Gaura Priya

I was teasing you

Madan remind me to never suck on your fingers if we ever meet, LOL

No it's a me being "fruity" one, LOL

No worries. I just do what I think is right and fair.

I hate inconsistency.

Oh, of Mirza there is different opinions.

I don't see them really as reformers, the idea behind rejecting armed jihad is originally sth. that should stop Muslims from fighting against the imperial rule of the British, when India was still their colony.
Other than that I do not feel they are much different in their views on(especially women) from orthodox groups.

Yeah we will always be confused at one time or the other, I believe however we can mostly try and work it out within our own faith(if we really want to and have the motivatio).

Aww, thank you! That feeds into my vanity very well. Mission accomplished

But seriously thanks

Good for you on your new path brother Madan! UU Baha'i! I hope it brings you happiness and success!

LOL! I guess no UU for you then.

No lotus-feet worship with ghee lamps for me

How about not worshipping any icons (as the way I've been taught is, if you don't need, don't use) and considering Bahaullah to be a manifestation of Krishna's universal energy, bringing everyone back into Vaidka Dharma as the time was right?

No worries about the meat-eating thing. I don't view things with ideas of sin or anything personally. I've cut down drastically on a lot of meats, using vegetarian alternatives, but I've not completely cut it out. I'd like to do so, though. Problem is I was raised with it so it's gonna take some getting used to.

And LOL, I bet he gets some really confused looks. But, holding multiple religious identities is quite common in a lot of the world. From Buddhist and Taoist in China to Buddhist and Shinto in Japan, to Buddhist and Hindu in Nepal, to Christian and local pagan religions to elsewhere (Santeria is one of these syncretic movements), so no worries.

No worries, things will come your way eventually.

LOL! Boring, eh? We don't have UUs here, so I wouldn't know as I've never been to one. I think being a Bahai-Hindu would probably work out quite well. A member on here, hindupridem (I think that's spelled right) is "Hindu Jain LDS Bahai", so if he can do that, I suppose you could do something like that too.

To me the only downsides of Hinduism to me are the avatar as opposed to prophet idea, Guru-puja, and the no-beef eating thing (but some Kerala Hindus do, I've heard), even though I'm trying to go vegetarian (sadly I don't like veg though, lol, but I'll get there eventually) it still seems weird. Probably because I was raised with cow as meat as opposed to mother.

Lol! I kind of can't help it--I've studied linguistics in university (I've just not been able to finish because my university's prices went up by 200%. Gotta start saving up )

Good you're not having as much a presence though, if that's what you're after. Don't forget about us, though, you hear?

Tsk, tsk. You shouldn't be up at 1am! I go to bed at like, 10:30 or 11:00 am, lol - mind you, I have kids.

No worries, and best of luck in your job interview!

I'll try and respond to your PM as soon as I can. Sadly, I don't have my PC's net working here so I'm on my PS3, so if I were to reply to your PM it would need to be about 5000 characters or something, it doesn't let me write much.

Why haven't you slept?

What's the appointment for, if I may ask?

I'm hungry now!

I know! I can't believe I've not eaten it.

I think they offer it at the local Indian takeaway. I went to an Indian restaurant just the other day for my wife's birthday (today), but they didn't have it. I'm just a little scared of trying it, since I'm not a fan of a lot of cheeses, especially raw ones.

However, I love Indian food. <3 <3

hah wasaalam

I wish you luck on your spiritual journey.

If I may, I am curious to know why you chose to leave that branch of Hinduism? I see that you are leaning now towards a more monotheistic approach, though not limited obviously to the Abrahamic religions, what appeals to you of those belief systems?

I am you find your religion and you are most definitely the friendly ones

Now if you take a look at the real grumpy ones on RF you would know (including me as I tend to get highly cynical on some subjects!)

Also thanks for the cool reference

Hello madanbhakta!

I was wondering what religion you follow or path. I like your compassion and friendliness

Best Regards

This is one of the things that attracts me to Sikhism: no guru, no avatars, no guru-veneration, no icon-veneration (although I LOVE icons, I'm going off murti-puja).

Be a syncretist, but you don't necessarily need to go for UU unless you are UU. UU is something I'd not go for if I were in your shoes (and we're very similar ) personally, because I'm not so liberal religion-wise I don't think every religion has spiirtual truth (gasp!), but I do think they all do have moral truths to them.


Have you ever heard of Ravidassia? It's an interesting path. Sort of like Kabirpanthi, sort of like Sikhism. Many Ravidassia people keep kesh, but they don't need to as they are not Sikhs. It's quite rare in the US though I think, sadly. There's also very little info on it. Also, what do you think of Radhasoami?

There have been a few preachers who seem to hold rather intolerant views. However, it's worth us remembering that society has changed. Winston Churchill would, to today's society, be little more than a racist little old man. The world then was much different than today's world, the same as the cruelties of Islamic India caused a necessity for the Khalsa Army to be formed by Guru Gobind Singh.

Shame they were all older adults, it's a problem when the youth do not join the religion. The gurdware (gurdwara, plural) here are often crammed with Sikhs--the majority of whom are mone (hair-cut people) Sikhs. I think this is the reason why so many Sikhs are becoming a bit more militant about hair.

Your view is similar to mine. Although I think a guru may be for some people, and I like the idea of a guru-shishya, I do not like the idea of a living guru either, nor do I like things like gurupuja or avatars. I know, I know, not very widely accepted.