| Many Western
followers of Hindu Yoga have never entered a Hindu temple or seen a puja performed, except
as a curiosity. Ayurveda, the Vedic medical system, is only now getting some recognition
in the West. Vedic astrology is just beginning to surface and looks like it also will
become quite popular, at least in astrological circles. Hindu music has made a mark of its
own. Sanskrit poetry, drama and aesthetics,
the most extensive, intricate, profound and spiritual in the world, is little known or
appreciated. Even the poets of the Western world who aim at a symbolic or mystical
approach do not have an idea as to how extensively this realm has already been explored in
India with such figures as Kalidas. The Vedas and Upanishads, the great source
teaching behind these numerous currents, are largely unknown, even by name, by those who
practice or teach Yoga! |
