Bhagwad Purana is one of the scripture which provides all encompassing gyan .
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You are a new member. Welcome. This kind of sweeping statement is hard to understand. What is all encompassing knowledge? Do you have an example of what you gained by studying a story in Bhagavatha Purana. For example, there is a story of a demon who 'steals the vedas' to the bottom of ocean. From that story as an example, what insights can be gotten? How can veda (standing for knowledge) be stolen?
These stories are mythological stories. They are not historical account. They are made up story to make a point. What is the point and how it gives you all encompassing knowledge, whatever that means.
I doubt you may have an answer and if do you are welcome to respond.
I feel we should allow Rajbabas ji to share his understanding about the Bhagavatha Purana.
Puranas are mostly symbolic.
If a demon stole the vedas and took it to the bottom of the ocean...it could be symbolic of our own negative qualities that push higher truths to the deeper waters of our mind.
Our mind is nothing but thought waves..an ocean of frequency.
I would like Rajbabas ji to share his opinion and we could gain insight from his knowledge too.
Aano bhadra krtavo yantu vishwatah' (Meaning: Let noble thoughts come to me from all directions). ( Rig veda 1.89. 1)
Puranas are mostly symbolic.
If a demon stole the vedas and took it to the bottom of the ocean...it could be symbolic of our own negative qualities that push higher truths to the deeper waters of our mind.
Our mind is nothing but thought waves..an ocean of frequency.
I would like Rajbabas ji to share his opinion and we could gain insight from his knowledge too.
Aano bhadra krtavo yantu vishwatah' (Meaning: Let noble thoughts come to me from all directions). ( Rig veda 1.89. 1)
Teachings should map to all the principal aspects of a story
Good-bad, higher-lower etc are relative terms. Given circumstances they appear to change. Killing is bad but for a soldier being prepared to kill the ‘enemy’ is a must. In any case life is a pair of opposites.
There are stories like Krishna jumping into water and dancing on the head of a snake. Or Krishna with lots of Gopis. Most believe stories in a literal sense giving rise to religious beliefs and practices. This leads to contradictions. Or some pseudo explanation is concocted but that may contradict other possible teachings.
Significance is rarely spelled out in these Puranas. Bhagavatha purana is considered a vefantic text. One needs a right Tika to get the message
I am interested to know who is attributed to give cogent explanations and vedantic messages embedded in major stories of this purana
Good-bad, higher-lower etc are relative terms. Given circumstances they appear to change. Killing is bad but for a soldier being prepared to kill the ‘enemy’ is a must. In any case life is a pair of opposites.
There are stories like Krishna jumping into water and dancing on the head of a snake. Or Krishna with lots of Gopis. Most believe stories in a literal sense giving rise to religious beliefs and practices. This leads to contradictions. Or some pseudo explanation is concocted but that may contradict other possible teachings.
Significance is rarely spelled out in these Puranas. Bhagavatha purana is considered a vefantic text. One needs a right Tika to get the message
I am interested to know who is attributed to give cogent explanations and vedantic messages embedded in major stories of this purana
@rajbabas If you want to share a bunch of mental models or insights with the community, you're better off stating it directly using simple, plain words. That way, readers have a far higher likelihood of actually understanding it.
In contrast, the only thing anyone can take away from this post at the moment is that *you* found something that speaks to you from BP. That's it. Period. Nothing else. You don't even quote a specific passage.
I'm willing to bet that nearly everyone that reads the forum already knows about the *existence* of BP (so they're certainly not wanting of the knowledge of BP's very existence).
So it's unclear what's the point of this post.
In contrast, the only thing anyone can take away from this post at the moment is that *you* found something that speaks to you from BP. That's it. Period. Nothing else. You don't even quote a specific passage.
I'm willing to bet that nearly everyone that reads the forum already knows about the *existence* of BP (so they're certainly not wanting of the knowledge of BP's very existence).
So it's unclear what's the point of this post.
