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  1. Wannabe Yogi

    Sanskrit or English for home puja prayers? (yes ocpd)

    New one to me thanks !
  2. Wannabe Yogi

    How to convert a Hindu

    No he did not say they are all equal. He said One should not think, "My religion alone is the right path and other religions are false." God can be realized by means of all paths. It is enough to have sincere yearning for God. Infinite are the paths and infinite the opinions. He also...
  3. Wannabe Yogi

    The Yoga Vasistha - daily readings

    I have always thought of the Yoga Vasistha as a text that works kinda like a Zen Koan.The continuous pondering of this text leads to the break-through that goes beyond the subject-object relationship of duality.
  4. Wannabe Yogi

    Why did Buddha beg alms from the public? Did Buddha himself explain his rationality for doing this?

    My argument is not that Buddha excepted the Vedas. My argument is that Buddhists and Hindu's do have a philosophic over lap. But yes I seems that in some texts the Lord Buddha. Excepted parts of the Vedas just rejected its absolute authority. The Vinaya Pitaka's section Anguttara Nikaya...
  5. Wannabe Yogi

    Why did Buddha beg alms from the public? Did Buddha himself explain his rationality for doing this?

    Very strict rules but taken food as offerings seem to be a given. Quotes from your site. Accepting more than three bowlfuls of food that the donors prepared for their own use as presents or as provisions for a journey is a pācittiya offense. (Pc 34) Eating staple or non-staple food that...
  6. Wannabe Yogi

    Why did Buddha beg alms from the public? Did Buddha himself explain his rationality for doing this?

    Sorry but what Hindu system are you talking about. There is not and never been one Hindu System. Some Hindu beliefs are much closer to the Lord Buddha's then other Hindu beliefs. Parts of the Hindu system Buddha did reject. Many Hindu's also reject many parts of the System well before the...
  7. Wannabe Yogi

    Being an atheist Hindu?

    IMO!!!! Th one overarching concept of Hinduism is Dharma. Look at the many ways moksha is defined. To some Vaishnava Moksha is a literal Vrindavana. You are not liberated till you get their. The one idea that can't be sacrificed is Dharma. What ever a Hindu does he must follow Dharma...
  8. Wannabe Yogi

    Being an atheist Hindu?

    The problem is also how do you define Hinduism. Is it only the Astika traditions that are Hindu. I see no reason to believe so. If both Astika and Nastika are Hindu, then Hinduism is ripe with both Agnostic and Atheistic thought.
  9. Wannabe Yogi

    Why did Buddha beg alms from the public? Did Buddha himself explain his rationality for doing this?

    If you take Buddhism at face value. The monks are not only begging. They are teaching the most useful thing in the world, the highest knowledge. Putting a end to suffering. This knowledge is well worth a little bit of leftovers. There was a give and take between those who took the food, and...
  10. Wannabe Yogi

    Eastern religions in the west

    I have spent a fair amount of time in India. I have never had somebody respond to a religion question with a caste response.
  11. Wannabe Yogi

    Opinion on the Atheist "Church"?

    Can I go and skip the bacon. You don't have to be an Atheist do you ?
  12. Wannabe Yogi

    Hindus what is your opinion on Srila Prabhupada ?

    I don't know how many woman are monks in tantra. I only know that they teach and are welcome to practice just like men. Much like the Vedic times. If the modern beliefs differ from the teachings of the Vedas, I will agree with Vedas every time. My teacher is a Hindu Saint who lived in the...
  13. Wannabe Yogi

    The Yoga Vasistha - daily readings

    Good story!!!!
  14. Wannabe Yogi

    The Hindu funeral

    It interesting. Just saw the link you gave on a different thread. Your Guru's (my assumption) explanation on cremation I found very helpful.
  15. Wannabe Yogi

    Self appointed Apostle Paul Vs Yashu'a teaching

    Little to sure about Paul are you not. Even the name Yashu'a you can't be 100% sure he went by the name. You act if your speculation is the Gospel truth.
  16. Wannabe Yogi

    Self appointed Apostle Paul Vs Yashu'a teaching

    Little early don't you think. Modern scholarship places it at 6th century BCE during the Babylonian exile. The most common traditional date is 1250 BCE.
  17. Wannabe Yogi

    Eastern religions in the west

    Except shorts right ?
  18. Wannabe Yogi

    The Hindu funeral

    A few months ago, while in India, I watched a Swami's funeral (from a polite distance). It is a bit different because they are already dead to the world. It is their second funeral the first being when they took Sannyasa. It had a big impression on me. The smell of and look of the burning body...
  19. Wannabe Yogi

    Eastern religions in the west

    True enough in most cases if you excluded Singapore and Japan. But I think that is not the whole story. Some religious world views are more open to advancement then others. Types of Hinduism, Taoism and Buddhism are very much open to science. In fact Advaita Vedanta was Erwin Schrödinger...
  20. Wannabe Yogi

    Favorite Quentin Tarentino film?

    I voted for Pulp Fiction as it is regarded as one of the most significant films of its era. I also like it.
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