Guest guest Posted September 16, 2003 Report Share Posted September 16, 2003 My deepest feelings of love and support with you at these times. No amount of words from dear ones would fill the void created by the sad demise of your mother. I cant beleive this and at the later part of this letter I would reply to your original astrological mail. Just before I entered the cafe, I was thinking today is 16th and you must have come back and how you would have felt at the demise of your aunt, I know you are strong and so i thought that you would cope well and it isnt as if that your mom has expired, that you would be down and depressed. Then i said ohh thats pathetic of me to think this way since I dont know if ur mom is alive or not and I was widly thinking of the time when Ramadasji lost his father. And then i come to the cafe and cant access site, but i checked the daily digest and saw this mail of yours. Gosh this is awful. Ohh I would write later on the wise thoughts presented by you on left hand practices, but to sum up this thread. For humans to realise what is tall, the short must exist otherwise we wont experience and know the tallness of tall. At the same time the shortness of the short need not be bad. I apologise to other members at not having responded for some days due to lack of proper net facilities. Deepest condolences at these times and yes you are very fortunate to be with her at her last breath. I wish her soul the best journey in her unison with God. Sunil John Mumbai Dear Sunil,You got the essence of what I said. Hindu philosophers were indeed never judgemental. The reason is not far to fathom.Since God created everything this world,it follows that even the so called bad things were created by him. Only he knew the grand design behind their creation and surely they have a purpose in life. It is possible that mere humans might not be able to understand the reason behind them.As a matter of fact all religions state that God created this world andnothing happens without his will. That being so, it would be height ofhyprocricy to say that bad things( as perceived by us) simply do not exist or that they were created by someone else.Unfortunately, it is not known what was given in other parts of AtharvaVedas and how they enjoined upon the followers to do with what is available.However Linga Purana does state that originally Vedas were one and later got split into four.Probably one needs to understand and view al l four vedas and 6 Vedangas as one unit to understand the meaning behind them. This is why Dashagranthi(Knower of the 10 scriptures) Bramhins were reverred.It is also necessary to understand that Sanskrita as a language underwent a lot of changes from Ancient to present day Sanskrit. It is said that"Laxam vyakaranam proktam, chaturlaxam tu jyotisham" which means that there are 1,00,000 Grammars and 4,00,000 Jyotish texts. Most of what is being quoted is from translations by ..May be what the shlokas meant in ancient times is entirely different from the true meaning of Atharva Vedas.The reason for the confusion might be incorrect translation. You will find a reference to slave girl in the translation. Hindus never practiced slavery. So the correctnesof the translation , though by a modern day Scholar is open to question.I hope this helps. About demise of my aunt thank you for the kind words.I reached my home to day. But sad news, they say never comes alone. I lost my mother today(15th Sept) at 9.00 p.m.I was fortunate to have been with her when she breathed her last.Chandrashekhar.SIZE does matter The UK's biggest *Free* Web based mail 10 MB Free mail.lycos.co.uk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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