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| TRIKAL |
Posted
on 30-Mar-03 12:03 AM
Practice right conduct, learning and teaching;
Be truthful always, learning and teaching;
Master the passions, learning and teaching;
Control the senses, learning and teaching;
Strive for peace always, learning and teaching;
Rouse kundalini, learning and teaching;
Serve humanity, learning and teaching;
Beget progeny, learning and teaching.
Satyavacha says: "Be truthful always."
Taponitya says: "Master the passions."
Naka declares: "Learning and teaching are
Necessary for spiritual progress."
-Taittiriya Upanishad
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| TRIKAL |
Posted
on 30-Mar-03 12:04 AM
The intense desire for God-realization is itself the way to it.
-Sri Anadamayi MM
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| TRIKAL |
Posted
on 30-Mar-03 12:05 AM
I adore myself.
How wonderful I am!
I can never die.
The whole world may perish,
From Brahma to a blade of grass,
But I am still here.
-Ashtavakra Gita 2:11
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| TRIKAL |
Posted
on 30-Mar-03 12:06 AM
Cultivate modesty in the midst of good fortune,
But in times of adversity preserve your dignity.
-Tirukkural 97:963
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| TRIKAL |
Posted
on 30-Mar-03 12:06 AM
Even when he is still,
The selfish man is busy.
Even when he is busy,
The selfless man is still.
-Ashtavakra Gita 18:29
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| TRIKAL |
Posted
on 30-Mar-03 12:07 AM
He has no staff nor tuft nor sacred thread.
He faces heat and cold, pleasure and pain,
Honor and dishonor with equal calm.
He is not affected by calumny,
Pride, jealousy, status, joy or sorrow,
Greed, anger, or infatuation,
Excitement, egoism, or other goads;
For [the illuminated man] knows he is neither body nor mind.
-Paramahamsa Upanishad
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| TRIKAL |
Posted
on 30-Mar-03 12:08 AM
Because of your faith, I shall tell you the most profound of secrets: obtaining both jnana and vijnana, you will be free from all evil.
This royal knowledge, this royal secret, is the greatest purifier. Righteous and imperishable, it is a joy to practice and can be directly experienced.
-Bhagavad Gita 9:1-2
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| Trikal |
Posted
on 30-Mar-03 12:56 PM
If a man inflicts sorrow on another in the morning,
Sorrow will come to him unbidden in the afternoon.
-Tirukkural 32:319
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| rajunpl |
Posted
on 31-Mar-03 01:03 AM
Yips ! Was knowledgeable
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| trikal |
Posted
on 31-Mar-03 09:58 AM
Thanks Rajuji,
* * * * * * * *
But a man without desires is a lion.
When the senses see him,
It is they who take flight!
They run away like elephants,
As quietly as they can.
As if they cannot escape,
They serve him like slaves.
-Ashtavakra Gita 18:46
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| maximum20 |
Posted
on 31-Mar-03 12:44 PM
Maybe I am dumb but this does not help me at all.
If you can help me out then please do so.
>>>ractice right conduct, learning and teaching;
Be truthful always, learning and teaching;
I wish i knew what "right conduct" was and what "being truthful" was.
What you wrote are certainly great words but, like I said, I have no idea how I can implement this in my life if I choose to.
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| Rusty |
Posted
on 31-Mar-03 01:03 PM
Ooom Shanti OOm Shaanti...
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| DHUMBASSE (DUMBASS) |
Posted
on 31-Mar-03 01:28 PM
GURU aaja diusai jhayaaaaaaap ho? hehe..
aru pani jawosh...Mantra pani ta rakhnu paryo ni..englishma matra ta ali rukho bho.. sattu phako marda ghatima adkeko jasto bho..pheri katti ka...
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| kewl |
Posted
on 31-Mar-03 04:04 PM
DHUMBASSE ,
Is it necessary to pass such a nonsense comment to Trikal ji..? Even if you are not hindu, learn to respect other relegion too..It wont do any harm..Ans yea try passing such comment to some muslim clerics..they'll declare jihad on u...
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| Trikal |
Posted
on 01-Apr-03 10:45 AM
From his divine power comes forth all this
Magical show of name and form, of you
And me, which casts the spell of pain and pleasure.
