tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-410272306057585767.post6194087070453289319..comments2023-09-04T08:43:50.843-04:00Comments on Thinking Quietly: Digestion of Hinduism: Inside the American VedaUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-410272306057585767.post-16913529761369367452014-08-31T09:19:14.562-04:002014-08-31T09:19:14.562-04:00Digestion is dangerous. It is unethical and plain...Digestion is dangerous. It is unethical and plain insidious. We have to be wary of it and not celebrate or aid it. I will provide two references from our Dharma, which characterizes correctly digesters and how to deal with them: <br /><br />Lord Sri Krishna has said in Srimad Bhagavad Gita, those who appropriate the benefits (phala) of Yagna (work/research/project) without properly acknowledging (propitiating) the respective devatas will be considered a thief; whatever he partakes entails sin (papa) from such efforts.<br /><br />I understand why Drona Archarya demanded the right hand thumb from Ekalavya. I wonder what censure modern digesters will have to face so they cannot benefit from what they steal without rightful attribution? IMHO, punishment meted out by Drona Archarya is exemplary and just. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-410272306057585767.post-11833522894606529872014-08-05T01:20:35.440-04:002014-08-05T01:20:35.440-04:00Well Written, docsubra! Meticulous work.Well Written, docsubra! Meticulous work.FCRAANALYSEShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06400807826717442198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-410272306057585767.post-64785481126901451092014-07-18T09:46:51.975-04:002014-07-18T09:46:51.975-04:00Digestion is not of the most dangerous, insidious ...Digestion is not of the most dangerous, insidious attacks on any unsuspecting civilization. The Russians were taken in by this when Christianity arrived there. Korea converted from pre-dominant Buddhism to Christianity in the space of 40 years. All Hindus must be made acutely aware of digestion and the unique features of Hinduism. <br /><br />Here is a link that shows what happened there. http://www.adorableland.com/pre-christian-origins-of-easter-the-cult-of-dazbog/<br /><br /> PS!https://www.blogger.com/profile/06350933972929305815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-410272306057585767.post-8699006838532724442014-03-26T00:51:13.023-04:002014-03-26T00:51:13.023-04:00Easy. Bcos my background and day job is in mathema...Easy. Bcos my background and day job is in mathematical sciences and engineering. :)HHG authorshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09635708332169190304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-410272306057585767.post-45285226136001534272014-03-25T22:11:48.233-04:002014-03-25T22:11:48.233-04:00That is very true. I hope someday we will be in a ...That is very true. I hope someday we will be in a position not flipping over for every 'kind word from a westerner'.<br />At this time any good word from an ordinary westerner gains Headlines whereas even the best statements from our best<br />leaders get ignored by the western media or the population in general. But it appears the damage is done and the next generation of Indians do not even understand what Hinduism is as they are growing up in an environment where everything western is right.<br />And missionary schools are playing a huge role in brainwashing the kids that everything Hindu is wrong. The very fact that parents send their kids to such school and not even complain a bit about religious enforcement in these missionary schools is very annoying. These missionary schools intentionally eliminate teaching native languages and no one complains. Parents feel proud that their kids are learning French, German etc. I guess at this rate it is a matter of two generations that Hinduism will be reduced to a small group of people in India and Abroad.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-410272306057585767.post-55104936676490658672014-03-25T20:40:48.284-04:002014-03-25T20:40:48.284-04:00I am surprised that someone as learned as you did ...I am surprised that someone as learned as you did not know who Huston Smith is. His book Religions of the World (formerly Religions of Man) is a popular introduction to world religions and is often prescribed in course syllabi.<br /><br />Huston Smith has taught at many universities. When he taught at Washington University in St. Louis in the 1950s, he purchased a house so that the Vedanta Society could have a dedicated building.Bahu of Bengalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02420173333233954045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-410272306057585767.post-33114029080595208642014-02-21T22:45:32.931-05:002014-02-21T22:45:32.931-05:00Even though I understand what Supersubra says I ag...Even though I understand what Supersubra says I agree with Integral Unity. Guru shows the path of moksha/enlightment based on the disciple's level of sadhana. It is also famously said "When the student is ready the master appears" to mean that to a true sadhaka a guru shall always shows the path based on where he currently is on the path of enlightenment. Buddha once held a stalk of grass and among thousands of his disciples gathered only few understand what that meant. The same Buddha remained silent when a cowherd asked him profound questions on life.<br /><br />Ramana Maharishi was an atma-gyani. He realized all that needs to be realized, he sat in samAdhi motionless in a corner of a temple when scorpions and other insects were biting him, to him he could see a guru or paramatma in anything and everything. One cannot compare to such great teachers and think that same path of realization and same type of teachers are applicable to oneself. A guru cuts the gyana clothe according to the level of his disciple. So it is not possible for oneself to have a guru that which Ramana Maharishi has considered as guru. In fact for an atma-gyani, he is the guru, he is the disciple and he that. The thus gone one.venugnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-410272306057585767.post-66284040316705315572014-02-21T20:42:00.325-05:002014-02-21T20:42:00.325-05:00very interesting comment by supersubra.
