@kalkikapila@ElstKoenraad Mundaka 1.2.7 should be read with 1.2.8. It is from the point of view of an ignorant person. He will twist the true meaning of yajna. He will act like a blind man leading a blind. He would interpret vedic verses as means to attain heaven.
@kalkikapila@ElstKoenraad Aurobindo give a good example of the inner meaning that sounds like secretly encoded.
If I say "when durga leaves a home Lakshmi and saraswati follows", you know exactly what I mean. But to a chinese or African, my statement will sound "secretly encoded".
@kalkikapila@ElstKoenraad Einstein had issues that does not make theory of relativity untrue. Aurobino brought out the symbolism. When we read the vedas with the understanding of the symbolism we can see the inner meaning emerge.
I repeat the vedic heritage belongs to all 4 classes not just brahmins
@kalkikapila@ElstKoenraad BTW, rig veda also speaks of sukshma sarira. It refers to 3 births of Agni (1.95), brothers of agni (10.51) who failed to become the messenger between God and humans. Bhupati (anna)i, Bhutapati (prana) and Bhuvana pati (mana)
@kalkikapila@ElstKoenraad Who is transmigarating? Sukshma sarira or Atman as per you? You seem confused about vedic theology?
This is the question Chandala posed to Shankara. Sukshma sarira dissolves so it cannot be transmigarating. Atman is sarvavyapi, every birth is rebirth.
@kalkikapila@ElstKoenraad He is called jataveda, because atman is the thread that connects all the past and future births. He is the true knower of all out births.
He is called tanunapat, This is no human offspring. Atman is hidden to ignorant. Takes birth or reveals himself when human attains knowledge
@kalkikapila@ElstKoenraad Agni is the indwelling spirit/atman in human. Angushta matra purusha of Katha upanishad.
He is called the messenger between humans and gods in yajna. Only through our atman (not body, prana or mana) can we truly connect with devatas
@ElstKoenraad Reincarnation is as old as the vedas. Agni is a metaphor for soul. The Reincarnation soul is called the Agni Jataveda.
RV 3.26.7 agnir asmi janmanā jātavedā
I am Agni, knower of all my previous births
The grand philosophy of vedas is encoded in metaphor unlike upanishad
@maa_bhaishiiH Makes me realize that I was arrogant to think I am smarter, hardworking, intelligent and ethical than others. It was my karma and God's way of punishing me for my arrogance