*cue Disturbed reference
Namaste.
Why is it that a SWF is considered 'totally clueless' when it comes to Hinduism? Sometimes, you can cut the patronisation with a knife.
"Here's a Mantra for you my dear...Ha-re...Ra-ma...Ha-re...Ra-ma...can you say that? Do you know what that means?"
"Yes. I speak and write Sanskrit and know thousands of Mantras and their meanings. I could teach you a few".
Then it comes...
"Oh I understand you are a Shaiva then, hmm? You really should be worshiping the Shiva Lingam...all Shaivas worship Shiva Lingam..."
"Nah...my 'Shiva Lingam' is in the sacred Yagna fire. It is the oblation to Lord Rudra as described in the Rig Veda. Lord Rudra is the flame...Lord Rudra is the oblation...the 'swaha'.
After that will come a lot of 'you are not Hindu if you don't.....' and
'That is so old and outdated....not recommended in this age of 'Kali Yuga...'
Apparently, they have never heard about 'Agama Shaivism'. Apparently, they are discrediting and totally forgetting that which started the Hindu Religion in the first place....when Lord Rudra assumed the form of Pashupati...
No, dear fellow Hindu....I do not study the Ramayana, Mahabharata and Bhagavad Gita. I have read them from cover to cover many times (in Sanskrit), but really...why should I complicate matters when the Vedas and Upanishads are all I really need? If it's not in there, it's 'nowhere' for me.
*especially the Rig Veda & Chhandogya Upanishad.
Apart from that, I read Patanjali's Yoga Sutras and practice Yoga, Kriya and meditation.
Thus, I am widely discredited, snobbed and rubbished...even by Shaivas.
It is a very lonely path and branch I sit upon.
Sometimes, it feels like the only other 'person' sitting with me is Lord Shiva, Himself. Most of the time, that's all I need.
Some of the time, I just feel sad and lonely.
Aum Namah Shivaya
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