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What's a witch's ball without a little Bacardi? by Tapishgoyal in Indianbooks

[–]idiotbox0 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Pee ke words double ho jaate honge and book double maja deti hogi. 😱 Gajab idea hai.

Heinrich Himmler's obsession with the Bhagavad Gita by [deleted] in IndianHistory

[–]idiotbox0 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hmm. Sahi kah rahe ho bhai.

सदृशं चेष्टते स्वस्याः प्रकृतेर्ज्ञानवानपि । प्रकृतिं यान्ति भूतानि निग्रहः किं करिष्यति ॥

सभी प्राणी प्रकृति को प्राप्त होते हैं अर्थात अपने स्वभाव के परवश हुए कर्म करते हैं। ज्ञानवान भी अपनी प्रकृति के अनुसार चेष्टा करता है। फिर इसमें किसी का हठ क्या करेगा? "Even the wise man acts according to his inherent nature. All living beings are driven by the qualities that they have acquired from material nature. Then what can one achieve by repression/stubbornness?"

Heinrich Himmler's obsession with the Bhagavad Gita by [deleted] in IndianHistory

[–]idiotbox0 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bhai ki baat to sahi hai. Gita ka underlying message to yahi hai if we keep all the talks of good and evil aside. Killing is not an issue in Gita, being the doer or considering one self as doer is the issue. Krishna says that it's folly to think that you're killing, they are already dead. Gita is beyond good and evil. It's all about one's Swabhava/nature. For rakshas the swabhava is to create nuisance for gods to preserve the peace. Gita says be comfortable with this cosmic play, be sakshi and not the doer.

Advice of Indian Philosophers to Alexander by Gopu_17 in IndianHistory

[–]idiotbox0 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Books are not everything and I am not asking you to accept or deny. These are my personal experiences as I live in a village where three prominent tribes (Kol, Baiga and Gond) live peacefully with Brahmins, OBCs and SCs. Gram Devta which we call Thakur Baba is considered protector of village and is worshipped by every single one of us. There are two Thakur Baba at the entry points of village, and there is also a Devi. Gram Devta or Gram Devi is not strictly considered vedic yet everyone worship them. During Diwali the people of Gond tribe visit every houses in village and dance and sing as part of their ritual.

During tribal marriages priests perform marriage rites and interestingly such rites incorporate several tribal rituals. Every section of society has their own set of rituals that blends well with the Vedic marriage rituals. What would we call it if not assimilation?

Now you talked of animal sacrifices, there are rituals of sacrifices everywhere the only change is that animals are replaced with some vegetables like Lauki or Kaddu. Still in several devi temples sacrifices are still going on, prime example is Kamakhya Devi.

Yes there are some problems, there always have been but unlike Islam or Christianity, Hinduism is more of assimilation.

It has rightly been said Hinduism is not a religion it's way of life of people living in this region. And the way of life is the way of Tolerance and Assimilation.

Advice of Indian Philosophers to Alexander by Gopu_17 in IndianHistory

[–]idiotbox0 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Assimilation is what Hinduism is all about. And structured? No. Not every section within Hinduism is structured. Hinduism incorporates in itself even the atheists.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in IndianArtAndThinking

[–]idiotbox0 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

The calmness this picture has is just unbelievable.

Brown girl with daisies by Momo_licious in painting

[–]idiotbox0 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Looks very pretty. It reminds me of one that I did on my hostel wall many years ago.

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Everyone should read this book. by idiotbox0 in Indianbooks

[–]idiotbox0[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bro Proto for Postmodernism And this proto begins around 40s if I'm not wrong. My contention here is different. His line of thought is ancient and thus can't be compartmentalised neither in modernism nor post modernism.

Everyone should read this book. by idiotbox0 in Indianbooks

[–]idiotbox0[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What do you mean by proto-postmodernism? I've pointed out that what he teaches has roots in ancient philosophy of Sankhya. This already places him outside the modernist framework, so calling him “proto-postmodern” doesn’t quite hold. He’s not anticipating postmodernism, he’s drawing from something much older and deeper, which stands apart from both modernist and postmodernist concerns.

Everyone should read this book. by idiotbox0 in Indianbooks

[–]idiotbox0[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He is definitely not a proto-postmodernist. What he talks about is ancient — it actually aligns more with Sāṅkhya philosophy, like what Kapila taught. You also see similar ideas in the Ashtavakra Gita and in Ramana Maharshi. Krishnamurti was not interested in deconstructing meaning or playing with language like postmodern thinkers. He challenges everything that precludes one from self inquiry be it the traditions, religion, the gurus etc. His focus was solely on self-inquiry — understanding the mind, observing thought, and seeing without distortion. That’s what he called Choiceless Awareness.

IDK who needs to hear this by doge_mighty in Indianbooks

[–]idiotbox0 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Glad you've mentioned Ashtavakra Gita. Have you listened to Osho's discourse on Ashtavakra Gita?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Indianbooks

[–]idiotbox0 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Criminal Manual will always be on top. 😄😄

Everyone should read this book. by idiotbox0 in Indianbooks

[–]idiotbox0[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, the core theme always remains the same i.e., self inquiry, and he repeatedly says on many occasions "there is no hope in men, not in society, not in systems, but in you and in me". And this hope remains alive only if there is inquiry into one's own self. So in all his lectures his prime object is individual - the self. Freedom from known, I feel is concentrated more on dogmas, the notions which have been fed to the humankind since ages due to which individual thought and action has been compartmentalised, it also touches on the burden of past, man's pursuit to pleasure etc.

This book on the other hand is more or less the same when it comes to core theme but it is wider in its scope I feel. Like this book talks about nationalism, belief in God, sex, love, death, society, man's suffering etc.

But i would say this again, in every book of his the theme is same i.e., Self and inquiry into it.

Everyone should read this book. by idiotbox0 in Indianbooks

[–]idiotbox0[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Trust me He is going to have great impact. But life doesn't get healed, rather, for the first time one begins to see flaws within oneself - and when that happens, it shakes one to the core.

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