HISTORY OF THE EASTERN LINE

The central Asian Line of knowledge is focused mainly on the area of India and Tibet and the adjacent western areas now known as Pakistan and Afghanistan. This is where our next line begins. Already populated by nomadic tribes as was the entire continent except for the cradle of civilization, the area was considered free land with no claim. The reason the second colonization of Mesopotamian was chosen to be in this area was simple. The spread of the cities influence in the west already had meant the access to its resources so to diversify the next city was to be settled in the east to allow maximum spread over the continent. As the settlers traveled, they will have found the Indus River and instantly seen it as the first fertile land they had seen after crossing the arid lands from their homelands. Already populated by nomadic tribes a new city was established in the area around the river and so begins our Line. We know this to be the case as text written in Sumerian specifically note the development of this area and its trade with the colony. They are referred to as the “Meluhhaites” the people from the black land that bring exotic goods to the city. This Indus Valley civilization became very advanced in its time, creating a system of weights and trade and drainage for housing and its own form of writing.

As the city began to grow the surrounding area attracted more and more people to its population, in this case not also inhabiting the city but setting up smaller settlements around the location and spreading east into what we now call India. Over time the Indus civilization began to decline around 1800B.C. This is speculated to be because of the drying up of the flood plain and the fertile lands around the river. Others point to an invasion from the north from a people called the Aryans. Both are true; however, it was not an invasion but more of a mass migration to the area. As previously mentioned, the new culture and sustainable city attracted these people from the north, and they began to populate the surrounding area. As the Indus began to decline in the Aryans began to grow as they had spread themselves over a larger area and so having a more diverse and sustainable network of settlements. This new civilization became known as the Vedic and over time became the more dominant race in the area. As mentioned in our previous line. The Aryans were in fact people from the area of Iran and Pakistan that had developed an off shoot of the Egyptian Line of knowledge called Zoroastrianism, this line contained to develop on the area and adopted many of its native traditions to keep the line alive in its culture. Many of these included sacrifice and new gods of worship. When they spread to the lands if the Indus in mass migration, they merged their ways with this second line.

This is a crucial time in our line as with the European line it is the points of conflict and change over that are the most notable for the crossing of knowledge. We can say that the Indus brought the knowledge of the universe with them from their homeland of Mesopotamian, as to have built such advanced feats like drainage and structures and to have a concept of weights and measurements would have to come from this knowledge, so we can place the line here at that time. After the creation of the Vedic civilizations, references were made to the Indus as the Dasa, the Dasa were known as the people who came before, so in this case the Indus. The Dasa were also known as the people without religion or sacrifice. We know that the Mesopotamian didn't have a specific religion or partake in sacrifice just like the Egyptians when they were first settled, these things were developed later and usually through the beliefs of the indigenous people that were in the area at the time. This then gives us further evidence that the Indus were in fact true to the line of knowledge. The Vedic after becoming the more dominant, adopted the knowledge of the Indus as it was clearly far superior in terms of advancement and then placed their own religious beliefs around this knowledge and its spirituality. This was to become Hinduism and would survive through the ages until present day. Hinduism till this day is steeped in spiritual meaning and seen as the path to enlightenment. The Vedic successfully merging both their own culture with the knowledge passed on from the cradle of civilization ensured that the culture survived strong through the ages and carried on the Central Asian Line in the area. To this timeline the Vedic age officially started around 1500B.C and in 1200B.C the City of Delhi was formed as the capital of this great kingdom. Delhi would become the first place that all the great minds of the area would come to, sharing ideas, and become the center of the philosophical and spiritual culture. The knowledge of the line was openly practice in the widespread religion of Hinduism contained within its practices and rituals. With this widespread population all practicing the same set of scientific principles there would be many individuals that progress the knowledge, sharing ideas and passing it on until Delhi. Where all the idea would be put together and form a generally accepted set of principles that worked with the universe. It was not until around the year 900B.C that the first philosopher was named in the writings of the civilization. This man was called Vyasa, there are two sides to this man and his mentioning. The first says he was one of the first seven immortals of India and that he was the son of the goddess Queen Satyavati. The other six immortals called Bali, Hanuman, Kripa, Parashurama, and Vibhishana, were referred to as the seven Chiranjivins and were all given notable achievements all be it shrouded in legend. If we look at this for a second. Although wrapped up in the mysticism of the time we know that sometimes truth can come from these stories. The mention of the immortals in very important as when we look at the Chinese line, we also have reference to immortals. These individuals are meant to be the enlightened ones, much like references to angels in Christianity and gods in ancient Egypt. All of which are surrounded by a halo which has been a universal sign of enlightenment. The idea that he is the son of a goddess could simply mean that the knowledge was passed down to him by this certain woman who was also enlightened herself. In this case we do know that Vyasa did exist as he wrote a text called the Mahabharata which still to this day is considered one of the most important works in the world, containing universal knowledge and spiritual guidance. This book was also written in the 900's B.C and Vyasa has written himself into the stories within. Due to this we can now begin to follow the more specific individuals in the line as until then the names of these great minds passing on the knowledge had not been mentioned in great works. However, we know that the line must have continued for Vyasa to have written about the things that he had and to be mentioned as an immortal are very clear signs of his connection to the great knowledge. It is also curious that this being the first great work published in this area was also around the same time as the great work published by King Solomon in our first line also around the 900B.C. It does make us ask the question if there were still some kind of connection between the two civilizations for there to be a peak of scientific knowledge at the same time in two separate locations. This however can be given as the specific period where the scientific knowledge began to separate from the mysticism of Hinduism itself and once again become pure science. With the “birth” of a human from a goddess it is almost a symbol of the torch being passed into the philosophers’ hands and away from the less curious population. From Vyasa we can now follow the line to his pupil Vaisampyana then onto his pupil Yajnavakya who both brought many texts themselves into the world. Yajnavakya then taught the great philosopher King Janaka in 700B.C. Janaka was credited as one of the greatest and wisest kings that ever lived and brought his civilization into a golden age, and with him many scientific advancements. Janaka had said to have spent a lot of time conversing with the great sage of the time Ashtarakra and formed the Brahmin priests that were charged with carrying on the knowledge and beliefs of the King to the general population. This is certainly accredited to the knowledge of the universe and the Kings attempts to make sure the line is passed on to the civilization in a more open manner. Encouraging the growth of free-thinking individuals in hopes to further the knowledge in the future generations. It is also interesting to note that unlike in our first line free thinking, scientific and spiritual development were encouraged in the area instead of shunned, and because of this lived in harmony within the belief structure of the Hindus as opposed to conflict with it. King Janaka can be definitively seen as the knowledge holder at this time. Passing it on to another great philosopher called Uddalaka Aruni. Aruni was the first to write about the body and its energy being divided into three sections heat, water, and food. This would then become the basis of biochemistry and the idea of building energy in the body from materials from the world. This as you will see from the following chapters in this book is a very important theory as it also can be referred to the three stages of enlightenment of physical, energetic, and consciousness. Aruni wrote many great works and played a large part in the setting up of sixty-two schools of free thinking that were spread across the country. Aruni then taught his son Shvetaketu who was thought to be a great figure in equality and fighting for the idea that all people are all the same, which is a good indicator that the knowledge then passed to him.

