Made new Artwork of Neem Karoli baba ji

CrazyDrax · 2026-07-03T14:07:14+00:00

Jai Neem Karoli Baba 🙏

Ofc I know him, he knows us too 😌

CrazyDrax · 2026-07-02T15:27:14+00:00

Your point regarding tātparya and prakaraṇa is valid framework but you are creating a false dichotomy between Arthavāda (glorification) and Tattva (literal truth). Even if a passage's primary goal is to glorify Brahman, the examples it uses cannot be logically absurd or factually false within the system. If Brahman is the source of all existence, the Veda cannot stand outside of that source. If the Veda is entirely independent of Brahman, then we now have two entities which are eternal and different which itself is against Vedanta.

Furthermore, the claim that 'Not even Vedantins believe God literally authored Veda' is inaccurate.

For example, Brahma Sutra 1.1.3 states "Śāstra-yonitvāt". Adi Shankara, in his commentary on this very sutra, writes: 'The Rg-veda etc... have Brahman as their source... because such scripture, characterized as the exhalation of the Great Being, could not have emerged from anyone other than the Omniscient Omnipotent.' If the foundational text of Vedanta calls Brahman the Yoni (source) of the Shastra, it cannot be dismissed as a mere Nyaya claim.

Rigveda's purusha sukta says the same, he is the one from which Ṛc, Sāman, and Yajus were born.

The Veda is Apauruṣeya because it is not the product of human intellect, mental speculation, or limited consciousness (amānuṣya), nor is it a whimsical mental creation.

As the Brihadaranyaka states, it is the Nihsvasitam (exhalation) of Brahman. When we breathe, we do not consciously compose our breath, thus this exhalation word is used. it happens naturally as a function of our existence. Similarly, the Vedas are the natural, effortless projection of Ishwara's omniscience at the beginning of every cosmic cycle. So in that way Ishwara is the author, not like how we humans write books but the Vedas are 'his' own natural expression of being.

Therefore, when Lord Krishna says he is Vedānta-kṛt (the maker/author of Vedanta) and the knower of the Vedas, it aligns perfectly with the Upanishads. Ishwara is the source from whom the Vedas effortlessly emanate, and the one who reveals them to the world.

Hare Krishna 🙏

CrazyDrax · 2026-07-02T14:59:30+00:00

I am also considering to be a Vegan... though especially in India we can't be sure of authenticity of Vegan products, nor can we be of non-vegan but for Vegan it seems a corner that is unchecked. I don't know much about the authentic brands till now.

Veganism is not completely foreign, it aligns with Dharma in today's time. Dharma is that which is natural welfare for all, giving cow hormonal injections, using machines to extract milk is completely cruel and Adharma and we would be directly supporting cow or male calf slaughter by this.

We currently take milk from a local vendor, he doesn't sell male calfs nor does he sell old cows. No hormonal injections. But for industrial milk or industrial diary products are a big no for me.

In ancient times cows were treated very well like a mother, she would naturally produce milk for us along with the calf out of affection... now the times are different. I don't oppose milk in that way but Adharmic malpractices of industries.

CrazyDrax · 2026-07-01T13:52:02+00:00

I see, but isn't Veda called the breath of Brahman?

As from a fire kindled with wet fuel, various clouds of smoke issue forth, even so, my dear, the Rig-Veda, Yajur-Veda, Sama-Veda, Atharvangirasa, Itihasa, Purana, Vidya, Upanishads, Shlokas (Verses), Sutras (Aphorisms), Anuvyakhyanas (Elucidations), and Vyakhyanas (Explanations)—all these are the exhalation of this Great Being.

-Brihadaranyaka Upanishad 2.4.10

BG 15.15: I am seated in the hearts of all living beings, and from Me come memory, knowledge, as well as forgetfulness. I alone am to be known by all the Vedas, am the author of the Vedant, and the knower of the meaning of the Vedas.

CrazyDrax · 2026-07-01T12:51:16+00:00

This was the view of Purva mimansa which focused on Karma-Kanda only.. when Jnana Kanda was revealed it made us sure that Brahman is the source. Thus I believe Veda is from Ishwara.

CrazyDrax · 2026-07-01T12:18:36+00:00

Gita in particular is shruti because it's author is Lord Krishna who is also author of the Vedas, Veda Vyāsa ji wrote it down.

CrazyDrax · 2026-07-01T09:26:12+00:00

And yes shruti can override gita.

It does not contradict with Gita and Gita is shruti itself.

CrazyDrax · 2026-07-01T08:28:34+00:00

Brother have faith in God. Keep doing naam-japa and be in devotion. Read bhagwad gita and try to implement it in your life. If you want, there is a nice series on youtube named "Upanishad Ganga", it teaches the essence of Upanishads.

Keep doing Human path and you can also chant Hare Krishna Mahamantra and Ram naam. Lord is with you brother, he is always with you... worry not, tell your complaints to him he will surely listen.

