With the years of my youth passing awayI have wandered all across the land of India, east and west.I have studied Sanskrit, most useful,And the useless language of the foreigners. --Gedun Chophel, Tibetan translator of the Upanishads and Dhammapada[i] We need to understand the background and history of Indian civilization. Only when we understand that,… Continue reading ORIGINS OF SECRET MANTRA (DAY 4): ‘HUMAN NATURE’ AND VEDIC GODS: Fire, intoxicants, money, death and the Vedic ‘dark side’: Demi-Gods, Maras, Flesh-eaters, and the four priests required for sacrificial offerings (by 17th Karmapa)