Guest guest Posted January 23, 2002 Report Share Posted January 23, 2002 Dear Indology: Does anyone know of any literature in Hinduism which speaks of the human birth being the highest type of rebirth because it is the place from which one can obtain moksa, much like the idea in Buddhism? Thanks, Lynken Ghose _______________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 26, 2002 Report Share Posted January 26, 2002 Shankara's writings mention it repeatedly as does Yoga Vasishta. Regards, Dean Anderson, PhD INDOLOGY, "Lynken Ghose" <lynkenghose@h...> wrote: > Dear Indology: > > Does anyone know of any literature in Hinduism which speaks of the human > birth being the highest type of rebirth because it is the place from which > one can obtain moksa, much like the idea in Buddhism? > > Thanks, > Lynken Ghose > > > > _______________ > Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 28, 2002 Report Share Posted January 28, 2002 The following is a useful reference: "Man and Self in Traditional Indian Thought" (Chapter 8, pp. 265-289) in HALBFASS, Wilhelm. 1991. Tradition and Reflection - Expolorations in Indian Thought. State University of New York Press: Albany. Best, Vishal Agarwal INDOLOGY, "Lynken Ghose" <lynkenghose@h...> wrote: > Dear Indology: > > Does anyone know of any literature in Hinduism which speaks of the human > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 30, 2002 Report Share Posted January 30, 2002 INDOLOGY, leena taneja <leans1> wrote: > I read this passage several times, and i'm familiar > with the text from which it is derived. IT seems > what is being suggested is that the human birth > is an exalted one because it offers the possibiity > for association with saintly souls, devotees. This > seems to offer a rather poetical, bhakti explanation > and can be understood only within that context. What Chris Beetle quotes from Bhagavata PurANam 5.13.21-22 is told in 100s and 100s of Tamil bhakti poems sung centuries before Bhagavatham which was also written in Tamil Nadu. Let me quote a 7th century Shaiva example, where the saint Appar sAmikaL announces that we can desire human birth only for singing the feet of Nataraja. kun2itta puruvamum kovvaic cevvAyil kumiN cirippum pan2itta caTaiyum pavaLam pOl mEn2iyil pAl veN nIRum in2ittam uTaiya eTutta pon2pAtamum kANap peRRAl man2ittap piRaviyum vENTuvatE inta mA nilattE BTW, the idea of smiling God in the decad of Appar can be clearly seen on the gopurams of Cambodia. There are even deities named as Prahasitezvara in SE Asia. See esp. Alvar poems on Tirupati (the decad with "kampa mata yAn2ai kazuttu akattu miitiruntu .." etc., ) for similar themes of the above BhP quote. Regards, N. Ganesan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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