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I am not familiar with this, even though I've spent time in Australia as a young man. Can you please tell me why aborigines deserve an apology? Apology for what, exactly? If it's about the stolen...

A rational response, at last! From RamMohan Roy to Sri Sri, hindu 'gurus' have been actively propagating Christianity and Jesus' divinity, all the while receiving donations from Hindus.;) What has...

Just because Jesus said, "I and my father are one," it doesn't make him an advaitin, nor is this statement similar to 'aham Brahmasmi.' Even dictators and megalomaniacs often think they're god, that...

Friends,

How to discover doshas or body constitution of a certain individual? There are three types: kapha, vata, pitta. There are diff. descriptions given in various places, all conflicting with...

It always depends on the context. You can say these things out of concern that knowledge could fall into wrong hands, as Krishna has done. Or, you may say the exact same thing out of arrogance. In...

I don't know if it's specifically for rahu alone, because many people suggest this mantra for other reasons also. And there are differing views as to which deity the mantra signifies. Many people...

Namaste Yajvan,

Thanks for a very interesting and detailed analysis. The following particularly caught my eye. It is scary too!



I am on the verge of being cheated by someone in a distant...

Unfortunately, I don't. Sorry!

Namaste Atanu,

Your questions are based on the supposition that the unreal, being non-existent at all times, cannot be an object of pratyaksha. But this isn't true, the unreal can be perceived, as...

Namaste Bob,

You haven't gulped the ocean to find out that sea water is salty. So can one argue that this particular knowledge-that sea water is salty-is based on faith? Hope you catch my drift.
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Sorry to butt in, but faith is required only if reasoning fails. So faith is intrinsically evil, especially when it concerns religion. Christianity and Islam are terrific examples.



And who...

Namaste Atanu,



We can always remove the word 'believes', and it'll read: As advaita defines the truth negatively. Which means, faith isn't necessary. So let's not pay too much attention to...

Namaste Yajvan,



This is the neo-Vedanta line, equating temporary with false, and permanent with real. But the q will arise as to whether this change is real. If real, there will be two...

Namaste Sarabhanga,

Spiritually, what you say may be true. But astrologically, I doubt it. There are many doshas associated with the snake, kala sarpa being the worst. So in astrology, snakes are...

Namaste Sarabhanga,



Faith is always unconfirmed, isn't it? If confirmed, it's truth.

The negation of false IS truth, which is why most believers are fanatical, because they have something...

Namaste Yajvan,



Yes. I'd only considered up to pratyantardasa, which was the reason for my confusion. If we consider sookshmadasa, then the dream must be the result of rahu's influence. But...

Namaste Yogkriya,

All believers are fanatical to an extent-Christians, Muslims, Vaishnavas. So it's not surprising that Vaishnavas, whether gaudiya or sri, are also fanatical and foul-mouthed more...

Namaste Atanu,

Didn't Madhusudhana Saraswati say that the gita is like a lion's roar, meaning even if the dream is false, the lion's roar does help one in waking up? Maybe, we should understand...

Namaste Yajvan,

The Sankhya system of classification is common to most schools, including dvaita, advaita etc. So I wasn't referring to the Sankhya philosophy, only to this particular...

Namaste Yajvan,

Thanks for your thoughts. I considered the possibility of rahu, but there's no rahu period as of now. But what of saturn? People say it gives similar results to rahu, so could it...

Namaste Yajvan,

In Sankhya, prakriti refers to the 24 elements such as pancha bhutas, karmendriyas, mahat, tanmatras etc. These are inanimate matter, and therefore different from Brahman, which is...

You're right, especially about that forum. But it's not like they only attack non-Vaishnavas and Mayavadis. They also attack Gaudiya Vaishnavas, if they don't agree with their (Iskcon's) pet theories...

Dear Pandits,

Is there any significance to seeing snakes in dreams, especially if one doesn't have sarpa dosha or any other dosha?

No psychoanalysis please, only astrology here.

Suresh

I am sorry to say this, but usually these so-called talks between Buddha and Brahmin are made to look rather one-sided, that is, making the Brahmin look like a clown or a fanatic with little...

