"Dear Nancy,
Thank you for the work you do on the Samkhya project. We refer to it quite frequently in our U.L.T. Sanskrit class. Would you in the future include the root form of each word when possible? We are working on building our…"
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English Translations of Eastern Sacred Texts
Started this discussion. Last reply by David Reigle Jan 3. 30 Replies 10 Likes
In the late 1800s, fifty volumes of the Sacred Books of the East series were published in English. These whetted the appetite of the English-speaking world for the wisdom of the East. Since then,…Continue
The Voice of the Silence, Mongolian and English edition
Started this discussion. Last reply by David Reigle Apr 4, 2011. 8 Replies 0 Likes
Regarding this new bilingual edition of the Voice, just published, here is some information about it that was written by Glenn Mullin: H.P.B’sThe Voice of the SilenceA Bi-Lingual “English /…Continue
Sanskrit Language Study
Started this discussion. Last reply by harold walker Feb 11. 63 Replies 9 Likes
There has been interest expressed here in Sanskrit language study. How is this language studied? In American universities, this is typically done by the instructor assigning lessons from a book, and…Continue
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David Reigle replied to David Reigle's discussion The One Element, the dhātu in the group The Origins of the Stanzas of Dzyan - A Project"Hannes, I think you have nicely summed up in a few paragraphs the story of religion in the history of humanity. The stages you refer to seem to be exactly what has happened throughout history. Due to human nature, the impersonal…"
Jacques Mahnich replied to David Reigle's discussion The One Element, the dhātu in the group The Origins of the Stanzas of Dzyan - A Project"In Csoma de Körös summary of the Kah-gyur contents, one can see, in the Gyut section, Volume KA-10, a tantra named Phyag-rgya-ch'hen-pohi-thig-lé, Maha mudra tilakam, which content is a description of the Supreme Being,…"
David Reigle commented on Joe Fulton's blog post The Origins of the Stanzas of Dzyan - A Project"Ken Small called my attention to an article in The Tibet Journal, titled, "Buddhist Cosmology as Described in the Historical Work of Sum-pa mKhan-po Entitled the 'Tree of Contemplation'," by R. E. Pubayev (vol. 6, no. 2, Summer…"
David Reigle commented on Joe Fulton's blog post The Origins of the Stanzas of Dzyan - A Project"It is true, Ingmar, that neither of the "Bodhi Mor"s has yet led us to HPB's quote. Unless she says she is quoting from a secret book, what she quotes can usually be found in books available in her day. The report by Jacques from…"
Nancy Reigle replied to David Reigle's discussion Sanskrit Language Study"Sāṃkhya-Kārikā, verse 10hetumad anityam avyāpi sakriyam anekam āśritaṃ liṅgam |sāvayavaṃ para-tantraṃ vyaktaṃ viparītam avyaktam || 10 ||[without sandhi:
hetumat anityam avyāpi sakriyam anekam āśritam liṅgam |sāvayavam para-tantram vyaktam…"
David Reigle replied to Joe Fulton's discussion Online Sanskrit Texts Project"Now posted are two items from the seven Abhidharma books of the Sarvastivadins. First is a retranslation into Sanskrit from the Chinese translation of the Jnana-prasthana-sastra, of its first two chapters. These were retranslated by Santi…"
David Reigle replied to Joe Fulton's discussion Online Sanskrit Texts Project"Thank you Joe and Capt. Anand for your very kind words. Nancy and I greatly appreciate the opportunity to post these texts here. This came about due to the initial enthusiastic invitation from Joe, who recognized the value of these texts for the…"
David Reigle commented on Joe Fulton's blog post The Origins of the Stanzas of Dzyan - A Project"Thank you, Ingmar, for figuring out what text Boris de Zirkoff was referring to under the Mongolian title he gave. This is helpful. Also, it is good to know that there is an English translation of it. It would seem that Boris found a reference…"
David Reigle commented on Joe Fulton's blog post The Origins of the Stanzas of Dzyan - A Project"Hannes has called my attention to two passages in the Theosophical Glossary that pertain to the Buddhist book, Jnana-prasthana-sastra. He informed me that these references are found there under Sthavira and Abhayagiri. The…"
Nancy Reigle replied to David Reigle's discussion Sanskrit Language Study"Sāṃkhya-Kārikā, verse 9asad-akaraṇād upādāna-grahaṇāt sarva-saṃbhavâbhāvāt |śaktasya śakya-karaṇāt kāraṇa-bhāvāc ca sat kāryam || 9 ||[without sandhi:asat-akaraṇāt upādāna-grahaṇāt sarva-saṃbhava-abhāvāt |śaktasya śakya-karaṇāt kāraṇa-bhāvāt…"
Nancy Reigle replied to David Reigle's discussion Sanskrit Language Study"Thank you, Hannes, for your reply and the links you posted. The South Asian ancient scripts chart is very helpful. It is interesting to compare the Brahmi with the Devanagari.
Re: the Wiki article in which the author says that…"
Hannes Frischat replied to David Reigle's discussion Sanskrit Language Study"Hi Nancy,
thank you very much for taking the time to answer. While googling I found a reference thatBrâhmî could indeed have been written from right to left originally but the source of this information does not seem…"
Nancy Reigle replied to David Reigle's discussion Sanskrit Language Study"Hi Hannes,Thank you for your post with its very interesting thoughts. I don't think that anyone really knows about some of these things.
As for writing the devanāgarī script, I have not seen or heard of any other method of writing…"
Hannes Frischat replied to David Reigle's discussion Sanskrit Language Study"Hi Nancy, thank you very much for giving help here - much appreciated!
I have two questions that hopefully are not too distractive. You wrote: "The basic principle to follow in writing the devanagari script is to write the letters from left to…"
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- At 2:35am on January 9, 2012, Gerry Kiffe said…
David; Glad to have you in the SD Study group. thanks for taking part.
- At 4:32pm on April 4, 2011,
John Rau said… - Thank you David - please send some time and space, any language will do John
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- At 12:29am on February 23, 2011,
Vinod Sharma said… - Thanks, I'll try to put my endavour to contribute my best exploring various avenues here.I look forward for your guidence in times to come
- At 11:24am on January 08, 2011, Heidi Ann Maycroft gave David Reigle a gift…
You are so kind and thoughtful to notice. I am loving what I do here... Thank you, HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY DAVID!
- At 6:44am on December 3, 2010,
Ferran Sanz Orriols said…
- Thank you very much, David!!! I am learning much from your posts here!!!
- At 8:17am on November 27, 2010, Alan D. Sherry said…
- Mr David Reigle,
I have read most of the articles found on the web about the Stanzas of Dzyan and the proposed educational approach to the esoteric literature, with fascination. You scholarship is impeccable. Finally, someone has tackled some of the major issues hanging out for a hundred years or so. Thank You sir.
Alan Sherry
- At 7:16am on September 26, 2010,
Joe Fulton said… - Glad to have you on board!
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