Guest guest Posted December 2, 2007 Report Share Posted December 2, 2007 Sita is not just the wife of Ram, but was a Vedic Goddess in her own right. All later Puranic themes were extensions of Vedic- hints of later Devis like Kali can already be found in the Vedas, though they are subtle(I mention Kali, as many academics say Kali is a non-Vedic Goddess). Indra is the Lord of the Field(Kshetra). This field is the external world, our body, as Krishna tells Arjun in the Gita(chapter 12). The Lord of the field is the indwelling Spirit(Indra in Vedic terms). In the Vedas, Indra discovers Sita when he plowing the Earth, just like thousands of years later Janak discovers Sita. Janak, like Indra, is the King(of Earth, the body/mind symboligically). Sita is the Goddess of surrender, the mind tha is completely surrendered toa Higher force. She is the receptive Self that understands that our mind is not our true self, but only its tool. We can only reach our Real Self when we surrender completely to a Higher Force than us, & this Shakti of surrender is Sita. Sita is found by Indra, the Spirit, when he plows the field. The field here is our lower logical mind, that must be penetrated by the Higher mind of Indra. Sita, the daughter of the Earth, takes us to the Sun of wisdom in the heavens. In later Ramayan, Sita belonged to Rama, of the Solar family. Ramayan teaches us once Ram loses his Sita, he loses everything. In modern times, we too have lost our Sita. The lower demonic ego has become the King, & he has hidden Sita in Lanka. Selfishness, destroying environment to fulfill our comforts, no respect for others is the rule. Surrendering to a Higher Force is seen with contempt, & equated as cowardice. But there is no happiness till we find our Sita, our inner loving Self. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 3, 2007 Report Share Posted December 3, 2007 Dear shantnu, this is really very good series and all this information is new for me. Did you think it yourself or some book which i can read too ansuya Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 3, 2007 Report Share Posted December 3, 2007 > Dear shantnu, this is really very good series and all this information Anusuyaji, if you want to know more, the best book, which every Hindu should read, is Secret of the Veda by Sri Aurobindo. He was the 1st one who introduced esoteric interpretations of the Veda based on his personal experience. Sri Aurobindo showed that the mystical approach of the Upanishads was a follow on to the Vedic one, & not simply a new addition(as most scholars & even Hindus believe). Almost every other author follows his approach. More specifically, I consulted David Frawleys " Wisdom of the Ancient Seers " . It gives selected verses & their esoteric meaning. Frawley is a great author, you should read all his books. If you are more interested, Dr R L Kashyap(who amongst other things has shown Sanskrit uses the same techniques as computer programming to preserve integrity of data) & his associates have translated all the Vedas from a purely spritual point of view. There are some other authors like Ganapati Muni, Kapali Shastry, but their books are not easily available. love shantnu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 3, 2007 Report Share Posted December 3, 2007 , shanracer <no_reply wrote: > > > In the Vedas, Indra discovers Sita when he plowing the Earth, just > like thousands of years later Janak discovers Sita. Janak, like Indra, > is the King(of Earth, the body/mind symboligically). > > Dear Shantnu Your posts are a source of great knowledge. However, I have heard first time that India discores Sita. could you please give some more details on this. Jai Gurudev Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 3, 2007 Report Share Posted December 3, 2007 > However, I have heard first time that India discores Sita. > > could you please give some more details on this. Pradeepji, it is a verse in the Veda. Indra discovers Sita when ploughing the Earth. It was just a verse, there is no story behind it. It has interesting parallels with Ramayan, thats why the translator(Dr Frawley) pointed this out.I dont remember what the actual verse said, I'll have to check. If this is intruiging, Indra is once unable to fight demons who are stronger than him, so he takes the help of a monkey man called Vrishkapi, just like Ram later takes Hanumans help. But Ive completely forgotten where I read this. love Shantnu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 4, 2007 Report Share Posted December 4, 2007 , shanracer <no_reply wrote: Indra discovers Sita when > ploughing the Earth. It was just a verse, there is no story behind it. > It has interesting parallels with Ramayan, thats why the translator(Dr Can it connect to the great fact that the higher shakti (consciousness/kundalini)...hides behind the matter (earth) during involution. Indra ( viveka or higher mind)... starts the evolution and the shakti starts coming out (evolving from earth... changing into active chemicals, then single cells, plants, animals and finally humans ) ..??? I feel more comfortable with this idea of mine... what do you think ? Aum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 4, 2007 Report Share Posted December 4, 2007 > Indra ( viveka or higher mind)... starts the evolution and the >shakti > starts coming out (evolving from earth... changing into active Great Babaji! Yes it makes sense. It can also refer to the process of Kundalni yoga, whereby the Higher mind, removes blocks of Tamogun(which is what Earth represents) to find the hidden Shakti within. This shakti then goes to the sun(which is the Crown chakra) & gives us wisdom and peace. It just shows Vedic verses can be interpreted in more than 1 way, & not just the ritualistically, as is done. love Shantnu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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