Only when we pierce through this magic veil
Do we see the One who appears as many.
-Shvetashvatara Upanishad
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| maximum20 |
Posted
on 01-Apr-03 02:49 PM
I guess it was stupidity on my part to assume that Trikal would help me understand those phrases.
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| prawin |
Posted
on 01-Apr-03 07:00 PM
but, of course.
there are too many wise men, and too many words they speak.
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| Trikal |
Posted
on 04-Apr-03 01:29 PM
No one who does good work will ever come to a bad end, either here or in the world to come.
When such people die, they go to other realms where the righteous live. They dwell there for countless years and then are reborn into a home which is pure and prosperous.
-Bhagavad Gita 6:40-42
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| Trikal |
Posted
on 04-Apr-03 01:29 PM
Self-control will place a man among the Gods,
While lack of it will lead him into deepest darkness.
-Tirukkural 13:121
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| Trikal |
Posted
on 04-Apr-03 01:31 PM
Remember the whole thing is just a play and the Lord has assigned you a part. Act your part well; there all your duty ends. He has designed the play and he enjoys it.
-Sai Baba
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| hajurko_juhai |
Posted
on 04-Apr-03 07:42 PM
good one...aaru pani jawas
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| Trikal |
Posted
on 05-Apr-03 10:12 AM
Dhumbassji,
Mantra rakhne ta ho..tara Sajha maa aaune sathi haru lai Sanskrit vandaa English maa nai bujhna sajilo hncha ki vanera...... Ani pheri, sanskrit ko Roman maa lekhda..artha ko anartha pani ta laagna sakcha.... ke kaso ?...I like your comment though....
Kewlji,
Thanks for your concern.....
Maximum,
I don't know, how can I explain it to you, here in writing....this is the simplest way. Sorry :(
Prawin,
You are right..!!!
Hajur ko juhai,
Thanks....
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Whatever befalls him,
He is always happy.
He wanders where he will.
And wherever he finds himself
When the sun sets,
There he lies down to rest.
He does not care if the body lives or dies.
He is so firmly set in his own being,
He rises above the round of birth and death.
-Ashtavakra Gita 18:85-86
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| Trikal |
Posted
on 06-Apr-03 07:20 AM
As a goldsmith fashions an old ornament into a new and more beautiful one, so the Self, having reached the end of the last life and dispelled all ignorance, makes for himself a new, more beautiful shape, like that of the devas or other celestial beings.
-Brihadaranyaka Upanishad
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| Trikal |
Posted
on 06-Apr-03 11:38 PM
Anger will never disappear so long as thoughts of resentment are cherished in the mind. Anger will disappear just as soon as thoughts of resentment are forgotten.
--Buddha
If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost. That is where they should be. Now put the foundation under them.
--Henry David Thoreau
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| Trikal |
Posted
on 06-Apr-03 11:40 PM
Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them at all
--Henry David Thoreau
Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn't learn a lot today, at least we learned a little, and if we didn't learn a little, at least we didn't get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn't die; so, let us all be thankful.
--Buddha
What we think, we become.
--Buddha
Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others. He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind.
--Buddha (B.C. 568-488)
An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast; a wild beast may wound your body, but an evil friend will wound your mind.
--Buddha
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| Trikal |
Posted
on 11-Apr-03 06:59 PM
The supreme Reality stands revealed in the consciousness of those who have conquered themselves. They live in peace, alike in cold and heat, pleasure and pain, praise and blame.
-Bhagavad Gita 6:7
There is nothing too difficult for a man who, before he acts,
Deliberates with chosen friends and reflects privately.
-Tirukkural 47:462
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| Trikal |
Posted
on 11-Apr-03 07:00 PM
Never upset your mind
With yes and no.
Be quiet.
You are awareness itself.
Live in the happiness
Of your own nature,
Which is happiness itself.
-Ashtavakra Gita 15:19
The milk of cows of any hue is white.
The sages say that wisdom is the milk
And the sacred scriptures are the cows.
