--- In [email protected], anonymousff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], braaahmaan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > --- In [email protected], > > > "tomandcindytraynoratfairfieldlis" > The writer looking out through > > > these eyes is that Brahman. > > > > > > Speak for yourself Tom, not for me, your pal Braaahmaan. > > > > > > I grant you authority to speak of your own experiences. And your own > > > interpretation of your own experiences. No other licenses granted. > > > > > > Your claiming to speak for Braaahmaan is like Jerry Farwell claiming > > > to speak for Christ and his pervading Consciousness. > > > > > > In Wholeness, > > > > > > B. > > > > > Is Braahmaan Brahman's goat? > > > Perhaps Card can intervene with his insights. It appears to me that > Braaahmaan phonetically is a fuller, deeper and richer expression of > Wholeness than Brahman.
OK, I guess the form "brahman" could be called inflectional stem, or something like that, as most of the endings of various inflectional cases are attached to that stem (e.g. "brahman-as", 'brahma´s') The "basic" form in singular (nominative) is "brahma" when that word refers to the Absolute, or whatever, as in "ayam aatmaa brahma" (this aatman [is] brahman). When it refers to the Creator, the basic form is "brahmaa" (perhaps a more "elegant" spelling would be "brahmA"), for instance "yatiinaam brahmaa bhavati saarathiH" (something like 'the Creator becomes the charioteer for devotees'*). That's how TMO usually quotes that line (RV I 158, 6) The complete line goes like this apaam arthaM yatiinaam brahmaa bhavati saarathiH The translation for "yatiinaam" (for devotees) might be quite different in that context. *) sometimes in Vedic recitation syllables are lengthened for metrical reasons, so I guess in principle "brahmaa" here might also refer to "brahma(n)"! At least T.H.Griffith seems to translate that line as if "brahmaa" referred to "brahma(n)": He is the Brahman of the waters as they strive to reach their end and aim: their charioteer is he. > > Perhaps Tom is only speaking for Brahman level 1, and not Braaahmaan > level 9. > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Need Help? Get Help! Tools and Strategies for Healthy Drug-Free Living</a>. http://us.click.yahoo.com/wI.OUB/dbOLAA/d1hLAA/0NYolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> 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/
