tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31351038.post6242705991693125195..comments2024-03-26T13:06:41.178-04:00Comments on Jagat: Rasa in the sadhaka deha and the siddha deha.Jagadananda Dashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05887720845815026518noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31351038.post-67633631611220199252017-12-20T04:36:04.112-05:002017-12-20T04:36:04.112-05:00The following link is to an interesting article fr...The following link is to an interesting article from the Buck Institute for research on aging; it is relative to your topic on this post Jagananda Das.<br /><br />In the yogic literature one will find many references to food restriction (and eating tasteless food) as part of sadhana; it looks as if science is only just catching up. <br /><br />Kind regards,<br /><br />M.N.<br /><br />Here is the article: <br /><br />http://www.buckinstitute.org/buck-news/can-we-extend-healthspan-altering-perception-foodAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31351038.post-16333632640831585842017-09-25T10:47:41.609-04:002017-09-25T10:47:41.609-04:00In the love of truth, one must find balance, balan...<br />In the love of truth, one must find balance, balance in all things - as in all things this balance exists; from the sub-atomic light of the atom to the great torsion of the universe there is balance.<br /><br />Contemplate the scale of Ma'at (m3ˤt):<br /><br />https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/BD_Weighing_of_the_Heart.jpg/1920px-BD_Weighing_of_the_Heart.jpg<br /><br />From the book of coming forth into the light:<br /><br />Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maat<br /><br />Notes<br /><br />See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaru<br /><br />And in association see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BThTwwNXeLI<br /><br />Thoth (dhwty), see:<br /><br />Source: https://www.ancient.eu/Thoth/ <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31351038.post-71334923069578932422017-09-25T06:11:40.071-04:002017-09-25T06:11:40.071-04:00As this image of Viṣṇu implies; in the love of tru...<br />As this image of Viṣṇu implies; in the love of truth, one places the finger of one's own intellect (in union) held up through the ring of truth:<br /><br />See: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c2/Bhagavan_Vishnu.jpg<br /><br />And in balance, the opposite arm holds a conch shell; when one places the shell to ones ear, does one not perceive the sound of the ocean (of consciousness)?<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31351038.post-67078505908429156592017-09-25T05:51:23.414-04:002017-09-25T05:51:23.414-04:00Prem Prakash said: "The Shaivite, and I think...<br />Prem Prakash said: "The Shaivite, and I think this applies to the Vaisnava bhakta, too, seeks balance by pushing the extremes of what seem to be polar opposites. The Buddhist would balance the see-saw by securing something in the middle, the pagala bhakta would find balance by putting weights on the seats."<br /><br />M.N. replied: And what of the Kaula? After all, the Kaula lets go of everything (even the physical body) and (naked) crosses over the threshold-of-life-and-death (in the lucid vehicle of the light-body) to become as one with the ocean of consciousness (of the great light).<br /><br />Is the real truth, to unite all opposites and withdraw them to the fulcrum of ones own balance (a single point [12 fingers] beyond the mind...). Does this last (12th) "finger of the intellect" raised in the love of truth point the way to go (through the ring of truth - the halo that one wears as a sign of this consummated union)?<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31351038.post-13393757172041514672017-09-20T21:30:54.991-04:002017-09-20T21:30:54.991-04:00The materialistic person addicted in the role play...The materialistic person addicted in the role play of materialistic pond (jalaashaya) which is full of filth and lust. What he thinks of pleasure is suffering indeed. But again and again he falls in this trap and a mystery for him to get out of it. <br /><br />A transcendentalist, one who has liberated by the mercy of a pure devotee or Krsna, always immersed in the thoughts of a role play in the association of vrajavasis which is full of rasa and love. What he thinks of pain due to separation is a pleasure indeed. So he again and again immersed in these thoughts and for him falling back into the jalaashaya is unimaginable.Prema Samputahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03325800117581714722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31351038.post-16605696160031477602017-09-19T13:46:33.613-04:002017-09-19T13:46:33.613-04:00It's this kind of writing that makes me proud ...It's this kind of writing that makes me proud to call Jagananda dass a friend, and a teacher.