--- In [email protected], t3rinity <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > Yes, I had seen it. > > > 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, > > The translation is *provided* by cardemeister, but its of course > neither *by* him nor by MMY. Its an ancient hymn used to install > kings.
Sure, it's one of the standard "poetic" translations. cardemeister just quoted it. Barry *probably* understood that, but maybe not. <snip> > rejected by the Buddhists as is very well known. It strikes me > somewhat as odd, that a student of Buddhism wouldn't be aware of > this major difference between Buddhism and Vedanta, which assumes > the Brahman as an Absolute.All this is of a certain philosophic or > religious naivity, if it is not straight Hindubashing. Well, in context of the rest of the post, it's Judy-bashing and MMY-bashing, and of course Barry-exalting, combined with ignorance, most likely, rather than Hindu-bashing per se. As always, when Barry sees an opportunity to take a shot, facts just don't matter. > And then of course its a wrong english interpretation of steadfast. > Steadfast can be relative. It just means going to last for a long > time, not eternal. Even the Rishis knew that the king would die, but > they wanted him to live long. So the whole thing is hyperbole. Hot > air. Sure, like the old toast, "May the king live forever." Thanks, Michael. 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/
