Vedic influence in Meso America

The pyramids of the Aztecs resemble the fire altar of the Brahmanas. The Aztecs kept a perpetual fire burning in the top most storey of the temple. The burning fire could be seen from all corners of the city. The stairs ascending the temples were built such that a person was forced to circumbulate the temple at least four times before reaching the summit. The Vedic culture prohibits sacrifices of any living creature. Human beings by nature are blood thirsty and find ways to interpret new meaning of the text and use their interpretation to indulge in eating meat and alcohol. The Bhagawat Geetha mentions that every human being is born with a mixture of three gunas (nature). The satva guna is supreme of the three and promotes a desire to be peaceful and to progress along the spiritual path.The Rajo guna and the Tamo guna are lower gunas which fuel an individual to indulge in sensual pleasures and increase lethargy. If a person does not control the two lower gunas then that person will be spiritually lost. Eating meat and alcohol are considered to fuel the two lower gunas. The more a person indulges in these pleasures, the more the person sinks into the samsaric ocean.

I will mention about the cult of Goddess Kali in India tomorrow and the human sacrifices performed by the members of the cult. It can be seen that the religion of ancient Meso America is identical to such cults. The cult which was created is considered to be non-Vedic as the practices have been invented and the meaning of the Vedic texts misrepresented. Goddess Kali is against human sacrifices or the sacrifice of any living being.

To be continued.