The Pali Anointed

An exercise in Sonic Theology, using Pali, the language of the Pali Buddhist canon.

Jhaana: meditative absorption
Eka-biijii: taking birth only once more
Sacca: truth
Upekkhaa: equanimity
Saddhaa: faith

Caaga: liberality
Hadaya: heart
Ruupa: visual manifestation
Iddhi: power
Siila: virtue
Tathaagata: the 'thus-gone' one

Mary

Mary, Mother of Yeshu Christos, has the Hebrew form Miryam. In Sonic Theology, Miryam vibrates at different frequencies: mi means "to fasten to the earth"; r (as related to the Sanskrit "r.") links to "heaven"; and yam forms "to be firm". Miryam promises to establish Heaven on Earth.

Y. C.

The Name "Yeshu Christos" may be pronounced like so: Yee (rhymes with, or r.w., "say") Shuu (r.w. "shoe") Krii (r.w. "sea") Stoos (r.w. "dose"). In Sonic Theology, "Yee" refers to the Sanskrit "yee" or "yei", meaning "one who"; "Shuu" refers to the root "shu", meaning "to grow, to increase"; and "Krii-Stos" links to "kristi", meaning "the human race".

Yeshu Christos is He who enriches the human race and, by extension, all beings.

Yeshu Christos

Yogisvarah: The Lord of Yogis
Ekameva: God and Only God
Shiva: The Bearer of Good News
Utthana: The Resurrection

Chit: Pure Awareness
Rukmavat: He Who Wears Gold
Ishta-Devata: The Attractive One
Senanih: The Lord of Hosts
Tarakarih: The Vanquisher of Tyrants
Ojas: The Water of Life
Shankarah: The Prince of Peace

In Sonic Theology, the Aramaic-Greek name "Yeshu Christos" (or "Jesus Christ") contains a set of initial letters sonically linked to Sanskritic terms of Divinity, Transcendence, and Spirituality. Embedded within this name, then, exists a summary of the Indic Revelations.

The Inner Trinity

The "Inner Trinity" is that world of meaning that exists within the traditional Christian doctrine of the Trinity. This inner world does not contradict the outer tradition, but adds further dimensions to that outer tradition's meaning.

In Sonic Theology, Abba, the Father, inherently includes God the Mother (the Heart) and God the Father (the Beloved). The Father greets you at the door, and He leads you to the Mother who is in the living room, sitting near the hearth (Heart) of the home (Aum). If you can't stand up in front of the Father when He opens the door, then the Mother will forever remain inaccessible. Knock, and enter therein the welcome of the Divine.

The Holy Spirit becomes the Daughter; the causal, or root, form of the Creation. The Daughter exemplifies Wisdom, the Wisdom that gives constant birth to the rest of Creation, to ten thousand Children. The Holy Spirit has always already proceeded from the Father (and, thus, the Mother), way back into infinity; and will always already proceed from the Father (and, thus, the Mother) way onward into eternity.

The Son synonymizes the Buddha, the Christ. The Son exemplifies pure Love, the silence and simplicity that celebrates the ever-present communion of the Mother and the Father with the Daughter and Her Children. Men and Women of all times and places (including Yeshu and Miriam, Siddhartha and Tara, Vardhamana and Mallinath, Krishna and Radha, and Rama and Sita) are Sons, even if some Sons have forgotten how to celebrate! Jivantayana is the renunciation of forgetfulness, the remembering of celebration.

Abba

One of the names Jesus gave to the Beloved was "Abba", meaning "Father". Check out Mark 14:36, which states:

And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible unto thee; take away this cup from me: nevertheless not what I will, but what thou wilt.

In Sonic Theology, "Abba" sonically resonates with the Sanskrit word "Aabhaa". "Aabhaa" includes meanings such as (1) splendor, light; (2) a flash of light; and (3) beauty, color, appearance. It also means (4) a reflected image; and (5) likeness, resemblance. Definitions #4 and #5 might be relevant for an interpretation of the first few chapters of Genesis, where the Beloved creates humanity in His "image" and "likeness". Definitions #1-#3, though, directly related to the Beloved alone, rather than to the Beloved in relationship to humanity. The Beloved is Bright, Shining, and Beauty-Full. The Sanskrit "aabhaa" is also a feminine noun, indicative of the Beloved of the Beloved.

Thus, Jesus, when praying to Abba, the Father, included the Masculine, as well as the Feminine, aspects of Divinity.

H3

What is "religion"?

Among the definitions given here, definition number four looks to be the basic definition from which sprung all the others.

