संज्ञान और ऋषि

ज्ञान की परम्परा और परम्परा का ज्ञान

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What Did The Sage Speak?

The Nameology :

नम् परः नामपरकः वा इति  "number".

In the year 2016 precisely on 19 March,  had to leave Ujjain, where I had been living since 2006, and on the same day in the night arrived at Ghatkhedi, a village on the bank of the river Narmada. I lived there till 5th of August.

In the neighborhood there was a pundit named Sri Girijashankar Atre. He had two sons and the younger one shared the name with me as well - Vinay. So he was - Vinay Atre.   

The river flows between the two banks, one is Ghatkhedi while the another is : Khedighat.

A bridge on the state highway joining Indore to Khandwa  connects the two banks as well. The village Ghatkhedi is a village, part of the nearby town known as Baravaha, while Khedighat is on the other bank and the adjacent Railway Station is accordingly Omkareshwar-Road . Mortakka is also an old name of this place and Omkareshwar is about 11 miles away from there.

This detailed description is what I can give out here so as to relate the facts. 

In between April 2016 to March 2016, I started reciting the Rigveda, and just by the very insight and my intuition too, I was aware that the VedapAtha are to be recited and to be learned in this way and should never to be learned in any other way through translation in any language what-so-ever. Just because Veda is the Mantra and the devatA as such and is to be connected through phonetics only.

This much for the introduction.

While going through this veda-pATha,  while going through the part 2 and in the subsequent richA I was reading my own name there, I found it in the following :

ॐ गणानां त्वा गणपतिं हवामहे ...

सः विनयः भारद्वाजः ...

VinayaH BhAradwAjah.

I at once realized why my destiny might have brought me at this place. It's not just the coincidence that the above two words really connote my Vedika name.

I'm not unnecessarily glorifying myself but want to say I was feeling humbled only to know this. This is so because I'm born in the bhAradwAja Gotra and my this name Vinay was given to me by my parents for whatever reasons they might hardly knew.

Intuitively I could see that I belong to Sage BhAradwAja in this lineage / tradition also.

This is an example of Nameology.

Yesterday I came across a video of Sri Neeraj Atri. While viewing this all and at once this memory was there and I felt our names reveal so much about us.

So I felt Neeraj Atri might also be in the lineage of the Sage and Gotra of  Atri.

Then remembering the associated ideas I was thinking of the  Sage JAbAl Rishi . In my other blogs I've written in detail how the Angel Gabriel was none other than Sage JabAl Rishi indeed. The word Angel is likewise a cognate of the word angirA / angiras who was again a Sage belonging to Vedika  Tradition.

The Mundakopanishad / मुण्डकोपनिषद्  also describes how this tradition begins with brahmA :

ॐ ब्रह्मा देवानां प्रथमः सम्बभूव विश्वस्य कर्ता भुवनस्य गोप्ता।। 

From The brahmA onwards begins this lineage of the Sages/Rishi .

शौनको ह महाशालः 

Thus describes the Sage Shaunaka who approached the Sage angiras/ angirA and questioned Him :

भगवो किमिदं यद्विज्ञाते सर्वमिदं ज्ञातम् भवति?

(As I am writing all this only with the help of memory so may be a bit different from the text as may be there in the text of  Mundakopanishad.)

Watching the video of the talks of Sri Neeraj Atri with Sri Rahul Dewan, all this came to mind.

There are two salient points -

1. If I remember correctly, The story of how Angil Gabriel gave the teachings to Abraham was to "listen to and speak" His words.  In the Sanskrit this is said -

"ब्रूहि"

When written in left to right way, which becomes हिब्रू , and when written in right to left way. That much I can say. I claim nothing more. So Abraham was indeed  the first Messenger or the Prophet of this Knowledge of God / Brahman.

