Dear Ham, Nice of you to respond. > > You present a poignant bit of Vedantic prose that recalls the first > chapter > of Genesis. It's a dramatic, enigmatic account of the Beginning. > It's also > very descriptive where description isn't logically possible. Like > most > Eastern mystical writing, it raises more questions than answers. > If you read the complete article (link I've posted), you'll see that Griffith's translation is typical of most Western Efforts to understanding Indic materials, and the root of a lot of misconceptions about these materials (thus we have semi-informed people brushing off stalwarts such as Adi Shankara as 3rd level bench warmers -- sheesh! Talk about sass...)
As far as similarities with the Genesis goes, I'd venture to say that there is a huge difference between transmission by rote/memory without experiential knowledge. That's the difference between the Biblical writings and realized material such as the Rig Veda (which incidentally predates Vedantic material by at least a few thousand years). > I would question, for example, this line: >> Darkness there was: at first concealed in darkness >> this All was indiscriminated chaos. > > Why is there "chaos" or "darkness before beingness? > Like I mentioned, do take the time to read my analysis of this (often patronizingly trivialized) enigma called the Nasadiya Sukta. http://medhajournal.com/content/view/345/76/ > I prefer this "symmetric-deistic" analysis of Creation by the > Israeli art > critic Tsion Avital, from which I quote in part: I will address this part of your email in a separate post. > > But, then, I don't know exactly what specific "pattern" you wish to > follow. > > Thanks for the reference, Dwai. > > --Ham > What you have in the Nasadiya (besides this semi-conscious translation by Griffith -- which is considered the "BEST" of the lot by many indologists) Sukta is greatly clear representation of the formation of Taiji, the creation of Yang from Yin. There is no boredom here. As for the reason "Why" -- Who knows? Regards, Dwai > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
