out of context.

 

"Let noble thoughts come to us from every side" - Rig

Veda

 

adiYen,

 

Ashok K

 

--- Sadagopan <sgopan wrote:

> SrI:

>

> Dear SrIman Krishnamoorthy:

>

> You referred in your note on "Aim of Birth "

> to the famous Naasidiya Sooktham of Rg vedam

> (X.129 ) starting with the Rk of "NaasadhAseennO--"

> and ending with " iyam visrushtiryatha--" .

>

> TheRks of this Sooktham are indeed profound

> reflections

> on the Creation.

>

> The scintillating poetry , the depth of philosophy

> and the rigor of the description is simply

> beautiful.

> The multiple intrepretations of the Vedic terms used

> in this Sooktham extend in to many dimensions of

> today's Physics, Astronomy and Cosmology.

>

> The first sooktham asks with awe the question

> after referring to the conditions that existed at

> the time of Creation:

>

> " There was not nonexistent( asath) nor existent

> (sath); there was no realm of air , no sky beyond it

> ,

> what covered in , and where ?and what gave shelter?

> was, water(Ocean of Cosmic intelligence, salila)

> there , unfathomed depth of water? ".

>

> After attempting to answer these questions ,

> the 6th mnahtram comes back and asks

> again in wonderment(kO sraddhA veda):

>

> " Who ,verily knows and who can here declare it ,

> whence it was born and whence comes this

> creation----".

>

> In the seventh Rk of this sooktham , a thundering

> declaration is made (Iyam visrushtiryatha--):

>

> " He is the First origin of this creation ,

> whether He formed it all or did not form it.

> Whose eye controls this world in the highest

> heaven (paramE VyOman) , He verily knows it ,

> or perhaps He knows not! "

>

> The last Rk is nostalgic to me since it talks

> about "ParamE VyOman" or SrI Vaikuntam .

> VyOmapuri is ThiruviNNagar/Oppiliappan Koil,

> which is also known as AaakAsa Nagaram or

> SrI Vaikuntam and who is there but SrI Vaikunta

> NaaTan/

> SrIman NaarAyaNan/OppilA appan .

>

>

> The HiraNyagrabha Sooktham ( X.121 ) is another set

> of

> manthrams dealing more straightforwardly with

> Creation(Rig Vedam X.121)and starts with

> "HiraNyagarbha: samavarthathAgrE--" and concludes

> with "YaschidhApO--" :

>

> Here , the mighty Creator is saluted as

> HiraNyagarbhA

> or the Lord of golden light and divine radiance.

>

> The first verse salutes this Lord Creator:

>

> " At the beginning , there existed the Lord of

> Divine effulgence. He was the sole Lord of all

> createdbeings. He fixed and held up this earth

> and heaven. TO THAT LORD ALONE, MAY WE OFFER OUR

> ADORATIONS".

>

> The fifth verse is another beautiful one:

>

> " By Him , the heavens are strong and the earth

> is steadfast;by Him light's realm and sky-vault

> are supported.;by Him theregions in the mid-air

> are measured. To that Lord alone , may we offer

> our adorations".

>

> In the X.130 of Rg Vedam , a brilliant synthesis is

> obtained between Cosmic creation and cosmic worship

> and how men and women are raised to the highest

> and sublime status of Rishis and RishiNis.That

> set of manthrAs concludes with the profound

> acknowledgement

> that " My Lord is the greatest of weavers and He

> incessantly weaves with profoundest care and skill".

>

>

> What a Vedic Vision!

> What an Universal View !

>

> NamO Veda PurushAya

> Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SadagOpan

>

>

>

>

>

>

 

 

 

 

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