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Today, rather than tackle the Rigveda’s next Sukta (Rv 1.28), I want to investigate three seemingly related symbols found in the Bible, as well as the Rigveda. Those three symbols are the Cornerstone, the Touchstone, and the Capstone. What might these three “stones” represent? Let’s begin our investigation into their symbolic meaning by scrutinizing the…
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Namaste, my brother in Christ, and welcome (or welcome back) to my latest adhyayana posting. Today, we’re discussing the Rigveda’s 27th Sukta, another wisdom teaching for Brahmins — the Teachers of God who can hear the sacred syllable, Om or AUM (rather than a “caste” of human society). Contrary to popular presumption, the 27th Sukta…
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Namaste, my brother in Christ, and welcome (or welcome back) to my latest adhyayana posting. Today, we’re discussing the Rigveda’s 26th Sukta, which is blessedly shorter than the previous two. What’s it about? Miracle-working, more or less. Let’s dig right in with Rv 1.26:1, which reads: Abiding in spiritual perception sends forth the meditative offering clothing…
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Namaste, my brother in Christ, and welcome (or welcome back) to my latest adhyayana posting. This time, we’re studying the 25th Sukta of the Rigveda’s first Mandala, which Google describes as a 21-verse hymn dedicated to Varuna, the guardian of cosmic order (Rta), composed by the sage Śunaḥśepa. Is this an accurate summary? Probably not,…
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Namaste, my brother in Christ, and welcome (or welcome back) to my latest adhyayana posting. Today, we’re moving forward to the Rigveda’s 24th Sukta, which has long been described as a 15-verse hymn asking Varuna for release from bondage. Let’s dive in and see what we find. The first Rik (Rv 1.24:1) reads: The Golden…
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Namaste, my brother in Christ, and welcome (or welcome back) to my latest adhyayana posting. We’re still studying the Rigveda, Hinduism’s oldest and most sacred scriptural text, which has never before (to my knowledge) been accurately translated. I can’t tell you why I was chosen to undertake this incredible assignment, but the Holy Spirit must have…
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Namaste, my brother in Christ, and welcome (or welcome back) to my latest adhyayana posting. Our subject today is the Rigveda’s 22nd Sukta, which, to be frank, proved to be a ball-busting behemoth. Blessedly, I got there in the end, through sheer tenacity. Supposedly a hymn to the Ashvins, the 22nd Sukta is, in truth, an advanced…
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Namaste, my brother in Christ, and welcome (or welcome back) to my latest adhyayana posting. We’re studying the Rigveda, Hinduism’s oldest and most sacred scriptural text, which has never before (to my knowledge) been accurately translated. But then, neither have the Bible or the Quran, because the Ego Mind (Satan) weaves fear, guilt, divine wrath,…
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Namaste, my brother in Christ, and welcome (or welcome back) to my latest adhyayana posting. Reaching the Rigveda’s 20th Sukta feels like a milestone, but it’s just a drop in the bucket, considering that the Rigveda’s Samhita contains ten mandalas (allegedly) organized into eighty-five anuvakas (lessons) and 1,028 suktas (hymns), totaling 10,552 mantras. Yikes. So far, no hymns, so only time…
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Namaste, my brother in Christ, and welcome (or welcome back) to my latest adhyayana posting. We’ve come to the Rigveda’s 19th Sukta, which, for the past 4,000 years, has been misperceived as a hymn calling upon Agni to invite the Maruts to the the yajna ritual. As established in our previous discussions 1) Agni is the…
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