my perso...very interesting comment by supersubra. <br /><br />my personal pov re this point.<br />In Hinduism, I regard the guru as a coach, who is completely different from a prophet of desert religions. Most require human gurus, while some great atmas like Ramana find truth anywhere in the cosmos. The onus is still on the practitioner/devotee/bhakta to constantly meditate and strive (adhyatma-vidya) to reach higher levels of consciousness that allow him/her to infer deep truths from cosmic guidance. Merely sitting under the tree or sky and praying using senses even for 100 years is futile. Regardless of whether the Guru is human or not, dharmic systems follow a bottom-up approach, and not top-down like Abrahamic religions, where you just download some text, blindly believe, & memorize.HHG authorshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09635708332169190304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-410272306057585767.post-60322281821131425862014-02-21T19:42:25.052-05:002014-02-21T19:42:25.052-05:00The land which says "Entharo Mahanubavulu Ant...The land which says "Entharo Mahanubavulu Anthariki Vanthanamu" aka "Enlightened souls (in this land) are countless and my salutations to all. Guru need not be a person. Ramana Maharishi says The hillock Thiruvannamalai is his guru. Tamil Poet Vairamuthu's Lyrics "Vaanam enakkoru bodhi maram Naalum enakkoru sethi tharum" aka "Sky is my bodhi tree I get a new wisdom everyday" .supersubrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08151674095761567844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-410272306057585767.post-59393286127761205002014-01-09T19:04:35.851-05:002014-01-09T19:04:35.851-05:00Rajiv Malhotra has advice for Indian gurus as well...Rajiv Malhotra has advice for Indian gurus as well. It is called "Purva Paksha"Russel petershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15492526106185575583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-410272306057585767.post-78903670156684280652014-01-02T09:31:15.849-05:002014-01-02T09:31:15.849-05:00thanks for your kind words. It is not that every w...thanks for your kind words. It is not that every westerner is against Hinduism. However, it also not true that every Westerner who superficially praises Hinduism is serving dharma. HHG authorshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09635708332169190304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-410272306057585767.post-55498775449399472042014-01-01T23:03:07.394-05:002014-01-01T23:03:07.394-05:00very well said!very well said!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00757611339477752030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-410272306057585767.post-20292045236917092702014-01-01T22:59:34.185-05:002014-01-01T22:59:34.185-05:00very well written sir! As Rajivji mentioned, it sh...very well written sir! As Rajivji mentioned, it should be every one's, who are passionate to save dharma from "digestion", responsibility to do this 'purva paksha'. We need more people like you sir!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00757611339477752030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-410272306057585767.post-8287761051745996682013-12-24T12:39:11.459-05:002013-12-24T12:39:11.459-05:00You have hit upon an important point. Gurus, in ge...You have hit upon an important point. Gurus, in general, do not concern themselves with comparing and evaluating religions. Their work usually consists in showing a path to liberation for all who are genuinely seeking it. That implicitly makes a demand on such aspirants to transcend their previous religious conditioning. The job of differentiating between religions and evaluating them based on their unique characteristics and their respective merits should rightly have fallen to a class of intellectuals. Unfortunately, post-independence, due to Nehru's ideological conditioning from England, the influence of external "friends" like USSR etc., and the general global environment, Leftism invaded India and basically conquered it intellectually. Its primary target was Hinduism. As a result a Hindu intellectual class, which should have emerged from the Independence movement, essentially a Hindu struggle for emancipation, not only did not emerge, but what actually did come up was an anti-Hindu, anti-nationalistic enemy class that even today dominates India's intellectual world. Ram Swarup along with Sita Ram Goel were the stray lights in this field, who struggled tremendously against great odds in a steeply uphill battle. Rajiv Malhotra has initiated a new wave of this Hindu intellectual freedom struggle. Arun Shourie too fits in between the two somewhere. But what has to arise is a whole CLASS of HINDU INTELLECTUALS. Secondly their voice has to percolate down to the masses in order to reawaken them, organize them and mobilize them into a Hindu force. Until that happens Hindus will remain mental slaves to the general falsehood. Perhaps the emergence of the "Internet Hindu", whom anti-nationalists in the Indian media view with such disdain and trepidation, is the sign of the emergence of such a class and its ability to free Hindus from mental slavery. In fact, this very blog can be seen as a front-line standard-bearer in this war. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08694267977093631231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-410272306057585767.post-46800948353905992652013-12-23T23:17:53.907-05:002013-12-23T23:17:53.907-05:00Honestly the problem with Hindus is there is no pr...Honestly the problem with Hindus is there is no proper Guru to guide them. Before reading RM's book BD I too thought all religions are same.patnaikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05670985051893177511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-410272306057585767.post-1728974548495220992013-12-23T21:18:29.555-05:002013-12-23T21:18:29.555-05:00Thanks for a short & incisive review.Thanks for a short & incisive review.Karigarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05382763889918813247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-410272306057585767.post-17260608651541635032013-12-23T15:02:45.143-05:002013-12-23T15:02:45.143-05:00thanks for your feedback and comments. agree :(thanks for your feedback and comments. agree :(HHG authorshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09635708332169190304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-410272306057585767.post-22547377608460236862013-12-23T12:42:36.680-05:002013-12-23T12:42:36.680-05:00Very incisive piece. But there is another side to ...Very incisive piece. But there is another side to the issue. Even though there is a process of digestion at work no doubt, and there will always be u-turners, there are also those who take up yogic spiritual practices in all sincerity, like George Maehle. Giving up ones own religious trappings does not necessarily mean embracing the ones found in popular Hinduism. The goal is to help non-dharmics relieve themselves of their natal religious baggage. Unfortunately Hindus themselves need to shoulder a significant amount of the blame here since, in trying to play nice and upping the likability index, they end up pandering to non-Dharmic religions with fatuous claims like we want to make Christians better Christians and Muslims better Muslims. I was told these exact words by a leading member of an RSS-affiliated Vivekananda Yoga Center in Bangalore, at an RSS organized camp in USA.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08694267977093631231noreply@blogger.com