| How I Became A Hindu - My Discovery Of Vedic Dharma |
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| Books By David Frawley |
| TOWARDS A NEW WESTERN HINDUISM | |
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were connected to a particular guru from India but had little sense
of the tradition behind the teacher. Their tendency was to look to
their specific teacher as the source of the teaching, the avatar of
a new universal religion, and not a traditional Hindu.
Others were so busy popularizing yoga that they didn’t take the time to really understand its background. The result was that the American Yoga movement lacked connection with the greater Yoga tradition and its Hindu foundation. It often slipped into commercialism, if not vulgarity. In America the outward and physical aspects of yoga predominate with a cultural fixation on the body. The sensational aspects of spirituality are also popular, with a seeking of quick spiritual experiences and the tendency to create personality cults. In America everything becomes a business. The result is that the teacher with the best advertising and self-promotion becomes the most famous and is looked upon as the authority, though their real knowledge may be limited.
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