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    Nature of reality and ''Particle Physics'' - no afterlife?

    I watched this video which was posted on my twitter RDFRS: Higgs Boson and the Fundamental Nature of Reality - Sean Carroll Its a very informative lecture about the recent discovery of the Higgs Boson and explains how the standard model of physics represents the true nature of the...
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    Do you consider Ram As God

    From what I understand, Ram was born Self-realized like other avatars. From a adviatic viewpoint there was no distinguishable factor between him and God/Brahman because material existence is only an illusion to the Self-Realized individual. Ram showed what duties shoulod be carried out as a king...
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    Reincarnation doesn't exist?

    Was reading a Ramana Maharshi extract and when asked is reincarnation true he answers: Reincarnation exists only so long as there is ignorance. There is really no reincarnation at all, either now or before. Nor will there be any hereafter. This is the truth. Can someone explain this, I...
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    Suffering, and a crisis of belief

    I am keen to hear an explanation to this problem too but I also want to throw in another question. In dharmic religions, can suffering be also explained as test from God as akin to Abrahamic religions or is everything that happens in life a result of you karmic past?
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    Regarding Bhavishya Purana

    Isnt it accepted that the Purana is an altered text?
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    The Gods & Goddesses

    I thought Brahan was self-sufficient and timeless. If he created Himself, then there was a time where he didn't exist?
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    Speed of light in Vedas.. VEDAS THE TRUE SOURCE ONLY REVEALATION OF GOD.

    so its not the actual verse but the commentary that gives it?
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    Creation

    Im interested in people's opinions on the last stanza and especially the last line, what do you think it means and its implications?
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    Ek Omkara Satyanama... Ek Ongkar Satnam...

    I see it as a part of the Sanatan Dharma, it esentially teaches the same core values
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    karma and moral justice

    This is something Ive always wondered and someone asked me a few days ago. If someone say has AIDS, it is likely that they are being punished for some actions they commited in their past lives. If we are to say that karma is a act of justice in rewarding good and punishing bad, then if we try...
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    brahman/maya and choice

    Im currently in a disucssion with a muslim trying to explain what Brahman is according to Hinduism, mainly adviata vedenta, which is why im posting these questions. However he has replied to me with this: Im not sure what is the best way to respond to this, any help to how i can approach it?
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    brahman/maya and choice

    Thanks for the responses guys. I have another question. Can Brahman and Maya be differentiated from each other? The universe can be defined as a single chain of causes. By same deterministic reality, Brahman is part of this causal chain as its first member and cannot exist without the entire...
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    brahman/maya and choice

    Doesnt that make Brahman less perfect than even humans, who atleast have the ability to choose/free will?
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    brahman/maya and choice

    My first question is, does Brahman choose to create Maya or is it just his own ''nature'' hence its always there/ Secondely If Brahman does choose it (which from my research he does), Brahman at the absolute level has no attributes and is impersonal, then how can He make a concious decision to...
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    Speed of Light in Rigveda

    It says on the wiki page that a nimesha is a blink: Hindu units of measurement - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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    Enlightenment/Nirvaana

    When someone says they have reached enlightenment/nirvana, how do they actually know that this is the stage they are experiencing? Whats the criteria for one to reach this stage, so one person can say, that person has defintley been enlightned wheras this other person is not quite there yet...
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    Do You Hold to the Idea that a Person can Live on Very Little or No Food?

    Didnt David Blaine fast for 40 days in his London stunt in that box
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    Help on Karma question

    I think it has, there's so many variables to think about and I don't know the entire philosophy of karma, but the answers are sufficient.
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    Another Bhagvad Gita Question

    I don't want to start anotehr thread becuase the title of this one is going to be pretty much the same. I catched some of the Mahabarata episode when my mum was watching it the other day. My question is how is the Bhagvad Gita compiled? Krishna supposedely speaks it to Arjuna before the...
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    Help on Karma question

    Thank you for your answer bridgete
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