tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post995238939723759845..comments2024-03-24T16:46:26.733+05:30Comments on Indian Temples & Iconography: Analogy of the Tree of LifeKavitha Kalyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00813712305535152213noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-32289441540215319632010-10-14T12:08:18.624+05:302010-10-14T12:08:18.624+05:30Analogically, just as a tree has its roots undergr...Analogically, just as a tree has its roots underground, deeper according to its height and weight, a building also similarly has its foundation underground...<br /><br />Different floors above the ground surface reflect the different branches,,, and the residents the (mobile) flowers and fruits, that for a tree represent the surplus food that is physically attached to it, and is cooked in the JChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05374795168555108039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-56306934127345847062010-10-09T10:44:17.040+05:302010-10-09T10:44:17.040+05:30In the present also we are aware that the earth mo...In the present also we are aware that the earth moves from one ice-age to another, when life is virtually frozen,,,and as per ancient Hindus, at the end of Brahma's Day and the beginning of His night souls get frozen that get reactivted from that stage when another Day starts in the unending life of Brahma...<br /><br />The above might help visualise how life forms apparently enter in to JChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05374795168555108039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-32142012567223606222010-10-09T10:06:22.649+05:302010-10-09T10:06:22.649+05:30Yogis, that is ancient 'seekers of truth',...Yogis, that is ancient 'seekers of truth', or souls relatively closer to the supreme soul, were/ are characters who are revealed more and more truths, which according to the ancient wise 'Hindus' are events that are apparently not dependent on time, as we reckon it over a long duration. For example, the truth of us terrestrials viewing the sun rising every day in the 'east'JChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05374795168555108039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-70009912968440977282010-10-08T17:10:38.020+05:302010-10-08T17:10:38.020+05:30Hi Bart, earth (illusory or 'Mithya jagat'...Hi Bart, earth (illusory or 'Mithya jagat' in the words of the ancients), or rather its centre to 'me' is the 'Padmnabh' referred by the wise ancients, as it was also indicated by the ancient Hindu astronomers as the centre of the universe, or the navel that is apparently connected with Brahma or Sun (as the source of apparent energy that acts as the source for the JChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05374795168555108039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-75373536103307356712010-10-08T12:14:29.267+05:302010-10-08T12:14:29.267+05:30'I' have earlier also elsewhere suggested ...'I' have earlier also elsewhere suggested visualising the truth of evolution through one's own photos from birth onwards, till date. Each picture is one's own, ie, it's 'I' in all pictures at different apparent ages (reckoned from say my time and date of birth as per IST), and 'I' appear different in each, grown bigger in size with passage of time...<br /><br /JChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05374795168555108039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-25835716555639347872010-10-08T08:55:44.092+05:302010-10-08T08:55:44.092+05:30It's well known today that since time immemori...It's well known today that since time immemorial not only man but inferior animals also experience the occurrence of dreams while they are apparently asleep. With the apparent perfection of the art of projection of recorded films on the screen by man in the 'present', the phenomenon is likely to have also attracted the attention of the wise ancients. And thus the concept of 'maya&JChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05374795168555108039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-25073955022888131802010-10-07T18:04:13.313+05:302010-10-07T18:04:13.313+05:30Shiva the immortal energy or supreme soul is calle...Shiva the immortal energy or supreme soul is called Bhootnath who is apparently reviewing eternally His own past from the peak stage of evolution or the evolved stage at the end of Satyuga (reflected by Kailash), in the reverse order of churning, from Satyuga to Kaliyuga over 1000 times during a day in the life of the Sun (or Brahma who needs to sleep at intervals, to recover lost energy, just asJChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05374795168555108039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-38057527951560662052010-10-07T17:30:19.977+05:302010-10-07T17:30:19.977+05:30Today we have come to know that innumerable galaxi...Today we have come to know that innumerable galaxies, having a grand variety, fill the mahashunya or the infinite and ever expanding universal void (the Dark or Krishna space),,, and that our galaxy, called Milky Way Galaxy since ages, is a mature one, like a disc that is thick at the centre, and thin at the edges as it would have appeared in the early stages of evolution. <br /><br />The HinduJChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05374795168555108039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-57049692570598133252010-10-07T13:00:38.468+05:302010-10-07T13:00:38.468+05:30Man as an inverted tree was virtually confirmed by...Man as an inverted tree was virtually confirmed by Carl Sagan (in a TV serial Cosmos) when he said, to the effect, that as a result of different cycles during evolution one chromosome became man and another tree. Thus we are cousins! Also, we are complementary to each other for we breathe in Oxygen and release Carbon Dioxide, which the trees use as food and release Oxygen!<br /><br />Carbon JChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05374795168555108039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-43958264022405811532010-10-07T10:18:10.404+05:302010-10-07T10:18:10.404+05:30To reach the Absolute Truth that's related wit...To reach the Absolute Truth that's related with space and time zero, the seekers of truth (as present day scientists also apparently seek afresh starting from scratch), Yogis aparently attempted reaching a thoughtless stage through reguar 'meditation',,, an exercise which basically envisages reaching minimum thoughts first, through the five hasic physical apparatuses, or five JChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05374795168555108039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-5106469051583004052010-10-06T17:28:58.448+05:302010-10-06T17:28:58.448+05:30Hi Bart, Thanks! The ancients posed to the seekers...Hi Bart, Thanks! The ancients posed to the seekers the question: Who am I? And the answers suggested by some wise ancients is "Aham Brahmasmi"/ "Shivoham". However they suggested every soul to reach the answer on one's own, as there are many paths to reach the same goal as reflected by our globe (say to reach the North Pole, the head, from the South Pole, the tail)...whereJChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05374795168555108039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-28077215575124012862010-10-06T13:51:56.620+05:302010-10-06T13:51:56.620+05:30Hi JC,
