From: knguyen@emr1.emr.ca (Kim Nguyen)
Subject: Ha`nh Tri`nh Ve^` Phu+o+ng DDo^ng (2)
Organization: Energy, Mines, and Resources, Ottawa
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 04:05:28 GMT

Khi ra ddi,  ho. kho^ng ma^'y tin-tu+o+?ng,  nhu+ng khi tro+? ve^`,  ho.
dde^`u ddoi^? kha'c. Gia'o-su+ Spalding dda~ cho bie^'t : * Phu+o+ng ddo^ng
co' nhu+~ng cha^n ly' quan-tro.ng dda'ng dde^? cho ngu+o+`i Ta^y phu+o+ng
nghie^n-cu+'u,  ho.c ho?i.  DDa~ dde^'n lu'c ngu+o+`i Ta^y phu+o+ng pha?i
quay ve^` DDo^ng phu+o+ng dde^? tro+? ve^` vo+'i que^ hu+o+ng tinh tha^`n *.

DDie^`u dda'ng tie^'c la` su+. tro+? ve^` cu?a pha'i ddoa`n dda~ ga<.p
nhie^`u cho^'ng ddo^'i ma~nh lie^.t tu+` mo^.t du+ lua^.n qua^`n chu'ng
dda^`y tha`nh kie^'n he.p ho`i.  Ca'c khoa-ho.c-gia bi. ba<'t buo^.c pha?i
tu+` chu+'c,  kho^ng ddu+o+.c tuye^n bo^' the^m ve^` nhu+~ng ddie^`u 
chu+'ng kie^'n.  Sau ddo' i't la^u,  tru+o+?ng pha'i ddoa`n,  gia'o-su+
Spalding dda~ cho xua^'t-ba?n bo^. sa'ch *Journey to the East*,  va` no'
dda~ ga^y ngay mo^.t du+-lua^.n he^'t su+'c so^i no^?i.  Ngu+o+`i ta vo^.i
ti`m dde^'n nhu+~ng ngu+o+`i trong pha'i ddoa`n thi` ddu+o+.c bie^'t ho.
dda~ ro+`i bo? Cha^u A^u dde^? so^'ng ddo+`i tu-si~ trong da^~y Tuye^'t
so+n. Tuy the^',  a?nh-hu+o+?ng cuo^'n sa'ch na^`y dda~ ta.o hu+'ng kho+?i
cho nhie^`u ngu+o+`i kha'c tro+? qua A^'n-ddo^. dde^? kie^?m-chu+'ng
nhu+~ng ddie^`u ghi nha^.n cu?a pha'i ddoa`n.  Thie^n-ky'-su+. cu?a Sir
Walter Blake dda<ng tre^n to+` London Scientific cu~ng nhu+ loa.t ddie^`u
tra cu?a ky'-gia? Paul Brunton, Max Muller dda~ ve'n le^n ta^'m ma`ng 
huye^`n-bi' cu?a DDo^ng phu+o+ng va` xa'c nha^.n gia' tri. cuo^.c nghie^n
cu+'u na^`y.

A^'n-ddo^. la` xu+' co' ra^'t nhie^`u to^n-gia'o.  To^n-gia'o ga<'n lie^`n
vo+'i ddo+`i so^'ng va` tro+? ne^n mo^.t ddo^.ng-lu+.c ra^'t ma.nh va`
la`m chu? mo.i sinh-hoa.t ngu+o+`i da^n xu+' na^`y.  Ngu+o+`i A^'n thu+o+`ng
tu+. ha`o ra<`ng va<n-ho'a cu?a ho. la` mo^.t thu+' va<n-minh to^n-gia'o
va` da^n xu+' na^`y ddu+o+.c thu+`a hu+o+?ng mo^.t kho ta`ng minh trie^'t
thie^ng-lie^ng kho^ng dda^u co'.  Vi` the^',  Ho^.i Khoa-ho.c Hoa`ng-gia
dda~ ba?o-tro+. cho pha'i ddoa`n dde^'n nghie^n-cu+'u nhu+~ng hie^.n 
tu+o+.ng huye^`n bi' na^`y.

