--- In [email protected], Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Jun 27, 2005, at 9:03 AM, Llundrub wrote: > > > > > > > -----But if you're not a Buddhist you can't rightly say though. > > Moreover, there is not just one form of Buddhist meditation. > > > > What's interesting, at very least as history, is that it appears > Advaita Vedanta--both that of Shankara and his paramguru Gaudapada owe > a lot to Buddhism. Tell me, where can you find you find the concept of > "maya" in any of the main Upanishads, Bhagavad-gita or the Badarayana > sutras? You can't. Gaudapada and Shankara are both dependent on > Nagarjuna's teaching of maya in Madhyamika.>>>
The concept of Maya is clearly stated in the Rig Veda Richo Akshare verse, and many other places. It is a constant theme, and to say that Buddha invented it is absurd. Richo Akshare Parame Vyoman Yasmin Deva Adhivishve Nisheduh Yastanna Veda Kimricha Karishyati Ya It tad vidus Ta ime samasate 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/
