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Post by Ldd on Mar 22, 2010 10:08:53 GMT -6
nice reading dada. I wish you would put a little life into it. the coldness make you drowsy ?. its good that your threw away the samsung, you just have to fix the light and color. lot of improvement since last time.. and no need to hide your face. next time translate some of the words nah bhai. aint you a sanskrit teacher?
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Post by Nitaidas on Mar 22, 2010 23:10:28 GMT -6
Then the narrative begins that leads us to the point at which Pariksit begins to hear the Bhagavata from Suka. This is the famous incident of the killing of the sons of the Pandavas by Asvatthama in revenge for the loss of his father in the great war. Sorry to be a bit off-topic, but I have been going through the Mahabharata lately and it has made a big impact on me, especially since I now read it with new eyes. Incidentally one of the Indian cable channels (Star One, if anyone's got it) is repeating the excellent and critically-acclaimed Mahabharata serial by B. R. Chopra and Ravi Chopra, and this makes the experience even more powerful. And because of all of that, I went back and started reading the Bhagavata again at Chapter 7. I am getting the increasing impression that the Mahabharata is a grander epic than the Bhagavata, which is ultimately an extended treatise on the glories of bhakti. Or at the very least, it has to be an incredibly important text if the Bhagavata picks up the Mahabharat narration from the arrest of Asvatthama. And of course, the Mahabharat contains the beloved Bhagavad-Gita. In the Caitanya tradition, Sri Baladev Vidyabhushan wrote a commentary on the Vishnu-sahasranam which originates in the Mahabharat also. So when the Mahabharat is obviously an important text, I wonder how it has been treated historically in Caitanya Vaisnavism and what sages such as the Gosvamis have said about it. Again, naturally the Bhagavat is beloved because it glorifies bhakti, but I am beginning to treat the Mahabharat with a lot more of the respect that I think it deserves. Any thoughts from anyone? P.S. Yes the new camera is indeed great quality. Reducing the gamma will reduce the white glare, perhaps. Yes, the Mahabharata is an amazing text. It is in my opinion the greatest epic ever written. I don't think of the Bhagavata as an epic. Still, I think everyone should read it from beginning to end. As the Vyasa of the Peter Brook version says: "you will come away a different person." I also recommend the Peter Brook six hour version. Indians generally don't like it because the cast is not made up of pudgy Indians (in other words, it brings out the dormant racism in them to see a black man playing Bhisma), but if one can get beyond preconceived notions and biases, I think the international cast is much better. It makes it our story not just an Indian story. The only complete English version of the text is the Ganguli version. I started reading it recently, but I do not know how far I will get. There is something grating and unpleasant about the Victorian English used in that version. Van Buitenen's version is much more readable. I wish he had finished more before he drank himself to death. I also have the Sanskrit version (the critical edition, I believe). Perhaps I will read that instead. That is a more challenging read. As for the Gosvami views on it, I don't know of any. They quote it from time to time, but mostly they are silent about it. Perhaps they just assumed that their readers knew it well and they didn't have to discuss it much. Thanks for the advice on the camera. I will try to adjust the settings. it is supposed to have an automatic adjustment, but it does not seem to be very good.
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Post by Nitaidas on Mar 22, 2010 23:17:28 GMT -6
nice reading dada. I wish you would put a little life into it. the coldness make you drowsy ?. its good that your threw away the samsung, you just have to fix the light and color. lot of improvement since last time.. and no need to hide your face. next time translate some of the words nah bhai. aint you a sanskrit teacher? Thanks, square. Who says you are a square? There are plenty of translations around. No need for me to do that now. I am working on my own and will update that in a few days. One should just listen to the sounds at this point. I try to do them correctly. It means I have to slow down some. When I recite it fast, I make mistakes and your ears will start to bleed. Or, Krsna's body will get cuts and scratches on it, right?
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Post by Ldd on Mar 23, 2010 6:42:28 GMT -6
he will wound krishna's body with his arrows of bhakti. And he has his own translation of the Bhagawat coming up. Said in his own words!
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Post by Nitaidas on Mar 23, 2010 15:00:54 GMT -6
he will wound krishna's body with his arrows of bhakti. And he has his own translation of the Bhagawat coming up. Said in his own words! Well, okay. Maybe you are a little square. Anyway, keep an eye out.
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Post by hike108 on Apr 28, 2010 19:11:43 GMT -6
Jai Nitai! Well done! Thanks, now I will chant along with you. more like this, please! ys, vinode vani d.d.
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Post by Nitaidas on Apr 28, 2010 22:04:46 GMT -6
Thanks, Vinode Vani dd. Yes, I will continue posting. I want to recite the whole purana eventually. It will be good for me and for anyone who hears and chants along.
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Post by spiritualbhakti on Apr 29, 2010 16:11:58 GMT -6
Thanks Sir.
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Post by spiritualbhakti on Sept 22, 2010 22:53:39 GMT -6
Please just one more!
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Post by Nitaidas on Sept 22, 2010 23:21:01 GMT -6
Will do.
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Post by spiritualbhakti on Dec 30, 2011 23:15:46 GMT -6
Dear Nitai d I just have to bring this back up. When you have time please ressurect this thread with some more of this awesome chanting.
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