This brings us to the year 550B.C where from the product of the large free-thinking movement in India due to the schools and open acceptance in philosophy, science, and spirituality. Two individuals were carrying on their own development from the universal knowledge being progressed, the first called Alara Kalama who studied yoga to a very high level and the second called Uddaka Ramaputta who developed a method called internal attainment which basically means to become enlightened. These two great individuals could be said to have been the next in line to carry on the knowledge we seek. This said however the more likeliness is that Shvetaketu had no official students but will have passed the line on to the next great philosopher of the time which would have been Ramaputta and not Kalama as Ramaputta's system was more developed and of a slightly higher level to his counterpart. This is shown when both become teachers of Siddhartha Guatama who is more commonly known as the first Buddha in 500B.C Guatama studied under both masters but left Kalama as he did not have enough knowledge to further Guatama's learning and so pointing to the direction that Ramputta was the true line holder.

Guatama had a large thirst for knowledge and actively traveled to find teachers to point him on the way to enlightenment or at least the knowledge of the universe. After his tie with his two more acclaimed teachers, Guatama then had a complete understanding of Yoga and so all the knowledge of the culture of the time and the complete knowledge of the internal attainment which in other words meant he knew all he could from the Line that has been passed down through the ages. With these two understandings he was now the most up to date and fully informed individual in the civilization, with all the scientific understand he could possibly gain. After this he disappeared for a while and returned Enlightened. From then on Guatama traveled the area spreading his knowledge to the population and will have certainly made trips to bordering lands like Tibet and adding its knowledge to the line itself. From this point on the title Buddha was given to any being who achieved the status of enlightened. Using all the knowledge of the civilization and his own advancement he created the new religion of Buddhism. Which pulled away from the many gods and ancient beliefs of the Hindus and concentrated on the idea of self-development and free thinking. This belief system became extremely popular and embraced with open arms as it reinforced the ideas of kindness to all and equality which was already giving in the old system. The major difference between this and any other religion in the European line is that there was no official institution to police the practices, the practices were considered open and less strict and so less confrontational when everyone personal views were challenged. This led to an entire culture that was open to the pursuit of self-development and mutual progression.

