talasiga

Originally posted by Avinash:

Avinash (formerly Animesh)

If you are the former Animesh,

how come you are only a "junior" member ?

What happened ?

Are you trying to confuse the FBI ?

Hah !

But you can't fool

this Fiji Born Indian.

But seriously, Avinash

I think you will find that, if indeed

the US FBI are investigating South Asians -

it is the prospect of a Muslim terrorist element

that is instigating it.

BTW

have you ever seen a walrus with only one tusk ?

Ekadantiyum Atlanticum !

Originally posted by Bhaktavasya:

Someone told me this weekend that when George

asked Srila Prabhupad for a sanskrit name,

Prabhupad said "You are already Hari's son

(Harrison, so you don't need another name."

 

Ahhhh !

The humour of the wise and diplomatic .....

Originally posted by karthik_v:

There is absolutely no reason to believe that Buddhism was ever a popular religion of the masses in India. If that were the case, there should have been many literature to support such a claim. But, even in an ancient language like Tamil, we can just come across a couple of Buddhist literature.

 

This is quite bizarre reasoning.

In ancient India, Sanskrit was the predominant scriptural vehicle

of Hinduism

and

Pali was the predominant scriptural vehicle

of Buddhism.

1.There is no need to speculate

that the absence of <u>ancient</u> Buddhist texts

in Tamil means the absence of Buddhism in <u>ancient</u> Tamil Nadu.

Nor is there a need to speculate

that the the absence of <u>ancient</u> Hindu texts in Tamil means the absence of Hinduism in <u>ancient</u> Tamil Nadu.

(In the ancient period under consideration here

I know of no significant Hindu texts in Tamil.)

2. Buddhism had its peak of royal patronage

under the Mauryan emperor Ashoka (c268 BC - 233 BC). Ashoka's reign represented the peak of the Mauryan Empire and even during his reign <u>Kerala and Tamil Nadu were not included</u> in the empire.

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Originally posted by suryaz:

So is loneliness just being ill at ease with the self?

 

 

 

A most tempting question

But we have no desire to answer it .....

Talasiga & Co.

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Originally posted by leyh:

I think it was raining and as I happened to be carrying an umbrella,I offered to shelter Srila Prabhupada from the rain,but he declined.

 

Perhaps it was a shower of blessings.

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Originally posted by JRdd:

This mood is so far removed from the days when devotees appreciated each other so much, and genuinely felt humbled in each other's presence, and meant the obeisances and pranams that were constantly offered.

Hey !

Am I in the past

or is it in your presence

those days do last and last ?

Here is my well meant pranaam:-

"I greet the highest in you.

Your goodness walks in front of me.

Your gentleness bids me good day.

Your laughter raises me to joyfulness.

Your quietness leads me away."

- A Ute Prayer for Friendship from

War Cry on a Prayer Feather: Prose and Poetry of the Ute [Red]Indians

by Nancy Wood,

(Doubleday & Co, New York

ISBN 0-385-12885-1 )

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Originally posted by Gauracandra:

Not to worry. We just need to remember that most of us are just works in progress.

Sometimes

I feel like

a demolition in progress

Originally posted by gHari:

I have lived alone since 1974. I've never been lonely, .....

The greatest loneliness

is known in close company

Originally posted by Krsnacandra dasa:

 

For some reason, the media really does not want

to talk about him being a devotee of [Krishna].

It happens to many .

It is all part of His plan

To keep our relationship

A secret cherish .

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Do you enjoy

analysing droppings ?

Me too !

new readers may also be interested

in this older thread "Loneliness Vesus Alone"

commenced by Bhaktavasya:-

http://www.indiadivine.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/000562.html

Originally posted by gHari:

Excerpt of letter to Syamasundara das, April 12, 1970:

 

I think George does not require to become my formal

disciple because he is already more than my disciple.

Ahhhh !

the diplomacy of the wise and loving .....

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Originally posted by Gauracandra:

Why get a Philosophy degree?

-It's more respectable than a theater degree, but you still get to

drink lots of espresso.

 

Let me see now ......

let me see.....

Learn how to put Des cartes before Des ass

and still pull the world along ?

Originally posted by Gauracandra:

So, was Kant on drugs or what?

Hmmmm......

Neela Kant Mahadeva !

Jay Jay Shambho !

Originally posted by Gauracandra:

What is the nature of Knowledge?

-I'm still trying to figure out the nature of *college*.

 

Knowledge without wisdom

is like a college with no dean

Originally posted by Gauracandra:

Can our minds exist separately from our bodies?

-If they could, we'd just send our minds to class and sleep in every

morning.

 

If you see a body with a sleeping mind

You will notice it is mourning

Originally posted by Gauracandra:

What is the meaning of life?

-All evidence to date suggests it's chocolate.

 

Black and Gold ?

How sweet -

Krishna and Radha .....

Originally posted by Gauracandra:

7. How do I know I'm not just a brain in a vat, hooked up to a computer

simulation of life?

-Look in the mirror. If you see a gray, spongy thing in a glass

container, you are.

 

Wait a minute !

First KICK the mirror hard

to see it really exists .....

Originally posted by Gauracandra:

. If a tree falls in the forest, and there's no one there to hear it, does

it make a sound?

-Not if it lands on a bunch of pillows.

 

 

Hey !

Where do YOU put your head

at night ?

Originally posted by Gauracandra:

What is the essence of being human?

-Not understanding the opposite sex.

 

Well, I don't understand you.

Are you a woman

or Am I a beast ?

Originally posted by Gauracandra:

How do I know anything really exists?

-Kick it *really* hard.

 

Yep, right again !

Try kicking a bad habit .....

Originally posted by Gauracandra:

 

Is there a God?

-A billion Hindus can't be wrong.

 

Yes you're right !

Each has his/her very own God .....

Originally posted by suryaz:

YES! YES! YES! Right On Talasiga YES - A mistake, surrounded by confusion.

( Oh dear - she is trying to beat

me with my own stick.............)

Nevertheless all the elements

in the mistake are real

and its result too......

and

you "have no idea how [it] happened"

and when you do work it out

you may no longer be confused

but the mistake won't disappear

and even if you fix it

while it existed the mistake

will have existed

as a real thing.........

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Originally posted by suryaz:

The object only has appealing value when I superimpose my notions about that onto it. ........bye for now

 

Oh ! So now you have introduced

<u>notional</u> temptation ?

It appears that you are suggesting that

Self generated Desire for Object

is due to the Choosing a Notion for superimposition.

Thus

T[emptation] is a <u>context</u> where S[elf] with Desire

has option of C[hoice] of N[otion].

This is a precise summation of what you just said - generically no different to the earlier summation encapsulating O.

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Originally posted by suryaz:

I have no idea how the underlining bit happened

 

 

(Perhaps not unlike Temptation) !

Please take responsibility (which you rightly promote)

and fix it up.

The Law of Copyright

requires accuracy of representation.

If you wish to insert something not in the original utterance

editorial convention requires your insertion to be in square brackets

or some separate notation admitting

the change.

Shvu is very knowledgeable and might

be able to help you with the underlining.

Otherwise, you should go back to where you quoted me

and in square brackets put a note like: [underlining by Suryaz].

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