«If your spirit has gone to Yama the son of Vivasvan far away, we turn it back to you here to dwell and to live.» — himno 10.58, Conjuro para hacer volver al espíritu que se va, estrofa 1: la fórmula que se repite estrofa a estrofa cambiando el sitio al que el espíritu se fue.
Hinduismo
What does this tradition say about experience, knowledge and transformation? We approach these questions with consciousness as our centre, listening to the language of each source.
Gonzalo Olivares Velázquez · Spiritus Mundi
1 · Listen to the sources
How these passages were chosen: from the works assigned to this tradition, in alphabetical order, the first passage of each whose quoted words name consciousness, awareness, soul, spirit or knowledge (in English or Spanish); one per work, up to four. The choice is by vocabulary only: a passage may agree with our reading, disagree with it, or leave the question open.
«One can win this world of men only through a son, and by no other rite, whereas one wins the world of ancestors through rites, and the world of gods through knowledge.» — el Brhadaranyaka da a cada mundo su medio propio y reserva el conocimiento para el de los dioses
«ArjlU1a spoke: If it is Your conviction that knowledge Is better than action, 0 Krishna, Then why do You urge me to engage in this terrible action?» — III.1, Arjuna abre el tercer libro con la objeción que estructura el capítulo: si el conocimiento vale más, por qué la acción; el impreso corrompe *Arjuna* en *ArjlU1a*
«Next, Yoga through action on the lowest centre seems characteristic of the Tantrik system, the adepts of which are the custodians of the practical knowledge whereby the general directions in the books may be practically applicd» — el segundo rasgo que Woodroffe declara característico del sistema tántrico: obrar sobre el centro más bajo, con adeptos que guardan el saber práctico que las instrucciones de los libros no bastan a dar.
2 · Ask what each source declares
Who knows, and what is transformed? Is the relationship between inner experience and the world declared, disputed, or left open? Let the passage determine the answer before bringing it into dialogue with our reading.
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For us, these paths meet in consciousness. Which passage converses with that reading, and which qualifies or contradicts it? Save it with your own note.
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