The Bauls religious sect of India. And Prakrit and Parusha. Oct 18, 1987

Note: this talk has some sound issues, but I found it valuable enough to include the bulk of it anyway. It’s about 8 minutes shorter because the cassette player apparently started warbling and slowing down badly at the end—during the discussion of Prakrit and Parusha. There is another talk on this subject available here if you are interested. It’s a fascinating doctrine.

Zen Roshi, Lola McDowell Lee, explores the accounts of the Indian Bauls - a religious group that included members of Vaishnava Hindus and Sufi Muslims.

They had a freewheeling spirit. And worshipped the Hindu goddess, Kali, the Divine Mother.

The Bauls sought after the meaning of the Novel Man, a concept not unlike the True Man of St. Paul.

Kali and Krishna. While many saw them as opposing forces, the Bauls worshipped them together, as co ...