Guatama had two chief disciples in his time. Both born on the same day in adjacent villages. Both boys grew up together and sought out a spiritual teacher. After learning from this teacher for many years they were unfulfilled and set out to learn from Guatama himself. After being accepted as his students both men achieved enlightenment within a few weeks of each other. Although learning from the same teacher both individuals developed their own unique skills and ways of communicating the great knowledge. Suriputta became the most skilled teacher and communicator of the knowledge and was said to be the wisest man under Buddha himself. While Moggallana who also wise concentrated his efforts on physic abilities and self-development in a higher plane. Both incredible individuals helped spread Buddhism across India under the guidance of Buddha. And eventually died only a few weeks apart from one another. These two would have passed on the knowledge to their students and progressed it in their own specialist fields of knowledge in the hopes that one day they would be re-joined together after being completely explored.

After another 100 years of progress Buddhism become such a big important part of the teachings in India that King Ahoka in 304B.C made Buddhism the official religion in the country. Although the King was a Buddhist, he was not likely to have carried on the line, although a big promoter of the beliefs he never was accredited with any great works or achievements. It is most likely that the line was held by individuals in his court and used to advise him in his matters. The kings Daughter however who would have learnt the ways from her fathers’ close advisers became a nun and set up the first convent in Sri-Lanka. She was called Sanghmitta and after her father’s death would have been the sole promoter of the knowledge along with the nameless advisors. After this there are very little mentions of great individuals but instead just a widespread growth of Buddhism in the whole area. In south India in 150A.D a man called Nagarjuna appeared and is now considered one of the most important members of Buddhism after Buddha himself. Nagarjuna created a school of thought called “the middle path” this middle path focused on the emptiness of the mind and the idea of oneness; this idea had been lost by the general Buddhist community since its official religious status by the King. It seems that the deeper side of the beliefs had been lost and the line being passed on to Nagarjuna he saw this and decided it was time to bring the beliefs back to where they belong. Due to this new revival of the original principles that had since being lost in the standardization of the beliefs. Buddhism was then spread over all the adjacent countries including Thailand and Japan. And joining up with its continuing original practicing monks in Cambodia and Anka Wat which had been built in 113B.C and had been used as a pilgrimage place for followers to come and become enlightened. After this Nagarjuna will have openly taught his methods to the general population to pass on the knowledge renewed to the civilization but would have passed on all the knowledge and thus the line to one individual to safeguard it. This would not have happened until around 300A.D where a new legendary figure is mentioned only briefly in certain texts. This master was called Punyamitra and in his travels met a woman called Prajnatara who was said to have been able to demonstrate feats of light and spiritual exercises giving us a good indicate that the universal knowledge of this line was passed on to her. This Yogini was the teacher of the mysterious monk called Bodhidharma. Bodhidharma wrote many great works and hid them from the world. these are now only just being discovered. He himself for a very long time was considered a myth as there was no mention of him anywhere. Bodhidharma liked to live a lifestyle out of the eye of the public. Bodhidharma is only known to exist now due to events that he set off without intention. Being the next in the line and the carrier of Buddhism he progressed the knowledge and formed his new system of Buddhism commonly known as Zen. Seeing the decline of the Indian civilization and learning from the line of its constant reoccurring fading of spiritual content, he decided to travel to China and convince the emperor to bring Buddhism into its culture. This will be addressed on the East Asian Line later in this chapter. Bodhidharma was known to have three students in his time, the most famous of which from China, the other two in India before his travels. It is said he did not wish to pass on his line to one of these Indian disciples, and that the other, he would have done except the disciple decided to live a life of silence in a remote area and refused to teach anyone his ways. Due to this unless the disciple did teach the knowledge the line would have passed on to China, however enough of Bodhidharma teachings through these two disciples and his teachings to the general population, would have carried on and effected the surrounding area including Sri Lanka where King Ahoka Daughter spread original Buddhism in 304B.C. This knowledge combined with the new knowledge passed on through his disciples would be the new carrier of this line. We can see this in 470A.D, where a new spiritual village called Sigorya was built on top of an inaccessible mountain top in Sri-lanka. There is then a silence of great Buddhist works and feats up until 825A.D where an Indonesia great temple called Borobuder built by a man called Gunadharma. This temple is considered the learning place of enlightenment and the place where all must go to study the steps to become one with the universe. After this period there is a massive decline in any great work in India which would suggest that the line passed on to this location and stayed here until the revival of Buddhist beliefs in the late year of 1357A.D

in 1357A.D the first School of Tibetan Buddhism is founded by a man called Je Tsongkhapa called the Gelug. Je forms an alliance between themselves and the Mongols that had invaded just before in 1207A.D making them the strongest spiritual presence in the whole area and bringing the line back to its home. It is likely at the point the Je will have brought the line back from Indonesia to keep it safe within the Golden Horde. Also, at this time close relations between China and Tibet become very strong and it is well documented that many Buddhist monks from China go to Tibet to help re-build the spiritual culture and help Je set up his school. Shortly after this time the Mongol civilization began to decline and all areas previously under their control begin to take back their old lands including India and Tibet. In 1391A.D Je's Student Gendun Druppa becomes the First Dali Lama and Spiritual leader in India and carries on the line through this new title and passes it on through all Dali Lamas to follow. See below.

