Contradiction: Distortion in tandava discourse - Which hand what

From: Tribhuvan <trb.2000@phelis....>

To: ananda-marga-discourses1@yogasamathanam.net
Subject: Contradiction: Distortion in tandava discourse...
Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2015 14:15:27

Contradiction: Distortion in tandava discourse -

Which hand what

Namaskar,
Baba never tells anything that is self-contradictory. Unfortunately the Tiljala Publications Dept made a  serious blunder in our Ananda Marga books. They printed two paragraphs that are completely inconsistent with one another.

Specifically, with regards to our tandava dance, those publishers have printed contradictory statements in two different chapters of two different books.


Request #1:

First look at quote #1 (highlighted below in yellow): They wrote the skull and dambaru are held by the tandava dancer in opposite hands.

Request #2:

Next look at quote #2 (highlighted below in green): They wrote that the skull and dambaru are held by the tandava dancer in the same hand.


Here is how Tiljala Publications published quote #1:

Quote #1: "What are the things that find a place in the dancer’s hands? The dancer, may, for instance, hold a human skull in the left hand and a dagger in the right hand. Or in the daytime one may, if one wishes, hold a snake in the left hand. [At night] one may hold a d́ambaru [a small drum shaped like an hourgzlass] or a mashál [torch] in the right hand. One can recognize everything by the light of a torch and can understand by the sound of a drum. Otherwise at night, neither a skull nor a snake can be recognized. In the left hand, there is the symbol of destruction and death." (1)


Here is how Tiljala Publications published quote #2:

Quote #2: "Ta'n'd'ava is a heroic dance, showing the fight between life and death. The knife represents life, represents your vital stamina, and the skull represents the death that wants to destroy you. You are fighting against death with your weapon, be it a knife or a trishula (trident). And as per the rule, during the day, if one so desires, one may use a live snake in place of the skull; and at night one may use a fire masha'la [torch] or a d'ambaru [small drum]. This is the rule. So ta'n'd'ava represents the eternal fight, the fight for survival, the fight to maintain existence, the fight to establish oneself as a man in this world." (2)

The contradiction in these above two paragraphs spoiled the topic and made the subject matter unintelligible for any sincere reader. 

The two worst things to ruin a book

Here are the two worst things anyone can do to any chapter or book:
#1: Spoil that chapter or book by making it self-contradictory;
#2: Ruin any chapter or book in the name of the author whereby the author is viewed as unintelligent.
Tragically, both of these fatal flaws were injected by Tiljala Publications with regards to Sadguru Baba’s above guidelines on tandava.

Namaskar In Him, 
Tribhuvan


Note 1: If not clear please read again
If for any reason this topic is not clear to you then please go back to the main part of the letter and re-read "Request #1" & "Request #2”, and follow accordingly by reviewing the above yellow and green paragraphs.


Note 2: Two more contradictions

Not only that, those same publishers issued two more contradictory things about tandava ih those same above two quotes.

In quote #1 (highlighted above in yellow): They wrote the skull and torch are held by the tandava dancer in opposite hands.

In quote #2 (highlighted above in green): They wrote that the skull and torch are held by the tandava dancer in the same hand.


Note 3: D́ambaru musical instrument

Here below is a picture of the dambaru which is a small drum commonly used by dancers in India. Those for other countries may not be familiar with it, so this photo has been appended. 

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​​Courtesy of Google Images

Note 4: If you do not have the book or discourse...
If you do not have the concerned book or discourses related with this posting topic then kindly write us and we will provide them to you. Or if you have any other question / query about this topic, let us know.

Also, if any aspect of this topic is unclear, then please write us.


References
1. Ananda Vacanamrtam - 10, Táńd́ava Dance – What and Why?
2. Ananda Vacanamrtam - 6, The Cosmic Father Has a Special Responsibility