Guest guest Posted September 30, 2006 Report Share Posted September 30, 2006 Dear Ranjan ji Scriptures called shruthis are the ''heard ones''.It is often referred to in the puranas as ''ashareeri- some sound coming from the heavens or distance''.Ashareeri is atma ,ie the one without a shareera or body.Atma knows everything.It is nothing there that the atma doesn't know.For example we can think of Bhava-Abhinaya or acting.When ego is giving us an individual stamp,how will we act as someone else? It is only by forgetting oneself,one can become the other bhava in totality.Forgetting oneself is like going close to one's REAL SELF.There the mind ceases and merges with jeevatma. When we do any of the following say,seek /act/sing/learn/recite mantras/think,pray/play/paint/cry with sincerity we will feel the smell or bliss as you have said.The TRUTHS that come from such proximity cannot be got obtained from any book. Regds Pradeep , "Rohiniranjan" <jyotish_vani wrote: > > We all tacitly or implicitly have expressed over eons OR at least have > held on to the belief that all truths and all that is valuable to learn > and KNOW for humans came from scriptures! > > Of course -- then there is the issue of Whose scriptures really win, or > at least outlast! Not in the existence or persistence of the WRITINGS > but on their DIRECT impact on human lives centuries after the original > WORD got written/disseminated! > > The existence of a beautiful but ultimately evanescent rose lies in its > sight and smell and those are limited to few those that get close > enough to the rose, in TIME! > > Whither jyotish? Please share!! > > RR > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 30, 2006 Report Share Posted September 30, 2006 Thanks! Often people translate shruthis as part of oral tradition (when transmission was from teacher's mouth to student's ears). It is generally presumed that this was prior to there being script. I find that difficult to reconcile to because minds capable of such complex thinking surely knew how to write! Perhaps there was some sacredness or secrecy that made the ancient Indians to use the mouth-to-ear apprach instead of hand-to-eye. Shruthis as you describe would be like channeling. RR , "vijayadas_pradeep" <vijayadas_pradeep wrote: > > Dear Ranjan ji > > Scriptures called shruthis are the ''heard ones''.It is often > referred to in the puranas as ''ashareeri- some sound coming from > the heavens or distance''.Ashareeri is atma ,ie the one without a > shareera or body.Atma knows everything.It is nothing there that the > atma doesn't know.For example we can think of Bhava-Abhinaya or > acting.When ego is giving us an individual stamp,how will we act as > someone else? > It is only by forgetting oneself,one can become the other bhava in > totality.Forgetting oneself is like going close to one's REAL > SELF.There the mind ceases and merges with jeevatma. > When we do any of the following say,seek /act/sing/learn/recite > mantras/think,pray/play/paint/cry with sincerity we will feel the > smell or bliss as you have said.The TRUTHS that come from such > proximity cannot be got obtained from any book. > > > Regds > Pradeep > > , "Rohiniranjan" > <jyotish_vani@> wrote: > > > > We all tacitly or implicitly have expressed over eons OR at least > have > > held on to the belief that all truths and all that is valuable to > learn > > and KNOW for humans came from scriptures! > > > > Of course -- then there is the issue of Whose scriptures really > win, or > > at least outlast! Not in the existence or persistence of the > WRITINGS > > but on their DIRECT impact on human lives centuries after the > original > > WORD got written/disseminated! > > > > The existence of a beautiful but ultimately evanescent rose lies > in its > > sight and smell and those are limited to few those that get close > > enough to the rose, in TIME! > > > > Whither jyotish? Please share!! > > > > RR > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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