Re: [Goanet] Khristapurana, Brahman and Person: Essays by Richard De Smet
Dear MD, This Eknath Easwaran is not Sant Eknath--let us be clear about this! Needless to add, but he is also not on the Taize site, and the manner in which my post was demarcated made it unambiguous. Eknath Easwaran is a spiritual teacher and is the author of among other books, 1000 Names of Vishnu; pub by Jaico Boks. He was a Professor of English Lit at Nagpur, and travelled to the US via the Fullbright exchange program in 1959. This Eknath if I am not mistaken is still alive. Respectfully, the question about the blaming bit is not something that was part of my post, which was a subtler analogy on Brahman [in a broad sense to be seen as Ultimate Reality] via, Nada de turbe.So let us not go there!? I am very aware of the Bhakti Sants, and have many books of their verse here in New York. Thanks much for sharing. Hope this clarifies. Btw, what does MD stand for? venantius j pinto Date: Mon, 24 May 2010 10:26:42 -0700 From: MD mmdme...@gmail.com To: goanet@lists.goanet.org Subject: Re: [Goanet] Khristapurana,Brahman and Person: Essays by Richard De Smet (Del) Eknath wrote chiefly in the Ovi metre and his most popular work is his metrical translation of the Bhagwad Gita, generally called 'Eknathi Bhagwat'. He died in 1608. My comments: I came accross a website a few days ago, that had the above information. Surprising, Eknath's name should come up here. I also happened to attend one Taize prayer in a Toronto Church and the hymns sung and the prayers indeed were wonderful, par excellence. Soft light, soft music soft spoken prayers and time to reflect, it was great. This originated in Taiz, France. Come to think of it: Eknath was put out of caste and once his poems were publicly sunk in the river Godavari. Who do we blame for this atrocity MD. Message: 4 Date: Sun, 23 May 2010 23:34:13 -0400 From: Venantius J Pinto venantius.pi...@gmail.com As usual in my opinion: a reasonable tangent. Nothing we receive to include the Self can diminish the infinite stores of love and wisdom. From Eknath Easwaran's Purna (Full) in 1000 names of Visnhu. By St.Teresa Nada te turbe, Nada te espante Todo se pasa. Dios no se mua La pacienza Todo lo alcanza. Quien a Dios tiene Nada le falta. Solo Dios basta. Let nothing upset you; Let nothing frighten you. Everything is changing; God alone is changeless. Patience attains the goal. Who has God lacks nothing, God alone fills all his needs. Btw, it is amazing to see and be a part of the youth at Taiz? sing a version of the above (in tandem with various Alleluia's, the Magnificat/s, B?nissez le Seigneur, Bless the Lord, etc. (Cluny chantshttp://www.taize.fr/en_article10308.html), close to the Abbaye de Cluny http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cluny_Abbey (in eng.), France. The Taiz? version http://www.taize.fr/spip.php?page=chantsong=483lang=en . Na-da te tur-be, nada te_es.pan-te; quien a Dios tie-ne, na-da le fal-ta. Na-da te tur-be, na-da te_es-pan-te s?-lo Dios bas-ta. Nothing can trouble, nothing can frigh-ten those who seek God shall ne-ver go want-ing, God a-lone fills us. (DEL)
Re: [Goanet] Khristapurana, Brahman and Person: Essays by Richard De Smet
Dear All, I misread MDs post, so here is my corrected post, including details on EEs lifespan. (vjp) Dear MD, Interesting how things come about. Eknath Easwaran and Sant Eknath. Eknath Easwaran http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eknath_Easwaran (December, 1910 – October 26, 1999) was a spiritual teacher and the the author of among other books, 1000 Names of Vishnu; pub by Jaico Boks. He was a Professor of English Lit at Nagpur, and travelled to the US via the Fullbright exchange program in 1959. For some reason I was under the impression he was still alive. Respectfully, the question about the blaming bit is not something that was part of my post, which was a subtler analogy on Brahman [in a broad sense to be seen as Ultimate Reality] via, Nada de turbe. I am very aware of the Bhakti Sants, and have many books of their verse here in New York. Btw, what does MD stand for?
