To Dan from Swami Q + A with Swami: Asuras?

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Namaste Dan, from Swami, His reply below:

 

SWAMI SAID:

" Of course there has been geographical rivalry since the dawn of

history. There has never been a war fought where the leaders did not

proclaim that God is on " our " side.

 

So the other guys are asuras, while we are on the side of right! "

 

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-- In , bmarley343 wrote:

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> he did mention some about this in last nights class, but it just made

> me even more curious. here is what i jotted down

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> Persian culture †" asur

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> Assyria

> Syria - Shur

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> when Visnu covered 3 steps he covered

> Mohendrodaro

> Persia

> Greeks

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> then my questions were..

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> what is the link between Syria and asura meaning those who are always

> looking out through the senses

> And sura or deva †" those who look within, is india land of the devas?

> is this pointing to some geographical rivalry?

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> namaste, dan

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> misra_manjusha <misra_manjusha

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> Wed, 11 Feb 2009 8:11 am

> [www.ShreeMaa.org] Re: Q + A with Swami: Asuras?

Thanks Vish, it's very kind of you to take our questions to Swamiji.

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> And Thank You Swamiji for the explicit explanation. So Asuras would be

> the Dark Forces.

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> Is there any geographical/historical connotation? Or do we all have

> both the shining and dark forces within us?

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> Jai Maa & Jai Swamiji

> Manjushri

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> , " inspectionconnection108 "

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> > Namaste all family: Here is Swami's response about the meaning of

> Asuras.

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> > Namaste Manjushri,

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> > Dev comes from the root - div, to shine. The devas are the shining

> > ones. Suras is another name for the Gods. Asuras refers to the

> > opposite of shining. It means b

> ound by attachment.

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> > The devas are forces of unity. Asuras are forces of individuality.

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> > , " misra_manjusha "

> > <misra_manjusha@> wrote:

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> > > Dear family,

> > > Namaste!

> > > Although I am not writing regularly, I am an avid reader of the

> > > discussions on this web site.

> > > I have heard the term Asuras being mentioned a couple of times, by

> Maa

> > > to Vish (half jokingly) and more recently in the story narrated by

> > > Swamiji about Tulsi and the relevance of the conch in a path.

> > > Who are the Asuras? What are the characteristics attributed to

> Asuras?

> > > I am specifically interested because I live in a part of the world

> > > where there still are people whose family name is Ashuri (or Asur).

> > > Assyrians ruled here before Islam and before Zoroastrianism. Deev or

> > > Div (or Dev) are considered bad spirits. In fact Dev deepavali in

> > > Benares is a celebration of the victory of Devs over Asurs.Obviously

> > > there is a historical connotation, probably the facts are lost but

> the

> > > memory remains in Myths.

> > > I live in the land of Asurs and belong here by virtue of my husband

> > > and children.

> > > Who knows the story of Asurs and Deevs?

> > > Will be grateful for the info.

> > > Jai Maa and Jai Swamiji!

> > > Manjushri

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