Well, considering that Gautama was a prince in Vedic kingdom, trained by Brahmin priests and who learned Sanskrit and the Vedas in depth, it is not surprising that what he taught (or rather what his disciples taught) was a form of Vedic knowledge. It is like the difference between Catholicism and the later Protestantism....not much difference really. Both Christianity.
In fact, Hindus and Vedic scholars do not consider Buddhism as outside of the Vedic tradition. Just yet another stream and interpretation of it. The name of Budda himself is Vedic, meaning 'enlightened intellect' (Unity Consciousness), as are all his language in his teachings: Boddhisatwa, DharmaChakra, Anatman vs Atman etc. Buddhism is a form of Vedic knowledge where some of the knowledge got lost. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey, all > > According to Mantreshwar, an ancient jyotish author, my birth chart > has a yoga for being a sanyasi, practicing a form of Buddhism. As a > practicing TM meditator, I was at first puzzled by this observation. > However, after pondering the description of this yoga, I became > appreciative of the author's wisdom and perception. Here's why: > > In many of his commentaries MMY shows deep respect for the Lord > Buddha. MMY states, nevertheless, that the Buddha's teachings have > been misunderstood. MMY states that TM and its tradition have the > correct interpretation of the Buddha's teachings, as stated in MMY's > commentary to the Gita. > > It appears that Mantreshwar, if he were alive today, would consider > TM as a form of Buddhist practice. > > Regards, > > John R. > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "lurkernomore20002000" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > Anyone care to join in a discussion with some Buddhists, pseudo- > > > Bhuddists, and agnostics? > > > The agnostics/atheists are the only rude ones. The Buddhists are > > nice. > > > I think I bit off more than I could chew though :-) > > > > > > C'mon Bob, Dr. Pete, Akasha and you other guys, help me out here. > > > Naysayers and yaysayers all the better. > > > > Calling in all that goodwill you accumulated eh? > > > > lurk > > > 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/
