The earth, the water, the fire, the air, and the void -- these indeed are the five principles by which the entire universe is pervaded.
Abhinavagupta, as quoted by Diana L. Eck in India: a Sacred Geography
A commonplace book: an old-fashioned literary diary for recording interesting items from reading you've done. I use mine to record snippets from reading, conversation and life in general. (The early 2003 entries are from a period some years ago -- before the blog age -- when I tried an online commonplace book as a straight web page.)
Showing posts with label Hindu. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hindu. Show all posts
Tuesday, September 02, 2014
Monday, February 03, 2014
Whenever there is a withering of the law
and an uprising of lawlessness on all sides,
then I manifest Myself.
For the salvation of the righteous
and the destruction of such as do evil,
for the firm establishing of the Law,
I come to birth, age after age.
Bhagavad Gita, Book IV, Sutra 5, 7, 8
and an uprising of lawlessness on all sides,
then I manifest Myself.
For the salvation of the righteous
and the destruction of such as do evil,
for the firm establishing of the Law,
I come to birth, age after age.
Bhagavad Gita, Book IV, Sutra 5, 7, 8
Saturday, July 06, 2013
"Creation" in [the] Hindu view of things is designated by the word srishthi, literally the "pouring forth" of the universe from the source. As a complex plant or tree grows, bursting forth and developing from the simple unitary seed, or as a complex creature emerges and grows from an embryo, so is this whole and diverse universe poured forth from the ... very body of the divine. There is no God who stands apart from it and creates it.... everything is a manifestation that has poured forth from the living body of the Whole, what some would call God.... Within this systemic whole, everything is alive and interrelated.
Diana L. Eck, India: A Sacred Geography
Diana L. Eck, India: A Sacred Geography
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