* *Sambhookan and Ekalavyan were treated differently* Regards Afthab Ellath
On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 3:47 PM, Afthab Ellath <[email protected]> wrote: > >> And I don't think the scriptures are in any way connected to the modern > day Hinduism developed for attracting masses to polling booth.... > > >> Quest of knowledge can be useful for all. (As per one of our old sayings > the-hot-milk-cat one knowledge is even useful for animals) > > While quest of knowledge is useful for all, Sambhookan and Ekalavyan were > not treated differently, not for attracting masses to polling booth, but by > the ontological hierarchy of the very tradition itself in treating this > quest, that is now proposed as the "common wealth" > > Regards > Afthab Ellath > > > > On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 3:15 PM, bobinson <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> I am concerned only about the modern and possibily the original >> interpretation only. I prefer to interpret "He" as knowledge. >> >> And I don't think the scriptures are in any way connected to the modern >> day Hinduism developed for attracting masses to polling booth. >> >> >How is that Katho Upansihad sloka becomes a "greater common property" of >> all? >> >> Quest of knowledge can be useful for all. (As per one of our old sayings >> the-hot-milk-cat one knowledge is even useful for animals) >> >> >> >> >secondly, I think many has pointed out here the combination of taliban >> with saffron. "saffron clad talbans" soemhow denotes saffron as some what >> "innocent". (am refering to saffron as metonym). Even in a precisley >> "agraharic" issue, why should we bring in Taliban without any reason? The >> very reference to "saffron" is enough to make the point. >> >> I agree with you. But I don't think its in anyway make them innocent. >> Saffron started selectively abusing women like Taliban. Until last election >> this anti-female side was not very prominent like this election season. That >> was why I used the term "saffron clad taliban". And I think it sounds good >> as saffron and taliban considers each other as acid and base and like acid >> and base both are dangerous for human race. (As in if you drink acid and >> base instead of water or add to water to change pH etc) >> >> As for your second mail I don't me or anyone "geninely" here in this group >> will need an explanation but as you said its good for the kind of people you >> intended it for. :-) >> >> >> 2009/2/27 damodar prasad <[email protected]> >> >> May I also add that: some one out there, perhaps not active here, would >>> definitely think that if two personas with xian and muslim sounding name has >>> no particular issue with this "sloka" recital, why then a caste-hindu, >>> damodar prasad raise such issues. >>> Why should d,prasad wants to "maintain" the difference. >>> >>> I think the -no-doubt- resolution- point of tradition as a greater common >>> wealth of all has to be challenged? Why modern-nation leaves out "other" >>> traditons while narrwoing down it to a selected past? ? Is there an ideoloy >>> in this fabricated consent over tradition? Does this consent refers to >>> "one-nation" obedient theory? For me these are important questions. Hence >>> the reason why I raised those queries... >>> >>> On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 3:40 PM, damodar prasad < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Dear Ashik and bobinson, >>>> I may have a few doubts. How is that Katho Upansihad sloka becomes a >>>> "greater common property" of all? >>>> The paraphrase of this sloka is this: >>>> *May He protect both of us. May He nourish both of us. May we both >>>> acquire the capacity >>>> (to study and understand the scriptures). May our study be brilliant. >>>> May we not argue >>>> with each other. Om peace, peac*e, *peace.* >>>> Yes, one can interpret in it modern context. But how does it become an >>>> invocation song of modern technology institution?How can religious ( and >>>> bramhnical) scriptural sloka be integtrated to this endevour of learning? >>>> Interestingly, one "*inappropriate"* image in the signatue part is the >>>> "rose". "lotus" image would've integarted well with the lyric, bg bit and >>>> sloka. >>>> secondly, I think many has pointed out here the combination of taliban >>>> with saffron. "saffron clad talbans" soemhow denotes saffron as some what >>>> "innocent". (am refering to saffron as metonym). Even in a precisley >>>> "agraharic" issue, why should we bring in Taliban without any reason? The >>>> very reference to "saffron" is enough to make the point. >>>> >>>> On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 3:08 PM, ashik salahudeen <[email protected]>wrote: >>>> >>>>> You are correct bobinson. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. 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