K in Vedas - to Ryan

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http://www.traditionalyogastudies.com/articles_tantra-kundalini_agni.html

 

 

God Agni as Kundalinî

The cult of fire as the inner immortal ruler who raises the mortal to

the level of immortals, as the link between heaven and earth, the messenger

between gods and men, the divine sacrificial priest whom man evoked at break of

dawn, reached its apotheosis in early Vedic times. Subsequently, however, it was

reduced to a mere ritual bereft of its original pristine spiritual significance.

Yet the early understanding was not completely lost, because the knowledge of

the secret fire reappears as kundalinî in the later Upanishads, the Tantras, and

the medieval scriptures of Hatha-Yoga. This again bespeaks of the astounding

continuity of transmission of spiritual from the early Vedic era to classical

Hinduism.

Although the word kundalinî is not used in the Rig-Veda, nevertheless

direct and indirect references to the discovery and actual arousal of such a

dynamic psycho-spiritual power as leads to immortality, can be found in several

addresses to God Agni, which clearly points to the antiquity of this esoteric

lore.

Agni (Latin: ignis, " fire " ) is repeatedly declared to be that which lifts

the mortal to highest immortality and is constantly praised in that quality.

Whether these insights into the spiritual meaning of the sacred fire had already

been systematized into an esoteric science is another question to which the

Vedic Samhitâs unfortunately can provide no definite answer. They only hint at

certain ways of approach—by exertion of concentrated thought or by mantras—and

certain results, specifically the discovery of the nectar of immortality. The

highly symbolic language employed by the Vedic seers (rishi) lends itself to

reasonable surmises but not to absolute certainty.

Expressions like " wind’s steed " (vâtasya ashvo), " wind’s friend " (vâyoh

sakhâ)*1 and " he endures/bears the fire " (agnim bibharti),*2 as well as others

which will be discussed shortly are undoubtedly pointers to a certain body of

knowledge concerning powers latent in the human being, though they do not

demonstrate how far that arcane science had been developed. But given what we

know about the intellectual and spiritual sophistication of the Vedic seers, we

may justifiedly expect that they did in fact develop an early form of

Kundalinî-Yoga.

 

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

Thank you for the reference. I will be going over it very carefully

once get another copy of the Rg-Veda.

 

However, I was rather struck by the fact that there was not even a

single moderate-length quotation from the Rg-Veda. It is *very* easy to

take a short phrase out of its context and give it a plausible sounding

explanation.

 

Many of the very short phrases and snippets of text in the article make

as much or more sense in the context of the traditional Homa-rites of

which the soma-sacrifice is an integral element

 

Thank you again, I'm looking forward to giving this article the careful

study it deserves.

 

Best Regards

Ryan

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Dear Ryan,

I will send you more references etc. regarding the

antiquity of Kundalini, yoga etc. in India. will you mind if i send it to you

privately. Because i do not want to create a distraction for members here by

many references to the historicity etc. The proof of the pudding - here many

members are blessed with the experience of an awakened Kundalini.

I am not one among them.

By the way, have you heard of Lalitha Sahasranamam - one

thousand names of the playfull One - Lalitha, another name for Kundalini. The

belief is that by regular chanting of this mantras while concentrating on

different parts of the body, Kundalini can be awakened.

Regar5ds

Venugopal

 

thecontemplative <thecontemplative wrote:

Thank you for the reference. I will be going over it very carefully

once get another copy of the Rg-Veda.

 

However, I was rather struck by the fact that there was not even a

single moderate-length quotation from the Rg-Veda. It is *very* easy to

take a short phrase out of its context and give it a plausible sounding

explanation.

 

Many of the very short phrases and snippets of text in the article make

as much or more sense in the context of the traditional Homa-rites of

which the soma-sacrifice is an integral element

 

Thank you again, I'm looking forward to giving this article the careful

study it deserves.

 

Best Regards

Ryan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

> I will send you more references etc. ..

>regarding the antiquity of Kundalini, yoga etc. in India. will you

>mind if i send it to you privately.

 

That would be absolutely wonderful. Thank you so much for your

kindness

 

>Because i do not want to create a distraction for members

>here by many references to the historicity etc.

 

I understand and respect you choice.

 

>The proof of the pudding - here many members are blessed with the

>experience of an awakened Kundalini.

 

Agreed.

 

> By the way, have you heard of Lalitha

>Sahasranamam - one thousand names of the playfull One - Lalitha,

> another name for Kundalini.

 

I've heard of it but don't personally chant it. Its a very short text

composed as stotra relating to Lalitha Devi right?

 

Gratefully yours,

Ryan