Umesh,
I am not surprised that he is a Jesuit. If
you follow the trail you will se quite a few Jesuits who are now studying the
Upanishads and finding a lot of common ground between Hinduism and
Christianity.
When James G. Frazer, in "The Golden Bough"
(1900) suggested that Xianity had its roots in earlier Oriental Religions
it caused an uproar and like many other good books, The Golden Bough was banned
or sought to be banned.
If you want to start on the Christian myths, I
think Frazer's book (the abridged Cambridge edition) is a good one to begin
with; also read Northrop Frye (beginning with Anatomy of Criticism) where he
outlines his concepts of myth.
Anjan
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Subject: Re: [Assam] [Yoga Sutras of
Patanjali] ECK--From where a HarvardProfessor gothet surname --BIOCHEMISTRY OF
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Rajen-da,
I do not remember his name but he teaches at Boston College (a Jesuit
institution) and will be joining Harvard Divinity School in the coming
year.
>... a Catholic priest did speak positively about path of
service by Krishna, Ram, Janak and Buddha in India - he spoke as if >he
really believed they were historical figures.
I will be interseted to know who was
this Catholic who spoke about this line. Looks like he did some in depth
studies in Hinduism. This line, the path of service, the
Krishna-Rama-Janaka-Buddha path is the famous Khsatriya path as opposed
to Brahmin path. This is the path also propogated By Rabindra Nath
Tegore and others who showed that the main positive trend in
Indian history came out of reform movements by these and other Khsatriyas in
Indian history The Brahmins although gained vast knowledge did not
contributed much for the public welfare according to this line of
thinking. One may add to these line also, Nanak and Xongkordev who were
also from non brahmin Khsatriya line.
When you wrote that line, it just
caught my eyes.
Rajen Barua
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Subject: Re: [Assam] [Yoga Sutras of
Patanjali] ECK--From where a HarvardProfessor gothet surname
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Anjan-da,
This is news to me - but I heard Sri RaviShankar in an ornate hall at
Harvard alongwith speakers from Islam, Christianity and Jewish faith
(Judaism.) They talked about Faith and service. RaviShankar has a
melodious way of putting things and seems well grounded inanswering
questions. They did not talk about myths but a Catholic priest did
speak positively about path of service by Krishna, Ram, Janak and Buddha
in India - he spoke as if he really believed they were historical
figures.
Umesh
"Anjan K. Nath"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Umesh,
Yes, we do talk of the Christian myths like
Noah's Ark. Even Jesus is considered a myth and an archetypal
man.
I can give you a whole lot of reading
material on Jesus and the Christian myths. There is a scholarly
work on this subject and was quite popular a few years ago.
Anjan
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Subject: Re: [Assam] [Yoga Sutras
of Patanjali] ECK--From where a Harvard Professor gothet surname
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Anjan-da,
Maybe your research topic was mythology in western faiths, but I
don't hear generally people talking about mythology in Christainity of
Islam --the way they spout openly about Hindu "myths"
"No one talks of mythology in Islam, Judaism or
Christianity though."
Oh yes, we do.
Mythological and Archetypal criticism in literature looks at
all mythologies including the above. I did my Ph.D. on the
subject and I should know.
You can read Northrop Frye's books on the subject especially
The Great Code and The Secular Scripture.
Anjan
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, May 16, 2005
9:24 PM
Subject: [Assam] [Yoga Sutras
of Patanjali] ECK--From where a Harvard Professor gothet surname
--BIOCHEMISTRY OF CONSCIOUSNESS
Hi,
While reading this article I hit upon a familiar word - a
surname of one of our top professors Diana Eck. http://www.eckankar.org/ This
webiste reveals her interest in Eastern spirituality. Now I
realize that perhaps her course titled "Hindu Mythology" is such
becos she is able to differentiate (sift the grain from the chaff)
from Indian/Hindu religious literature/practices--and not becos
she is biased. She did nod her head favorably, on my comment in
the seminar on "wfie abuse and faith" that all religions have
mythical characeters (as per our current knowledge) then why
single out non-Western faiths as "Hindy mythology".
Noone talks of mythology in Islam, Judaism or Christianity
though.
Umesh
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