tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31351038.post6018501087878697329..comments2024-03-26T13:06:41.178-04:00Comments on Jagat: Archetypes: Remembering the Essence (sāra)Jagadananda Dashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05887720845815026518noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31351038.post-25460578771153423472016-04-25T07:18:33.112-04:002016-04-25T07:18:33.112-04:00
1.164.46a índram mitráṃ váruṇam agním āhur
1....<br />1.164.46a índram mitráṃ váruṇam agním āhur<br />1.164.46b átho divyáḥ sá suparṇó garútmān<br />1.164.46c ékaṃ sád víprā bahudhā́ vadanti<br />1.164.46d agníṃ yamám mātaríśvānam āhuḥ<br /><br />Rig-veda, Hymn 164, verse 46.<br /><br />Source: http://www.utexas.edu/cola/centers/lrc/RV/RV01.html<br /><br /><br />prahlādaś cāsmi daityānāṁ kālaḥ kalayatām aham ।<br />mṛgāṇāṁ ca mṛgendro ’haṁ vainateyaś ca pakṣiṇām ॥१०-३०॥<br /><br />Bhagavad-gītā, Chapter 10, Verse 30.<br /><br />Source: http://www.sanskritweb.net/sansdocs/gita-big.pdf<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31351038.post-62953936112905039992016-03-07T11:12:43.823-05:002016-03-07T11:12:43.823-05:00Very well stated. You point to the proper use of m...Very well stated. You point to the proper use of mythology, and one I believe was intended by the ancient ages. We humans are going to use our imagination, it's part of the hard drive, so let's use it consciously, deliberately, and productively. <br /><br />Things are really quite well here, Jagadanandaji, except you are too far away...Prem Prakashnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31351038.post-24674061343033967672016-03-05T00:37:25.272-05:002016-03-05T00:37:25.272-05:00http://www.alternet.org/belief/why-it-heretical-re...http://www.alternet.org/belief/why-it-heretical-read-bible-literally<br /><br />I think the same applies to texts like the Bhagavatam. There is a literalism, but the literalism _follows_ the figurative meaning. That is, God responds to our imagining of him, just like the world of external experience itself is to be seen as a product of samskaras and vasanas. <br /><br />So why not cultivate a world of the imagination which is ruled by love, and attempt to live that in the "wrong" world of empirical experience? That is how the false is turned into the true.<br /><br />Jai Radhe. Nice to hear from you after so long, Prem. Hard to keep up with everyone. I hope you and yours are well.Jagadananda Dashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05887720845815026518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31351038.post-41771605464765364552016-03-04T20:38:35.652-05:002016-03-04T20:38:35.652-05:00Westerners come from cultures fairly bereft of rel...Westerners come from cultures fairly bereft of religious mythology. The Abrahamic religions claim their deity and their tales are ontological truths, not myths. This might explain why, even in the 21st century, we find literate people believing the universe was created in seven days sometime within the past several thousand years. India seems to have been infected by the Muslim and British occupiers with a similar failure to appreciate the nature of myth. In my personal opinion, the failure to love and appreciate the nature of the Radha-Krishna mythology is why so few devotees seem to actually enjoy the bhava the scriptures promise. Prem Prakashnoreply@blogger.com