Theos-Talk Archives (November 2002 Message tt00671)

Goswami writes:

> I AM DELIGHTED THAT YOU MR. CALDWELL, HAVE TAKEN THIS DISCUSSION TO 
> ITS EARLIEST EXTANT SOURCE IN THE RIG VEDA. IN DEFERENCE TO THE 
> THEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY ADVAITA VEDANTIC PERSPECTIVE, LET US REFERE TO 
A 
> TRANSLATION OF THE VEDIC HYMNS DONE BY THE WORLD FAMOUS ADVAITA 
> VEDANTIC SANSKRIT SCHOLAR, FATHER RAIMUNDO PANIKKAR. IN HIS "THE 
> VEDIC EXPERIANCE MANTRA MANJARI AN ANTHOLOGY OF THE VEDAS FOR 
MODERN 
> MAN AND CONTEMPORARY CELEBRATION" (1977, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA 
> PRESS, BERKELEY AND LOS ANGELES, USA, ISBN # 0-520-02854-6 ), THE 
> HYMN YOU HAVE PROVIDED BELOW IS ON PAGE 58. THIS IS CITED IN THE 
> CHAPTER TITLED ADI, OR PRELUDE. IT IS THE NASADIYA SUKTA, RIG VEDA 
> X, I29. 
> 
> I WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND THIS ANTHOLOGY TO ALL THOSE THEOSOPHISTS 
> INTERESTED IN AVAILING THEMSELVES OF MORE 'DIRECT' (VIA ENGLISH) 
> KNOWLEDGE OF THE ASTOUNDING VEDIC-VAISHNAVA HYMNS. 
> 

Goswami, I am glad that you mention the above book by Raimundo 
Panikkar. This is one of my favorite volumes on the subject and I 
have used my copy enough times that I need to buy a new copy!

I'm glad to see the book available from Amazon.com.

See: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/8120812808/

Daniel H. Caldwell
BLAVATSKY ARCHIVES
http://hpb.cc