--- In [email protected], Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 2003? Well that certainly was of no help. All you have to do is watch > the news to know that. > > I wonder how many on this list ever watched a Vedic priest do a yajna? > It is a superstitious event if I ever saw one.
Its ritualistic, so is the puja. To me, my experience is that both are wonderful and have quite an effect. And just taking the ritualistic nature of them, by themselves, I find can be quite intriguing and charming, if not beautiful. Superstitious is not the word that comes to my mind. > I have not only seen > many, I have taken the time to talk to the shastris (the yajni) > themselves. They merely memorize sounds. Many do not even know > Sanskrit. They simply memorize a sequence of sounds! Some are quite > gross by even western standards (e.g. met one shastri who was an > alcoholic who craved material possessions). Very few meditate. Some may appear gross, some may be gross, i am sure. Sometimes this is a cultural difference. The ones I have seen and met are wonderful people. Ben can speak much more thoroughly on this -- having seen and met many pundits. Regarding not meditating -- the pundits are absorbed in mantra 10 or more hours a day -- whether they close their eyes or not. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