-Amritabindu Upanishad
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| Trikal |
Posted
on 17-Apr-03 10:28 PM
The ego is like a stick dividing water in two. It creates the impression that you are one and I am another. When the ego vanishes you will realize that Brahman is your own inner consciousness.
-Ramakrishna Paramhamsha
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| Trikal |
Posted
on 19-Apr-03 10:23 PM
But there is no end to my divine attributes, Arjuna; these I have mentioned are only a few. Wherever you find strength, or beauty, or spiritual power, you may be sure that these have sprung from a spark of my essence.
-Bhagavad Gita 10:40-41
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What pleasure it is to human beings everywhere
When their children possess knowledge surpassing their own!
When a mother hears her son heralded a good and learned man,
Her joy exceeds that of his joyous birth.
-Tirukkural 7:68-69
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"The body does this, not I."
"My nature is purity."
With these thoughts,
Whatever he does,
He does nothing.
But he pretends not to know.
He finds freedom in this life,
But he acts like an ordinary man.
Yet he is not a fool.
Happy and bright,
He thrives in the world.
-Ashtavakra Gita 18:25-26
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| Trikal |
Posted
on 29-Apr-03 10:47 AM
Those whose spiritual awareness has been awakened never make a false move. They don't have to avoid evil. They are so replete with love that whatever they do is a good action. They are fully conscious that they are not the doer of their actions, but only servants of God.
-Ramakrishna
Those who follow the path of service, who have completely purified themselves and conquered their senses and self-will, see the Self in all creatures and are untouched by any activity they perform.
-Bhagavad Gita 5:7
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| Trikal |
Posted
on 08-May-03 10:47 AM
I am forever pure.
What do I care who knows,
What is known,
Or how it is known?
What do I care for knowledge?
What do I care what is,
Or what is not?
I am forever still.
What are joy or sorrow,
Distraction or concentration,
Understanding or delusion?
-Ashtavakra Gita 20:8-9
"That which makes the eye see but cannot be
Seen by the eye, that is the Self indeed.
This Self is not someone other than you."
-Kena Upanishad
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| KurLey |
Posted
on 08-May-03 01:48 PM
Dont do unto them that I dont want you to
If you ever do unto them what I dont want you to
You will be punished in hell
the wild birds with fiery beaks will take your eyes out
You will be thrown hot oil all over you skin
and many many more thnigs you will not like
So Dont do what I dont want you to
and do What I want you to
GOD of...............all the Religious Wisdom in Short.
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| thaag |
Posted
on 08-May-03 02:29 PM
Subtlest of the subtle, greatest of the great, the atma is hidden in the cave of the hearts of all beings. He who, free from all urges, beholds Him overcomes sorrow, seeing by the grace of the Creator, the Lord and His glory.
-Yajur Ved
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| kukur85 |
Posted
on 08-May-03 02:47 PM
It looks like TRikal has nothing better to do other than to preach............ Is there any temple where he/she lives?
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| Trikal |
Posted
on 08-May-03 05:19 PM
Thaag and kurley,
Good concept and ...absulute
Kukurji, (Kukur maa ji thapda kasto kasto laagne..he he )
It depends on your perception if above is preaching or sharing good thoughts with others.
I live in my house with temple and we also do "Satshang" sometime. If you wanna participate let me know.....
Trikal...
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| maximum20 |
Posted
on 08-May-03 06:49 PM
Here's (one of) my problem(s) with hinduism.
When I was little I was asked to respect the Gita because it was our "holy book" and i was also made to recite the verses that made no sense to me by people who said that would guarantee me an afterlife in swarga.
Years after that I read various translations of the Gita and have come to respect it a lot now that I actually understand the words. Here's one thing I understodd. Krishna explicitly tells Arjun that following the doctrines of the Vedas is futile. The main aim of the whole discourse is to make Arjun take his bow back and go out there and fight the war. To me, this implies that Krishna wants all of us go on with our everyday lives without actually worrying about the consequences of our actions. Now here's the problem: Why do people give up thier work and start praying day in and day out? How can inactivity get us anything? If Hindus claim to actually follow teachings of Krishna, why do they pray?
