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...
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! :)
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 -...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 -...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
....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...