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Originally posted by Haunted
The song... That's what I meant. Shit, I wished you lived close by so we could get some coffee. Don't worry about me and pronunciation. People would be surprised to find out how phonetic Sanskrit is. However, there's that difference between "ba" and "bha," you know. It's all in the breath.;)
You might find this interesting V, in my Sanskrit class, we were translating the head Swami for the Hare Krisna's (can't spell his name) version of the Bhaghavad Gita. You'd be surprised at some of his mistakes according to our work along with our professor's research.
However, my main system of expertise is Taoism. How well versed are you?
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yes, actually the pronounciation is what makes the mantras effective. One wrong syllabic chant will render it totally ineffective.
I ve been following the teachings of Ramakrishna Paramhansa and Vivekananda. That got me interested in the spiritual nature of ancient Hinduism, back when it all originated from the Aryans (the original human dwellers).
I got books and inbetween my studies, devoted a lot of time to learning these stuff. Philosophies of the Gita, Vedas, Puranas, Upanishads, the Mahabharata, the Ramayana etc.
I was so intrigued by all of it that I tracked down plenty of works on ancient Hinduism and studied it all, right down to the Bhakti movement contributions from Chaitanya, Tulsidas, Surdas, etc. Thats how I gained some knowledge bout it all.:)