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| isolated freak |
Posted
on 08-May-03 06:59 PM
Trikal and others,
the Geeta that we recirte/read and are always willing to quote even when its absolutely unnecesary has some of the key verses missing. The one that is widely quoted "karman-de-wa dhikarasthe, ma faleshu kadachana" is wrong. Scholars now say that, this line itself has some missing particles and the verse/stanza is not what Krishna said or that was originally written.
I'll write more on this later, but thank's all for providing us with th jewels of Hindusim.
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| Trikal |
Posted
on 09-May-03 06:11 PM
Maximum,
Let's not talk about what is right and what is wrong in our religion. I am a true devote of my religion. That's why, I am not gonna discuss with you about this topic.... Sorry :)
If other friends want's to discuss about it...I don't have any problem.....
Isoleted Freakji,
I would like to hear more about "karman-de-wa dhikarasthe, ma faleshu kadachana" It seems interesting....
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God is really all-pervading, above the mind, without features, imperishable, and infinite. How can such a one be worshipped? That is why, out of compassion for his creatures, He takes the form of the guru. The guru is the supreme God enclosed in human skin. He walks the earth, concealed, bestowing grace on his disciples.
-Kularnava Tantra
There are ignorant people who speak flowery words and take delight in the letter of the law, saying there is nothing else. Their hearts are full of selfish desires, Arjuna. Their idea of heaven is their own enjoyment, and the aim of all their activities is pleasure and power. The fruit of their actions is continual rebirth. Those whose minds are swept away by the pursuit of pleasure and power are incapable of following the supreme goal and will not attain samadhi.
-Bhagavad Gita 2:42-44
In the hands of a benevolent man,
Wealth is like a medicinal tree whose healing gifts help all.
-Tirukkural 217
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| maximum20 |
Posted
on 10-May-03 09:53 AM
Trikal,
As much as your commitment to what you do appears to be exemplary, it is interesting that you decided to follow something without questioning it's righteousness.
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| Trikal |
Posted
on 10-May-03 12:30 PM
Maximumji,
Thanks for understanding my perception with respect. Some people just can't get this simple and deep concept. Seems like you are spiritually wise person.
I believe,
Only the man without doubt (in the God)
Sees without seeing,
speaks without speaking,
Knows without knowing,
AND
Lives without fear of death....
TRIKAL.......
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| Trikal |
Posted
on 20-May-03 07:59 PM
As a great fish swims between the banks of a river as it likes, so does the shining Self move between the states of dreaming and waking.
-Brihadaranyaka Upanishad
How can I accept or reject anything? Is there anything apart or distinct from Brahman? Now, finally and clearly, I know that I am the Atman, whose nature is eternal joy. I see nothing. I hear nothing. I know nothing that is separate from me.
-Sankara
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| Trikal |
Posted
on 20-May-03 08:00 PM
The demonic do things they should avoid and avoid the things that they should do. They have no sense of uprightness, purity, or truth.
"There is no God," they say, "no truth, no spiritual law, no moral order. The basis of life is sex; what else can it be?" Holding such distorted views, possessing scant discrimination, they become enemies of the world, causing suffering and destruction.
-Bhagavad Gita 16:7-9
Never say in weakness, "This task is too difficult,"
For perseverance will give the ability to accomplish it.
-Tirukkural 611
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| Trikal |
Posted
on 20-May-03 08:01 PM
He does not see the world.
So what does he care for joy or sorrow,
Bondage or liberation?
He is infinite and shining.
Before the awakening of understanding
The illusion of the world prevails.
But the master is free of passion.
He has no "I,"
He has no "mine,"
And he shines!
-Ashtavakra Gita 18:72-73
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| Trikal |
Posted
on 05-Jun-03 11:01 PM
Even a little effort toward spiritual awareness will protect you from the greatest fear.
Those who follow this path, resolving deep within themselves to seek Me alone, attain singleness of purpose. For those who lack resolution, the decisions of life are many-branched and endless.
-Bhagavad Gita 2:40-41
When the Self is known,
All illusions vanish.
The veil falls,
And you see clearly.
Your sorrows are dispelled.
For the Self is free
And lives forever.
Everything else is imagination,
Nothing more!
Because he understands this,
The master acts like a child.
