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    Our Gods are not symbolic!

    Four Noble Truths are Human. And Hinduism is for Humans as well as Buddhism, as well all other religions! "There is no Hindu no Muslim" (C) As for what I allow me to tell or not to people - let me decide it myself! It has been my mission all my life - to tell and teach people, since I was a...
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    Our Gods are not symbolic!

    As a Hindu - you should think about being the servant of your God, instead of your Ego! AND 2. Not asking questions you are scared to answer yourself! :)
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    Our Gods are not symbolic!

    No, if I practice Hindu mantras, Pray to Hindu Deities and Read Vedic scriptures and venerate Hindu Gurus - You can't tell I'm not Hindu! You, Vinayaka, all the time since I remember you - are trying to prove I am not something right, or I'm not Hindu or I'm not traditionalist - yet - I am -...
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    Our Gods are not symbolic!

    Vinayaka, Qualified personal experience and explanation should always be present..... If there is any Ego, any Selfishness - then it's just not OK, then we have something to hide from others, "Secretness" manifests and replaces our natural Compassion for the well-being of all sentient beings...
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    Our Gods are not symbolic!

    Aupmanyav, I see you want an opinion about atheism.... 1. Of course - there may be variations - what exactly do you mean with "Atheism" ..... in a wider sense - we can also argue - that for a Realized One there is 'No Theism, no Atheism..' 2. - But my general point would be - we should...
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    Our Gods are not symbolic!

    Yes, Maya, I'm hearing.... You see... I am always more concerned that they wouldn't wash off good energies accidentally ...... Questions like this I would welcome more...... The problem with Vinayaka's quote is - I don't see his own most direct experience and understanding there.... External...
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    Our Gods are not symbolic!

    As somebody (Poeticus ?!) told it today - what you just described is Karma kaņda only..... I would like to think people are mostly concerned about Jņāna Kanda and Mukti and of saving all sentient beings from Samsara and accomplishing their Bodhisattva or just ordinary humanist vows...and for...
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    Our Gods are not symbolic!

    Jay Subramuniyaswami! - Yes it was he who has written what Vinayaka here explained, and of course we all know it...have heard it.... The question here is about deity washing / dressing etc. more particularly.... The other questions may arise - when we examine in detail our inner experience...
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    Our Gods are not symbolic!

    Vinayaka & Aupmanyav - what I told yesterday was NOT considered an established opinion or anything of the kind - it was meant a question - for some people who would be able to explain in detail the inner psychological logic of those people who are doing this...... I could add a lot, but at some...
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    Hinduism, beef eating and slaughtering of cows

    There are 2 parts (or actually 3) 1. When we understand that a Cow is an alive sentient being like anybody of us (and some say even more precious than us in some aspects) - the people in their right mind would never hurt it - that is clear.... 2. In some Upanishads and Vedanta Sutras - God -...
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    Our Gods are not symbolic!

    ?! From my own, of course! :) If you would like to read about philosophies of Hinduism & Buddhism you can do so in my website redzambala.com :)
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    Hinduism and suffering, identification with the body

    My general advice would be somewhat similar to Aupmanyav's advice - may be in other wording - people should learn to accept - God's will....That's what we are learning on religious path - to have a strength and humility - to accept Divine will - or as Christians say - everybody has his own cross...
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    Are all Hindus vegetarian?

    Yes, meat-eating is horrible! literary! I was a young lad without much ideology - when I looked to some meat and thought - it is meat, it is horrible, probably I cannot digest it anymore, my organism has changed somehow, and some people think - it's not good for other animals - and so I never...
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    Shanti in Sanskrit

    I can see only numbers; rows of numbers, not any nagari script.....but on facebook and other sites I am able to see the script..... I hope &2358 means something in Sanskrit...
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    Our Gods are not symbolic!

    I was unwillingly browsing some Hindu community pages on Facebook and.....I'm catching myself again to the thought that some aspects of Hinduism can drive me crazy - that (many) people may think of their deities so much.....physically (?!) - in physical terms? - I mean all those things about...
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    Our Gods are not symbolic!

    People go there for a heap of energy! Outwardly it may appear they are going to look to a symbol, but actually they go for energy...Old Temples or Murtis or similar - have accumulated a lot of energy, the same as great enlightened Teachers do or common Sankirtans or meditations do... "It sounds...
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    Our Gods are not symbolic!

    Vinayaka, I am pondering what to answer....I think it is clear that as God's we take energies of those gods.... I have almost all my life felt energies around...... But on the other hand - I have not been inclined naturally to imagine any "God" or "Gods" .... I have started my spiritual...
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    Our Gods are not symbolic!

    Yeah, Murtis, Images - I take as symbols - for Gods themselves, of course.... Of course, Murtis represent Gods for us and their energy and so on, but they are still symbols...
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    What will happen to you if you practice Vajrayana with out a teacher on it?

    From my experience...: 1. Mahamudra - it is Vajrayana. 2. Teacher is absolutely necessary for mantra - initiations. 3. If you have initiation - you can practice on your own, but better mix it with practicing together with some community and under teacher; although - in most Buddhist communities...
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    Matangi Question

    ....but it's supposed that you live alone and just practice, practice, practice for many years...... and .... I don't know, what name you call it afterwards - but - if you are looking for compassion - you find compassion...
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