Guest guest Posted July 24, 2000 Report Share Posted July 24, 2000 - Goosen I.H.M. <indira <vediculture > Saturday, July 22, 2000 7:19 PM Fwd: [world-vedic] Re: Falsification Aryan invasion theory > vediculture , "32503518nl1" <indira@s...> wrote: > Dear Anthanarik, > In response to your remark and quotation concerning the suggestion of > an > 'Aryan race' in ancient India I am pleased to submit the following. > The Sanskrit word 'arya' means 'anyone who leads a spiritual life', > it also > means 'noble soul'. May be you are black or yellow, and I might be > red and > purple - if we follow the Vedic principles of religious life, or Krsna > consciousness for that matter, we are 'arya' instantly. The proof of > its > transcendental meaning is the international convertion of sincere > souls to > brahminical life by the Gaudiya Vedanta Samiti, one of the four main > Vaisnava-sampradayas coming from Brahma. All these souls from > different > nationalities have become 'arya' on the very day of their initiation > (diksa). The word 'arya' points to actual spiritual conduct and not > to any > physical designation. The spirit soul is beyond the body and mind, as > you > will know. Therefore, the word 'arya' has nothing to do with race at > all. > Actually, the Vedic synonym of 'race' is 'species'. Mankind is one > species, > monkeys are another, etc. Nevertheless, the pure hearted souls whose > seminal > ancestors followed the path of bhakti and brahminical purification > rites > (samskaras) since thousands of generations maintain and/or develop a > bright > complexion. The long-term cultivation of spiritual purity of body, > mind and > soul appears to reflect in one's external features, as well. Still, > this > 'brightness' has nothing to do with race or species, again. After > all, I > have seen people change colors instantly. Haven't you? > On the other hand, this racial myth in India - and especially in the > Dravidian South developed under the influence of the British - is > based on > the Western scientific concoction of the Aryan Invasion Theory > written by > Sir Mortimer Wheeler between 1946-54 shortly after World War II. The > Aryan > Invasion Theory was based on the excavations in Harappa and Mohenjo > Daro > since 1922 from which the Western scientists found that 'tribal > hordes from > the North-West (Kaukasus) invaded the Indian Subcontinent and forced > the > indigenous population to adopt the Vedic culture between 1200-800 > BC'. We > all know that Hitler in Nazi Germany abused the Vedic theory of > varnasrama-dharma-tattva from the Bhagavad-gita earlier in favor of > his own > perverted race theory. In that way Sir Mortimer Wheeler provided the > Germans > with the heritage of Sanskrit poetry and ancient knowledge. In other > words, > the so-called Aryan race claimed to be the origin and bearer of the > ancient > Vedic civilization just after the defeat of the Germans in WW II. > In spite of the brand-new asset the Western scientific world never > discovered the true values of the Vedas. 'How could such tribal > savages > dispose of any elevated knowledge and pure spiritual teachings? ' > Paradoxically, the Western world, therefore, considered the > Vedas 'primitive > poetry' and ignored their elevated status for a longtime due to their > misconceived origin. Could the scientists comprehend the truths in > these > literatures themselves? In fact, the Vedic literature is accessible > only to > the reader proportionately to his level of consciousness. In other > words, > only pure souls are able to understand its imports to their fullest > extent, > whereas the modern scientists are situated at the opposite end of the > scale. > After all, this complete incident is no longer a hot item anymore. The > Invasion Theory has recently been falsified by a team of scholars who > never > found a trace of invasion, destruction or suppression by foreign > tribes in > the area of the Indus-Sarasvati Valleys. One interesting proof of its > falsification is the fact that the Vedas give mention of the > Sarasvati River > which went underground longtime before the so-called invaders could > have > written or induced the Vedas in that region. > These Scriptures, especially the Puranas, contain self-evident > knowledge. > They describe the transcendental history of mankind since Creation by > Lord > Brahma down to the end of Kali-yuga which lies in the distant future. > Who > could invent such highly complicated narrations, such extremely > spiritual > theories in such a learned tongue like the Sankrit verse? Were they > ordinary > human beings, or was it God Himself and His many Incarnations? The > value of > the Vedic Scriptures is their exceptional transcendental position. > Nothing > in the entire world can compare with their supernatural qualities, > names, > forms and pastimes. They are supremely divine and unparallelled! They > are > the literary Incarnation of the Supreme Lord Himself, the Blue God of > Love, > Sri Krishna. > > Vaisnava dasanudasi abhilasa, > Indira dasi > > > - > Anthanarik <anthanaric@h...> > <vediculture > > Sunday, July 09, 2000 7:37 PM > [world-vedic] Re: Aryan invasion theory > > > > > > <<The Vedas do not know of > > > any such race as the Aryan race." > > > > > > Sounds like you never read the COMPLETE Rig Veda. > > They called themselves Arya or Aryas, not Aryan though. > > > > Indra, causing the barley to be sown in the fields, milking the > > clouds for the sake of Manu, destroying the offspring of the dasyus > > with thy lightning bolt, you have bestowed brilliant light upon the > > Arya. > > > > When you attacked the offspring of the dasyus, you slew them with > > your thunderbolt, the thunder god then gave the bounty to his white- > > complexioned friends, then restored the light and set free the life > > bestowing rain. > > > > > > Anthanarik > --- End forwarded message --- > > > > > ------ > Find long lost high school friends: > http://click./1/7080/11/_/15635/_/964259399/ > ------ > > This is an information resource and discussion group for people interested in the World's Ancient Vedic Culture, with a focus on its historical, archeological and scientific aspects. 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