Author: Pragito DovePublisher: PenguinYear: 2001Language: EnglishPages: 194ISBN/UPC (if available): 0143028464 DescriptionAdapting ancient traditions - both Eastern and Western- into a thoroughly modern and accessible approach, Pragito Dove teaches us to bring awareness to our everyday actions and meditate while we eat, live, work, and laugh.Meditation can be as enjoyable and uncomplicated way to link the sacred with our day-to-day existence. This book demystifies the practice of meditation and illuminates a path to enlightenment that does not require total silence, complicated breathing, or sitting lotus style in a bare room.Adapting ancient traditions -both Eastern and Western- into a thoroughly modern and accessible approach, Pragito Dove teaches us to bring awareness to our everyday actions and meditate while we eat, live, work, and laugh.Free your mind and unleash your spirit as you discover the art of relaxing, practicing nonjudgmental, developing patience, discovering trust, and opening out to love and compassion.With practical, down-to-earth strategies, simple reminders, and flexible plans, this book can help all of us empty our minds, let go of stress, open our hearts, and tap our creative energy - anytime, anywhere.ContentsIntroductionCHAPTER 1MYTHS OF ORIGIN: EUROPE AND THE ARYAN HOMELAND QUESTBiblical OriginsIndia, the Cradle of CivilizationThe Aryans and Colonial and Missionary DiscourseGerman AryanismTwo Centuries of Homeland TheoriesPresent-Day Homeland HypothesesConclusionCHAPTER 2EARLY INDIAN RESPONSESHindu Nationalist ResponsesThe First Reactions: Hindu Religious LeadersConclusionCHAPTER 3VEDIC PHILOLOGYThe Racial EvidenceThe West-to-East Geographic shift in Sanskrit TextsConclusionCHAPTER 4INDO-EUROPEAN COMPARATIVE LINGUISTICS: THE DETHRONEMENT OF SANSKRITThe Law of Palatals and the Discovery of HittiteObjections from IndiaConclusionCHAPTER 5LINGUISTIC SUBSTRATA IN SANSKRIT TEXTSLinguistic Innovations in SanskritEvidence of the LoanwordsTerms for Flora in Indic LanguagePlace-Names and River NamesIndo-Aryans, or Dravidian and Munda Migrations?ConclusionCHAPTER 6LINGUISTIC PALEONTOLOGYFlora and FaunaThe HorseCriticism of the MethodConclusionCHAPTER 7LINGUISTIC EVIDENCE FROM OUTSIDE OF INDIASemitic Loans in Indo-European: Nichols’s ModelFinno-Ugric LoansOther Traces of Indo-AryanThe Avestan EvidenceThe Mitanni TreatiesConclusionCHAPTER 8THE VIABILITY OF A SOUTH ASIAN HOMELANDCenter of Origin MethodDialectical Subgroupings: Gamkrelidze and Ivanov’s ModelNichols’s Sogdiana ModelConclusionCHAPTER 9THE INDUS VALLEY CIVILIZATIONIndra Stands AccusedThe Religion of the Indus ValleyThe SarasvatiThe HorseThe ChariotThe Indus ScriptUrbanity and the RgvedaConclusionCHAPTER 10ARYANS IN THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL RECORDS: THE EVIDENCE OUTSIDE THE SUBCONTINENTIdentifying AryansThe Northern RouteThe Southern RouteTwo Wave TheoriesConclusionCHAPTER 11ARYANS IN THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL RECORD: THE EVIDENCE INSIDE THE SUBCONTINENTGandhara Grave CultureJhukar CultureCemetery H CulturePainted Gray Ware CultureAryans in the Skeletal RecordContinuity and InnovationConclusionCHAPTER 12THE DATE OF THE VEDADating Proto-Indo-EuropeanDating the VedaAstronomy and Vedic ChronologyThe Mathematics of the SulvasautrasConclusionCHAPTER 13ARYAN ORIGINS AND MODERN NATIONALIST DISCOURSENationalism and Historiography: General CommentsThe Aryans in ‘Hindutva’ IdeologyStereotypes and CounterstereotypesDiscourses of SuspicionConclusionConclusionNotesWorks citedIndex
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