[Advaita-l] The 'Snake-and-ladder' game - The Spiritual path

[D.V.N.Sarma డి.వి.ఎన్.శర్మ]

This is prevalent in Andhra as Paramapadasopanapathamu with Vaishnava
terminology and influence.. Once you reach the top most row you are safe
because there is no more fear of punarjanma..
Only you have to make a number of oscillations across the top row till your
score leads you exactly to the Lord's square. Suppose the westerners
adapted it as snakes and ladders what is wrong. Why do we bait westerners
day in and day out.  The idea westerners are dumb and we are the only
intelligent people in the world is unrealistic premises. See what they are
doing in science and technology now. Even in the earlier cennturies our
people learned a lot astronomy from them. You will find the mention of
Yavanacharyas and Romakas in our astrological texts.

I played the above game in my childhood a number of times. Even now, may
be, it is played in rural areas.

regards,
Sarma.

On Fri, Jul 27, 2018 at 4:51 AM, Dev Babu via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> That is Amazing!
> Many Thanks for sharing this.
>
> On Fri, Jul 27, 2018 at 12:17 AM V Subrahmanian via Advaita-l <
> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
>
> > Copied and pasted from FB page of Ajay Khemka
> > <https://www.facebook.com/ajay.khemka.75?fref=mentions>
> >
> > Unbelievable!!!
> > The 13th century poet saint Gyandev created a children's game called
> Moksha
> > Patam. The British (intentionally to break our rich culture & education
> > system) later named it Snakes and Ladders instead of the original Moksha
> > Patam.
> >
> >
> > In the original one hundred square game board, the 12th square was faith,
> > the 51st square was reliability, the 57th square was generosity, the 76th
> > square was knowledge, and the 78th square was asceticism. These were the
> > squares where the ladders were found and one could move ahead faster. The
> > 41st square was for disobedience, the 44th square for arrogance, the 49th
> > square for vulgarity, the 52nd square for theft, the 58th square for
> lying,
> > the 62nd square for drunkenness, the 69th square for debt, the 84th
> square
> > for anger, the 92nd square for greed, the 95th square for pride, the 73rd
> > square for murder and the 99th square for lust. These were the squares
> > where the snake waited with its mouth open. The 100th square represented
> > Nirvana or Moksha.The tops of each ladder depict a God, or one of the
> > various heavens (kailasa, vaikuntha, brahmaloka) and so on. As the game
> > progressed various actions were supposed to take you up and down the
> board
> > as in life... Amazing, isn't it???!
> >
> >
> > https://www.facebook.com/subrahmanian.vaidyanathan/
> posts/2215995825080433
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