On Dec 6, 2009, at 12:59 PM, TurquoiseB wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "do.rflex" <do.rf...@...> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > John, this was actually a very sweet quote. I can > > > only assume that the translator's choice of language > > > is extremely poetic, and that he did not feel the > > > need for an exact translation, merely one that > > > captured what he saw in the verse. > > > > Why do you assume that the author's words aren't an exact > > translation? > > Just a hunch, based on the fact that they don't > sound anything like any translations of the Rig > Veda I've ever heard before. They sound more like, > say, Robert Bly's "tranalations" of Rumi, done > poetically and eloquently, but without knowing > a word of the original language.
TMer's like to call many things "the Veda" or "Vedic" which are not. I'd be careful of confusing the Taittariya Aranyaka with Taittariya Upanishad. The Taittariya Aranyaka is a sacrificial manual! The chapter 3 that is excerpted here, seems to be borrowing yogic (non-Vedic) terminology and this chapter 'treats technicalities of several other homas and yajnas'. I've actually met Brahmins from the Taittariya Upanishad line. "Fifth and Sixth Anuvakas try to describe Brahman in the form of Vyahrutis. The words "Bhooh" , "Bhuvah", "Suvah", "Mahah", "Janah", "Tapah" and "Satyam" arecalled seven Vyahruti's or Sapta Vyahrutis." Those familiar with the original mantric practice of the Age of Enlightenment technique will immediately recognize these mantras. Full Age of Enlightenment Technique After TMSP: Place attention on the following: Nostrils Lips Ears Eyes Between Brows Top of head Whole head Throat Chest Stomach Sides of the body Back Upper back Shoulder blades Upper arms Lower arms Palms Fingers Upper legs Ankles Feet Whole body Then have sequential awareness of the following spaces, along with the mantras which follow. City you are in Country you are in Continent (North/SouthAmerica) Africa Europe Austral-Asia Whole world Earth and the Sun together The Solar System The Galaxy Clusters of Galaxies Whole Universe The Absolute The Whole Body Lokas (done simultaneously with the above): Om Bhu (utter at level of clouds) Om Bhu Va (higher and higher) Om Sva Om Maha Om Jana Om Tapa Om Sat Yam (pron: Om Sut Yum) When you utter "Sat Yam" place attention on the top of the head. Have an awareness of the Whole Body. Sutra: Soma, soma, soma. Rest 5-10 minutes.
