Guest guest Posted July 25, 2006 Report Share Posted July 25, 2006 Dear All, I met with Swamiji yesterday to discuss our group activities and He suggested that we study the Kasyapa Sutras! Jai Swamiji! If you have the book "The Guru and the Goddess", then you have the Kasyapa Sutras. This is also the same book that has the "Guru Gita" and the "Lalita Trishati". So onwards with our Kasyapa Sutras... Who was Kasyapa? He was a great Rishi of yore. He was one the Sapta Rishis (or the 7 sages - anyone know the names of the 7 Rishis? - The answer will be revealed in our next episode ) . Swamiji says in his introduction to these sutras that the Sapta Rishis are "mysterious figures whose spiritual luminescence has fired the Hindu imagination" and further that they are "said to have been born directly from the mind of God". "These seers imparted Sanathan Dharma -- the eternal truth rooted in the divine essence of our being -- to the earliest race of humanity". Of the seven Rishis, Kasyapa shone so brilliantly that his contemporaries called him the human Sun. The story goes that Kasyapa had two wives - Aditi and Diti. Aditi gave birth to 12 children (called Adityas - or the offspring of Aditi). They are also known as the Devas or Divine beings. Diti's offspring were known as "Daityas" . These were the Asuras or demonical beings, constantly at war with their divine half-brothers. There is more information about Kasyapa and Aditi in the introduction to the book - "The Guru and the Goddess". It will be great if you could spare some time to read the introductory pages of this book and share your insights. Please share any stories that you may have read about Kasyapa/Aditi, and any questions/thoughts you have on this magnificent book. As always, we will ask Swamiji and get His input for our questions. Jai Kasyapa Muni! Nanda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 25, 2006 Report Share Posted July 25, 2006 Dear Devotees of God, Does anyone has this book to pass on? Dolly Nanda <chandimaakijai > wrote: Dear All, I met with Swamiji yesterday to discuss our group activities and He suggested that we study the Kasyapa Sutras! Jai Swamiji! If you have the book "The Guru and the Goddess", then you have the Kasyapa Sutras. This is also the same book that has the "Guru Gita" and the "Lalita Trishati". So onwards with our Kasyapa Sutras... Who was Kasyapa? He was a great Rishi of yore. He was one the Sapta Rishis (or the 7 sages - anyone know the names of the 7 Rishis? - The answer will be revealed in our next episode ) . Swamiji says in his introduction to these sutras that the Sapta Rishis are "mysterious figures whose spiritual luminescence has fired the Hindu imagination" and further that they are "said to have been born directly from the mind of God". "These seers imparted Sanathan Dharma -- the eternal truth rooted in the divine essence of our being -- to the earliest race of humanity". Of the seven Rishis, Kasyapa shone so brilliantly that his contemporaries called him the human Sun. The story goes that Kasyapa had two wives - Aditi and Diti. Aditi gave birth to 12 children (called Adityas - or the offspring of Aditi). They are also known as the Devas or Divine beings. Diti's offspring were known as "Daityas" . These were the Asuras or demonical beings, constantly at war with their divine half-brothers. There is more information about Kasyapa and Aditi in the introduction to the book - "The Guru and the Goddess". It will be great if you could spare some time to read the introductory pages of this book and share your insights. Please share any stories that you may have read about Kasyapa/Aditi, and any questions/thoughts you have on this magnificent book. As always, we will ask Swamiji and get His input for our questions. Jai Kasyapa Muni! Nanda Get on board. You're invited to try the new Mail Beta. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 25, 2006 Report Share Posted July 25, 2006 Nandji, This is wonderful. The Kasyapa Sutras is one of my M O S T favorite of the translated text from the Devi Mandir. I L O V E it! THANKS for this suggestion. Jai Maa , Nanda <chandimaakijai wrote: > > Dear All, > I met with Swamiji yesterday to discuss our group activities and He suggested that we study the Kasyapa Sutras! Jai Swamiji! > > If you have the book "The Guru and the Goddess", then you have the Kasyapa Sutras. This is also the same book that has the "Guru Gita" and the "Lalita Trishati". > > So onwards with our Kasyapa Sutras... > > Who was Kasyapa? > He was a great Rishi of yore. He was one the Sapta Rishis (or the 7 sages - anyone know the names of the 7 Rishis? - The answer will be revealed in our next episode ) . > > Swamiji says in his introduction to these sutras that the Sapta Rishis are "mysterious figures whose spiritual luminescence has fired the Hindu imagination" and further that they are "said to have been born directly from the mind of God". "These seers imparted Sanathan Dharma -- the eternal truth rooted in the divine essence of our being -- to the earliest race of humanity". > > Of the seven Rishis, Kasyapa shone so brilliantly that his contemporaries called him the human Sun. > > The story goes that Kasyapa had two wives - Aditi and Diti. Aditi gave birth to 12 children (called Adityas - or the offspring of Aditi). They are also known as the Devas or Divine beings. > > Diti's offspring were known as "Daityas" . These were the Asuras or demonical beings, constantly at war with their divine half-brothers. > > There is more information about Kasyapa and Aditi in the introduction to the book - "The Guru and the Goddess". > > It will be great if you could spare some time to read the introductory pages of this book and share your insights. Please share any stories that you may have read about Kasyapa/Aditi, and any questions/thoughts you have on this magnificent book. As always, we will ask Swamiji and get His input for our questions. > > Jai Kasyapa Muni! > Nanda > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 25, 2006 Report Share Posted July 25, 2006 Namaste Dolly, You can order The Guru and the Goddess from the Devi Mandir website. The first of three sections in this book is the Kasyapa Sutra, its translation and commentary by Shree Maa and Swamiji. The whole book is wonderful, as Nandiji said. It also contains a translation of the Guru Gita and the Lalita Tristai. We studied the Guru Gita a year or so ago and recently did a sankalpa chantining it. Wonderful. I am not as familiar yet with the Lalita Tristai, although I know it is also an important text in Shree Maa's teaching of devotees. I am so excited I already did two posts related to the Kasyapa Sutra. It is one of my all time favorite translations from the Devi Mandir. In the posts I included ample direct quotations from the first chapter as well as a few of my own thoughts and questions. I am sure Nandaji as well as others will be posting great things on this. I highly recommend ordering the book. Jai Maa , Lall and Dolly Singh <dolly8655 wrote: Dear Devotees of God, Does anyone has this book to pass on? Dolly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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