4. A cause, principle, or activity pursued with zeal or conscientious devotion.

Beliefs about supernatural powers would then represent one, common way that people can be inspired to zealous devotion. Why this zeal? What's the purpose?

Middle English religioun, from Old French religion, from Latin religi, religin-, perhaps from religre, to tie fast.

"Religion" likely evolved from the Latin verb "religare", "to tie fast", or "to tightly connect", or "to bind again".

Latin religre, to bind fast : re-, re- + ligre, to bind

From "religare" comes the English word "rely". From "ligare" comes words like "ligate", "oblige", and "league".

"Re-" prefix carries a particular meaning, "again" or "back". To bind again implies that a prior binding, or union, existed.

To practice religion is to re-connect with what you had lost. The need to practice religion implies that one is not fully whole, that there is something missing. In Eastern Orthodox Christian terms, what was lost was the intimate communion with God in the Garden of Eden; and Jesus Christ becomes the way by which the communion is not simply restored but also cultivated and perfected. In Meher Baba's theo-cosmology, what was lost was unity with God; and Meher Baba becomes the way by which that unity is not simply restored but also cultivated and perfected. I'm not too sure about the Orthodox position on this issue, but for Meher Baba, the priori unity of God was an unconscious unity. God wanted to become conscious, and thus asked "Who am I?", simultaneously leading to the creation of the cosmos and of living beings within, and a part of, that cosmos. Living beings then evolve their separate centers of awareness, from atoms on up to mankind. Mankind is then able to evolve in spiritual awareness, into re-union with God, but now this new God-Union (unlike the prior unconscious unity) is filled with awareness.

Religion can be seen as the process of making whole, of re-uniting separate parts.

Something that has healed is now whole. Both "whole" and "heal"; as well as "holy" and "hallow", as in "Hallowed be Thy name"; come from the same Indo-European root "kailo", "whole", "uninjured".

Religion then, essentially, is truly "holy": healing, health, and wholeness, whether physically, energetically, emotionally, intellectually, or spiritually.

Easy Yoga

Etymologically, the Sanskrit "yoga" is related to the English "yoke". The English "to yoke" means "to unite". The Sanskrit "yoga" includes the meaning of "unite", as well as other meanings, like "method", "way", and "work". The way of the Heart can thus be named "Hridaya-Yoga"; the method of the Buddha, "Buddha-Yoga". (Or, when speaking of the universal Way or Method common to all Beings, we may simply say "Yoga", and one who practices this Method or walks this Way, a "Yogi".) When Jesus talks about His own form of "yoga", the word He uses is usually translated as "yoke". Since the English "yoke" lacks the depth of meanings associated with its genetic relative "yoga", it might be insightful to take a Sanskritic view of Jesus' statement. Thus, we may modify Matthew 11:28-30 (KJV):

28Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

29Take my yoga upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.

30For my yoga is easy, and my burden is light.

Jai Jesus!

If we assume that sounds are not arbitrary, that human speech especially forms a link to an inherent meaning, that the elements of language actually possess innate transformative potential, what would that mean for understanding our different spiritualities, our different religions?

For instance, take Sanskrit and English. Does the Sanskrit "je" sound , and the meanings associated in Sanskrit with that sound, have anything to tell us about English words containing the "je" sound?

What about the word "Jesus"? What does Sanskritic syllabic meaning say about "Jesus"? (I sound out vowels such as "e" as the ancient Latins did, as a short "eh" [e.g., the "e" in "fell"] or as a long "eh" [e.g., the "a" in "fate"]. Some English speakers pronounce the "je" in "Jesus" like the "jay" in "blue-jay", so "je" can be seen to form a part of "Jesus".)

There's a Sanskrit verb root "ji" (rhymes with "she"). One form of this verb is "jés·as". The dot after the first "s" should actually be below the "s"; and the final "a" would probably be pronounced like "uh" as in the "u" in "up"; making "jés·as" sound very much like how the word "Jesus" is pronounced.

"Jés·as", then, comes out of "ji". And the infinitive form of "ji" carries several meanings, "to conquer, to win, to defeat, to excel, to vanquish, to overcome any hardship or difficulty". From "ji" thus comes "Jai!" or "Jaya!", both meaning "Victory!", as in "Jai Ma!", "Glory to the Divine Mother!", or "Jai Dev!", "Glory to God!" When Christians, or anyone else, then, shouts "Jesus!", they are shouting for victory, for overcoming any hardship, for besting any suffering -- even in the very midst of loss, hardship, and suffering. To shout "Jesus!" is to throw your hat into the ring, with the intent to win, even if you have to lose.