{"id":15069,"date":"2019-01-31T20:39:18","date_gmt":"2019-01-31T09:39:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wwwip.com.au\/hcaold\/?p=15069"},"modified":"2020-11-26T17:28:27","modified_gmt":"2020-11-26T06:28:27","slug":"westerners-stealing-hindu-ip-is-more-than-plagiarism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wwwip.com.au\/hcaold\/westerners-stealing-hindu-ip-is-more-than-plagiarism\/","title":{"rendered":"Stealing Hindu IP is more than plagiarism"},"content":{"rendered":"

By: Shashi Holla (WA) and Surinder Jain.<\/p>\n

Colonial or a white supremacy mind set may be clever enough to adopt Hindu practices but denies giving credit where it is due. Stealing Hindu Intellectual Property, they do not hesitate to rename and repackage so that they can sell it back to India for immense profits. Off course, they will leave no chance to tell Indians to stop their superstitious ways and to adopt the new scientific knowledge which “they” have “invented”.<\/p>\n

Following has been already digested or appropriated by West. Some of the Western academics don\u2019t believe that they belong to India.<\/p>\n

Yoga Nidra   AS  Lucid Dreaming<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nadi Shodhana AS Alternate Nostrils Breathing
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Vipassana  AS Mindfulness.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The latest addition to this list is<\/p>\n

Pranamyam AS Cardiac Coherence Breathing<\/strong><\/p>\n

Several researchers have reported that pranayama techniques are beneficial in treating a range of stress-related disorders<\/a>.[29]<\/a> <\/sup>But the latest attempt has taken the appropriation too far. An American magazine “Scientific American” in its article titled \u201cProper Breathing Brings Better health\u201d termed \u201cPranayama\u201d as cardiac coherence breathing. (15 January 2019). The article gives us an idea about how West is so sophisticated in stealing knowledge from ancient cultures particularly Hinduism.<\/p>\n

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Sadhak Anshit practicing Pr\u0101\u1e47\u0101y\u0101ma (Wikipedia)<\/p><\/div>\n

Pr\u0101\u1e47\u0101y\u0101ma is mentioned in verse 4.29 of the Bhagavad G\u012bt\u0101<\/a>.[11]<\/a><\/sup> According to Bhagavad-G\u012bt\u0101 As It Is<\/a>, pr\u0101\u1e47\u0101y\u0101ma<\/i> is translated to “trance induced by stopping all breathing”, also being made from the two separate Sanskrit words, pr\u0101\u1e47a<\/i> and \u0101y\u0101m<\/i>.[12]<\/a><\/sup> Pranayama is the fourth “limb” of the eight limbs of Ashtanga Yoga<\/a> mentioned in verse 2.29 in the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali<\/a>.[14]<\/a><\/sup>[15]<\/a><\/sup> Patanjali, a Hindu Rishi, discusses his specific approach to pranayama in verses 2.49 through 2.51, and devotes verses 2.52 and 2.53 to explaining the benefits of the practice.[16] <\/a><\/sup>Many yoga teachers advise that pranayama should be part of an overall practice that includes the other limbs of Patanjali’s Raja Yoga teachings, especially Yama<\/a>, Niyama<\/a>, and Asana<\/a>.[18]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n

\u201cPranayama\u201d a department of Yogic science practiced and documented 5000 years back ( even 15,000 years back) by Rishis is not even acknowledged by the author of the article. If one read the article they vaguely suggest that breathing exercises also existed in China, Hindu and in Greek culture.  This is how appropriation of ancient techniques takes place by West.  As Sankrat Sanu an entrepreneur, researcher and writer put it in his tweet \u201cafter erasing the origin they claim it as their own invention, attack original traditions as Superstition\u201d.<\/p>\n

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Man practicing Pr\u0101\u1e47\u0101y\u0101ma (Wikipedia)<\/p><\/div>\n

As famous Indian American Author Rajiv Malhotra summarizes: \u201cThe article standardizes cardiac <\/em>coherence breathing as Chinese, Hindu, Greek and various traditions<\/em> as equal origins, and then modern West turns it into science\u201d. Its time Indians in general and Hindus in particular should be vigilant and should have an academic mind set to respond to such misadventures to  protect our own heritage and Dharma.<\/p>\n

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DIGESTING PRANAYAMA: standard method to include Hindu, Chinese, Greek & various traditions as equal origins, then modern west turns it into \u201cscience\u201d. Ignoring the prerequisite metaphysics of samkhya which the others lack. https:\/\/t.co\/LsWdd3XwCL<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Rajiv Malhotra (@RajivMessage) January 29, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n