| 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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Legend is represented by the
Itihasas. The Book of Knowledge is represented by the
Upanishads. The Tantras are composite in nature but could be
considered as the Book of Techniques or practices.
In the universal religion the forms of these may vary according to the differences of time, place and culture, but all source teachings must come in one or another of these categories, or contain them on different levels of interpretation. In this regard any real mantra is a Vedic hymn, any true myth a Purana, any realization of truth an Upanishad. All the other spiritual or religious teachings of the world can be placed in one of these categories. The existent texts are but examples of these different modes of teaching and methods of communication to the different levels of our mind and aspects of our being. It is important, therefore, that we continue all these lines of teaching but we must creatively adapt their forms. We need not merely worship old texts. We must continue their energy with renewed intensity.
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