Guest guest Posted September 6, 2001 Report Share Posted September 6, 2001 Om purnamadah purnamidam purnat purnamudchayate Purnasya purnamadaye purnameva avashishyate. afperry [afperry] Thursday, September 06, 2001 2:41 AM Ramakrishna [ramakrishna] Quotation I am trying to locate a particular quotation from the Upanishads and I wonder whether any list member may recognise it. The translation I have been given is: " That is perfect. This is perfect. From perfect take perfect and the remainder is perfect " . Does anyone know the original Sanskrit too? I wonder whether 'purna' has been translated as 'perfect'. Grateful for any assistance here. God bless, Alan Sri Ramakrishnaye Namah Vivekananda Centre London http://www.vivekananda.co.uk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 6, 2001 Report Share Posted September 6, 2001 - <afperry <Ramakrishna > Wednesday, September 05, 2001 10:10 [ramakrishna] Quotation > I am trying to locate a particular quotation from the Upanishads and I wonder > whether any list member may recognise it. The translation I have been given > is: " That is perfect. This is perfect. From perfect take perfect and the > remainder is perfect " . > Does anyone know the original Sanskrit too? I wonder whether 'purna' has been > translated as 'perfect'. > Grateful for any assistance here. > God bless, > Alan > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~response~~~~~~~~~~~~ You can see this a s a peace invocation at the start of the Isha-upanishad (and in other parts of the Vedic literature too) We use this as one of the main prayers for the Vivekananda Classes in UK It says: Aum Purnamadah Purnamidam Purnaat Purnamaudachyate Purnasya Purnamadaya Purnamevavashishyate The translation we use is: This is perfect , that is perfect Perfect comes from perfect, Take perfect from perfect and the remainder is perfect. p.s. As you can see this sounds more like the theory of infinity in maths than a prayer : ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 6, 2001 Report Share Posted September 6, 2001 I've also heard this translated like this: " That is full- this also is full This fullness came from that fullness Though this fullness came from that fullness That fullness remains forever full. " --- Vivekananda Centre <vivekananda wrote: > > - > <afperry > <Ramakrishna > > Wednesday, September 05, 2001 10:10 > [ramakrishna] Quotation > > > > I am trying to locate a particular quotation from > the Upanishads and I > wonder > > whether any list member may recognise it. The > translation I have been > given > > is: " That is perfect. This is perfect. From > perfect take perfect and the > > remainder is perfect " . > > Does anyone know the original Sanskrit too? I > wonder whether 'purna' has > been > > translated as 'perfect'. > > Grateful for any assistance here. > > God bless, > > Alan > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~response~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > You can see this a s a peace invocation at the start > of the > Isha-upanishad (and in other parts of the Vedic > literature too) > > We use this as one of the main prayers for the > Vivekananda Classes in UK > > It says: > > Aum > Purnamadah Purnamidam > Purnaat Purnamaudachyate > Purnasya Purnamadaya > Purnamevavashishyate > > The translation we use is: > This is perfect , that is perfect > Perfect comes from perfect, > Take perfect from perfect and > the remainder is perfect. > > p.s. As you can see > this sounds more like the theory of infinity in > maths > than a prayer : ) > > > > > > > Get email alerts & NEW webcam video instant messaging with Messenger http://im. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 6, 2001 Report Share Posted September 6, 2001 On the topic of intolerance, I was sometime back invited to give a talk on Unity in Diveristy: a Hindu view, in a multicultural conference held in Queensland AUstralia. I spoke amont others on following lines: 1. Hinduism does not believe in tolerance. 'Tolerance is blasphemy' says Vivekanand. I tolerate means I am some way superior to you but still I have decided to tolerate you. Hinduism believes in acceptance. Universal brotherhood. This is demonstrated by the fact that Hindus have always accepted descenting opinions for example those by Gautama and Mahavira and Charvaka. 2. Hinduism never critises other religions and shows one upmanship. It follows the principle of 'I am ok YOu are ok " . To say that 'I am ok but you are not Ok' is judgemental. To say that my way is the only way is autocratic. Hindus are fortunate that democracy exists in their religion, one is allowed to have descenting opinion without any fear. Hindus respect all religions. As Ramakrishna says as many religions so many ways to reach God. 3. Hinduism is time tested. It has passes the hardest of test that is that of time and survived without any one making any attempt to spread it. Hindus don't regard religion as a corporate entity that sells 'religion' as goods using all marketing techniques. 4. Non-violence is the very foundation of Hinduism. It is non-violence in thought and action. To say that my way is superior to yours is 'violence in thought'. Hindus shun even such form of violence let alone the 'violence in action'. God Bless All Milind Vivekananda Centre [vivekananda] Thursday, 6 September 2001 7:34 PM Ramakrishna Re: [ramakrishna] Quotation - <afperry <Ramakrishna > Wednesday, September 05, 2001 10:10 [ramakrishna] Quotation > I am trying to locate a particular quotation from the Upanishads and I wonder > whether any list member may recognise it. The translation I have been given > is: " That is perfect. This is perfect. From perfect take perfect and the > remainder is perfect " . > Does anyone know the original Sanskrit too? I wonder whether 'purna' has been > translated as 'perfect'. > Grateful for any assistance here. > God bless, > Alan > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~response~~~~~~~~~~~~ You can see this a s a peace invocation at the start of the Isha-upanishad (and in other parts of the Vedic literature too) We use this as one of the main prayers for the Vivekananda Classes in UK It says: Aum Purnamadah Purnamidam Purnaat Purnamaudachyate Purnasya Purnamadaya Purnamevavashishyate The translation we use is: This is perfect , that is perfect Perfect comes from perfect, Take perfect from perfect and the remainder is perfect. p.s. As you can see this sounds more like the theory of infinity in maths than a prayer : ) Sri Ramakrishnaye Namah Vivekananda Centre London http://www.vivekananda.co.uk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You are posting as a guest. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.