Re: [Goanet] Khristapurana, Brahman and Person: Essays by Richard De Smet
As usual in my opinion: a reasonable tangent. Nothing we receive to include the Self can diminish the infinite stores of love and wisdom. From Eknath Easwaran's Purna (Full) in 1000 names of Visnhu. By St.Teresa Nada te turbe, Nada te espante Todo se pasa. Dios no se mua La pacienza Todo lo alcanza. Quien a Dios tiene Nada le falta. Solo Dios basta. Let nothing upset you; Let nothing frighten you. Everything is changing; God alone is changeless. Patience attains the goal. Who has God lacks nothing, God alone fills all his needs. Btw, it is amazing to see and be a part of the youth at Taizé sing a version of the above (in tandem with various Alleluia's, the Magnificat/s, Bénissez le Seigneur, Bless the Lord, etc. (Cluny chantshttp://www.taize.fr/en_article10308.html), close to the Abbaye de Cluny http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cluny_Abbey (in eng.), France. The Taizé version http://www.taize.fr/spip.php?page=chantsong=483lang=en . Na-da te tur-be, nada te_es.pan-te; quien a Dios tie-ne, na-da le fal-ta. Na-da te tur-be, na-da te_es-pan-te só-lo Dios bas-ta. Nothing can trouble, nothing can frigh-ten those who seek God shall ne-ver go want-ing, God a-lone fills us. Music: J. Berthler Ateliers et Presses de Taizé, F-71250, Taizé Communité (also on my blog venatiusaneum http://venantiusjpinto.blogspot.com/ with the music notation) venantius j pinto
Re: [Goanet] Khristapurana, Brahman and Person: Essays by Richard De Smet
The Marathi language is derived mainly from two sources, Sanskrit and Turanian or Dravidian with good many Persian and Arabic words due to centuries of Muslim rule, but Sanskrit element predominates nine tenth of Marathi, which is immediate descendant of Maharashtri (Prakrit?) that was spoken about the beginning of Christian era. The only extant work in Maharashtri is the 'Shalivahana or Satavahana Saptashti' composed by king Shalivahana. He composed with the help of Pandits, 400,000 gathas or verses in the Maharashtri or Prakrit tongue. There is no literary work extant between the time of Shalivahana and that of Mukundraj who lived about 1200 AD. The only important literature in Marathi is its poetry, and not much prose literature worthy of the name. The oldest Maratha poet is Mukundraj, probably lived in the 12th century A.D. and was patronized by Yadava king Jaitrapal. Three of Mukundraj's works are extant - 'mthe vivek sindhu or ocean of discrimination; param amrita or great nectar and mulasthambha or ptimary pillar, a title of Shiva.' Then come the poets Namdev (a tailor by caste) and Dnyanadev. Dnyanadev's work is 'Dnyaneshwari', a commentary on the Bhagwad Gita or Divine Hymn. It is written in the 'OVI' metre containing some 10,000 verses. As an explanatory work for the Prakrit reader, it is not of much use as it is so full of words and phrases that even good Marathi scholars who also are well versed in Sanskrit find it more difficult to comprehension than original Sanskrit!. At the end of the song, the poet says while king Ramadev of the famous Yadava dynasty was ruling Maharashtra. A vernacular version of the Bhagwad Gita was prepared by Dnyanadev in 1212. Dnyanadev had two brothers Nivritti and Sopandev and one sister, Muktabai, all of who have been deified by the Marathas, the three brothers being regarded as incarnations of the Hindu Trinity and the sister as an incarnation of the goddess of learning (Saraswati? - md). For three centuries after Dnyanadev, during the Muslim occupation, no writer of any note appeared. Towards the end of the 16th century, in the old centre of glory called 'PAITHAN', there lived an exceedingly remarkable man, remarkable both as a poet and reformer. His name is Eknath, son of Suryaji, a Deshasta Brahman. Many stories are told of the redicule and persecution which Eknath underwent at the hands of the Brahmans of Paithan and Banares (Varanasi). On several occasions, Eknath was put out of caste and once his poems were publicly sunk in the river Godavari. But he cared for none of these things. He took up his parable against the caste system and other social disabilities which have no sanction in the Shastras (Hindu Scriptures?) and boldly carried his principles into practice. On one occasion, one of his audience, a pious and intelligent Mahar (Mhaar) asked Eknath, while he was urging his usual views, whether he would be an exemplar of the principle that, before God a Brahman and a Mhaar are equal, by dining in his house. The poet had the courage of his opinions and next day he went to the house of the Mhaar who had questioned him and there, publicly partook of food prepared by the Mhaar's wife!! Eknath wrote chiefly in the Ovi metre and his most popular work is his metrical translation of the Bhagwad Gita, generally called 'Eknathi Bhagwat'. He died in 1608. My comments: I came accross a website a few days ago, that had the above information. Surprising, Eknath's name should come up here. I also happened to attend one Taize prayer in a Toronto Church and the hymns sung and the prayers indeed were wonderful, par excellence. Soft light, soft music soft spoken prayers and time to reflect, it was great. This originated in Taiz, France. Come to think of it: Eknath was put out of caste and once his poems were publicly sunk in the river Godavari. Who do we blame for this atrocity MD. Message: 4 Date: Sun, 23 May 2010 23:34:13 -0400 From: Venantius J Pinto venantius.pi...@gmail.com To: goanet@lists.goanet.org Subject: Re: [Goanet] Khristapurana,Brahman and Person: Essays by Richard De Smet Message-ID: aanlktik2q1bhoxj1pstdapoidu-h6anay1o9xfozj...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 As usual in my opinion: a reasonable tangent. Nothing we receive to include the Self can diminish the infinite stores of love and wisdom. From Eknath Easwaran's Purna (Full) in 1000 names of Visnhu. By St.Teresa Nada te turbe, Nada te espante Todo se pasa. Dios no se mua La pacienza Todo lo alcanza. Quien a Dios tiene Nada le falta. Solo Dios basta. Let nothing upset you; Let nothing frighten you. Everything is changing; God alone is changeless. Patience attains the goal. Who has God lacks nothing, God alone fills all his needs. Btw, it is amazing to see and be a part of the youth at Taiz? sing a version of the above (in tandem with various Alleluia's, the Magnificat/s, B?nissez le Seigneur, Bless the Lord, etc. (Cluny chantshttp
Re: [Goanet] Khristapurana, Brahman and Person: Essays by Richard De Smet
Thanks for the updates, Venantius!
Re: [Goanet] Khristapurana, Brahman and Person: Essays by Richard De Smet
You are welcome Ariosto. Besides, religion its an area I am very interested in, other than sexuality and consciousness. The latter two are hardly entertained on Goanet. Intelligent automatons anyone?! Anway, its more than I could ask for considering that I rarely receive a comment on my other posts, or for that matter simple questions. Guess they are silly or abusive or everything in between. Bwahahahahahahahahaha. Btw, Ivo will be in the US next month. Best. Hi to V. venantius j pinto From: Ariosto Coelho ariostocoe...@yahoo.com Subject: Re: [Goanet] Khristapurana,Brahman and Person: Essays by Richard De Smet Thanks for the updates, Venantius!
