Spiritual Parallels between Indian Stupas and the Three Yogas of Hindu Society

Spiritual Parallels between Indian Stupas and the Three Yogas of Hindu Society
To some, the stupa is merely a relic query, a building with the sole purpose of storing the relics of deceased people with great importance. Others believe that the stupa is more of an environment in which the visitor can fully participate and experience something beyond the reverence and worship of the deceased. The purpose of this paper is not a sole examination of stupa architecture but rather an experiment in drawing the parallels of early Buddhist structures to the later Hindu practice of the three yog…