--- In [email protected], akasha_108 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], off_world_beings > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > One of the assumptions that I was talking > > > about previously that we have all been spoon fed is that because a > > > culture is deep inland it must have been be sea-faring inept. This > > > is unlikely since Tibetans travelled far and wide. Buddhism > > > naturally spread across Tibet and China for the sole reason that > > > they were not really distinct and travelled with ease. > > > > They traveled much further than that. There are huge > > outposts of Tibetan culture in Mongolia and Manchuria > > and Russia, and evidence that Tibetans once inhabited > > areas of the Pyrennes. Traveling to spread the dharma > > is what they *did*. Suggesting that they traveled to > > North America is certainly not out of the question. > > > > The possible link between the Hopis and the Navajos > > has been suggested by many people, including the Dalai > > Lama. I don't know whether it has been established > > or not physically (via DNA tests), but if you knew > > Tibetan culture that wouldn't even be necessary. They > > have tales of whole monasteries or villages picking up > > and "migrating" to another place en masse, via mass > > reincarnation. > > > > Here are some links to photos of Navajos and Hopis from the vast > collection in The North American Indian by Edward S. Curtis > > http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/S?ammem/curt:@field([EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hopi+Indians.)) > > http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/S?ammem/curt:@field([EMAIL PROTECTED] (Navajo+Indians.)) > > ----------- >
Thanks. I'd really like to look at them but I can't. Rick is there no easy way to get the posts to accept URLs that are just pasted? I even tried cutting and pasting into address with no luck. 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/
