Étiquette : sacrifice
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AGNI — THE SACRED FIRE AND ENLIGHTENMENT
The Rig Veda opens with Agni — sacred fire, messenger of the gods and Enlightenment. A close reading of hymns 1.1 and 2.1: Agni is all gods in a single fire.
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AGNI — LE FEU SACRÉ ET L’ILLUMINATION
Le Rig Veda s’ouvre sur Agni — feu sacré, messager des dieux et Illumination. Décryptage des hymnes 1.1 et 2.1 : Agni est tous les dieux en un seul feu.
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THE SACRIFICE AND THE CULTURE OF GIVING
In the Rig Veda, the chief is the one who gives the most. Hymns 10.107 and 10.117 define an economy of giving and redistribution 4,000 years old.
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LE SACRIFICE ET LA CULTURE DU DON
Dans le Rig Veda, le chef est celui qui donne le plus. Les hymnes 10.107 et 10.117 définissent une économie du don et de la redistribution vieille de 4000 ans.
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The Priests of the Sacrifice: Hotṛ, Adhvaryu, Udgātṛ
There is in the Vedic sacrifice a dimension that tends to be overlooked when one is primarily interested in its spiritual significance: its technical dimension. The yajña was not an improvised ceremony where everyone did as they wished in a collective surge of religious enthusiasm. It was an operation of extraordinary precision, orchestrated by specialists…
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Le Yajña : Offrande et Transformation Intérieure
l y a un mot qui revient dans le Rig Veda avec une insistance et une centralité qui ne laissent aucun doute sur son importance : yajña. On le traduit généralement par sacrifice, et cette traduction a une histoire qu’il faut raconter avant d’aller plus loin, parce qu’elle dit autant sur ceux qui ont traduit…
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The Yajña: Offering and Inner Transformation
There is a word that recurs in the Rig Veda with an insistence and a centrality that leave no doubt about its importance: yajña. It is generally translated as sacrifice, and this translation has a history that needs to be told before going any further, because it says as much about those who translated as…