Guys, we've digressed. Let's stop this fist fight, and focus on the issue at hand.

Few more points....

Hinduism advocates renunciation, the single most dangerous concept not only for an...

Namaste Yajvan,

The q will arise as to whether clay and clay pot are one. If so, God and world will be one, meaning all the flaws of this world will be attributed to God. If not, we must treat god...

Namaste Sarabhanga,

I am afraid I don't understand this equation. Could you explain a bit more?

Namaste Devotee,

Existence is that which is an object of knowledge. E.g. World. That which isn't is non-existence, such as round square etc. To say that there's something which is neither or both...

Namaste GP,

One trying to prove the existence of a round square may also say the same thing. Since the subject matter is beyond the realms of logic, we must accept the round sqaure as true, even...

Namaste Atanu,

Sorry, but I do not see how this analogy helps in establishing that there's a state beyond sat and asat. Either the chair exists or it doesn't, that's all this analogy proves.
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Most probably, yes. Pleasure is always outside, objects give us pleasure, which is why all people go after them. If happiness were an inward thing, then we'd all be staying in our rooms, experiencing...

We only know and experience sat and asat, so how can one be sure there's some state which is neither? Either a thing exists or it doesn't, period.

"When advaita is known...." isn't an answer but an evasion, because one is questioning the very validity of the thing to be known. When the validity of an experience itself is in question, one cannot...

That's the problem, there are too many different versions of Hinduism. So how does one choose the right one, because not all of them can fit into a political ideology that's required to guide a...

Here's an excellent article that takes the cricket controversy as an instance, and from that proceeds to establish how colonialism has turned Indians into racists. As the author of this piece rightly...

Namaste TTA and Sarabhanga,

Both of you say (in different words):

#1 Hinduism is 99% misunderstood
#2 This misunderstanding is the real culprit

Granted misunderstanding of Hinduism is the...

Caste is an extremely complex thing.:confused: So I'd like to know the following from the members, so we can understand each other better.

#1 Do you support birth-based caste system? In this...

Friends,

How is everyone?:) It's been a while since I've posted here.

I want to post something regarding Hinduism and its influence, if any, on India's decline. This may sound rather...

Namaskar Yajvan,



In my case, it shows human. But in the case of Ramana Maharishi and Swami Vivekananda, it says otherwise, that they could've had an animal birth. Doesn't make sense, does it?...

Hi Yudhamanyu,



Mind sharing it with us? It'll give us a better idea as to where you come from. And were you surprised when you found out, or did you have a gut feeling all along? Because...

If it isn't too much trouble, will you please post a link to the transcript? Not the video, which will take a while to load, but the text. Thanks.

Suresh

Namaste Yajvan,

Thanks for the wonderful analysis.

I think in Phaladeepika, there's a method by which one can determine whether or not one were human last time. We have to see whether the moon...

Namaste Yajvan,

Yes, I think it's clear now, thanks a ton. But if I was on earth last time around, does it mean I took this (present) birth without actually travelling to any other world? I...

Namaskar Yajvan,

Thanks for the detailed explanation, but since I am a novice and perhaps too slow to understand all this, let me work it out, so you can see if I am correct. Hope it's ok with...

Just curious. Is it true that Sri Sri apologized for writing the book, even admitting that there were several errors?

Dear Satay,

This isn't getting us anywhere. While I agree with your views on Jesus, I don't think it's right to attack Sri Sri Ravishankar. The man has done a lot of good. If we are to blame him...

Namaste Yajvan,

Do you mean to say we must consider the lagna lord of the drekkana chart, and subsequently its tattva? If the lagna lord of d-3 chart is mars, then it must be bhu tattva, is that...

Namaste Yajvan,

Thanks, that's a novel way of looking at it. Rather than consider space in the jar, we might as well consider the space itself as the vast field of existence, where the jar...

Just a general thought on retro planets.

I've also heard that retro indicates 'unfinished business' from the previous life, so if a person has retro mercury, his intellectual work hasn't been...

Namaste Atanu,



That's exactly the problem, it's circular reasoning, isn't it? The inquiry is done to ascertain whether or not there's an advaita self, so if one knows the advaita self, inquiry...