[Advaita-l] fig trees??????????????

[Mr.Sriram]

The tree under which Sri Dakshinamurthy sits is a banyan tree called in sanskrit as Vata vruksham.
Krishnamoorthy.
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  From: venkata subramanian 
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  Subject: Re: [Advaita-l] fig trees??????????????


  i think the link mentioned herein to the kanchi math source is a translation of the relevant portion from the famous tamil work - Deivathin kural

  ken knight <hilken_98 at yahoo.com> wrote: 
    --- Ravishankar Venkatraman 
    wrote:


    >Please take a look at the link
    >http://www.kamakoti.org/hindudharma/part2/chap2.htm
    >where the story of Adam and Eve comes up, and the
    >relation to Upanishads. 

    Namaste Ravi,
    Many thanks for this link. I have previously heard of
    this derivation of the names Adam and Eve from another
    source but the movement from pippala to apple is very
    interesting. I have often wondered where the 'apple'
    idea came and the sweet nature of the fig is much more
    likely.

    One point on the Garden of Eden story. The tree that
    is forbidden in the garden is that of the knowledge of
    good and evil. In my opinion, it is because of the
    swallowing of this fruit that the curse of duality
    descends and Adam and Eve are cast out.

    >Regarding Fig trees:

    Again , many thanks for these stories. I assume also
    that it must be a fig-tree that Dakshinamurti sits
    before as he teaches the Rishis. If we clear our
    minds of all the Western rubbish about sensuality it
    is also beginning to be understood why the fruit of
    the fig should have its later allusions in the
    spiritual traditions of 'the lover.'


    Have you any other thoughts on the 'Father' in the
    Rgvedic sukta and the horse in the creation myth?

    Sorry, I am just being greedy,

    Thanks for your help so far,


    Ken Knight

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  Thanks & Regards,
  Venkat.

  Sadgu rubhyo Namah.


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