-Ashtavakra Gita 18:6-7
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| KaleKrishna |
Posted
on 06-Jun-03 01:58 AM
Trikalji,
I was always curious what GOD is?
Some says this, other says that, your insight may help clear my materialisticaly hazed intelegence.
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| Trikal |
Posted
on 08-Jun-03 01:04 PM
What is yesterday,
Tomorrow,
Or today?
What is space,
Or eternity?
I sit in my own radiance.
What is the Self,
Or the not-Self?
What is thinking,
Or not thinking?
What is good or evil?
I sit in my own splendor.
*****
[The Master] is blessed.
He understands the nature of the Self.
His mind is no longer thirsty.
He is the same under all conditions,
Whatever he sees or hears,
Or smells or touches or tastes.
-Ashtavakra Gita 18:65
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| Trikal |
Posted
on 08-Jun-03 09:53 PM
Do all your duties, but keep your mind on God. Serve your wife, children, father, and mother, and treat them as if they are very dear to you, but know in your heart that they do not belong to you.
-Ramakrishna
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| Trikal |
Posted
on 08-Jun-03 09:54 PM
Those who live in accordance with these divine laws without complaining, firmly established in faith, are released from karma. Those who violate these laws, criticizing and complaining, are utterly deluded, and are the cause of their own suffering.
-Bhagavad Gita 3:31-32
Disparaging words pain a man even when uttered in jest.
Therefore, those who know human nature are courteous even to their enemies.
-Tirukkural 100:995
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| Trikal |
Posted
on 10-Jun-03 10:16 PM
"As rivers lose their private name and form
When they reach the sea, so that people speak
Of the sea alone, so all these sixteen
Forms disappear when the Self is realized.
Then there is no more name and form for us,
And we attain immortality."
-Prashna Upanishad
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| TRIKAL |
Posted
on 20-Jul-03 10:40 PM
Nachiketa learned from the kind of death
The whole discipline of meditation.
Freeing himself from all separateness,
He won immortality in Brahman.
So blessed is everyone who knows the Self!
OM shanti shanti shanti
-Katha Upanishad
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The Atman is the witness of the mind and its workings.
-Sankara
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As a caterpillar, having come to the end of one blade of grass, draws itself together and reaches out for the next, so the Self, having come to the end of one life and dispelled all ignorance, gathers in his faculties and reaches out from the old body to a new.
-Brihadaranyaka Upanishad
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"I am not this."
"I am He."
Give up such distinctions.
Know that everything is the Self.
Rid yourself of all purpose.
And be happy.
-Ashtavakra Gita
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| TRIKAL |
Posted
on 20-Jul-03 10:46 PM
The fool practices concentration
And control of the mind.
But the master is like a man asleep.
He rests in himself
And finds nothing more to do.
-Ashtavakra Gita
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The rituals and the sacrifices described
In the Vedas deal with lower knowledge.
The sages ignored these rituals
And went in search of higher knowledge. ...
Such rituals are unsafe rafts for crossing
The sea of samsara, of birth and death.
Doomed to shipwreck are those who try to cross
The sea of samsara on these poor rafts.
Ignorant of their own ignorance, yet wise
In their own esteem, these deluded men
Proud of their vain learning go round and round
Like the blind led by the blind.
-Mundaka Upanishad
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Feeble with age,
Still he is filled with desire,
When without doubt he knows
That lust is the enemy of awareness.
Indeed how strange!
-Ashtavakra Gita
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| prawin |
Posted
on 21-Jul-03 10:02 AM
o wise Hindus!
what sutra will enlighten the Hindu extremists in India and Nepal? the trident they raise in anger, and insist the king is God.
what shloka will deliver the shudras from their eons old suffering? their chains are crafted well with the words of very wise Hindus--where is their deliverence?
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| prawin |
Posted
on 21-Jul-03 10:05 AM
it always fascinates me to learn how an individual tries to "prove" the existence of God.
Trikalji-- do you want to share your thoughts?
[it would be nice if the proof is external to you, not something you 'feel' or 'see.' also, it would be nice if you could do that without quoting any other source, or saying that you don't need proof where you have absolute failth.]
thank you.
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