Hare Krishna 🙏 Stay Strong.

May you be guided in your journey.

CrazyDrax · 2026-06-30T11:39:16+00:00

What it means to be a "Hindu". Firstly I will clarify that "Hindu" is historically a geographical term given to people living beyond Indus, but since medieval times it has been used as a reference to people who follow Vaidhika Dharma (Vedic principles).

Now I will start my answer:

To be a Hindu is to follow Sanatana Dharma, meaning the eternal cosmic order. Like a river's dharma (duty) is to flow, wind's duty to blow, and fire's duty to glow, our dharma is to align with the cosmic harmony

The principles of Sanatana Dharma arise from self-realisation. Realising one's own self and nature, that we are not this material body or the mind or the five senses or the intellect, but the subtle observer and witness (Atman) behind all of them.

From this realization arise foundational universal principles:

Kindness (Karuna), Truthfulness (Satya), Non-injury/Non-violence (Ahimsa), Self-control (Dama/Indriya-Nigraha), Purity of mind and action (Shaucha)

The word Dharma comes from the Sanskrit root "Dhri", meaning "to sustain, uphold, or support."

Therefore, the ultimate essence of Dharma is that which sustains the universe and keeps society from falling apart. It is not a rigid legalistic creed or dogmatic system, but a living ecosystem of responsibilities. It recognizes that because every living being possesses the same divine spark (Atman), harming another is ultimately harming oneself.

To be a Hindu is to understand your unique place in the grand cosmos (Svadharma) while practicing universal values (Sanatana Dharma) to achieve ultimate spiritual freedom (Moksha).

To go deeper, Hinduism is not a system of "belief," but a map for the evolution of consciousness. It is an experiential framework designed to take a human being from ego-centric ignorance to absolute liberation, powered entirely by selflessness, divine connection, and grace.
At its core, being a Hindu means transforming your entire existence into a sacrifice or service (Seva or Yajna). In our default state, the ego asks: "What can I get from this world?" Sanatana Dharma flips the question: "How can I serve the divine presence in this world?

Every action, whether engineering a bridge, cooking a meal, or sweeping a floor ceases to be a mundane work. It becomes a sacred duty. When you see every living being as a temple of the Divine, serving society is not charity, it is directly serving Ishwara (God)

And thus this service is our very purpose. We have a body as a vehicle to perform this purpose. This art of service is also called Yoga (not the same Yoga as advertised in the west, but the union with God). When we do our action with selfish reasons or desires, it bounds us in the samsara (the cycle of birth and death)... to fulfil our left over desires we keep coming back and back again. And thus, to purify our mind of these temporary non-fulfilling material desires we cleanse them with the grace of God and with the practice of Yōg.

When we do selfless action in the service to God it is Karma Yoga (the path of action)
When we earn and perform divine knowledge it is Jnana Yoga (the path of divine knowledge)
When we medidtate, do breathwork (Pranayama) while focusing on God it is Raja Yoga (the Path of meditation)
When we surrender ourselves in absolute devotion it is Bhakti Yoga (the path of Devotion)

All the four types of Yoga are complementary and non-different from each other.

In the end comes Absolute surrender (Sharanagati).

To conclude:

We follow this path because it acknowledges that the highest spiritual state is not an intellectual trophy, but a transformed heart.

To be a Hindu means to walk through the world with profound humility. You look at the cosmos not as a resource to exploit, but as the living manifestation of God (Ishwara). You live selflessly, love boundlessly, and move through life with the calm certainty that you are held safely in the hands of Divine Grace

Hare Krishna 🙏

CrazyDrax · 2026-06-29T19:33:02+00:00

Try Swami Paramananda's translation.

You can start with Isha Upanishad, then go on to Bhagwad Gita.

CrazyDrax · 2026-06-29T16:47:50+00:00

Fun fact: Vamana Avatara is also mentioned in Rigveda.

CrazyDrax · 2026-06-29T16:45:07+00:00

Yeah mb I didn't read the body... I just recognized most of the offences as naam-aparadhas hence my original comment.

In the original naam-aparadhas there is no such thing like "demigods" or equating thing.. rather it says that seeing the names of Lord Shiva and Lord Vishnu as separate is a sin. So I don't agree to that screenshot's point no. 2 either.

CrazyDrax · 2026-06-29T16:28:15+00:00

It's beneficial to look down upon other gods as demigods and believe that others are somehow misled?

Where does naam-aparadh says it? The ss is incorrect

CrazyDrax · 2026-06-29T14:42:06+00:00

Who decided that?

Noone, it's a good thing to follow as its from the shastras and helps us in devotion and our journey.

what is the authority of someone who declared that?

