thx, nothing like Indian apologetics from Feuerstein to give us much "truthiness"; but we do know that there are important Buddhist statues outside of India, such as those blown up by the Taliban.
I know MMY was heavily into Patanjali; it seems that's all he talked about, to the point of being a fetish. Personally, I've learned more from Woody Allen. The only Patanjali book I had was that slim volume from Swami Prabhavananda of the Vedanta Temple. I sent it in the mail to my Kriya Yoga instructor, Swami Satyeswaranda (lives in the same town I do, San Diego). He was a lawyer in India and claimed to be a direct disciple of Babaji. (you can see his pic at the website). He called me on the phone in a great state of anger balling me out for sending the Patanjali book, saying he was going to sue me. ... One of my first Buddhist teachers, Hsuan Hwa; didn't know Skt or English. He seemed to do quite well in his practices without knowing anything about Patanjali. A more likely scenario is that if people exist on the Pleides or in other universes; they are no doubt Buddhists and have likewise never heard of Patanjali. So go figure. I liked that Theosophy book "The Chakras" by Leadbeater, one of the early Theosophists who seemed to have a falling out with Madame Blavatsky. Leadbeater may have been a genuine clairvoyant; and as the story goes, was once on a beach near Madras and happened to see the brilliant aura of a young boy: who grew up to be.....J. Krishnamurti. He was declared the future World Teacher but severed ties with the Theosophists in the 20's.. . --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "WillyTex" <willy...@...> wrote: > > > > emptybill: > > ...distinguished swamis Vivekananda and Satchidananda; > > Theosophist sympathizers Alice A. Bailey... > > > "Taimini superimposed Theosophy upon Patanjali ala > Blavatsky/Bailey blah blah blah..." - emptybill > > FairfieldLife/message/250125 > > It is a fact that Vivekananda did not read any Sanskrit > and he was not a real 'Swami' by any measure. > > > The translations are as diverse as the scholars > > who wrote them: Georg Feuerstein, Vyaas Houston... > > > Georg Fuerstien upholds the theory that the Aryan > speakers *came out of India* - totally discredited! > > Read more: > > "A pair of Western scholars (Michael Witzel and Steve > Farmer, "Horesplay in Harappa," Frontline Magazine, > 10/13/00) have observed: "In the past few decades, a > new kind of history has been propagated by a vocal group > of Indian writers, few of them trained historians, who > lavishly praise and support each other's works. Their > aim is to rewrite Indian history from a nationalistic > and religious point of view. Their writings have special > appeal to a new middle class confused by modern threats > to traditional values. With alarming frequency their > movement is backed by powerful political forces, lending > it a mask of respectability that it does not deserve." > I believe this is precisely one such book, and will be > happy to have it out of my house..." > > Read more: > > 'The True History and the Religion of India' > A Concise Encyclopedia of Authentic Hinduism > By H.D. Swami Prakashanand Saraswati > Jagadguru Kripalu Parishat, Barsana Dham, 2003 > http://tinyurl.com/2cdkhlv >
