On Jun 2, 2009, at 2:05 PM, Randy Meltzer wrote:
Hey Vaj,
Your take and mine are obviously different on the whole
shankaracharya/vaishnavite thing and it made me wonder what your
take on Gandharva veda is. That is to say, in your opinion, was
what MMY was promoting as Gandharva Veda, actually Gandharva Veda
music?
Just wondering what you have to say.
Anyone else with a comment on this, would also be welcome to see.
Many of the darshanas and upavedas which are claimed by MMY (and
others) to be Vedic are not related to the Vedic tradition. I don't
know if Gandharva Veda is one of these or not. It certainly is a very
well developed Indian science, their music. I would suspect it has
pre-Vedic and more recent elements. Years ago I read Ravi Shankar's
book on music, but it's been years.
I went to a number of Maharishi Gandharva Veda concerts and they were
all spectacular music performed by very gifted musicians. It was like
listening to cosmic jazz.
Rick's really in to Indian music, maybe he knows?
