--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "off_world_beings" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bbrigante <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > Do any of the Vedic scholars here know what would be the most > ancient > > > name given for Mother Divine. I mean the actual Mother of the > > > universe ?? (not the nuns). > > > > > > Maybe there is a name that appears in the Rig Veda for this? > > > > > > In Maharishi's Gita , I remember he gives the ages of time. He > starts > > > with Kaliyuga, and gives the length of years, then goes back > through > > > Sat Yug, then something else, maybe "a day of Vishnu", and "a > day of > > > Brahma", and gives the number of years, and then finally a "day > of > > > Mother Divine", for which, if my memory serves me well, he said > the > > > amount of years was unknown because it is too vast to be counted. > > > > > > I'd really like to know the most ancient names for Mother > Divine. > > > Anyone know? > > > > ************ > > > > The Vedic tradition does assign a time value to the life of the > Divine > > Mother, "a single one of whose lives encompasses a thousand life- > spans > > of Lord Shiva" (MMY's Gita commentary, Ch.4, v.1). It's something > like > > 10 to the twentieth power earth years -- MMY terms the number of > lives > > of the Divine Mother as "innumerable." > > > > One name of the Divine Mother is "Mahamaya," it's Maya that > enables the > > creation to appear to start.>>> >
> Thanks. This is very helpful. So are you saying that the Gita says > Mother Divine is 1000 lifetimes of Shiva, but that her number of > lifetimes are innumerable? *************** MMY's commentary on Ch 4, v. 1 says that, and obviously no limit could be placed on the lifetimes, given the infinite potencies of Brahman. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
