--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck" <dhamiltony2k5@...> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck" wrote: > > > > > > > > Om, you Sanskrit scholars here, > > > > did this get transliterated right? > > > > Thanks in advance, > > > > -Buck > > > > > > > > Saha Nav Avatu > > > > Saha Nav Bhunaktu > > > > Saha Viryam Narava Yanhai > > > > Tejasvi Na Vadhitam A Stu > > > > Ma Vidisavahai > > > > > > > > > > Sanskrit scholars here, > > > what does this prayer translate to? > > > Anybody know? > > > > > > > The translation that the TM movement recites > > is a couple of lines longer than the stanza has. > > The two added lines don't seem to go with the stanza. > > When did this come about and first come to be used? > > I have in front of me someone's hand written > > note card with this that references 1/8/81 > > MIU 2nd Christmas WPA > > > > It seems the two added lines are, > "Never shall we denounce anyone > Never entertain negativity." > > Where did these come from? > Anybody know the context > that these were coined > and tacked these on? >
Before completion of the domes, when the women did program in the field house, I vaguely remember learning Saha Nav Avatu some time between October '79 when I first arrived from Amherst and the following late summer when we formed Vedic Atoms. Most of the people who came from Amherst were old-time TM teachers. I had been on the Rhode Island Ideal Society Campaign the year before. When Amherst came along, I felt like I had become one of Maharishi's foot-soldiers being deployed where ever he needed me. Our mission from Amherst was to continue creating coherence at MIU. Between arriving at MIU from Amherst and the Vedic Atom, we started reciting Saha Nav Avatu aloud before program. Also, hearing a recitation of Jaimini Sutras became part of our morning program, which included two full rounds, morning and evening. Looking back on it, I think Maharishi started the Vedic Atom program to ready us for the Mother Divine and Purusha programs that started after Vedic Atom ended Fall '81. We had been on the Atom about two months when, Maharishi invited us to his Vedic Science course in India. We arrived November 7, 1980 on the evening of Diwali. I was in India four months, rounding, seeing Maharishi almost everyday, and all the while, the Atom continued to strip away layer upon layer of my ego. By the time the Vedic Atom ended, I had been doing long program for almost 2-1/2 years. When I had an opportunity to join Mother Divine after the Atom, I declined. I decided I'd had enough of being flat broke. I googled Vedic Atom to see if I could find an answer to your question. I found a link to FFLife. I read the first paragraph of a post about the Atom and thought, "Wow! Someone had an experience of the Atom just like mine." Well, it was mine. I'd completely forgotten that I had written about the Atom. http://www.mail-archive.com/fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com/msg163058.html I don't know if this helped answer your question, Doug, but it has certainly stirred a few old memories. Anyway, thanks for the memories.
