Theos-Talk Archives (September 1998 Message tt00165)

> It is an open question whether Mandukya/Mundaka are,
>or are not, *in reality*, the 'same' (origin).

Methinks you are confusing truth with facts.  Who was talking about
the "origin" of these upanishads?  Not I.  These question is closed for
me. You are welcome to believe the opposite.  But any person new to the
SD who attempts look up the quote will find just what I did.  They may
also wonder why a theosophical group so (supposedly) dedicated to truth
allows simple blunders to remain in print for decades.


>Who did the translations?  Are they translations of translations of
>translations of . .?  What/where is the original?  How was it recorded? Was
>it Senzar, Sanscrit, Sanskrit etc.?  Was it oral teaching(which
>tongue/race/round), on disks?

Once again, the question (especially rhetorical ones) of ultimates or
origins is irrelevant in this case.

>> >SD, I, 83:
>> >
>> >"(a) In the Mandukya (Mundaka) Upanishad it is written . . . . . "
>
>> Thank you for pointing out another mistake in the original SD.  The same
>> points can made again.  The citation I. i. 7 does fit the 12 verse format
>> of the Mandukya.  There is nothing about spiders, webs or herbs in the
>> Mandukya. There is in the Mundaka -- at the place I, i, 7.  See
>> Gambhirananda's translation of EIGHT UPANISHADS, vol II, p.91

Paul:
>Quite incredible that this can immediately be labelled a "mistake" on the
>basis that it doesn't neatly line up with the exoteric/surface stuff.  Quite
>incredible.

No immediacy at all, why assume so?  This research was done years ago by
me. Quite incredible is your split in consciousness regarding the SD.
First it is essential to you to have the words of the SD left as first
printed.  Then when a mistake is noted those words become
"exoteric/surface stuff" and not worth bothering about. If HPB writings
are important, then her friends ignoring what is false in them is just as
foolish as her enemies ignoring what is true in them.


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