2. The same knowledge was then given to two other next prophets who are known to have founded the other two religions.

One can understand how in Time the  Mighty and the Great this knowledge was lost to next generations as is said in the Gita - अध्याय 4,

इमं विवस्वते योगं प्रोक्तवानहमव्ययम्।।

विवस्वान् मनवे प्राह मनुरिक्ष्वाकवेऽब्रवीत्।।१।। 

स योगो कालेन महता नष्टः परन्तप।।

...

This is how I can relate and accordingly I can think.

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पुनरपि जननम्!

 कविता  21 09 2023

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प्रकाश और अन्धकार

सत्य का आलोक

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मन आकाश है, विचार अन्धकार और भावनाएँ इन्द्रधनुष हैं। विचार और भावनाएँ विषय-चिन्तन।

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उषःसूक्तम्

सुबह का राम राम, 

इस सुबह का प्रणाम!

Do What You Will!

P O E T R Y.

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Do What You Will, 

For, What You Want, 

May Or May Not Be Done.

Irrespective Of Your Deed, 

The Consequences Will Be There!

You Can Though Do Nothing, 

Still The Wheel Of  The Destiny,

Would Push You Into Action. 

Though You Are Scared,

Or If Have Even Dared,

You Can't Escape From,

What Is Destined To Be Done,

Neither By You, Nor By The Others,

Who Think They Do, Or They Don't.

There is Really No One There,

Who Could Be Held Responsible, 

For Whatever Happens Or Not, 

For Whatever Is Done Or Not, 

For This very Idea : "I Do",

Is Itself Ambiguous, Undefined.

Neither The World, Nor The Body, 

Neither The Organs, Nor The Senses, 

Neither The Thought, Nor The Feeling,

Do Anything Independently,

On their Part, On Their Own. 

Nor The Memory, Nor The Desire, 

Nor The Inspiration, Nor The Fear,

Neither The Instinct, Nor Intuition,

The Duty Distinct, Nor Compulsion,

Do Anything Independently,

On Their Part, On Their Own.

Still There Lurks Behind,

In The Mind, A Belief Blind!

That Captivates You And You Claim :

I Believe,  I Think, I Like Or Hate, 

I Do,  I Did, I Didn't, I Would, I Wouldn't.

Unaware Of What You Say And Believe,

What You Think, You Live Or Leave,

Driven By The Ignorance Of,

What Is Really Done, 

Or If, Is Really Done, 

What Really Happened,

Or Not Really Happened.

This Chain Of Events,

That You Call The Happening, 

Is Neither Done By You,

And Is Not Of Your Making!

Why Do You Fall A Victim Innocent,

To This Blind Belief, Arrogant!

Look At This Whole Phenomenon,

You Neither Do Nor Have Done! 

Be Calm,  Collected,  Free Your Mind, 

There Is No Hurry, Nothing Can You Bind.

There Is Light, The Conscious Awareness,

There Is No Darkness, Nor You're Blind! 

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Let Them Rest In Peace.

A WhatsApp Message

A friend sent the above message to me through the WhatsApp.

Words in the black have been added by me. 

A very simple one that evoked a thousand responses in my mind. The whole cultural history of India come up before my mental eyes. I could see at once why we don't write history of men, howsoever Great they may be. We don't bury our dead. Instead cremate them. So no matter how great a personality is, we don't build a memorial for him / her.

We of course offer our prayers and respects by means of performing certain rituals as is the custom, or as has been instructed in the scriptures. We call this the shraaddha karma / श्राद्ध कर्म. This is very specific in the way, it is quite a family affair only. There are priests and the dead are offered through the priests and through others as well not even only the man, but the animals like cow and birds like the crow. Whatsoever that they may need in their onward journey after death. After they have left us. And of course this is also never compulsory which is clear from the name of this ritual itself. The word "shraaddha karma / श्राद्ध कर्म" implies that it is not an obligation on the part of those who perform this for the dead, but is out of the remembrance and the respect for them. It is symbolic only rather than a duty or responsibility. Just because of the natural well-wishing only.

