--- In [email protected], Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Akasha: > > On Mar 21, 2005, at 7:07 PM, akasha_108 wrote: > > > And -- a weak set of rambling points I acknowledge -- Vyasa wrote > > Brahma Sutras. Vyasa was a Vaishnava. > > Hmmm. The Brahma or Badarayana sutras were written by Badarayana. Vyasa > was Dravidian.
> Many writings have been appropriated by Vaishnavites that are not > related at all to their cult. I acknowledge I was not clear on this point when writing it. Many equate Badarayana with Vyasa, some say its not clear, others say they were distinct. Can you clarify who Badarayana was, distinct from Vyasa? I am further swimming in ignorance regarding the timing of Arayan migration (or in some circles "invasion" ). If Vyasa was living during Mahabhartata period and that was 5000 years or so ago, then was Arayan migration after that? Or was Vyasa (as rumored) a long living mind/body that appeared in Mahabharata perid, but also in earlier periods? Some hold that Arayan migration split -- some going into "Persia", others into India. And there appear to be strong parallels (and intriguing polar opposites) between Arayan and Zoroastrain traditions. If so, can one use Persian Zoroastian traditions as sort of a contol group to separate out Arayan from root Dravidian traditions in India? > Do you have a reference for the vajra (diamond) body in Hindu writings? No. I was simply being poetic in my reference -- imagining a nervous system that had been refined and refined, first into "glass" then further clarified into diamond like billiance. 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/
