On 2/11/2014 10:35 AM, Share Long wrote:
Enlightenment reached by Eastern systems is, according to Robin, the
real, genuine state of enlightenment.
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All religious systems seem to come from the East, except Mormonism,
which seems to have sprung from the mind of Moroni.
But, the "enlightenment tradition" in India was founded by the
historical Buddha. The notion of enlightenment in Yoga seems to be
restricted to South Asia. According to Mircea Eliade, the "Ascetic
methods and techniques of ecstasy are documented among the other
Indo-European peoples, to say nothing of the other peoples of Asia,
whereas Yoga is to be found only in India and in cultures influenced by
Indian spirituality."
Reference:
'Myths and Symbols in India Art and Civilization'
by Heinrich Zimmer
Edited by Joseph Campbell
Bolingen Series, Princeton U.
