Guest guest Posted December 27, 2004 Report Share Posted December 27, 2004 At 09:33 AM 12/27/04 -0600, Cynthia wrote: > > David Frawley coined the term....at least that is what I was told. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The dating was wrong in my last post. I have two books in my bookcase which already used the term 'Vedic astrology' -- Davaid Frawley's Astrology of the Seers and Bepin Behari's Myths and Symbols of Vedic Astrology, both published in 1990. It would be like David Frawley to coin the term because he sees anything of value in ancient times as originating in India. Therese Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 28, 2004 Report Share Posted December 28, 2004 Therese Hamilton wrote: It would be like David Frawley to coin the term because he sees anything of value in ancient times as originating in India. Therese, Cynthia and D*S, I spoke with Chakrapani this evening on this topic. He said that he first came to America to practice astrology in 1979 at the request of Swami Muktananda. Muktananda and Chakrapani are both disciples of Swami Nityananda. Chakrapani's first booklet for his clients in 1979 was entitled Vedic Astrology. He came up with this idea on his own, but also ran it by Muktananda. Muktananda agreed with the use of the word 'Vedic' and stated that he didn't like the word 'Hindu' because it was too " parochial " . Chakrapani had seen literally thousands of clients in the years prior to the formation of ACVA and 'Vedic' was already being well bandied about by them. Best, Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 28, 2004 Report Share Posted December 28, 2004 Steve, Thanks for posting this clarification. I agree that Hindu sounds a bit parochial, but I had thought that " Indian " would be a better term. Of course, then some people wonder if it's a form native Amerindian divination. It's also interesting that Chakrapani apparently gave no thought to the historical accuracy of the term, ie whether or not horoscopy was actually practiced in the ancient Vedas. It just sounded right! A marketing rationale, in other words. I have no problem with that at all. That is the world we live in. Chris --- Steven Stuckey <shastrakara wrote: > > > Therese Hamilton wrote: > > It would be like David Frawley to coin the term because he sees anything > of value in ancient times as originating in India. > > > > > Therese, Cynthia and D*S, > > I spoke with Chakrapani this evening on this topic. He said that he > first came to America to practice astrology in 1979 at the request of > Swami Muktananda. > Muktananda and Chakrapani are both disciples of Swami Nityananda. > > Chakrapani's first booklet for his clients in 1979 was entitled Vedic > Astrology. > He came up with this idea on his own, but also ran it by Muktananda. > Muktananda agreed with the use of the word 'Vedic' and stated that he > didn't like the word 'Hindu' because it was too " parochial " . > > Chakrapani had seen literally thousands of clients in the years prior to > the formation of ACVA and 'Vedic' was already being well bandied about > by them. > > > Best, > > Steve > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 28, 2004 Report Share Posted December 28, 2004 Christopher Kevill wrote: > > It's also interesting that Chakrapani apparently gave no thought to > the > historical accuracy of the term, ie whether or not horoscopy was > actually > practiced in the ancient Vedas. It just sounded right! A marketing > rationale, in other words. I have no problem with that at all. That > is > the world we live in. Hi Chris, I think there's more to this than meets the eye---I'll have to check a few scriptural references and get back to you. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 28, 2004 Report Share Posted December 28, 2004 At 09:12 PM 12/27/04 -0800, Steve wrote: > >I spoke with Chakrapani this evening on this topic. He said that he >first came to America to practice astrology in 1979 at the request of >Swami Muktananda... >Chakrapani's first booklet for his clients in 1979 was entitled Vedic >Astrology. He came up with this idea on his own... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thanks, Steve. Chakrapani it is then. But the term gained real popularity from the time ACVA was formed. For those who don't know, Chakrapani is probably the best known and respected Jyotish astrologer in America. He lives and works in Los Angeles. Therese Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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