As a matter of fact, in Sanskrit, 'jiv' means 'life, 'life-
force' ; 'ji', 'to struggle', 'to beat', 'to win', to 'conquer'.
Needless to elaborate.
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evola_as_he_is@yahoogroups.com, "kshonan88" <kshonan88@y...>
wrote:
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> --- In
evola_as_he_is@yahoogroups.com, "Rowan Berkeley"
> <rowan_berkeley@y...> wrote:
> >
> > oh, come on, what is the idea of aryanism if not a dogma?
> >
>
>
>
> The Roman:
>
>
>
> hostem cum fugeret, se Fannius ipse peremit.
> hic, rogo, non furor est, ne moriare, mori?
>
> "As he was fleeing the enemy, Fannius killed himself. I ask you! Is
> this not madness - dying so as not to die?" (Epigrams of Martial,
> 2.80)
>
>
>
> The Japanese:
>
> "The Way of the Samurai is found in death. When it comes to
> either/or, there is only the quick choice of death. It is not
> particularly difficult. Be determined and advance. To say that
dying
> without reaching one's aim is to die a dog's death is the frivolous
> way of sophisticates. When pressed with the choice of life or
death,
> it is not necessary to gain one's aim.
>
> We all want to live. And in large part we make our logic according
to
> what we like. But not having attained our aim and continuing to
live
> is cowardice. This is a thin dangerous line. To die without gaming
> one's aim is a dog's death and fanaticism. But there is no shame in
> this. This is the substance of the Way of the Samurai. If by
setting
> one's heart right every morning and evening, one is able to live as
> though his body were already dead, he pains freedom in the Way. His
> whole life will be without blame, and he will succeed in his
> calling." (Hagakure)
>
>
>
> The Indian:
>
> "Know naught! Life cannot slay. Life is not slain. ...This Life
> within all living things... hides beyond harm... do thy
> part. ...Either being killed, thou wilt win Swarga's safety, or
alive
> and victor - thou wilt reign an earthly king. Therefore, arise,...
> nerve thy heart to meet as things alike to thee - pleasure or pain,
> profit or ruin, victory or defeat: gird thee to the fight, for so,
> thou shalt not sin!" (Krishna; Bhagavad Gita, 2)
>
>
>
> What is common to them?
>
>
> Honour?
>
>
>
> 1) I am Aryan, so I should want this.
>
> 2) Because I wanted this, I am Aryan. (This includes - Because I
> wanted to be Aryan, I am Aryan.)
>
>
> Honour is in the honesty of never moulding your dreams to fit in
with
> the thought, to do this is Aryan, to do this is un-Aryan...
>
>
>
> I am a Warrior, so I should fight - This WAS Arjuna's thinking
before
> Krishna appeared.
>
> I fight, therefore I am called a Warrior... This IS Arjuna's
thinking
> after.
>
>
>
> Be it even the highest ideal, I think real Honour is in pursuing
with
> honesty, after our own nature... after that, whatever we may
become,
> whether we fit into that ideal or not, it does not matter anymore.
We
> become who we are, what we are.
>
> I don't think Aryanism, or even the idea of it, has ever been
> dogmatic.
>
> Regards.
>