Bodhidharma's route to China
Hi all,
I?fm looking for information about what route Budhidarma took to get from India to China. And if anyone knows about any explorations about what route Budhidarma took to China done in modern time that supports any of the older theories that exists?
Cordially,
Robert
Japan and India during WWII
Mr. Svinth,
I did not know that Tagore invited Japanese Judo masters to India. This is quite interesting.
Here's a link about the Indian leader who led the Indian contingent that fought alongside the Japanese in WW II. You might find it interesting.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subash_...cond_World_War
I also did not know that Imperial Japanese thought influenced Indian postwar nationalism through to the seventies. I guess I should look to the book for the details. I always believed that after Subash Chandra Bose died (or disappeared), and the INA beaten, they lost political influence.
I apologize for the thread drift :-)
As far as hatha yoga and indian martial arts..
The last time I was home, I had the opportunity to train with a kalari teacher. He also teaches hatha yoga. The impression I got from him was that hatha yoga was considered a way of training and conditioning your body and mind as preparation for doing martial arts. The way I understand it, it is not considered two separate things (conditioning and martial arts), but is seen as a complimentary parts of the same thing. Much the same way we do pushups in our martial arts class even though it has no martial/self-defence value.
thanks
Raj Subrahmanian