Western scholars have created a real confusion

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> Seems to me that Western Scholars have created a real confusion.

> Ramayana is supposedly an Aryan vs. Dravidian war, yet both sides

> seem to be Aryans to me.

> Seems to me that even South Indians are Aryans.

 

 

 

Dear Sir,

 

You are right on this point. They have created confusion.

 

I had been thinking lately that even if there were an introduction of what

is known as the Caucasian race into the Indian subcontinent, that this would

not define them as the original carriers nor " introducers " of Vedic

culture into the area. For example, look at the North American presence in

Northern Europe. 5,000 years from now, archaeologists might dig through

ruins and find the remains of mulitary bases of the USA and conclude that

they invaded Europe circe 1950 and introduced Westen culture as a result!

They might find the remains of a 7-11 in order to prove their point.

 

Even if the Aryans did introduce themselves into the region at some point, I

doubt if they would have done so forcefully. I imagine whether or not such

an introduction couldn't have occurred around the times of the Ramayana. It

seems as if the purpose of the Supreme " Arya " involved protecting the

followers of Vedic dharma on the surface of the planet in the area of the

subcontinent. The Caucasian presence could have centered around the location

of Kshatriya communities as reinforcers or protectors of dharma.

 

I think I have mentioned previously on this list that it is not a question

of establishing, so much, the presence of this race or that one on any

specific location of the planet. It is a matter of establishing the presence

of human beings on the surface of the planet, repeatedly. At the end of

every chatur yuga, humanity is extinguished from the surface of the Earth.

It becomes re-generated. The Puranas tell us of prajapatis, progenitors, but

they are mentioned in relation to the original population of the cosmos

carried out under the direction of Shree Brahmaji. They are given no role in

the periodic re-population of the surface of the planet at the end of every

chatur yuga.

 

The city of Shambhalla is mentioned in this regard, as well as the Kalki

Avatar. The city of Shambhalla is known as a city of the hollow Earth, the

central cavity, in both Vedic, Puranic lore, as well as in Tibetan lore and

collective memory. The Madhyatah, the central cavity, is mentioned in

various pastimes, forming part of the actual fabric of the stories. The

narrations of the Sons of Sagara, the kalki Avatar, as well as the

Parasurama incarnation are all interwoven with the Madhyatah. In Ramayana,

Shree Rama impressed Bali by drilling an arrow through the Eath's shell to

the central part and back out the top again. This seems to be another

reference. It is not easy to explain away or separate this theme from the

Puranic presentation.

 

Unfortunately, hardly any scholar of indology or follower of Vedic dharma is

conversant in this regard. It does take us by surprise, but maybe the time

to start is now.

 

Your Servant,

 

Dharmapada Dasa

Hollow Earth in the Puranas http://www.skyboom.com/hollowearthpuranas/