The interesting part of this could be related to such a ritual when someone renounces the world, enters the संन्यास आश्रम / sannyasa ashram, the fourth stage of life, when he has to perform this ritual for himself!

This may look like a formal deed, and may be treated as a token-gesture also, but there is the deeper aspect and meaning to it.

Since how long we have learnt the practice of remembering and keeping the biography of the dead? May be, a thousand year or a few centuries ago.

Our Most sacred and the Greatest, the most important and the famous one scripture :

The Gita points out in no uncertain words :

Chapter 2, अध्याय २,

सञ्जय उवाच :

एवमुक्त्वा हृषीकेशं गुडाकेशः परंतप।।

न योत्स्य इति गोविन्दमुक्त्वा तूष्णीं भभूत ह।।९।।

तमुवाच हृषीकेशः प्रहसन्निव भारत।।

सेनयोरुभयोर्मध्ये विषीदन्तमिदं वचः।।१०।।

अशोच्यानन्वशोचस्त्वं प्रज्ञावादांश्च भाषसे।।  

गतासूनगतासूँश्च नानुशोचन्ति पण्डिताः।। ११।।

A wise never grieves for the dead or those who are alive.

That being what is expected, how we should deal with death.

There are instances however when a Yogi voluntarily accepts and welcomes death as the purpose of the life has been fulfilled and he doesn't need any more this frame of the physical body because he thinks it would be much better, if it is discarded and disposed of before death claims it. There are however those Siddha who are indifferent if the body remains alive or dead. It's the same for them. But those others who have not attained this stage so far, the body of such a liberated one, either a Yogi or a Siddha, a Jnani or a Bhakta, is a temple of God, so shouldn't be cremated but instead buried, preserved in the form of samadhi. So this practice is observed in the case of any liberated (ब्रह्मीभूत / brahmibhuta) person, any spiritual or Godly man.

What about temples!

From time immemorial, India is well known  for its temples. A temples is never a place for worshipping a man, but is meant only for a devata / Divine Entity,  - say deity.

The word "deity" too may be a cognate of the Sanskrit word  "दिति" and "अदिति". These two are supposed to be (divine) mothers of the conscious beings that have an ethereal body.

"दिति" is the mother of the earthly - दैत्य  or the demons; while  "अदिति" is of the mother of the celestial conscious beings who have a body such as an ethereal  or luminous one.

अदिति / Aditi is the mother of Indra, Aditya,  Yama, Varuna, vayu, Agni, Mitra. So when a person dies, the dead body is cremated so as to attain the abode of devata. This temporary abode where a dead one arrives after his or her death in this world, is called  पितृलोक / the realm where the presiding devata is Aryama / अर्यमा. Accordingly at the time of cremation, of this dead body, we pray to all those sons of अदिति / Aditi :

अग्नि / Agni, यम / Yama, वायु / vAyu, पूषा / pUShA, पूषन् / pUShan / and अर्यमा / Aryama together so that his onward journey may be auspicious, and may not face troubles :

पूषन्नेकर्षे यम सूर्य प्राजापत्यव्यूह रश्मीन् समूह।।

तेजो यत्ते रूपं कल्याणतमं तत्ते पश्यामियो ऽसावसौ पुरुषः सोऽहमस्मि।।१६।।

वायुरनिलममृतमथेदं भस्मान्त्ँ शरीरम्।।

ॐ क्रतो स्मर कृत्ँ स्मर क्रतो स्मर कृतं स्मर।।१७।।

अग्ने नय सुपथा राये अस्मान् विश्वानि देव वयुनानि विद्वान।।

युयोध्यमस्मजुजुहुराणमेनो भूयिष्ठां ते नमउक्तिं विधेम।।१८।।

Thus concludes :

ईशावास्योपनिषद् /  IShAvAsyopaniShat!

So the orientation of the mind of one who is rooted in सनातन धर्म Sanatana Dharma is like this, where the War is the festival of life and the death is an opportunity for the brave to attain the ultimate, the Supreme  liberation / the मोक्ष .

