I'll give the Movement all the money I have if you can prove Guru Dev's cave that he lived when he was traipsing around in the jungle had the requisite vastu etc.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Richard J. Williams" <richard@...> wrote: > > > mjackson74: > > I wonder if archaeological excavations will show all the > > old building in India were built according to sthapatya > > ved? > > > From what I've read, the oldest surviving example of edifice > architecture in India is the Lomas Rishi Cave in Barabar, > circa 322�185 BCE. It's almost pure Buddhist vastu. There > was no edifice architecture in Vedic times. Temple worship > in India came much later, just before and during the Gupta > Age. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barabar_Caves > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barabar_Caves> > > It has already been established that sthapatya is derived > from Buddhist vastu. > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/316001 > <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/316001> > > All the Buddhist caves and stupas, such as the Great Stupa > at Sanchi follow vastu principles. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanchi > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanchi> > > > Bet they don't. > > > How much would you be willing to wager? > > Some of the oldest examples of India vastu are the Ashokan > Pillars. All vastu edifice architecture is based on simple > pneumatics, and the central axis mundi. > > Read more: > > http://www.rwilliams.us/archives/analogia.htm > <http://www.rwilliams.us/archives/analogia.htm> >
