While debating in one of the threads over religion, we ended up sidetracking to a debate on the proper name of that religion. That was interesting and I would like to debate on the importance of Name or Naming.
Is Name the most critical factor in defining anything or is it just a Label we...
And Nameless is one too :D
You are right Santdasji and also Zenzero is right.
I think we should have a separate thread where we can discuss the importance of name in Religion, social life, philosophy and everything.
Why stick with one name. When there is place for many gods why not many names. I am called by my first name by friends, my family calls me by my nick name and my colleagues in a different name and you all know me here in a different name. So with the changing names do i change or am I still the...
I did a small research of my own on this, out of curiosity. There are many theories floating: 1 - our solar system will raise above the Galactic equator and will spell doom to all of us. 2 - Nibru or Planet X will enter our Solar system and cause major flooding and all sorts of doomsday...
Hey Zen I am God, know me :D
Back to making my point. Hinduism is more a way of life than a religion. There is so much about this religion no one man/woman can say they have grasped all of it. As long as there are Indians(who call themselves Hindus) or anyone who does not object to being...
All I can think of is what my mom said to one scared doomsday preacher, this was the 2000 one. She was shouting at everyone in a local bank in my city on how the Bible tells the world is going to come to an end. My mom just walked up to her and said. "Oh! so all the Christians are going to be...
Why should they. In a country which is still vastly divided by old prejudices, this is an achievement. I am not saying Obama is great or deserves to be the president. That is for him to prove by his actions. My only observation and admiration is for the fact that many were willing to vote for...
One of the reasons could be that at the time Roman elite was so disconnected with the rest of populace it would have been an herculean task of quelling rebellions. They needed something which united people under some common cause and it needed to be from the poor disconnected people. The smart...
I found nothing arrogant about that statement methylatedghosts. America being a largest economy in the world is a natural leader in the economic space and shortly all they have done is pull the world down to a global recession. His statement was to give hope to the billions who depend on a...
This is got to be a day remembered in history. A country which did not even allow people of color sit in the front seats of a bus as now a black man sitting in the most powerful seat of the country. That has got to mean something and should be celebrated for its symbolism at the most. Whether he...
There a few extreme fundamentalists but other than that there are no scriptures that suggest that Hindusim is supprior to any other religion.
I can just as well start worshiping Jesus under hindusim and no one will question as to why i am doing it. Buddha is already conisidered an incaranation...
Your interpretation is not wrong.:)
You do not distinguish the aura from the self, or to put in other terms. The soul and the cosmic energy. They are so intertwined that distinguishing them becomes difficult. Is the soul different from the energy, am i different from the universe. The energy...
I to believe in a similar idea but with a difference. We are the same manifestation of that energy; me, you, Krishna, Buddha, Jesus or anything/anybody. The difference is that Krishna, Buddha and Jesus realised their true nature, their true being. But we are still so bound by the maya that this...
Since i and Joythi have similar beliefs about God, i think i would start a thread and Joythi could then come and join. My religion may be something, cause i refuse to give it a name, but my views about God stems from Vedantic teachings.
But the present violence is not the last resort that Krishna preached about. It seems in the world of today, Gun solves everything.
Trying to protect yourself or punishing evil does not always mean, using violence. War and killing is always the last option after every other option has run dry...
I do like the one that is dead, he was a real messenger of peace and love. I would have followed him but not the one alive. But he is not wrong in declaring himself as God. According to Vedanta all of use are subsets of god in varying degree. When Jesus said 'I am son of God, he was not lying'...
As the data is already made available by Joythi, i do not think i need to add any more but i do like to point out one thing. Ancient hindu scolars believed in evolution of the universe not one creator of all. It was a process set in motion by Brahma.
Not with all the viloence around. Even today when i try to speak to people about the teachings in various forums, people only respond that Violence won US the freedom and Stopped Hittler. As if that justifies violence as being good.:shrug: