--- In [email protected], t3rinity <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], gerbal88 <no_reply@> wrote: > > > . > > Maybe the Rig Veda said Knowledge is structured in consciousness. If > > someone can find the exact Sanskrit > > RV.164.39 richo akshare > > richo are the riks, the verses of the veda, Veda means lit. knowledge. > akshare is the immutable, here translated as consciousness > > > it would be useful to look at real translations. > > ROFLOL
Did you see this brilliant analysis of the "King" hymn (verses 4-5 of hymn 173) of the 10th Mandala of the Rig Veda from Barry? "In the translation provided by cardemeister, the verse says, 'Firm is the sky and firm the earth, and steadfast also are these hills. Steadfast is all this living world, and steadfast is this King of men. Steadfast, may Varuna the King, steadfast, the God Brhaspati, Steadfast, may Indra, steadfast too, may Agni keep thy steadfast reign.' "I find this verse -- and the choice of it, presumably by Maharishi -- fascinating because as a Buddhist it strikes me as 100% *opposite* to the way the universe actually works. 'Steadfast' means firmly fixed in place, not subject to change. Well, as I understanding things (and as I remember Maharishi himself saying in the past) *nothing* in the relative world is steadfast. Not the sky, not the earth, not the 'gods,' and *certainly* not the kings of men. To believe -- and celebrate -- the notion that they *are* fixed and not subject to change seems to me tantamount to having Missed The Whole Point, big-time. It's like having one's students meditate on 'My name is Ozymandius, King of Kings, Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!' and ignore the fact that all that's left of Ozzy's Empire and the statue he built to mark his greatness are two trunkless legs of stone in the desert." 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/
