--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I don't see any reason why there couldn't be as much > > variation among buildings designed on Sthapatya- > > Vedic principles as there is in any style of > > architecture. For that matter, it seems to me S-V > > principles could be adapted to many *different* > > styles of architecture, so there would be variation > > among as well as within styles. > > And the grid layout for the cities? What happens > to those cities that were creative enough to respect > the natural flow of the land they were built on, and > are not laid out along NESW grid lines? Or those > cities and buildings that were designed to comply > with *different* formulations of "ideal" layout, > such as fung shei, Celtic geomancy, Tibetan Sa-che, > or even Masonic guidelines (as in Washington, D.C.)? > > And aren't you forgetting Stage IV, in which all the > old buildings are torn down? > > Sounds to me as if Maharishi is just another crackpot > who is trying to impose his idea of "ideal" on people, > justifying it by claiming it's the "ideal" of the gods > or nature. He doesn't care about *their* traditions > and *their* beliefs, only the imposition of his own.
This may well be the case. On the other hand, I rather HATE the layout of DC... ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
