Interpreting Ancient Indian Tradition

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Interpreting Ancient Indian Tradition

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In interpreting ancient Indian tradition, we must ask the question, how was it that Rishi Garg was able to make such precise astronomical calculations 1000’s of years ago? Or that Rishi Panini was able to compose a text that the West really only began to understand the significance of 2500 years later?

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Baba Rampuri, author of "Autobiography of a Sadhu, a Journey into Mystic India," and frequent commentator on Oral Tradition, Sacred Speech, and Consciousness, is an American expatriate,  the first foreigner to be initiated into India's largest and most ancient order of yogis, the Naga Sannyasis of Juna Akhara.  He has lived in India since 1970, where he practices and teaches the oral tradition of the Sanatan Dharma, conducts sacred ceremony and rites, and hosts workshops and retreats.

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