Do Hindus have a term....

[Guest guest]

Do Hindus have a term for those who are attracted more to the Gita

than the Upanishads, and vice versa?

 

I have know wonderful people who go the the Bhagavad Gita again and

again and again. I have that relationship with the Upanishads. I

keep the complete set in my sleeping space...and often cart one of

the shorter ones around in my schlepping bag.

 

I wonder now and then if this preference has something to do with the

fact that I can admire Krishna but never have felt tight with Him;

oth, my connection with Ganesh just gets better and better..

 

Perhaps it's a question of one the the yogas...bhakti or jnani

(sp?)...and one's karmic impetus to practice them....

[Guest guest]

--Among modern hinduist authors, the famous Sree Aurobindo

studied both the Upanishads and the Bhagavad Gîtâ. For him,

there is no real difference between them. The Bhagavad Gîtâ is

simply an abridged version of the metaphysics far more

developed in the Upanishads. This brevity gives to the very short

Bhagavad Gîtâ more strength and commodity (The Upanishads

are immensely longer). But fundamentally the thought is the

same.

--This hinduist advice must be preferred to the advices of

western scientists, which are sometimes different. The living

hinduists continue a tradition of five millenia of studying, they

know better than us how to read their Scriptures.

--If you, however, search for a term, we can say that the Bhakti

(the love for some precise manifestation, some precise god, of

the Whole, the Brahman) is best described in the Bhagavad Gîtâ

than elsewhere. Who practices the Bhakti towards a God is a

Bhakta.

--The Bhagavad Gîtâ is spoken by Krishna, but in the hinduist

thought, it is also the advice of all the other manifestations of

God. So, if Ganesha appeals more to you (Om Ganesha!), these

texts remain quite useful.

--Om Ganesha.

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, "hmshutton" wrote:

> Do Hindus have a term for those who are attracted more to the

Gita than the Upanishads, and vice versa?

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[Guest guest]

> --The Bhagavad Gîtâ is spoken by Krishna, but in the hinduist

> thought, it is also the advice of all the other manifestations of

> God. So, if Ganesha appeals more to you (Om Ganesha!), these

> texts remain quite useful.

 

There is, in fact, a 'Ganesha Gita', a section of the Ganesha Purana. Most

of the verses are selected from the BG, but the main speaker is Lord

Ganesha.

 

The book was translated by Yoroi in the sixties... it's scarce, but I found

a copy on www.abe.com

 

Hope this helps...

 

Rick

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Rick wrote:

> --The Bhagavad Gîtâ is spoken by Krishna, but in the hinduist> thought, it is

also the advice of all the other manifestations of> God. So, if Ganesha appeals

more to you (Om Ganesha!), these> texts remain quite useful.There is, in fact, a

'Ganesha Gita', a section of the Ganesha Purana. Mostof the verses are selected

from the BG, but the main speaker is LordGanesha. The book was translated by

Yoroi in the sixties... it's scarce, but I founda copy on www.abe.comHope this

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[Guest guest]

Glad that you appreciated the tip... and I'm glad that you were able to find

a copy. I don't think that this is secret, but only the major texts get

translated. I gather that there are many texts about Lord Ganesha in Marathi

and Sanskrit. If only I could read Marathi or Sanskrit...

 

Again, glad that this was helpful...

 

Rick

 

> Scott Hutton <hmshutton

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> Fri, 2 Aug 2002 17:50:48 -0700 (PDT)

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> Re: Re: Do Hindus have a term....

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> Rick: I owe you one. Rushed off to abe and bought a copy...more anon...I

> LOVE hearing about far out books like this...and, obviously, there exists a

> set of secret teachings regarding Ganesh. Some teachings are secret simply

> because no one has the impetus to get into them...man...thanks...

>

> Rick wrote:

>

>> --The Bhagavad G?t? is spoken by Krishna, but in the hinduist

>> thought, it is also the advice of all the other manifestations of

>> God. So, if Ganesha appeals more to you (Om Ganesha!), these

>> texts remain quite useful.

>

> There is, in fact, a 'Ganesha Gita', a section of the Ganesha Purana. Most

> of the verses are selected from the BG, but the main speaker is Lord

> Ganesha.

>

> The book was translated by Yoroi in the sixties... it's scarce, but I found

> a copy on www.abe.com

>

> Hope this helps...

>

> Rick

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[Guest guest]

--Great tip, Rick ! Thank you very much.

--The fact that the Ganesha Gita is related to the Bhagavad Gîtâ

is good. According to the Hinduist thought, what concerns a god

concerns the others. So, a rewriting of a text about Krishna in

order to produce a text about Ganesha is perfectly orthodox. So

your book is quite interesting.

--Other references, alas for french readers:

**Jean Herbert, "Ganesha", edited in Lyon (France) by Derain,

1946. The edition is probably impossible to find today, but the

book is cited by:

**Jean Herbert, "Spiritualité hindoue", Albin Michel ed., 1988,

Paris, which contains a very good greeting to Ganesha. This

latter book (in french) is largely sold in France, and its influence

is great.

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, Rick wrote:

There is, in fact, a 'Ganesha Gita', a section of the Ganesha

Purana. ...The book was translated by Yoroi in the sixties... it's

scarce, but I found a copy on www.abe.com

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[Guest guest]

There is, in fact, a 'Ganesha Gita', a section of the Ganesha Purana. Most

of the verses are selected from the BG, but the main speaker is Lord

Ganesha.

I'm so soooorrryy!.......Well I couldn't find the book and I love Ganesha! Is it

literally called the Ganesha Gita or do I have to search throught the Ganesha

purana and can that be found at the site you gave??? I noticed they had a

Ganesha puja book for $6 has anybody seen this? Is it good?

Well, please do me a favour and be so kind as to give me a direct link of the

book, I am ffeling a little jealous! Smiles and laughs.

Jai Ganesha Deva

[Guest guest]

I have, however, just this morning discovered John Grimes' GANAPATI: SONG OF THE

SELF, which I cannot recommend too highly. if you go to "abebooks.com", get

into second level of their search machine and punch in author and title, this

site will search the inventories of hundreds of bookstores all over the planet.

I think I remember seeing more than one copy. Grimes' book has a fabulous

transliteration AND translation of the Ganapati Upanishad, which is offered on

2 or 3 websites but in second-rate English. Grimes fixes that.

If you plug in "Ganesh" or "Ganapati", you get back scores of

titles....including the French book on Hinduism referenced here the other day.

 

lionserpent358 (AT) aol (DOT) com wrote:

In a message dated 8/2/2002 8:51:58 PM Eastern Daylight Time, hmshutton writes:

There is, in fact, a 'Ganesha Gita', a section of the Ganesha Purana. Most of

the verses are selected from the BG, but the main speaker is Lord Ganesha. I'm

so soooorrryy!.......Well I couldn't find the book and I love Ganesha! Is it

literally called the Ganesha Gita or do I have to search throught the Ganesha

purana and can that be found at the site you gave??? I noticed they had a

Ganesha puja book for $6 has anybody seen this? Is it good? Well, please do me

a favour and be so kind as to give me a direct link of the book, I am ffeling a

little jealous! Smiles and laughs. Jai Ganesha Deva To from this

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