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Post by Nitaidas on May 29, 2010 22:00:57 GMT -6
Sorry to introduce a new thread here, but I was unable to find another place to put this. When school ended the first week of May I thought I was going to have lots of time to devote to my various projects and share them with the members of this forum. Boy was I wrong. Life, or perhaps I should say death, intervened and changed all my plans. My dear sweet mother-in-law became seriously ill a few weeks ago and passed away last Monday. It surprised us all to see her go that quickly. I went down to Kentucky to visit her in her illness and wound up seeing her buried. Well, she was 95 and had a good life. So, it was her time. She went into that dark night in her sleep, very peacefully. We should all be so lucky to have such a death. She will be missed but I am sure she is in a better place. Now there are only the questions of my father-in-law and my own father. I expect I will be seeing them depart before the year is over.
Now, at least, I have a little time before the next mission Life will send me on. Perhaps I can post some updates of the works I started here a month ago. At present, though, most of my time is being taken up by reading a manuscript for a certain press. I am supposed to evaluate it for them as a potential publication. It is a difficult problem. So far, I don't think it is a very good book, plus I suspect it was sent to me because the author may have plagiarized some things from my dissertation. So far I haven't come to that section yet. I hope it is not so.
Anyway, sorry for being so illusive on this forum.
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Post by Deleted on May 31, 2010 0:50:24 GMT -6
Sorry for yours and Betsy's loss. "Time marches on and waits for no man."
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Post by Nitaidas on Jun 5, 2010 8:34:58 GMT -6
Thanks, Mojo. Kind of you to say. No big legal case yet, but it may just be a matter of time.
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Post by Nitaidas on Jun 5, 2010 8:51:46 GMT -6
I am almost finished with my report on the manuscript I have been asked to review. That has pretty much occupied all my working time over that last week. It has been a good exercise for me. It has caused me to think about the Bhagavata more deeply and in new ways. I am anxious to get back to my translation of it. No big purports (yet). Just a modern English translation with notes culled from Srinatha Cakravartin's commentary. Though not very long, he has some interesting things to say about some of the verses. His is probably the most authentic early Caitanyite commentary on the Bhagavata. I wish his disciple's, Kavikarnapura's, commentary were also available. Thanks to Sri Jagadish I now have a complete copy of Prabhupada Radhavinoda Goswami's edition of the Bhagavata. It contains Sridhara's commentary, Sri Sanatana's commentary, and a long Bengali commentary by the good goswami himself. That will certainly be of assistance for the translation. Now all I would like to get is a copy of the critical edition of the Bhagavata. I just found out about it recently and got a copy through inter-library loan. It is great. It answers a lot of textual questions and has been very useful in doing the review of this book ms. Once I complete my report (hopefully today) I will get back to my other projects including the delightful Sri Krsnananda Baba's lectures.
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Post by Nitaidas on Jun 5, 2010 9:20:07 GMT -6
Correction. The Prabhupada Radhavinoda Goswami text I have is just the 10th Skandha (in twelve volumets) and the Vaisnava-tosani is by Sri Jiva not Sri Sanatana. Still it will be a great help.
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Post by Nitaidas on Jun 5, 2010 11:24:40 GMT -6
I forgot to mention. My gurubhai Jagadish has been in town for the last two weeks working on rehabing his house here. He has had a crew working ten hour days to try to get the work done by the time he has to leave. He has practically had to gut the place, however, and that has taken more time and money than expected. But that is always true of rehab projects. Anyway, he will be here until Monday and then back to LA where he cares for is widowed mother. It has been fun having him. Jagadish, aka Joseph Knappus is always a good source of comic relief. More about that house later.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 5, 2010 14:03:17 GMT -6
Jay Nitai,
Correction. The Prabhupada Radhavinoda Goswami text I have is just the 10th Skandha (in twelve volumets) and the Vaisnava-tosani is by Sri Jiva not Sri Sanatana. Still it will be a great help.
By means of my family connection of Prabhupada Sri Kanupriya Goswami I have got the old Bhagavata published by his dear disciple Sri Manindra Nath Guha which includes all major Vaishnava commentry. Once I get back to India I will try to see if I can get a copy for you. ( That book is no longer available in market, I got it by Prabhupada Kishore Raya Goswami ( better known as Debu Da ) from the house of Manindra Nath Guha, I will search one for you ).
Jay Nitai
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Post by Nitaidas on Jun 6, 2010 11:21:50 GMT -6
Thanks, Subrataji. I think I already have that edition, although I am not certain if I have all of the volumes. I believe I have six volumes. It is a fine edition of the text with commentaries and Bengali translation. I had Prangovind Dasji secure me a copy some years ago. I would love to have some of the early Skandhas of the Radhavinoda Goswami translation if it is still available. I think I only have the 4th Skandha of that. It is published by Mahesh Library. Anyway, thanks for your offer.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 6, 2010 20:04:45 GMT -6
Jay Nitai,
The Bhagavata of Prabhupada Radhavinode Goswami is a living edition and very much in demand. So all the Skandas are available from both Saksrita Pustak Bhanda and Mahesh library, i personally have those editions and some of the parts are here with me in US.
So Prabhupada Radhavinode Goswami's Bhagavata are getting published regularly by Mahesh Library and it had never gone out of market. So getting those rest of the skadas are not a problem at all. I will try once I am back .
Jay Nitai
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Post by Nitaidas on Jun 10, 2010 9:01:28 GMT -6
Thanks, subrataji. That would be great. I have various pieces and parts of the Bhagavata, but very few complete editions. I at some point managed to get three volumes of Dr Radhagovinda Nath's edition/translation as well. It covers only the first two Skandha and no Sanskrit commentary, but his commentaries in Bengali draw from a range of commentaries. It has been useful to me on many occasions.