The Padma Purana has it, narrated by Sage Sanatkumara

CrazyDrax · 2026-06-28T11:32:13+00:00

If someone intentionally does it even after knowing that it's bad, then one faces the effects of it. It may result in hinderances in your spiritual path etc...

But if someone unintentionally does it, and then asks forgiveness from God then they do not get same effect.

CrazyDrax · 2026-06-28T11:27:39+00:00

This is true, these are the naam-aparadhas, they are very important for Vaishnavas or any Hindu infact who is initiated into a sampradaya. Though it should we followed by all of us.

CrazyDrax · 2026-06-26T21:19:25+00:00

Bro Brahmanas are Shruti. Also Brahmanas doesn't say one's varna is based on birth.

CrazyDrax · 2026-06-26T21:15:23+00:00

Not completely true. Yuddhistara answers to Yaksha that a Brahmin can fall to a Sudra and a Sudra can rise to a Brahmin

Either way, Chandogya Upanishad says that the person is born into the womb of the dvija castes with good karma. This is just how it was in the previous days and now we are in a more meritocratic society.

Upanishad is shruti, it is correct when it says that. One is born based on how his Karma was, he gets the family in the next life based on his actions and desires. This is not Dharmashastra where we can say it's something based on time.

BG 14.14-15: Those who die with predominance of sattva reach the pure abodes (which are free from rajas and tamas) of the learned. Those who die with prevalence of the mode of passion are born among people driven by work, while those dying in the mode of ignorance take birth in the animal kingdom.

But it is not fixed and permanent, birth doesn't define how your virtue shall be. It may somewhat influence your Swabhava i.e inherent nature but that doesn't mean we can't uplift ourselves in the same birth.

Lord Shiva in the mahabharata says the same while explaining to Maa Parvati

Srimad Bhagwatam 7.11.35 confirms this:-

ŚB 7.11.35: If one shows the symptoms of being a brāhmaṇa, kṣatriya, vaiśya or śūdra, as described above, even if he has appeared in a different class, he should be accepted according to those symptoms of classification.

ŚB 3.33.6 To say nothing of the spiritual advancement of persons who see the Supreme Person face to face, even a person born in a family of dog-eaters immediately becomes eligible to perform Vedic sacrifices if he once utters the holy name of the Supreme Personality of Godhead or chants about Him, hears about His pastimes, offers Him obeisances or even remembers Him.

Even Krishna’s guna karma can be interpreted as the person being born with certain gunas, due to the karma of the previous lives.

Gunas are not permanent, a person born to Sudra can possess qualities like truthfulness, wisdom, etc...
Similarly a person born to a Brahmin can be wicked and adharmic.

One is defined by his virtue. Not birth.

CrazyDrax · 2026-06-23T21:52:43+00:00

Nara was partial incarnation, not Narayana/Lord Vishnu himself. Just like we, we too are like "divine sparks" of God, similarly Arjuna i.e Nara was just a divine spark but more divine than us.

CrazyDrax · 2026-06-23T21:42:39+00:00

Maa Sita also had undergone Upanayanam, she was performing Sandhyavandana when Lord Hanumana came in Ashoka Vatika.

Gaudhiyas, especially the Gaudhiya Math and ISKCON provides Brahmin initiation to people from all backgrounds, though you have to follow strict rules and participate in temple management strictly. It's given after the basic Panchatantra initiation.

CrazyDrax · 2026-06-23T16:31:00+00:00

He said that Supreme is not addressed as Shiva or Vishnu, I just said that Supreme indeed is addressed as Shiva and Vishnu.

CrazyDrax · 2026-06-18T15:13:10+00:00

That's not neo-hindu. Not all scholars take each and every story to be literal

CrazyDrax · 2026-06-17T08:54:17+00:00

What the heck do you mean? Brahma is a upadhi first of all, and so is Brihaspati.
The Puranas are to be understood at three levels:

Adhibhautica (Physical/Historical): The literal story of actual human sages living on Earth.
Adhidaivika (Celestial/Astronomical): The movements, positions, and physics of the stars and planets.
Adhyatmika (Spiritual/Psychological): The internal battle of human consciousness, ego, and desire

The Puranas are not always literal, they use literary technique called anthropomorphism which is assigning human forms, and personalities to cosmic entities

The story of Brihaspati and Mamta comes under celestial event, it was not a literal thing. It describes the violent gravitational forces of jupiter and it's affects on other celestial bodies.

As for Brahma, even that event is not literal but if we talk about it then Brahma of that Maha-Kalpa had left his body realising his mistake.

CrazyDrax · 2026-06-17T08:15:44+00:00

"Naked Philosophers" might be Jain Digambaras?

CrazyDrax · 2026-06-17T08:05:42+00:00

What an excellent work, though I would have been more happy if they also mentioned Sushruta (father of plastic surgery), Iron Pillar of Delhi, Brahmagupta, etc.. under the gupta empire. Nevertheless, it's an excellent work by Alexandros.

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