VYASA DEVA'S LIFE AND MESSAGE- book & documentary

September 11, 2002

Aum Namah Shivaya

Dear group,

After seeing the link about Vyasa Maharsi, that another member had

posted to the vedic astrology group, I thought that I should share

something here. During the past eighteen months, I had been writing

on quite a few things- from astrology to the agamas. One such work

that I had finished drafting, is on the life and message of Vyasa who

is verily an embodiement of Dharma. While the entire body of Vedic

literature including the puranas and the Mahabharata is a gift of

Vyasa to humanity, interestingly there is not even a single book on

him. (there are some books that cover a chapter or two on him and

mostly deal with his WORKS. So as part of my Swadhayaya and Sadhana,

I took it upon myself to compile all the references to Vyasa from the

puranas and other literature, and then re-create his life in a way

that teaches the crux of his works. I believe that teaching or

spreading His message through his own life and words is an effective

way. In the end I came up with a sixty page story of the lives of

Parasara and Vyasa, the greatest combination of father and son ever,

the story of the fulfilment of a great mission (perhaps the greatest

mission in this Yuga). I even painted and sketched around forty

pictures (mostly black and white),of interesting events in their

lives. I finished my first draft on Vyasa Poornima this year!

And now to the main point. A work of this kind cannot be faultless

when a single individual does the work. But I made every effort to be

true to the authentic puranic versions as much as possible. At this

stage, if any knowledgeable person wishes to help me or even take

over, I would gladly step behind. Moreover we need to first be SURE

THAT WHAT WE ARE GIVING TO THE SOCEITY, IS AUTHENTIC AND GOOD. IT IS

A RESPONSIBILITY. SPIRITUAL KNOWLEDGE SHOULD NOT BE DISTORTED.But

some amount of reasonable creative imagination could perhaps be

allowed to fill the gaps as long as the original content is not

distorted in any way. This is what K.Munshiji (BVB) seems to have

tried to do in some of his narrations on Parasurama or Krsna.

BTW I am serious about making some documentaries or still better some

episodes on the lives of great risis and saints. I have even bought

broadcast quality digital equipment worth $50,000 recently. I have

NOT bought this to EARN on it. If the SJVC or anyone else seriously

interested in spiritual work useful to all, wishes to create some

good programs, they are welcome to use the equipment freely when I am

not doing something (it would be idle 75% of the time).

And now to Vyasa Maharsi. I am posting 4 chapters the first and the

last from my work for a sample. If anyone has the willingness to work

on it as a sadhana, and of course the required capabilities, please

feel free to contact me. Even if we dont have a publisher, I will

fund the publishing part. Even if you cannot work on it, any good

leads, guidance etc will be appreciated.

I am posting a rough draft of the sample chapters in another post. It

may be 12 pages long.

Regards,

Satya

September 12, 2002

Dear Shri Satya Ji,

I don't have knowledge of vedic literature read about Ved Vyasa Deva in

the astrology books and specially VRA by Pandit Sanjay Ji.I will be very

grateful if you could post other chapters also (if it is OK with you)

With regards,

Jagmeet

September 12, 2002

OM GURAVE NAMAH

Dear Satyaprakasika

I join Jagmeet in ernestly requesting you to post the other chapters.Your

articles have always been inspirational and

most welcomed.Thank You and God Bless.

Love and Regards

S Purushothaman

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"jagmeet dheendsa" <jsdheendsa

Cc: <vedic astrology>

Thursday, September 12, 2002 9:55 PM

Re: [vedic astrology] VYASA DEVA'S LIFE AND MESSAGE- book &

documentary

> Dear Shri Satya Ji,

> I don't have knowledge of vedic literature read about Ved Vyasa Deva in

> the astrology books and specially VRA by Pandit Sanjay Ji.I will be very

> grateful if you could post other chapters also (if it is OK with you)

> With regards,

> Jagmeet

>

> ....... May Jupiter's light shine on us .......

>

> Your use of is subject to

>

September 13, 2002

Aum Namah Shivaya

Dear Purushottaman, Jagmmet and Visti,

Thanks for the feedback. I think I might post the other chapters

after I put Visti's advice into action. Earlier I thought of giving

the references, but later refrained from doing so, because it can

spoil the flow as a single page can at times have as many as six to

ten references!

As I remarked in an earlier post in an article, "Each text highlights

certain things and has its own uniqueness while all the texts have

some similiarities. Some stories are differently narrated in

different puranas. I have tried to capture the spirit of the story

while remaining faithful to the original. Wherever two puranas

differed I followed the more plausible version. I also preferred the

most common version. At the same time, if a purana could add to the

richness of detail to the central story selected from another, I

borrowed such additional details. Rarely I took the liberty of adding

a comment or two where it seemed relevant. But such comments too are

based on a knowledge of other sacred texts considered to be an

integral part of the Vedic literature. The agamas, jyotisa or

astrology, the itihasas, the puranas, all support each other".

So what you read in a single page is sometimes extracted from

different sources (that quite often vary). So if I give references, I

should give notes too, which might tend to break the flow. But I

guess I could give footnotes, so that the reader can read the story

in a flow WITHOUT INTELLECTUALISING, and those who are interested can

always refer to the footnotes later.

So all this will take some time. But in the meantime I may post on

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