The myth which narrates that mother Yashod...Hi JC,<br /><br />The myth which narrates that mother Yashoda has seen once the entire universe in the mouth of her son Krishna, has, according to me, the meaning to make us listeners and/or readers clear that Lord Krishna was already completely enlightened - or being One with the Brahman - when He was a little baby. The universe has been created by the word of God, however we would like to call Barthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11357659283971574867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-90621325250769631002010-10-06T11:23:06.270+05:302010-10-06T11:23:06.270+05:30Hi kavitha & Bart, although the Hindu mytholgi...Hi kavitha & Bart, although the Hindu mytholgical stories primarily make interesting reading for the common man (without even their attempting to go to the depth and, for example, not bothering what "Yashoda saw the universe in child Krishna's mouth" really meant!). They, on the other hand, make very intersting reading for the 'seeker of Truth' when one is able to read JChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05374795168555108039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-6787142169918012352010-10-05T21:34:24.766+05:302010-10-05T21:34:24.766+05:30Thanks Kavitha, for this improvement of my contrib...Thanks Kavitha, for this improvement of my contribution. But it was Dallapiccola whom I was quoting with her lemma of ‘Kalasha’ in her dictionary. And let us realize that when the kalasha can be an object representing the creation, then it couldn’t be wrong to associate it with the creator Brahma. On the other hand Dallapiccola gives you indeed entirely right about the ‘kamandal’ as well. So Barthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11357659283971574867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-85234342156277376402010-10-05T17:07:02.026+05:302010-10-05T17:07:02.026+05:30Contd.
Human form is thus considered formed of tw...Contd.<br /><br />Human form is thus considered formed of two ghatas, one containing the parts of essences of earth (Ajna chakra) & moon (Sahasrara chakra) in the head,,, and the lower body, as the inferior one that contains essences of six others (from Venus at the throat to Mars at the mooladhar, or tail-bone end), whereas the ninth one is related with essence of Saturn, in the form of the JChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05374795168555108039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-67424783035826076512010-10-05T17:06:20.529+05:302010-10-05T17:06:20.529+05:30In the Bhagawadgita, man has been indicated as an ...In the Bhagawadgita, man has been indicated as an 'inverted tree' whose roots are in the sky...This seems to have been reflected by Yogis by considering human form made from the essences, mainly of nine members of the solar system, from Sun (the main source of energy, at the solar plexus) to Saturn (as the planet is also called 'suryaputra'), the heavenly bodies that are floating JChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05374795168555108039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-20965112434407351052010-10-05T17:05:25.868+05:302010-10-05T17:05:25.868+05:30In the Bhagawadgita, man has been indicated as an ...In the Bhagawadgita, man has been indicated as an 'inverted tree' whose roots are in the sky...This seems to have been reflected by Yogis by considering human form made from the essences, mainly of nine members of the solar system, from Sun (the main source of energy, at the solar plexus) to Saturn (as the planet is also called 'suryaputra'), the heavenly bodies that are floating JChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05374795168555108039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-82150900248073258902010-10-05T11:41:45.883+05:302010-10-05T11:41:45.883+05:30'Ghat' perhaps conveys earthen pitchers th...'Ghat' perhaps conveys earthen pitchers that were used in the early stages of evolution,,,which conveyed short life, although it helped in natural cooling of its contents through the process of osmosis and evaporation, and thus sustenance of coolness in the drinking water retained through the day for that purpose in the hot climate in north India, particularly (and Shiva depicted having JChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05374795168555108039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-17609199675207694392010-10-05T11:19:41.410+05:302010-10-05T11:19:41.410+05:30Did not know this aspect of the Tree of Life.
Is...Did not know this aspect of the Tree of Life. <br /><br />Is there any connection between this and the Banyan tree? <br /><br />Also, there is also a Tree of Sorrow in mythology, right? Are there any parallels? Forgot where I read about this one.abhilash warrierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13676672819691640600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-26811780867212770482010-10-05T10:14:47.447+05:302010-10-05T10:14:47.447+05:30Hi Kavitha and Bart, nice interpretation of words ...Hi Kavitha and Bart, nice interpretation of words related with different vessels that hold water, or/ rather 'life giving' water as it applies to humans...<br /><br />Perhaps like 'me', a student of Civil Engineering, or 'science', would also have come to learn today, he/ she could visualise earth as the basic holder of a variety of water-bodies: the seas that hold 'JChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05374795168555108039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-12522713242603565822010-10-05T08:10:34.461+05:302010-10-05T08:10:34.461+05:30Hello Bart,
Interesting indeed. Just one point, ...Hello Bart, <br /><br />Interesting indeed. Just one point, Brahma carries a Kamandal, its a little different from a Kalash. It has a handle and carries water and it typically in the possession of ascetics. Brahma, carries this vessel.Kavitha Kalyanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00813712305535152213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-43862870071485043512010-10-04T17:42:44.302+05:302010-10-04T17:42:44.302+05:30There are in Sanskrit actually three words to poin...There are in Sanskrit actually three words to point out such a holy water vessel as we are meaning here, often preceded by the prefix ‘purna’ = ‘full’; the three terms are: purnakalasha, purnaghata and purnakumbha. I believe that all these three terms, with or without ‘purna’ are freely exchangeable and all can be used to indicate this extreem old symbol, in use by Jainism, Buddhism and Hinduism,Barthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11357659283971574867noreply@blogger.com