04-15-2007, 05:59 PM
SV:
B4 this thread rockets off into the fine traditions of communal relations, would it be possible to at least list the major resources that should be gathered and made accessible (I mean websites/ threads).
1. Slokas and their sources. This is classy, no doubt, all of us would like to be able to recite the appropriate slokam for the situation ... which of course implies understanding what the slokam means.
Some of us are right now constrained by the shallowness of our education to remember only such gems as "Kabir ke dohe" (modified as per IIT traditions and hence not possible to repeat here), or Tulsi Ke Dohe (likewise).
Have not associated enough with KV graduates who actually remembered any slokas to know how they had modified those, sorry. Most of the KV grads I knew were usually flying, without benefit of wings or engines.
2. The fables. The Panchatrantra are the best-known source, translated to many languages, but what is their original source and where can one find the closest to the originals, plus translations?
3. Much of what is known as Grimm's Fairy Tales and Hans Anderson's Fairy Tales are closely related to stories that have been around in India for the usual 145,000,000,000,000,000 years. Where are those stories located originally?
4. <b>I[/I]f an "ABCD" youth asks me where s(he) can find the inside scoop on what Hinduism says, in particular, to treat depression arising from, say, being in the middle of a Hurricane-hit city, where should I guide him/her? (yes, question arises from urgent need). More to the point, question arises from "comparison of what Catholicism says vs. Hinduism says" and there are two authorities helping out with finding the "good books" on Catholicism</b>.
(Help!!)
5. Digging out the science, and separating it from the distortions and glorifications added to it by the ancient and modern versions of the ddm when describing stuff that they didn't quite grasp.
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B4 this thread rockets off into the fine traditions of communal relations, would it be possible to at least list the major resources that should be gathered and made accessible (I mean websites/ threads).
1. Slokas and their sources. This is classy, no doubt, all of us would like to be able to recite the appropriate slokam for the situation ... which of course implies understanding what the slokam means.
Some of us are right now constrained by the shallowness of our education to remember only such gems as "Kabir ke dohe" (modified as per IIT traditions and hence not possible to repeat here), or Tulsi Ke Dohe (likewise).
Have not associated enough with KV graduates who actually remembered any slokas to know how they had modified those, sorry. Most of the KV grads I knew were usually flying, without benefit of wings or engines.
2. The fables. The Panchatrantra are the best-known source, translated to many languages, but what is their original source and where can one find the closest to the originals, plus translations?
3. Much of what is known as Grimm's Fairy Tales and Hans Anderson's Fairy Tales are closely related to stories that have been around in India for the usual 145,000,000,000,000,000 years. Where are those stories located originally?
4. <b>I[/I]f an "ABCD" youth asks me where s(he) can find the inside scoop on what Hinduism says, in particular, to treat depression arising from, say, being in the middle of a Hurricane-hit city, where should I guide him/her? (yes, question arises from urgent need). More to the point, question arises from "comparison of what Catholicism says vs. Hinduism says" and there are two authorities helping out with finding the "good books" on Catholicism</b>.
(Help!!)
5. Digging out the science, and separating it from the distortions and glorifications added to it by the ancient and modern versions of the ddm when describing stuff that they didn't quite grasp.
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