thathvaboDha: (Condensed) --- 1
I think it is a good idea to create a condensed version of thathvaboDha: |
This is a lexicon of vEdhAntham and any one desirous of liberation will benefit by getting these terms understood properly. This was one of the very first texts SDS introduced to his students when he had the four year vEdhantham course.. That tells teh significance of this thatvaboDha:
It is like most vedhAnthic texts, set as a dialog between the teacher and the student. The student asks a question and the guru responds to the SishyA..
It deals with why this text ought to be studies; what are the necessary qualifications to understand the upanishaths; what is the nature of the individual, universe, and god.. who is a gnAni.. and so on and so forth..
SDS had asked me in the past to start teaching and I find Orkut a good way to start teaching without expecting anything from the readers ( sounds like karma yogam, right??!!)
as many words will be in sanskrit and we have the misfortune of using 26 alphabets, i would like to start off with a new way to write practically almost any language with reasonable precision by using a very special transliteration taught to me by my elder brother.. in fact we write tamil words using this format.. I would like to share it with this community first, if I may..
a A i I u U R lr E ei o au H (visargam) these are the basic vowels.. then..
k K g G gn
c C j J jn
t T d D N
th Th dh Dh n
p P b B m
y r l v S sh s h
While this is not perfect, this will allow us the easy use of the computer key board..
the opening line of thathvaboDhaH starts with a prayer to BagavAn and guru..
vAsudhEvEndhra yogIndhram nathvA gnApradham gurum |
mumukshUNAm hithArThAya thathvaboDhaH aBiDhIyathE ||
this simply invokes the grace of the guru.. I will explain the meaning in the next posting..
I hope using the letters above the readers, especially those who are familiar with hindhi can easily pronounce samskrtham..
hari om..
M
This is a lexicon of vEdhAntham and any one desirous of liberation will benefit by getting these terms understood properly. This was one of the very first texts SDS introduced to his students when he had the four year vEdhantham course.. That tells teh significance of this thatvaboDha:
It is like most vedhAnthic texts, set as a dialog between the teacher and the student. The student asks a question and the guru responds to the SishyA..
It deals with why this text ought to be studies; what are the necessary qualifications to understand the upanishaths; what is the nature of the individual, universe, and god.. who is a gnAni.. and so on and so forth..
SDS had asked me in the past to start teaching and I find Orkut a good way to start teaching without expecting anything from the readers ( sounds like karma yogam, right??!!)
as many words will be in sanskrit and we have the misfortune of using 26 alphabets, i would like to start off with a new way to write practically almost any language with reasonable precision by using a very special transliteration taught to me by my elder brother.. in fact we write tamil words using this format.. I would like to share it with this community first, if I may..
a A i I u U R lr E ei o au H (visargam) these are the basic vowels.. then..
k K g G gn
c C j J jn
t T d D N
th Th dh Dh n
p P b B m
y r l v S sh s h
While this is not perfect, this will allow us the easy use of the computer key board..
the opening line of thathvaboDhaH starts with a prayer to BagavAn and guru..
vAsudhEvEndhra yogIndhram nathvA gnApradham gurum |
mumukshUNAm hithArThAya thathvaboDhaH aBiDhIyathE ||
this simply invokes the grace of the guru.. I will explain the meaning in the next posting..
I hope using the letters above the readers, especially those who are familiar with hindhi can easily pronounce samskrtham..
hari om..
M