REL 135gx Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Vedas, The Emotions, Indian Philosophy
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It does not matter what the mantras mean: sacred sound in ancient rituals, literarily affective, almost like a spell, chanted incredibly fast. The moon poem: what is happening on the nature side? (922, the moon rises and tries to touch the lotus but the lotus knows it is the moon just disguised because the moon is cold. So the lotus does not let the moon touch it. The lily sees the moon and laughs and the moon gets embarrassed: metaphor (922) In relation to humans: a man (the moon) is disguised as another man (the sun) and tries to touch the other man"s lover (the lotus). The lover knows it is another man in disguise and rejects him. The man"s old lover (the lily) sees the man getting rejected and laughs. The man feels shameful: what is the mood, the emotions of the characters, the moon is full of desire (romantic/lust, the lotus rejects him (repelled/angered, the lily laughs (humorous)
