Re: What of this Soma?
hariḥ oṁ
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namasté
Here is the conundrum regarding the veda-s. They are not intended for those steeped in ignorance. When they read the most profound śāstra-s with a blemished view, what can they think? They can only relate to their world. Soma becomes alcohol, agni becomes fire, indra becomes the wielder of the thunderbolt. All interesting ideas but off the mark.
richo akshare parame vyoman yasmin deva adhi vishve nisheduh,
yastanna veda kim richa karishyatiya it tad vidus ta ime samasate ||
(rig veda, 1.164.39)
this says,
The veda or rks, reside in the transcendental field or akshara, of the highest (parame) etheral Being (vyoman) in which reside all the adhi vishve deva's (or impulses of creative intelligence, the laws of Nature), responsible for the whole manifest universe. He whose awareness is not open (na veda) to this field, what can the verses accomplish for him? Those who know this level of reality are established in evenness (samasate or rest contented) , in That ( tat or bhuma, fullness-wholeness of life).
What does this say in short? Of what use is the ved, for he whom is not becoming established in the Absolute? Where will be the value of this great knowledge other then words... it says, become established in atman, the avyayam (undecaying), the even-ness to reap the full value of the knowledge.
praṇām
Last edited by yajvan; 26 August 2011 at 08:50 PM.
यतस्त्वं शिवसमोऽसि
yatastvaṁ śivasamo'si
because you are identical with śiva
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