Bridging the cultural "Divides" in Asia

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It has been quite often pointed out that the "indian" and chinese cultures are different and as two different civilisations.As two of the ancient civilsations in existence there are more similarities between them than a divide. Their origins philosophy are almost the same and the same teachers had taught across both these regions and even in west Asia. Hope this thread could spread some awareness among BRFites regarding the unity that underpins civilisation in Asia as a whole., and who knows the entire world as we get to know more about ancient teachings and teachers who walked far and wide at an age which is long forgotten. There should be nothing "religious" in this thread only awareness.

"Bhogar proceeded to China to spread the knowledge of siddha sciences and strangely enough his journey is said to have been made with the aid of an aircraft; he demonstrated to the Chinese the details of the construction of the aircraft and later built for them a sea-going craft using a steam engine. The details of these and other experiments demonstrated by Bhogar in China are clearly documented in the Saptakanda.

Bogar's guru, Kālāngi Nāthar, is believed to be a Chinese who attained siddhi in South India and thus became included among the Eighteen Siddhars.

Lao Tse - the founder of Taoism (5th century B.C.) was the first Chinese to propound the theory of duality of matter -- the male Yang and female Yin -- which conforms to the Siddha concept of Shiva - Shakti or positive-negative forces. This very same concept was first revealed by the adi-siddhar Agasthya Rishi, whose period is as old as the Vedas, which have been conservatively dated at 3500 B.C.

Also alchemy as a science was practised in China only after B.C. 135 and was practiced as an art until B.C. 175 when a royal decree was enacted banning alchemical preparation of precious metals by the Celestial Empire; these details are recounted in the two existing Chinese books of alchemy Shih Chi and Treatise of Elixir Refined in Nine Couldrons, both dated to the first century B.C.

The emergence of Lao Tse with his theory of duality of matter and the journey of Bhogar to China seem to have taken place about the same time and it is even possible that Bhogar himself went under the name of Lao Tse in China, like another Siddharishi Sriramadevar, who was known as Yacob in Arabia.

This seems likely considering that:

before Lao Tse the concept of duality of matter finds no mention in any Chinese treatise;
alchemy as a science emerged only after B.C. 135, i.e. four centuries after Lao Tse;
there was a sudden spurt of alchemical practice aher the emergency of Lao Tse; and
the duality of matter and alchemy have been mentioned in South Indian scriptures that antidate Lao Tse by centuries. "

[SRajesh]

https://youtu.be/GNmXMU6Bbqo
'Intrepid traveller' really gutsy!!
Visiting land of 'Genghis'
UlanBatoriji how say you to this chap???