Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ?

On 12/29/24 1:25 AM, rbowman wrote:

On Sun, 29 Dec 2024 00:11:34 -0500, 186282@ud0s4.net wrote:
 

    Five or six thousand years ... it's all become complicated.

 Very. I tried to read Guénon's 'Introduction to the Study of the Hindu
Doctrines' and gave up. It doesn't help that Guénon was a few bricks shy
of a load. After trickling through the weirdness of the day he finally hit
on Islam.
 Thoreau talks about 'The Laws of Manu'.  I never could find it but I
assume he was using Jones' translation. I did find a more complete modern
translation and it is dense. Jones also popularized the relationship of
Sanskit to European languages and theorized an Aryan invasion of India.
Schopenhauer also read Jones to get his ideas of what eastern philosophy
was.
 I only recently heard the term 'Protestant Buddhism' but I think it apples
to most of the eastern religions that have been westernized.
 https://www.learnreligions.com/protestant-buddhism-449765

   Well ... there's the "Beatles" period - where the religion
   was 'adapted' for western consumption.
   On some shelf I've got a kinda 'Krishna' tome by a
   swami from the 60s.
   IMHO, like with Chinese theology, if you weren't raised,
   saturated, in it then you're never REALLY gonna 'get it'.
   Religions and cultures are usually tightly-entwined.
   Still, the Parent/Child/Sub-Child aspect of Hindu IS
   kinda interesting.