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[The Man known as The Man]

Bartleby the Scrivener

The Merchant of Venice

Paradise Lost

The Bible

Flannery Oconnor


Ps how could I forget The Darwin Awards

[Rteacher]

I think it worth noting - since both these American transcendentalists have been mentioned here - that Thoreau and Emerson regularly read Bhagavad-gita.

"In the morning I [Thoreau] bathe my intellect in the stupendous and cosmogonal philosophy of the Bhagavat Geeta, since whose composition years of the gods have elapsed, and in comparison with which our modern world and its literature seem puny and trivial; and I doubt if that philosophy is not to be referred to a previous state of existence, so remote is its sublimity from our conceptions. I lay down the book and go to my well for water, and lo! there I meet the servant of the Brahmin, priest of Brahma, and Vishnu and Indra, who still sits in his temple on the Ganges reading the Vedas, or dwells at the root of a tree with his crust and water---jug. I meet his servant come to draw water for his master, and our buckets as it were grate together in the same well. The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges."

He [Emerson] said this about the Bhagavad Gita:

"I owed a magnificent day to the Bhagavad-Gita. It was as if an empire spoke to us, nothing small or unworthy, but large, serene, consistent, the voice of an old intelligence which in another age and climate had pondered and thus disposed of the same questions which exercise us."

[jayjayjay]

[Rteacher]

I presume "jay,jay,jay" is inspired by the Sanscrit word usually transcribed as "jai" which signifies spiritual victory and is chanted at the conclusion of some Vedic ceremonies. Actually, there are many who believe that ancient Vedic culture, including the Sanscrit language, is the source of all culture and religion on this planet. Although I haven't read it yet - I just stumbled across a web-site promoting it, there's a recent provocative book advancing that very thesis. Since I was inspired by the ad, I'll copy some of it for our esteemed forum readers. ( - Predictably, some folks will react adversely to the mention of "aryan culture" - the perverted conception of which inspired the demon Hitler...)

Proof of Vedic Culture's Global Existence

by Stephen Knapp



This book provides evidence which makes it clear that most religious history is not what we think it is. It lets you see the true heritage that has been suppressed for centuries. It shows that there was once a greatly advanced and ancient culture that was a global society. This was the Vedic civilization. Even today we can see its influence in any part of the world, which makes it obvious that before the world became full of distinct and separate cultures, religions, and countries, it was once united in a common brotherhood of Vedic culture, with common standards, ideals, language, and representations of God.

No matter what we may be in regard to our present religion, society, or country, we are all descendants of that ancient, global civilization. The Vedic tradition of India is the parent of humanity and the original ancestor of all religions. Through this book you will see:

How Vedic knowledge was given to humanity by the Supreme.

The history and traditional source of the Vedas and Vedic Aryan society.

Who were the original Vedic Aryans. How Vedic society was a global influence and what shattered this once world-wide society.

Many scientific discoveries over the past several centuries are only rediscoveries of what was already known in the Vedic literature.

How the origins of world language and literature are found in India and Sanskrit. How Sanskrit faded from being a global language.

The Vedic influence and proof of its ancient existence found in such countries as Britain, France, Russia, Greece, China, Japan, Egypt, and in areas of Scandinavia, the Middle East, Africa, and the Americas.

The links between the Vedic and other ancient cultures, such as the Sumerians, Persians, Egyptians, Romans, Greeks, etc.

How Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and Buddhism were all influenced by the Vedic tradition and still contain many Vedic elements within them.

How many of the western holy sites, churches, and mosques were once the sites of Vedic holy places and sacred shrines.

Uncovering the truth of India's history: Powerful evidence that shows how many mosques and Muslim buildings were once opulent Vedic temples.

The need to recognize the real history of the world, and to protect what is left of Vedic culture, the roots of humanity.


This book is offered as an attempt to allow humanity to see more clearly its universal origins. However, this book provides enough amazing if not startling facts and evidence about the truth of world history and the ancient, global Vedic culture, that it could quite possibly cause a major shift in the way we view religious history and the basis of world traditions. The book is 353 pages, and 6" x 9" trim size, with Glossary, References, and Index.

"The missing link in our understanding of civilization is the Vedic Aryan culture which thrived on the Indian subcontinent in antiquity and which influenced subsequent civilizations in Sumeria, China, Egypt and the Middle East, Europe and Britain, Southeast Asia and as far away as the Americas. Stephen Knapp, in Proof of Vedic Culture's Global Existence, delves into the history and traditional sources of the Vedas--that ancient body of sacred literature which many regard as the fount of the world's spiritual and cultural heritage." Nexus Magazine, Nov-Dec, 2000

[travel zen]

Mein Kampf... seriously.

Interesting book. Just pretend you are a goose-stepping superman before the Nazis were crushed.


Weatherman - Is that you're gf?

[roybetis1]

anything by Thich Nhat Hanh. He writes about "Engaged Buddhism"
Anything about the life of Frida Kahlo. My favorite artist.
Sun Tzu gives pretty good advice on how to survive a co teacher.

[jayjayjay]

[Leslie Cheswyck]

[DRAMA OVERKILL]

I read "The Tower"...

If you like, or even if you don't, I'd be glad to drop by your house on any random Saturday morning at 9 am to give you copy...

[Rteacher]

I believe the title of the publication is "The Watchtower"... There are certainly a lot worse things to read. Actually, when I was working (as an enumerator) for the U.S. Census (in Osceola County, Florida) I had to interview a lady who insisted on enthusiastically preaching to me her faith as a Jehovah's Witness, and when she asked if I minded her talking about God, I said "not at all" - since I was a Hare Krishna devotee. When she started questioning me about what Krishnas believed, I realized that it probably wasn't a good idea to preach a particular faith as a government agent - so I cut it short and made a quick exit...

[shortskirt_longjacket]

Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky

Here's one little gem that's frighteningly true:

"...And what is it that civilization softens in us? Civilization merely develops man's capacity for a greater variety of sensations, and...absolutely nothing else."

[jlb]

The Bible

Thomas Merton

Lord of the Rings

Chronicles of Narnia

Anne of Green Gables