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Post by Nitaidas on Jun 10, 2010 9:20:57 GMT -6
We haven't had a controversy in a long time. That is why things are slow around here. Nothing like bhaktas calling each other names to get the members aroused and excited. Anyone have anything they want to yell about? Buddysattva? You've been pretty quiet lately. How are R and K? Any new communications or realizations to report? I've forgiven my guru-bhai Marcus Tinghinicus and hopefully he has forgiven me for our spat last year. I don't even recall what it was about. We need some excitement around here.
Jagadish is still here working on his house. It should be quite nice once it is complete. I said that I would talk about that house more. His plan is to turn it into a retreat center where bhaktas can come to do intense practice for a couple of weeks, a couple of months, or a couple of years. It all depends. It is in a nice quiet part of Kirksville and is surrounded by trees. it has a huge back yard which J is filling up with bushes and eventually fruit trees. The idea is that he will teach those who come how to do sadacara (observe ritual purity) and bhajan. There will be daily kirtans as well. I have agreed to have classes in the Bhagavata and other bhakti scriptures for the residents of the retreat center. Is there any one here who is interested in such a program? There are rules and restrictions, of course. Maybe Jagadish can post something on those. There is also all kinds of seva that can be done depending on one's talents and interests. Planting, grounds work, construction of little meditation huts or platforms in the back yard, etc, etc. Those with the will and ability can help me at the press. This is the general idea.
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Post by Nitaidas on Jun 13, 2010 15:51:52 GMT -6
So no one has anything he or she wants to fight about? Fair enough.
I am about to hit the road again. Time to visit the parents out in Colorado and see to their needs. I am taking some work with me: Sri Krsnananda Das Babaji's collection of essays, the Bhagavata trans., the Gita trans., and a few other things. Hopefully, I will be able to post some things from out there. Keep an eye out.
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Post by maasikdharma on Jun 13, 2010 17:20:33 GMT -6
By means of my family connection of Prabhupada Sri Kanupriya Goswami I have got the old Bhagavata published by his dear disciple Sri Manindra Nath Guha which includes all major Vaishnava commentry.
Nitai ji, if you could translate and publish this in English it would probably go down in Western Vaishnava History as one of the greatest contributions EVER to the cult!!!!
The English reading Vaishnava world is sorely in need of this.
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Post by Nitaidas on Jun 26, 2010 11:14:43 GMT -6
By means of my family connection of Prabhupada Sri Kanupriya Goswami I have got the old Bhagavata published by his dear disciple Sri Manindra Nath Guha which includes all major Vaishnava commentry. Nitai ji, if you could translate and publish this in English it would probably go down in Western Vaishnava History as one of the greatest contributions EVER to the cult!!!! The English reading Vaishnava world is sorely in need of this. Hi Masikdharma. Yes, that would be quite an achievement. I fear I would need many lifetimes for that. But, perhaps not, especially if I get some help with it. I have already started a translation of the Bhagavata. This time around just the main verses and notes from the commentary of Srinatha Cakravartin whom I regard as a representative of the earliest layer of CV theological reflection. Next would come Sridhara's commentary which is the basis of CV thinking on the Bhagavata, even though there are some striking differences of opinion. One cannot ignore one's swami, right? After that would come Sri Sanatana who really only wrote on the 10th Skandha, but who seems to produced first drafts of Sri Jiva's commentaries. I think one has to regard his Brhad-bhagavatamrta as an independent commentary on the Bhagavata as well. Then of course there is the rasika commentary of Sri Visvanatha Cakravartin and there seem to be a few lesser known commentators in the tradition who follow Sri Visvanatha. Don't forget Sri Baladeva. I have his commentary on the 1st Skandha. There may be more lying in manuscript libraries in India. Anyway, it is a huge undertaking. I also want to incorporate the findings of the critical edition of the Bhagavata which has recently come out. I will need lots of help. One doesn't need to know Sanskrit to contribute to the effort. We will need English editors, proofreaders, photocopiers, typists, etc., etc. Wouldn't it be great if we did this as a group. 50-60 volumes eventually. The whole history of the interpretation of the Bhagavata since the time of Mahaprabhu and without those insipid, repetitive "purports" of recent presentations of the text. I would, of course, want to include my modern reflections on the text, but those could be skipped over by those who only want the traditional commentary. Maybe my historical/text-critical interpretations would be put in an appendix even. That is the task before us. You can check out the beginnings of that project in the section of Bhagavata translations in this forum. Any other thoughts on this endeavor? Any volunteers?
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Post by Nitaidas on Jun 26, 2010 11:27:44 GMT -6
Where did buddhysattva's post go? I noticed it here a few days ago and meant to reply the first chance I had. It has been a busy few weeks here in Colorado. We are helping my mother and father prepared their house for the market. Lots of little repairs and sorting through papers, and such. We have made some progress but there is so much more to do. My time is up. I have to return to k-ville soon and depend on others to finish things. I have been missing my intellectual pursuits. Have not had any time to work on my translations and other projects. This has been an unproductive summer so far from that perspective. I hope once I am back in K-ville to be able to get back to work. I have a little more done on Sri Krsnananda Das Babaji's lectures and that will be posted soon. More done on the Bhagavata translation too. That will appear here soon. Also started looking again at the Gita translation with notes from Sankara. Maybe some more of that will be posted in the month of July. More of Siddha Manohar Das Baba's jivani will also appear. Sorry things have been so quiet here. I hope to change that next week once I am back at my pitha.
Humm. No one is interested in doing some serious and intense bhajan under the guidance of Jagadish Das ji? That is surprising. We are bhajananandis. That is what we do. Without some training and help at the beginning, it is hard to put together on one's own. Anyway, think about it. Opportunities to do real bhajan don't come all that often.
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