Since when has Hatha Yoga (expounded by Indian sage Patanjali) become a Buddhist invention ?
Well, if you read Dan Brown's extensively researched novel, then everything you ever knew will be rearranged.
Dan's description of Pranayama is another joke.
Then there's what he has to say about Heaven and Hell in Hinduism and Buddhism. Perhaps that was his 11 year old daughter doing his research. His novel is very interesting and gripping, but due to the above blunders I wonder about the authenticity of the other 'researched' facts.
Read it if you seriously have no other reason for existence. (My mom asked me to read it, so like a good 40 year old, i did).
The Eternal Light
"Know and always hold onto the Self.
Disregard the body and the mind.
To identify with them is misery.
Dive deep into the Heart,
the source of being and peace,
and establish yourself there."
Disregard the body and the mind.
To identify with them is misery.
Dive deep into the Heart,
the source of being and peace,
and establish yourself there."
Father
Bhagavan is the awareness
Why despair ? Know with certainty by enquiry, that I myself am present as your "I".
-- Father
-- Father
My Bhagavan
Believe nothing because a wise man said it;
Believe nothing because it is generally held;
Believe nothing because it is written;
Believe nothing because it is said to be divine;
Believe nothing because somebody else believes it;
Believe only what you yourself judge to be true
- Gautam Buddha