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Attachment to knowledge is merely attachment to
knowledge an not enlightenment. For instance, attachment to Betty Crooker's
cookbook does not a chef make, so also attachment to the Vedas does not a rishi
make.
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, March 11, 2005 10:58
PM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Buddha
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED],
Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]...> wrote:
>
> On Mar 11, 2005, at 7:44 PM, off_world_beings wrote:
>
>
> You will astound historical scholars if you can name a book or
>
> literature that predates the Rig Ved.
>
> I believe the
Zhang Zhung Nyan Gyud does....and scholars are well
aware
> of
it.
I'm afraid not Vaj. It just isn't so. You are talking about an 8th
century manuscript.
>
> Unfortunately what has happened
is that the whole research thrust
has
> taken the neo-Vedic and
Vaishnavite route, esp. since the "British
>
Raj".>>>
Some truth to this , but over emphasised by new
agers. Not really
significant.
>
> > Rig Ved =
Sanskrit. The oldest use of these words are in Vedic
texts.
>
> Well Rig Ved is in "Vedic Sanskrit" but Dravidian languages
preceded
> Sanskrit.>>
Dravidian was once thought to
precede Sanskrit in India, but now is
thought to be a version of Sanskrit,
and not preceding.
>
> If you are unfamiliar with this I
recommend the Tamil Shaivite
poets.
> Great stuff.
>
>
> (And were any rishis ever
> > Buddhists?)
>
>
> Well they were awakened! ;-)
Then all the Buddhas were 'Vedic
Rishis' which
means 'Knowers/teachers of
Truth/reality'.
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