The chapatti approach to Vedic Understanding

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The 'Chapatti' Approach to Vedic Understanding

 

Dear Kumar,

 

 

Well, you have mentioned two points, the format and nature of your

magazine. And the possibilities for ROOPA.

 

 

On the first front (your magazines focus), you will run into some

problems if you focus too narrowly on a Western approach to Vedic

culture. God is not at the center in the Western paradigm. Therefore,

each thing has become an island unto itself. In Vedic culture, because

the Lord is at the center, all other things are simply an extension of

him whether they be social, academic, medical, political, philosophical,

religious, economic etc. Such approaches to life and learning lies at

the heart between divinity and the material and between the West and

Vedic culture. When applied to man, you end up with so many 'isms' until

and only upon our common spiritual denominator being applied. Only then

can all men and women be truly equal.

 

Applying 'science' to research Vedic culture (without using its

spiritual foundation as the primary measure) is to strip the Vedic

sciences into their most abrasive elements. A good example is the India

chapatti. In the West, they separate the white flower from the wheat

bran and the wheat glutton from the wheat. They then offer you white

bread and paste with no fiber, mock meats made from wheat glutton for

protein and bran for roughage. India offers you the chapatti wherein all

of these ingredients are automatically included and done so in perfect

balance--the way nature intended.

 

And so it is with the Vedic sciences. Their different areas of study are

not intended as a stand alone as the West would approach it. Such

demarcations are of a Western way of thinking. They need to block things

into their most basic because they have forsaken the intuitive which

would otherwise allow multi-tasking at its most comprehensive. Nor is

'scientific evidence' sufficient to uncover the Vedic civilization if it

fails to incorporate divinity as its first and primary premise.

 

The Economics of Love: Varna-Asrama demonstrates the point. It has

viewed economics from the premise of Love of God and worked its way out

from there. As such, it can account for all factors of economic activity

otherwise overlooked by the micro managing of political and commercial

interest. Such demonstrations will prove powerful for others wishing to

delineate Vedic culture to the Western, 'scientific,' audiences. I

therefore encourage you to reconsider presenting ROOPA to both your

readers as well as your editorial contributors.

 

As for the 'paradigm shift' of our politicians, it happens when the

people change. Politicians don't offer those changes, the people

do--grass roots. Gandi new this and so didn't wait for the British to

have a paradigm shift in their thinking for India. Gandhi recognized the

British would 'change' once the rest of India, the people, decided they

wanted the change. You must decide you want such a change, then others

will follow. This is the way of true grass roots revolution and of

transcendence knowledge. It will begin for you the day you commit to

make it happen. Forget the politicians: Are you ready? That is our only

concern. That was the secret to Gandhi's success as will be for us.

 

Great to hear from again.

 

Merry Christmas

 

Raghunatha Anudasa

 

 

 

Ashwini Kumar [ashwini_kumarr]

Monday, December 24, 2001 5:55 PM

raghu

Cc: vedicscience

Fwd: The Economics of Love--Varna-asrama

 

Namaste Raghu

 

Our magazine is limited to articles related to scientific interpretation

of

Vedas and Allied Literature.

 

We would be happy to consider any article that falls into this category

for

publication.

 

Ashwini Kumar

 

P.S. Your piece on the Economics of Love is well written.When do you see

our

politicians making a paradigm shift in this direction?