Gendun Druppa 1391A.D

Gedun Gyatso 1492A.D

Sonam 1578A.D

Yonten 1601A.D

Ngawang Lobsans 1642A.D

Tsangyang 1697A.D

kelzang 1720A.D

Jamphel 1762A.D

Lungtok 1810A.D

Tsultrim 1826A.D

Khedrup 1842A.D

Trinley 1860A.D

Thubten 1879A.D

Tenzin 1950A.D

we can say for sure that the line of knowledge passed on either within these successors or at least close by them to aid on their council. As with all lines like this it is at the discretion of the holder to pass on the line of the universal knowledge to their title successor, or if for whatever reason pass it onto somebody else in secret but keep the title line going as to divert attention to the true line holder, this has been seen in our European line on many occasions like the family of king Solomon for example. It is clear how ether there were very few highlighted Buddhist personalities or events of importance outside of this line until the year 1857A.D. This line of the Dalai Lama also shows the in-part unification of Bodhidharma’s Chinese line that came together with the Indian line to form the Dalai Lama School in Tibet. This joins the main line of Kundalini back gather and allows it to be continued to be passed on in this area as well as within the Buddhism in China.

in 1857A.D which we know as the time of the end of the Illuminate and the beginning of the Golden Dawn where although in secret, spiritual understanding and the line of knowledge was being studied by groups of scientists, philosophers, and academics behind closed doors one of these was an English Academic called Caroline Augusta Foley. Caroline being brought up in the Christian world and becoming a very high-level character in the academic scene learning up to date knowledge from the line through general society in the country. after meeting Buddhism after the English began to occupy India, she set out on a mission to disprove its beliefs systems and prove that European Knowledge is the right way to advance civilization. To do this she and her husband and a few other individuals from countries like Russia translated all Buddhist texts into English. Through a strange turn of events Caroline converts to Buddhism after reading and exploring its spirituality and becomes Enlightened, Caroline most likely then being the first westerner to become enlightened using the central Asian line of universal knowledge. Caroline can then be said to be the first person to bring the two lines back together in full for the first time, as only an enlightened being would have access to both lines and all there passed on knowledge. It could be looked at from a different angle, that Caroline either already studied the European line in the Illuminate and believing that her line was the only true one, then accidental discovering its sister line and joined them together. or it could be that she converted to Buddhism learned from the line carrier in India and then knowing that there was another line in Europe went back and joined them together then. Neither can be proved but it is certain that she is the next line holder for this central Asian line. In my opinion the first is more likely as she stayed and continued her work in India which suggests she had nothing left to learn back in Europe. The successor of the Dalai lamas would have seen the invasion by the English coming and to make sure the knowledge survived passed it onto a westerner to ensure its survival. Caroline however instead of taking back the line to Europe kept it going in India and progressed it by building a bridge between Christianity and Buddhism in the area to spread the newly combined lines together. From this point on there were many great characters of note that brought out important works that helped both societies these included Anagarika Dharmpala in 1864A.D, Dipa Main 1911A.D Ajahn Chuh in 1918A.D, Ayya Khema in 1923A.D and Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar in 1891A.D.

This Line comes to an end at the present day and its teachings although widespread across the whole world for the general population to learn and study in its various forms, all come back to this one line that had been progressed and advanced through the ages and now resides on its birthplace of India. This line for all pureposes involving this book will be referred to as the Central Asian Line or the Line of the Kundalini. Although Kundalini or Layayoga is a new term, its creation is a progression of the knowledge founded in this chapter. So, to say the Kundalini existed in 4000B.C is not exactly true as it was not called that at the time, its origins are directly passed on from there and have simply been progressed in a true fashion with up-to-date scientific methods and spiritual concepts. It should also be noted that the ancient medicine system of India called Ayurveda is incorporated in this line of knowledge just as Chinese medicine and the Meridian system is part of Little Nine Heaven. Ayurveda is the progression of Indian alchemy used in medicine-based practices and diagnosis. I fully recommend this practice be researched by the reader as it will give a very deep insight into both the building blocks of the Kundalini line just as Layayoga does, but also helps to establish and communicate the links between the three cultures.