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You still move with your feet?

... Hey, me too.

I'm sorry, but that's naive and simplistic. The world doesn't work that way. It'll advantage us nothing.

It's practically Christian Creationism wearing a supposedly Vedic hat.

We think this book says so, oh and here's some hackneyed pseudo-archaeological woowoo. Cremo's a nutjob.

I've not read...

Do you really feel that the violent deaths of 2/3rds of the world's population is a noble desire?

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My background is in ecology. I don't see a need to impute a prior purpose or guiding hand in evolution, purpose in my view comes not from outside of life, but self-imputed by the...

Yes, brotherhood amongst the Abrahamics, how wonderful!

And it is - I sincerely mean that, a source of [limited] peace and understanding, but it's not wonderful that it doesn't extend to us.

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Has anyone got, or know where might be found, English translations of:


Pashupata sutra
Ratnatika
Ganakarika?

I agree with you that Islam itself is incompatible with secularism, but these people are not really Islamic. They're "cultural Muslims." Come from Muslim families, but well-integrated into general...

The sticky issue will be determining who to deport. There are some Indian Muslims I have met who are secular.

"Secular Hindu" might be a bad thing, especially as the secularism is dishonestly...

I hate to say it, but it seems to me mass deportation to Pakistan (as Bangladesh cannot possibly support more people) will become necessary some point.

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It is said that Hanuman himself also wrote his own account of the Ramayana on the cliffs of the Himalayas which he then destroyed after meeting Valmiki who complained that his own version...

...And this is where I have misgivings about this focus on Abrahamic nonsense; as important as it is to be vigilant of threats to the continuation of the dharma, which is already so badly damaged by...

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Please note first that I am not in any way defending Islam, or supporting the notion that the Abrahamic god is somehow the same as Brahman, however:

Our scriptures also depict Bhagavan...

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Please refer to Brihadaranyaka upanishad for inner meaning of Ashvamedha.

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I'm sorry, but that's preachy and, in my opinion, disrespectful to aspirant's earnest prayers.

I did like your first post about 'Namaste' though.

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I have feeling that this is not intentional plagiarism, you are probably not reposting this to gain approval on the forum, but to provide useful information. However, when you do copy...

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If you think science and dharma are incompatible, why make such threads?

You're also wrong about Newtonian mechanics. In fact, it was quantum mechanics, relativity, string theory and...

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Are you expecting prayers for material desires to be answered?

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That isn't science though; science is a method of inquiry which generates emergent knowledge, which is continuously refining itself.

Yes, some scientists take it upon themselves to...

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I don't see the need for a 'middle ground here.' Science is self-correcting by nature, and almost always errs on the side of conservative judgments rather than exaggerations. The business...

No. Claims couched in what the author imagines to be scientific language does not science make.

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I'm sorry, but I feel the need to speak bluntly on this topic:

This is not science. This is not even "research." I see nothing scientific here whatsoever.

The dharma stands to...

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I understand the spirit behind these comments, but I am not sure it is fully thought-out...

Yes, Indians today poorly reflect the ancient traditions, and few know anything of substance...

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I see now that this post will evidently not increase understanding and so am retracting it.

I shall just state it bluntly: the Vedas do not advocate exclusionary worship of one god. To...

Wisdom right there...

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Unfortunately, the samudrika shastra in the Garuda puran is 'physiognomy.' I think any attempt to add auras to it is a recent fabrication/affectation by those who would take money for such...

Auric teachings are not in the scriptures. I say this with reasonable certainty as my guru has challenged me to find evidence there.

The third eye, the eye of knowledge (jnana caksu) is, moreso...

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That is mahamantra from kalisantaranopanishad, it is heavily emphasized in Gaudiya (Chaitanya) vaishnavism, but recited elsewhere as well.

Kumara (Nimbarka) mahamantra is:

"Radhe...

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I can only suggest deeper readings of both Trika and Linga shaivisms.

You may for example be interested in the theory of lingas expressed in the Malinivijayottara, which many regard as...

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Prabhu, even your speculation will be taken as coming from siksha guru. At the very least it will give valuable guidance to my own inquiry.

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Namaste Yajvan-ji,

This jumped out at me:

There must be a connection here to the 43 angles of the Sri Yantra, please expound on this - it strikes me as very important. It also occurs to me to...

Namaste.

The Vedas themselves consist of the worship of almost 100 deities, of which 33~ are principle, arrayed in their respective threefold mandala. Richas (hymns of invocation; rg vedic...

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You will find the same God of Hinduism in Buddhism as well.

In the nikayas, it is called the luminous mind. Prabhasara-chitta.

In the mahayana turning, it is called Prajnaparamita,...

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Yes, they can. They're essentially two sides of the same coin.

When my guru was studying Tibetan Buddhism in Nepal, he was given Vishnu as his yidam (ishta-devata).

The differences...

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He has a good point, although I think he is referring to a separate dhyan entirely and liberties are being taken with 'viparita ratatura.' In the Kali tantras, the sexual nature of Kali,...

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When asking for meaning, know that there can be many, many levels of meaning.

The basic idea though is that jiva is decapitated by Kali until the true face of Shiva is revealed. The...

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As you live near a large temple, there should be enough Indians in your area that paneer would be available in specialty shops. It is an easy cheese to make.

I don't think anything...

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I had decided not to answer your question because it was evident some agenda behind lurked it and a sincere answer was neither sought nor would be appreciated.

But I would like to...

Sant Dnyaneshwar:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jg5oT5qfm7I

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To me it's a somewhat more challenging way of saying 'unconditional love' or 'lovingly unconditional/equanimous.'

A mother is not wrecked to find her child up on the counter with their...

If you don't see it, I'm not sure I can explain it to you.

I'm sorry that you choose to interpret a note about the actual meaning and origins of hatha yoga to be throwing around buzz words. If...

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I cannot agree wholly with the translation given by philosoraptor (but what else is new?)

The word here is prapadyate which can be translated in many ways. Let's look at the etymology....

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Sadly 'Hatha Yoga' was once a derivative of laya yoga as founded by Gorakhnath. Though placing emphasis on asana and pranayama, it was not defined by these two things.

We might call...

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I think this question leads to a wilderness of mirrors. Which labels we ascribe and why...

Many would view you as not a Hindu, for a variety of reasons.
At the extreme end, you have...

For what it's worth Iyengar yoga is the only asana yoga which my guru recommends to people; he has high praise for Sri BKS Iyengar and his approach.

Light on Yoga is an excellent book.

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Only that Punjab, much less pre-partition Greater Punjab did not belong to the Sikhs.

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Can we say though that there's a correlation between overall lessening of teen pregnancy and Christian conservativism?

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The "bible belt" has the highest rates teen pregnancy, obesity - and other health issues, divorce, STD infection. For a relatively rural region, if we adjust for this, we find that they...

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This post may be helpful:
http://www.hindudharmaforums.com/showpost.php?p=86577&postcount=4

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I wonder if they would be as keen to discuss the more significant and objective statistical correlation between conservative demographics and crime / social ills...