'Bhagavad' is the word used in the text (I just double-checked). But of course the transcriber could have misheard or indeed the typesetter might have mispelled the word. But either way, Bhagavan or Bhagavad, same really, means 'Lord' or 'God' or 'OMnipotent One'.
I wouldn't describe myself as 'fluent', no, but on the other hand I do check every single word and the words I don't know I look up in one of my dictionaries, I use four different Hindi dictionaries (Allied, Oxford, National & Bhargava's), and a M-W Sanskrit 'slab'. Any new definitions get added to a database, which enables me, with the help of MSaccess, to offer text and get a list of all available words related to the current translation. This can be really useful when Guru Dev uses obscure terms which he sometimes does. Although it would be preferable to be really fluent, the downside of a fluent speaker is that they are unlikely to look up commonly used words & as a consequence can miss an obscure meaning. However, if anyone knows anyone who can help on this project I would be very happy to hear from them. I first came by two books of writings in 1975 (at Jyotir Math), got them both translated in India, (and an awful mess that turned out to be). Incidentally, has anyone tried the Guru Dev meditation technique, as outlined in the satsang a few days ago. I would be interested to hear of any observations. --- In [email protected], new.morning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], gerbal88 <no_reply@> wrote: > > In Seelisberg, Mahesh quipped *if your guru isn't giving you what you > > want, get a different guru* -- I'm sure I've mentioned this before. > > That appears consistent with the SBS quote "The guru is gone to for > [ones own] happiness. Up until when bhagavad (God, Vishnu, Shiva) is > gained, up until then you can go and change guru." > > If one teacher has not provided what one needs, has not made one > happy, has not brought one Bhagavad (note to Paul and LB, its not > Bhagavan?), then one legitimately seeks a new teacher. > > What is "puzzling" is, refering to Ricks point, if one has a new > teacher, why do theywant / seek / insist on being admitted back into the > fold /practices/ "ashram"/aka domes of their former teacher? > 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/
