On Oct 31, 2008, at 5:23 PM, Richard J. Williams wrote:
Vaj wrote:
Five Shaiva saints called Arrivars had compiled
the pieces of the pre-Vedic teachings in 28
volumes.
The Chandogya Upanishad is one of the "primary" (mukhya) Upanishads.
Together with the Jaiminiya Upanishad Brahmana and the Brihadaranyaka
Upanishad it ranks among the oldest Upanishads, dating to the Vedic
Brahmana period (probably before mid-first millennium BCE).
Most of what is known as Hinduism descends not from the Veda, but from
the Agamas. Even the Vaishnavite classic, the Bhagavad-gita, is
largely plagiarized directly from the Agamas!
Like I said, you seem really confused, but this is not unusual. The
idea that Hinduism stems from the Vedas has caused monumental errors
in dating. Such errors were further compounded by the many false
Vaishnavite teachers that began arriving in the west, esp. since the
60's. Some even claimed to be yogis but taught false doctrines and
really just wanted to sell the Vedas.
