06-15-2007, 12:38 PM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->At its core, yoga is a set of postures or asana (exercises) aimed at
calming the mind/soul to achieve an altered state (entasy, stasis,
samadhi, etc).
So, if a person is a cross-legged posture and looks as if in an
altered state it could be a form of "proto-yoga."
However, the same imagery could also suggest shamanic/ecstatic or
similar practices.
There are various images on Harappan seals that almost certainly are
related to other images found thousands of years later. <b>For example,
the "buffalo sacrifice" with the foot placed on the neck of a buffalo
while thrusting or throwing a spear is also found in much later Durga
images.</b>
<b>You'd have to be Farmeresque to insist that the Durga images
originated independently or came directly from "Eurasians" of some sort.</b>
Regards,
Paul Kekai Manansala<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
calming the mind/soul to achieve an altered state (entasy, stasis,
samadhi, etc).
So, if a person is a cross-legged posture and looks as if in an
altered state it could be a form of "proto-yoga."
However, the same imagery could also suggest shamanic/ecstatic or
similar practices.
There are various images on Harappan seals that almost certainly are
related to other images found thousands of years later. <b>For example,
the "buffalo sacrifice" with the foot placed on the neck of a buffalo
while thrusting or throwing a spear is also found in much later Durga
images.</b>
<b>You'd have to be Farmeresque to insist that the Durga images
originated independently or came directly from "Eurasians" of some sort.</b>
Regards,
Paul Kekai Manansala<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->