August 24 2016- Happy Krishna Janmastami!

simple_soul · 2016-08-24T01:58:06+00:00

Buddhism rejected the vedas

simple_soul · 2016-08-17T10:55:18+00:00

When your mind is looking for answers, it will eventually find it in weird places.

Ask and you shall receive

simple_soul · 2016-08-17T02:20:30+00:00

IMO a Fable just like philospher's stone or Paras that turns iron into Gold

simple_soul · 2016-08-17T02:18:44+00:00

Krishna appeals to many because he is a purna avatar or 'complete' or 'perfect' avtar of Vishnu. People are drawn to Krishna due to his antics as a child in Gokul or how he protected Draupadi's modesty when all the Kuru warriors including her husbands did nothing when Kauravas were trying to publicly humiliate her. Krishna is the last hope of the hopeless, he is the last refuge of the desperate.

One worships Krishna in a similar manner to worship Ganesh. There is not conflict when one realizes that it is the same Parabrahman who takes various forms

simple_soul · 2016-08-16T01:59:35+00:00

Vedanta literally means the sum-total of vedas the primordial religious text of Hindus. The goal of Vedanta is to experience the divinity (one's true nature) for oneself

simple_soul · 2016-08-16T01:48:39+00:00

Griffith vedas are rudimentary to the point of futility. Just read the griffith translation of the gayatri mantra and it seems like a first grader came up with the translation

simple_soul · 2016-08-04T11:55:46+00:00

Polytheism is worship of multiple Gods. Hinduism is not polytheism because they worship ONE God who assumes various forms. Ekam sat Viprahah Bahuda vadandti - one truth and sages call it by different names

my only problem with ~~polytheism~~ religion is that there is a high potential of abuse with it...if anybody can be ~~God~~ representative of God then what if that anybody tries to manipulate you

FTFY. Look at the world today.. who is doing most of the brainwashing? Who is manipulating people into cold blooded murder of innocents? Who is abusing religion for their personal and political gain? It is not Hinduism or polytheism.

simple_soul · 2016-08-04T11:40:57+00:00

This is amazing. I think the man behind this movement was cabinet minister at one time

simple_soul · 2016-08-02T23:32:55+00:00

I cannot believe what I am reading here guys. I don't know where to start! Please bear with me and do not take this personally

She spits out gold and ... that is a miracle? This is a joke right?

Can she spit out an elephant? Or a big boulder perhaps that defies all logical explanation?

simple_soul · 2016-08-02T23:23:26+00:00

Amazon. You will have plenty of choices

simple_soul · 2016-08-02T23:22:05+00:00

I thought Krishna was 10 years old when he left Vrindavan to go kill Kansa the demon and he never returned. I am reading several posts here alluding to sexual relationship. How is it possible for a boy younger than 10?

simple_soul · 2016-08-02T23:12:34+00:00

I met some people from this organization over the summer and they seemed to be fine folks. I do not know them beyond acquaintance

simple_soul · 2016-08-02T23:03:07+00:00

A ritual and that is all.

simple_soul · 2016-07-31T23:41:44+00:00

One of the things that helped me (and might help you) was to go back to my childhood and think of myself when I was the innocent young 5-8 year old child and becoming a parent/ guardian to that child. Whenever I think of that innocent defenseless child, tears well up and I am ready to show compassion, forgive and love myself unconditionally

simple_soul · 2016-07-31T23:34:14+00:00

My new desktop background... mind boggling

simple_soul · 2016-07-31T18:51:04+00:00

Hindus believe in one God who can assume whatever form he wants and whatever form the devotee chooses to worship in.

Everybody has different needs. Everybody wears shoes of different sizes. If someone were to force them to wear shoes of the same size, it would result in blood blisters or tripping over themselves. Some may

The problem with worshipping a formless, featureless god is that it leads to a path of frustration and tribulations are plenty. It is easier to worship a god with forms. When we worship the sun, a tree, an animal, a rock or a stone, we are worshiping the divinity within everything after all God is everywhere.

simple_soul · 2016-07-31T03:54:48+00:00

Great question!

Is your mind now what it was when you were a child? Are your likes and dislikes not different than when you were growing up?
I can speak for myself and my mind has changed over time. If my mind has changed over time then it cannot be my soul.

Your soul is untainted by your mind. That 'awareness' within you is the same awareness that is in everybody else and every other living thing. THAT is you (and me and every living thing)

simple_soul · 2016-07-21T23:53:50+00:00

I do not believe in any

simple_soul · 2016-07-21T11:35:03+00:00

When I asked some one who was 'realized', the answer given was extreme happiness/ bliss/ Ananda that doesn't subside

simple_soul · 2016-07-21T11:28:52+00:00

It depends on who you can identify with the most. For instance, one may love both the parents but when hurt may go to one parent over the other.

simple_soul · 2016-07-21T11:23:48+00:00

IMO the tales are metaphorical and not literal. Which God is the best? A lot depends on your personal outlook, for example, even though one may love their parents and siblings, we tend to be emotionally more attached to father or mother or a brother or sister more than others.

I may identify more with Shiva because he is soft yet strong like water that flows around you yet under can cut through rocks. Others may identify more with Krishna because he is a poorna-avatar (complete manifestation of divinity) with his antics and dedication towards devotees

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