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reply posted on 14-3-2005 @ 01:45 AM by el_illumbrato
Originally posted by Indigo_Child


At that time it was called Santana dharma which means the true duty


i hate to be a pedatic fool, but:
sanatana: [ sanAtana ]2[ sanAt'ana ] mf ( [ I ] , m. c. also [ A ] ) n. eternal , perpetual , permanent , everlasting , primeval , ancient

dharma: [ dharma ]2[ dh'arma ]1 m. ( rarely n. g. [ ardharc^adi ]

---> the older form of the cf. RV. is [ dh'arman ] , q. v. ) that which is established or firm , steadfast decree , statute , ordinance , law

---> usage , practice , customary observance or prescribed conduct , duty

---> right , justice ( often as a synonym of punishment )

---> virtue , morality , religion , religious merit , good works ( [ dh'armeNa ] or [ °mAt ] ind. according to right or rule , rightly , justly , according to the nature of anything

so yeah, each individual can look at these meanings and find one for Sanatana-Dharma which is closest to their heart and soul, and helps they to fulfill the goal of yoga; yoga meaning union (with God, oneself,...?)

the meaning which i like for Sanatana-Dharma is "the eternal, unchanging occupation of the soul in relation to the Eternal Being"

Nice, no mention of religion, or doctrine, or any particular God, and definately goes against what people have said about "Hindu's having 100billion Gods and being strictly polithiestic" or whatever rubbish they say/have been indoctrinated to say.

Much props to our teacher, Indigo Child for setting people straight on the History of Bharata, and also on how Hindu(ism) doesnt appear ANYWHERE in the ancient texts.

Like i said earlier, its because Alexander renamed Sindhu river as the Indus, deleting the "S" to make it easier to pronounce.
Later, those pesky Muslim invaders wishing to "cleanse the sword of islam with the blood of those infidel idolators" by killing women, children, whoever, called the Sindhu River the Hindu River. Then "Hindu" was used to describe the people living in the northwestern provinces of India where the Sindhu River (modern Indus). Indeed, the region was called "Hindustan".
Since the Sanskrit sound of "s" convered to "h" in the parsee language, those muslims pronounced the name "Sindhu" as "Hindu", even though my ancestors living there did NOT use the name "Hindu" themselves.
props to writer Stephen Knapp for uncovering that info


reply posted on 7-4-2005 @ 10:02 AM by Byrd
Originally posted by VaporTrail Please look up Zachariah Sitchin www.sitchin.com...


Speaking as someone who CAN read some of the cuneiform texts, Sitchin is mistranslating the texts. You wouldn't know it unless you got books from the library and started looking at the material and learning the languages.

He's not very reliable. For material on ancient civilizations, try Wikipedia...there's some fantastic stuff there!


reply posted on 9-4-2005 @ 04:36 AM by BlackGuardXIII
Originally posted by Byrd
Originally posted by VaporTrail Please look up Zachariah Sitchin www.sitchin.com...


Speaking as someone who CAN read some of the cuneiform texts, Sitchin is mistranslating the texts. You wouldn't know it unless you got books from the library and started looking at the material and learning the languages.

He's not very reliable. For material on ancient civilizations, try Wikipedia...there's some fantastic stuff there!

I am impressed that you can read some cuneiform, very admirable in my view. I have not read a Sitchin book through, but have certainly read numerous books by fans of his. He may be misreading, or he may just be interpreting the texts from a different perspective. I have done that with the bible, and some would say I am misinterpreting the texts that I take to mean different than the norm. I agree there is some fantastic stuff on Wikipedia, I put some of it there..... just a little bit. But I also have seen outdated, erroneous information there too. It is not infallible by any means.
Have you ever looked into the mechanism that is called the Antikythera device?

www.world-mysteries.com...

It is an odd one.


reply posted on 9-4-2005 @ 06:09 AM by tjack

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Have you ever looked into the mechanism that is called the Antikythera device?

www.world-mysteries.com...

It is an odd one.


From the link:

The Antikythera mechanism, as it is now known, was originally housed in a wooden box about the size of a shoebox, with dials on the outside and a complex assembly of bronze gear wheels within. X-ray photographs of the fragments, in which around 30 separate gears can be distinguished, led the late Derek Price, a science historian at Yale University, to conclude that the device was an astronomical computer capable of predicting the positions of the sun and moon in the zodiac on any given date. A new analysis, though, suggests that the device was cleverer than Price thought, and reinforces the evidence for his theory of an ancient Greek tradition of complex mechanical technology.


Here's a previous thread about the Antikythera mechanism in case anybody wants to continue discussing it...
www.abovetopsecret.com...


reply posted on 9-4-2005 @ 03:01 PM by Byrd
Originally posted by BlackGuardXIII
Originally posted by Byrd
I am impressed that you can read some cuneiform, very admirable in my view.

I read it VERY very poorly, with dictionaries in hand and a lot of peering and headaches to make out the letters. But I can confirm things like where Sitchin reads "android" that it actually says "human" and that this consistant word meaning "human" (not android) appears in other things that have nothing to do with the Enumma Elish.

I have not read a Sitchin book through, but have certainly read numerous books by fans of his. He may be misreading, or he may just be interpreting the texts from a different perspective. I have done that with the bible, and some would say I am misinterpreting the texts that I take to mean different than the norm.

No, he misinterprets them and doesn't seem to have a lot of in-depth information about the civilization. I suspect he's actually reading translations and is not doing direct translations himself.

The famous "Nibiru" is very obviously a throne name for Marduk, for instance (a title like "King of kings" or "lord of lord" or "lord high protector" is a throne name, and the Sumerians had long long lists of throne names by which a god/king was addressed.) There is no way it can be a planet -- but Sithcin is stuck with this and keeps making his translations even more absurd to fit this first false translation.


Have you ever looked into the mechanism that is called the Antikythera device?

www.world-mysteries.com...

It is an odd one.


Actually, thanks to folks here, I *have*! I initially was skeptical until I saw that it was dated to about 200 BC and saw some decent papers on it confirmig its reality.
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