[FairfieldLife] Re: Upanishads: Two Paths - Sun and Moon

2007-08-25 Thread ivan_galeb
According to Shankara's commentary on Brahma sutras there is no mention of Yoga as such path. Shankara dropped off philosophy of Yoga system. Both paths have basis in Brahmanic rituals but the later one is characterized by transcending rituals (advaita Vedanta). In both paths Unity is possible

[FairfieldLife] Re: Upanishads: Two Paths - Sun and Moon

2007-08-24 Thread Richard J. Williams
Vaj wrote: ...it refers to the technique of the sacrifice, the creation of man in five stages and the path of the gods. You are incorrect. The passage refers to the sacrificial breath in speech. Mircea Eliade writes in 'Yoga: Immortality and Freedom' citing the Kausitaki Brahmana

[FairfieldLife] Re: Upanishads: Two Paths - Sun and Moon

2007-08-24 Thread Richard J. Williams
do.rflex wrote: Is anyone on this forum qualified to explain the following in practical terms? That future life is reached by two roads... The two roads are Brahmanic ritual sacrifice and Yoga practice. The first, the way of ritual blood sacrifice, provides for rebirth in Brahmaloka after

[FairfieldLife] Re: Upanishads: Two Paths - Sun and Moon

2007-08-24 Thread Richard J. Williams
That future life is reached by two roads; BillyG wrote: That would be the path of the Devas/Gods/Angels/Shining Ones or the *dynamism* MMY talks about, conditioned by space and time. You are incorrect: The two roads are the road of Vedic sacrifice and the road of Yogic

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Upanishads: Two Paths - Sun and Moon

2007-08-24 Thread Vaj
Worry not dear Edg! I know where I can get 6 months worth o'blarney for $9.95! :-) On Aug 23, 2007, at 9:05 PM, Duveyoung wrote: Oh Vaj, yer such a piece o'blarney. Lurv, Edg

[FairfieldLife] Re: Upanishads: Two Paths - Sun and Moon

2007-08-23 Thread BillyG.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 271:5 ... That future life is reached by two roads; p. 272 one, the Devapatha, leading to the world of Brahman (the conditioned), That would be the path of the Devas/Gods/Angels/Shining Ones or the *dynamism* MMY talks

[FairfieldLife] Re: Upanishads: Two Paths - Sun and Moon

2007-08-23 Thread BillyG.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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

[FairfieldLife] Re: Upanishads: Two Paths - Sun and Moon

2007-08-23 Thread cardemaister
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, BillyG. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 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

[FairfieldLife] Re: Upanishads: Two Paths - Sun and Moon

2007-08-23 Thread do.rflex
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, BillyG. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex do.rflex@ wrote: 271:5 ... That future life is reached by two roads; p. 272 one, the Devapatha, leading to the world of Brahman (the conditioned), That would be the path

[FairfieldLife] Re: Upanishads: Two Paths - Sun and Moon

2007-08-23 Thread Duveyoung
Oh Vaj, yer such a piece o'blarney. Lurv, Edg --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, 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.) ;

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Upanishads: Two Paths - Sun and Moon

2007-08-23 Thread billy jim
The preeminent explanatory text for these ideas is The Symbolism of the Stupa by Adrian Snodgrass. Published in 1985 it is now selling for about US $30-35. It describes the principle ideas and symbolism of the solar path starting with the homology between the mandala of the solar year and the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Upanishads: Two Paths - Sun and Moon

2007-08-23 Thread jim_flanegin
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, BillyG. wgm4u@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex do.rflex@ wrote: 271:5 ... That future life is reached by two roads; p. 272 one, the Devapatha,