Oh Vaj, yer such a piece o'blarney. Lurv,
Edg --- In [email protected], Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > devapatha > m. `" gods'path "' , heaven ChUp. MBh. ; the Milky Way L. ; N. of > place of pilgrimage (cf. Pa1n2. 5-3 , 100) MBh. iii , 8187 (also %{- > tIrtha} n. S3ivaP.) ; %{-thIya} mfn. being on the celestial path > Ka1t2h. ; relating to or coming from Deva-patha (above) MW. > > uttarA [paTha] > ind. north , northerly ; northward (with gen. or abl.) Pa1n2. Vop. ; > (%{uttarA-patha} , &c. see p. 178 , col. 3.) > > dakSiNApaTha > m. path of the Dakshin2a1 cow , (between the S3a1la1 and the Sadas) > S3a1n3khS3r. As3vS3r. Ka1tyS3r. La1t2y. ; (%{-Na-saMcara} Vait.) the > southern region , Deccan MBh. Hariv. 5289 VarBr2S. Sus3r. BhP. > Katha1s. Vet.: Hit. ; see %{-NA7bdhi}. > > To me this is blatantly giving a coded yogic instruction in the > karmic channels and the end separation of lunar and solar potencies > of soma and agni where karmic-consciousness transforms into jnanic- > consciousness. It is the fast road to Brahman. The world of the > father is most likely referring to pitr-loka, world of the ancestors, > referred to in Brihadaranyaka 6..2.16 which describes the sacrifice > of soma in the yogin which is offered up to the gods. One path leads > to worldly existence and another to a heaven-dimension. In the > Chandogya and Brihadaranyaka it refers to the technique of the > sacrifice, the creation of man in five stages and the path of the > gods. These northern and southerly courses have direct correspondence > to yogic-anatomy and the Sanskrit alphabet. Initiates of the inner > tantra will be familiar with them. It's also interesting because the > symbolism of the funeral pyre and death/transformation. > > You take the low road > and I'll take the high road > and I'll be to Brahman before ye! ;-) > > > > On Aug 23, 2007, at 11:43 AM, do.rflex wrote: > > > > > Is anyone on this forum qualified to explain the following in > > practical terms? > > > > 271:5 ... That future life is reached by two roads; p. 272 one, the > > Devapatha, leading to the world of Brahman (the conditioned), beyond > > which there lies one other stage only, represented by knowledge of and > > identity with the unconditioned Brahman; > > > > the other leading to the world of the fathers, and from thence, after > > the reward of good works has been consumed, back to a new round of > > mundane existence. > > > > There is a third road for creatures which live and die, worms, > > insects, and creeping things, but they are of little consequence. > > > > Now it is quite clear that the knowledge which king Kitra possesses, > > and which Svetaketu does not possess, is that of the two roads after > > death, sometimes called the right and the left, or the southern and > > northern roads. These roads are fully described in the > > Khândogya-upanishad and in the Brihad-âranyaka, with certain > > variations, yet on the whole with the same purpose. > > > > The northern or left road, called also the path of the Devas, passes > > on from light and day to the bright half of the moon; the southern or > > right road, called also the path of the fathers, passes on from smoke > > and night to the dark half of the moon. > > > > Both roads therefore meet in the moon, but diverge afterwards. While > > the northern road passes by the six months when the sun moves towards > > the north, through the sun, (moon,) and the lightning to the world of > > Brahman, the southern passes by the six months when the sun moves > > towards the south, to the world of the fathers, the ether, and the > > moon. > > > > The great difference, however, between the two roads is, that while > > those who travel on the former do not return again to a new life on > > earth, but reach in the end a true knowledge of the unconditioned > > Brahman, those who pass on to the world of the fathers and the moon > > return to earth to be born again and again. > > > > http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/sbe01/sbe01239.htm >