Tuy nhie^n sau hai na<m du ha`nh kha<'p A^'n-ddo^.,  tu+` Bombay dde^'n
Calcutta,  tha<m vie^'ng ha`ng tra<m dde^`n dda`i,  tie^'p xu'c vo+'i ha`ng
nga`n gia'o-si~,  dda.o-si~ no^?i tie^'ng,  pha'i ddoa`n va^~n kho^ng tho?a
ma~n hay ho.c ho?i ddie^`u gi` mo+'i la..  Pha^`n lo+'n ca'c gia'o-si~
chi? la^.p ddi la^.p la.i nhu+~ng ddie^`u dda~ ghi che'p trong kinh-ddie^?n,
the^m tha<'t va`o ddo' nhu+~ng me^ ti'n di.-ddoan, tha^`n tha'nh ho'a va`i
huye^`n-thoa.i dde^? dde^` cao va<n-ho'a xu+' ho..  DDa so^' tu-si~ dde^`u
khoe khoang ca'c ddi.a vi.,  chu+'c tu+o+'c ho. dda~ dda.t.

Vi` kho^ng co' mo^.t tie^u-chua^?n na`o dde^? xa'c-ddi.nh ca'c dda.o qua?,
ai cu~ng xu+ng la` Hie^`n-trie^'t (Rishi),  Su+-to^? (Guru) hay DDa.i-ddu+'c
(Swami),  tha^.m chi' co' ngu+o+`i xu+ng la` Tha'nh-nha^n gia'ng the^'
(Bhagwan).  A^'n-ddo^. gia'o kho^ng co' mo^.t chu+o+ng-tri`nh dda`o ta.o
tu si~ nhu+ Thie^n-chu'a-gia'o,  ba^'t cu+'ai cu~ng co' the^? vo^~ ngu+.c
xu+ng danh,  ai cu~ng la` tu-si~ ddu+o+.c ne^'u ca.o dda^`u,  ma<.c a'o
tu ha`nh,  xu+ng danh tu+o+'c ddi.a-vi. dde^? lo^i cuo^'n ti'n-ddo^`. 
A^'n-gia'o kho^ng pha?i mo^.t to^n-gia'o thua^`n-nha^'t ma` co' ha`ng nga`n
to^ng-pha'i kha'c nhau;  mo^~i to^ng-pha'i la.i chia la`m nhie^`u he^.-pha'i
ddo^.c-la^.p chu+' kho^ng he^` co' mo^.t to^?-chu+'c ha`ng do.c nhu+ ca'c
to^n-gia'o A^u-cha^u.  Ca'c gia'o-si~ ma.nh ai gia?i-thi'ch kinh-ddie^?n
theo su+. hie^?u bie^'t cu?a ho.  Pha^`n lo+'n co^' ti`nh gia?ng da.y
nhu+~ng ddie^`u co' lo+.i cho ho. nha^'t;  ngoa`i ra ho. co`n tu ho.p dde^?
phongchu+'c tu+o+'c la^~n nhau hay cho^'ng ddo^'i mo^.t nho'm kha'c.

Su+. tranh-lua^.n to^n-gia'o la` ddie^`u xa?y ra ra^'t thu+o+`ng,  nho'm
na`o cu~ng tu+. nha^.n ho. mo+'i la` chi'nh-tho^'ng,  mo+'i la`ddu'ng vo+'i
gia'o-ly' cu?a Thu+o+.ng-dde^'.  Do ddo',  cuo^.c nghie^n-cu+'u to^n-gia'o
cu?a pha'i ddoa`n kho^ng mang la.i mo^.t ke^'t qua? mong u+o+'c,  nhie^`u
lu'c mo.i ngu+o+`i tha^'y la.c lo~ng,  ro^'i ra<'m kho^ng bie^'t dda^u
la` ddu'ng,  la` sai.  Ho^.i Khoa-ho.c Hoa`ng-gia chi? thi. vie^.c nghie^n
cu+'u pha?i dda<.t ca<n-ba?n tre^n mo^.t ne^`n ta?ng khoa-ho.c,  ho+.p
ly',  nhu+ng la^'y tie^u-chua^?n na^`y a'p-du.ng se~ ga<.p nhie^`u tro*?
nga.i,  vi` va<n-ho'a A^'n-ddo^. va` A^u-cha^u kha'c ha<?n nhau.  Ngu+o+`i
da^n xu+' na^`y cha^'p nha^.n ca'c to^ng-pha'i nhu+ mo^.t ddie^`u hie^?n
nhie^n,  kho^ng ai cha^'t va^'n kha? na<ng ca'c gia'o-si~ hay xuy xe't
xem lo+`i tuye^n-bo^' cu?a ho. co' ho+.p ly' hay kho^ng ?  Ho. su`ng ti'n
mo^.t ca'ch nhie^.t tha`nh va` nhie^.t tha`nh mo^.t ca'ch vo^ cu`ng chi.u
ddu+.ng.

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Chu'c mu+`ng na<m mo+'i !
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