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  1. ratikala

    Indian Gurus get a peer review system

    Namaskaram Prabhu Ji's I have thought about this question , some one here has said that maybe even if these gurus are blacklisted people will still follow them , others have suggested that there will be an element of corruption where by fake gurus will not be disclosed ... I can only think of...
  2. ratikala

    Why so little stuff about Vishnu?

    Namaskaram Ji all other the bad qualitys certainly belong to Ignorance , ....Visnu in his Buddha incarnation identified 84,000 deluded states of mind but as that is so hard to teach on it became simplified to the three we all know which encompas all ,' the three poisons '....Attatchment ...
  3. ratikala

    Ratikala Is One Year Older!

    thank you everyone , ...Hugs and Cakes , ....many thanks hope its a good year for all here too Namaskaram
  4. ratikala

    ISKCON and "Hindu"

    only reason for the apparent rejection of Hinduism is as mentioned before its vaugeness , purely because it encompases so much , .....Gaudiya Vaisnava is the correct term meaning devotees of Visnu in the liniage of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu , and in Nitai Dasa's case Chaitanyas accociate...
  5. ratikala

    Should I become vegetarian?

    Namaskaram Shantanu ji there is only one Krsna how one spells it or understands it is immeterial, ....if you think vegetarianism is about your needs then please think again it is more about the needs of the animal to be fairly treated and to be allowed to live a natural life in harmed by man ...
  6. ratikala

    Should I become vegetarian?

    Namaskaram Shantanu ji in this incidence I am sure Krsna will completly understand your possition , ....what Krsna says in the Gita is what is preferable for all of us , this is the guideline by which we should try to live , ...but for you if your wife is unwilling to give up meat eating and...
  7. ratikala

    Should I become vegetarian?

    Namaskaram Shantanu ji , ... in this instance the Aghori does not commit ahimsa because he does not kill a living being he eats the remains of the dead from which the soul has departed , ...but an Aghori's path is very different so this becomes a very different matter .
  8. ratikala

    Should I become vegetarian?

    Namaskaram Shantanu ji whilst I canot denigh that God pervades all , ....if we are to speak of Truth or surviving with Dignity , ....should this not be in the manner that follows the very woeds of Krsna himself in chapter 17 of the Bhagavad Gita , Krsna describes foods in the modes of...
  9. ratikala

    Should I become vegetarian?

    Namaskaram Tabu ji Jai Jai , ....
  10. ratikala

    Should I become vegetarian?

    Namaskaram one thought perhaps a little off topic but related so I hope no one minds my sharing it , ..... reading the below made me reflect on two things that happened this week , ... To one who doesnt kill and refuses meat, all lives will fold their arms and pay obeisance. 260 this verse...
  11. ratikala

    Should I become vegetarian?

    Namaskaram Mandi ji I particularly like the text qouted by Vinayaka ji , .... particularly the last two , .... To desist from killing a life and eating it, is better than doing a thousand rituals, offering oblation. 259 To one who doesnt kill and refuses meat, all lives will fold their...
  12. ratikala

    Is Buddhism for the Kali Yuga?

    Namaskaram ji what the turning of the wheel of Dharma is not Grace ?
  13. ratikala

    Is Buddhism for the Kali Yuga?

    namaskaram Terese ji , .... Jai Jai nice question , ... What the Buddha was teaching at this point was a ballance between extreme asetacism and Material absorbtion , middle way is a path of meditation and contemplation , what Sakyamuni Buddha was doing at this time was very skillfuly leading...
  14. ratikala

    I am here to learn.

    Namaste Peacefull pigoin , ..welcome is there any particular aspect of Buddhism that appeals to you particularly ?
  15. ratikala

    Objections against Hinduism?

    Namaskaram Kirran Ji , sayak Ji Thank you Ji for your thoughtfullness and sweet attempts at concilistion , ....as Gaudiya my Guru ji is God brother to Srila Prabhupada they share the same Sampradaya therefore the same doctrine, so respect is without doubt a given thing , were Prabhupada at...
  16. ratikala

    Objections against Hinduism?

    Namaskaram Sayak ji thank you I will look it up later I quote your previous post , ..... ''I I understand that, as a member of ISKCON (this is correct right), you read scriptures in a way that makes you reject evolution...'' whether intentional or not this sadly insinuates that an iskcon...
  17. ratikala

    Objections against Hinduism?

    Namaskaram Sayak ji 1, ......you want me to provide links but you have provided none you just say a study from India , that is meaningless unless some idea of who conducted the study is given , ...... 2, ....You seem to assume too much and use ''you'' too frequently , ...Perhaps it would be...
  18. ratikala

    Can't One Just be Dharmic? :(

    Namaskaram Sayak ji yes it should be , ...or to put it another way it would be nice of it was , ..... as having both Buddhist and Vaisnava background I see perhaps more of the concurrent thread than others might naturaly do , .... perfetly outlined hre is the reason for the perceived...
  19. ratikala

    Objections against Hinduism?

    Namaskaram Sayak ji where do you get these figures from ? you site that 80% of western Hindus beleive in Darwins theory of evolution , ...is this just because they have had received a secular education ? therfore beleif in Darwinism , in a high percentage of these Hindu will be purely...
  20. ratikala

    Objections against Hinduism?

    Namaskaram Sayak ji Certainly that was my point , as dharma is an irrefutable and unchanging law it is Sanatana ! we have one thing at our core , one complex but eternal truth , which we reach by various paths , ....all that inhibits our knowledge of this truth is ignorance all each school...
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