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Re: REQUEST : Question about Rishi's
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Subject: Re: REQUEST : Question about Rishi's
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From: "Jaldhar H. Vyas" <jaldhar@braincells.com>
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Date: Sat, 14 Sep 1996 17:27:39 GMT
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Apparently-To: soc-religion-hindu@uunet.uu.net
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Newsgroups: soc.religion.hindu
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Organization: Consolidated Braincells Inc.
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References: <ghenDxIxo2.Dn1@netcom.com>
Mutt <k777@pacific.net.sg> wrote in article <ghenDxIxo2.Dn1@netcom.com>...
> the rishi's are supposed to be those who have conquered the senses
and
> are not attached to petty things in life...
The primary meaning of Rshi is "mantradrshta" or someone who has "seen" a
mantra. While many of the Rshis were Sannyasis not all of them were.
Still the popular meaning of the term has come to mean yogi.
> ..if this is so,how is it that ever so often <eg in the puranas>.. we
> find Rishis losing their tempers over trivial matters and pronouncing
> serious curses over some folk
> the object of the Puranas is to teach and pass knowledge...but this
> aspect has always puzzled me......is there something I am missing ?
You'll find that it's usually Indradev who is the instigator of this. A
Jivanmukta is the best of all men but also one of the most dangerous. He
can easily destroy the entire world with his energy. So the Devas try to
dissipate that excess energy by tricking him into cursing someone or
something.
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