Unfortunately, after the coming of Buddha, this whole approach to, how to live the life in a way so as to attain the four supreme goals (पुरुषार्थ : धर्म अर्थ काम मोक्ष) of life, was not only thought of as अधर्म / Adharma / violence and so decried but totally forgotten too.

We also failsd to notice that the Buddha's approach was basically for those bhikkhu / भिक्षु  who have renounced the world in order to attain the मोक्ष / Liberation. 

The way is only for the deserving and not for the rest. Even according to Veda, a ब्रह्मचारी / BrahmachAri too could become a monk if he has intense urge for finding out Brahman / ब्रह्म  the synonym of  सत्य / Truth. That is the way of practicing  "ब्रह्मचर्य / Brahmacharya", which had now been relegated to "celibacy"!

Of course it could also be seen that the word "celibacy" itself too is cognate of the Sanskrit word "सलभ्य" having the sense and meaning "helpful".

That is the short history of how the Indian mind was subjected to and conditioned by the outside influences and we are now at the juncture where we just fail to see our rich heritage of Sanatana Dharma.

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Inspired and prompted by a message from a friend on WhatsApp, I felt like writing this post.

The screenshot of the message with a little  editing, with the words in black, is at the top, in the very beginning.

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So, why we shouldn't remember, grieve the dead? Because that pulls them / their soul towards us, at the earthly level.

For example, there is such an incidence, in the biography of J. Krishnamurti, written by Pupul Jayakara, where she remembered and wanted to know what J. Krishnamurti might say about the Late Indira Gandhi, the former Prime Minister of India. He simply suggested that one shouldn't remember the dead, this attracts trouble for them. Because Pupul and Late Indira Gandhi Were fast friends of each-other, maybe she might have felt like asking this to him.

Yoga-Nidra

योग-निद्रा  :

ब्रह्मसंहिता : 

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P O E T R Y. 

The Self-Existent Existence,

Deep Asleep In Yoga-Nidra,

But Aware Of Oneself Only,

As The Predominant Principle,

The One Without The Other,

Knowing And Knew No Other Than,

The Self, For There Was None Any.

In The Mandakini -The Milky way,

Within The Heart As Oneself,

A Wave Emerged Out, 

From The Deep Tranquil State,

The Ocean - The Kshirasagara,

The Ocean Of The Milk.

There Was The Lotus, The Bliss,

The Calm And The Peace.

There Was Neither The Time, 

Nor The Space Indeed! 

So, It's A Story Timeless! 

From The Belly, Of The Lotus, 

That Was This Bliss And Peace, 

Where The Awareness, Of The Existence,

The Existence Only, The Belly,

The Lotus And The Belly-Button,

That Was All Alone But Not Lonely,

Emerged A Ripple Of Being,

And Because There, Where, 

Time Existed Not, Was No Time,

Expanded In All Directions, 

Beyond Itself, But in The Self, 

Because There, Where, 

Space Existed Not, Was No Space.

The Tiny Ripple Took The Form,

Of  Great Anxiety Only,

Tried To Find Out The Sense, 

The Purpose, The Meaning, 

And The Beginning Of ,

How And From Where, 

It Came Into Assumed Existence,

Always Looking For A Pattern, 

It Swelled Across Beyond And Beyond.

Created Time And Space, 

In Its Ignorance And within That,

Vast Omnipresent Time And Space,

A Network Of Cause And Effect,

To Justify And Explain, To Discover, 

A Sense And Meaning, Purpose,

And The Imagined, Assumed Cause.

Constantly Mutating From,

Transforming Always From, 

Itself, Into, One To Another Form,

Pattern, Shape And Size,

Could Never Succeed!

The Play Is Going On Incessantly.

The Bliss And Peace Of The Existence, 

And The Awareness Too Of This, 

Remains Intact, Undisturbed.

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