<br /><br />Seems to me the dualism of bhakti transcends the satisfaction of the jnani, etc. by requiring us to deal with the issue of pleasure. Everyone, even our psychologist friends, agree true happiness is found within, via independence. Happiness, though, doesn't attend to the question I think of in terms of an itch on the back. There's one spot on our backs that we can never reach on our own. It takes another to scratch that part, and provide the pleasure of relief from annoyance and delight in touch. I'd propose the search for a worldly relationship, event, or activity is the mundane solution. When we seek God and ask Them to be the One(s) who scratch that part we can never get to, our quest becomes divine. <br /><br />In terms of seeking rasa and the crazy desire to drink of everything, I am reminded of something I heard many years ago. Someone told me the difference between the Buddha dharma and the greater Sanatana dharma (in this case, Shaivism), is the Buddhists seek balance through moderation, via the middle path. The Shaivite, and I think this applies to the Vaisnava bhakta, too, seeks balance by pushing the extremes of what seem to be polar opposites. The Buddhist would balance the see-saw by securing something in the middle, the pagala bhakta would find balance by putting weights on the seats.<br />Prem Prakashnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31351038.post-87935815377888203592017-09-19T07:12:23.042-04:002017-09-19T07:12:23.042-04:00Oh, forgot to mention in previous; the middle regi...<br />Oh, forgot to mention in previous; the middle register is the "Lions Roar."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31351038.post-27662178397928092412017-09-19T07:10:11.468-04:002017-09-19T07:10:11.468-04:00
Does one perceive a twinkle in your eye Jagadanan...<br />Does one perceive a twinkle in your eye Jagadananda Das (M.N. smiles)?<br /><br />http://www.griffith.ox.ac.uk/gri/tut-scans/taa_i_3_25_35.jpg<br /><br />(See the top-right register, the figures whom have taken the Serpent power above the skull and have sublimated it to perceive the light)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31351038.post-42327495091252178332017-09-19T07:00:48.767-04:002017-09-19T07:00:48.767-04:00It's funny (in a good way), my person is curre...<br />It's funny (in a good way), my person is currently reading this (page 563):<br /><br />http://www.academia.edu/33640757/On_the_Meaning_and_Function_of_%C4%80de%C5%9B%C3%A1_in_the_Early_Upani%E1%B9%A3ads <br /><br />UB IV.24.12–13: tasyaiṣa ādeśo yo ‘yaṃ dakṣiṇe ‘kṣann antaḥ tasya yac<br />chuklaṃ tad ṛcāṃ rūpaṃ yat kṛṣṇaṃ tat sāmnāṃ yad eva<br />tāmram iva babhrur iva tad yajuṣām ya evāyaṃ cakṣuṣi<br />puruṣa eṣa indra eṣa prajāpatis samaḥ pṛthivyā sama ākāśena<br />samo divā samas sarveṇa bhūtena eṣa paro divo dīpyate eṣa<br />evedaṃ sarvam ity upāsitavyam<br /><br />The indication of it, [namely, brahman,] is this one here who<br />is in the right eye. What it has as white (((shining))), that is the form of the<br />Ṛgveda verses; what as black, that [is the form] of the Sāman<br />songs; what as copperlike, reddish, that [is the form] of Yajuṣ<br />formulas. As for the puruṣa himself in the eye, he is Indra, he<br />is Prajāpati, [he is] the same with the earth, the same with the<br />[intermediate] space, the same with heaven, the same with all<br />that has existed; he shines beyond heaven; this all is he alone.<br />Thus should man reverently approach and venerate [him].<br /><br />Notes<br /><br />The Ṛgveda (Sanskrit: ऋग्वेद ṛgveda, from ṛc "praise, shine"[1] and veda "knowledge")<br /><br />Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rigveda<br /><br />"White": https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/white#English <br /><br />from Proto-Indo-European *ḱweydos, a byform of *ḱweytos (“bright; shine”).<br /><br />Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hw%C4%ABtaz<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31351038.post-59427132849683702302017-09-19T05:20:27.546-04:002017-09-19T05:20:27.546-04:00Where does the duality combine for maximum transce...<br />Where does the duality combine for maximum transcendental effect?<br /><br />All duality combines when there is a one-pointed state of 'no-mind'.<br /><br />How is this state achieved?<br /><br />Generate the procreative life force and take it above the skull - "Govardhana hill" (my person has spoken how to do this many times), take no thought, focus the mind on the inner sound, when the light presents itself (as a small star at first)concentrate the mind on this single point (of light); the rest you can find out by practice.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31351038.post-56149758989398681342017-09-19T04:26:21.604-04:002017-09-19T04:26:21.604-04:00In a similar, other approach, to another biologica...In a similar, other approach, to another biologically rooted duality that has spiritual repercussions. A nicely emotional contribution from a woman who lost half her brain and found it a big learning moment. But in terms of the article above, it leads to a similar thought process.<br /><br />Where does the duality combine for maximum transcendental effect?<br /><br />http://awarenessact.com/harvard-trained-brain-researcher-has-a-stroke-and-figures-out-the-mystery-of-life/<br /><br />Thanks to Cliff Kirk.Jagadananda Dashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05887720845815026518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31351038.post-28808843797959754992017-09-19T04:14:00.886-04:002017-09-19T04:14:00.886-04:00
My person loves the symbolism of this story:
htt...<br />My person loves the symbolism of this story:<br /><br />http://news.vrindavantoday.org/2010/11/gopashtami-the-day-krishna-was-named-govinda/<br /><br />As we both know Jagadananda Das (or at least, ones readers should be getting a glimmer of insight by now), its symbolism is describing purely esoteric tantric practice.<br /><br />M.N.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com