--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Mar 12, 2005, at 8:45 AM, off_world_beings wrote: > > > and that ayurved and sthapatyaved > > and the six systems of Indian philosphy are a part of what is > > generally termed a Vedic tradition..... > > First off, I hope you realize that there are several groupings of the > Six Darshanas. > > You are aware that the original word for "veda" was "agama"?
Lol, then please define what you consider 'Vedic' . Be precise please. I guess the word 'agni' is not Vedic by your extremist view. Thats like saying Moses was not a Jew. Of course he wasn't. There were all sorts of other influences on him. but no-one would say he was not Jewish. > > > Saying that early Buddhism was not Vedic, is like saying that > > Protestantism is not Christianity. > > I'd tend to agree with the Manimekhalai (a Dravidian work) which (if > you feel a need to attribute a prior movement to the Dharma) states > that Buddhism is derived from Jainism. It also gives, from the > pre-Vedic perspective, where these six darshanas come from. ALL of the > six prophets of these darshanas existed *before the writing of > Sanskrit.* All of them. 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/
