| From The River Of Heaven |
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| Books By David Frawley |
| THE SOURCE OF TEACHINGS : THE VEDAS, PURANAS AND TANTRAS | |
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they are very ancient and only in recent times has their spiritual
import, like that of the other mystery teachings of the ancient
world, begun to be rediscovered or appreciated even in India.
Like the Egyptian teachings they are veiled, symbolic and subtle and require a special vision to understand and use properly. The great compiler of the Veda and Puranas was Vyasa Krishna Dwaipayana. He was said to be the twenty-eighth of the Vyasas or compilers of Vedic knowledge. He was somewhat older than the Avatar Krishna and his work continued after the death of Krishna. Perhaps he is symbolic of a whole Vedic school which flourished at that time, as many such Vedic schools were once prominent all over India and in some places beyond.
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