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| Mar 01, 2007 10:58 am |
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re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: Sanadhana Dharma Part III |
Gyro
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Hey GR – Here are my answers to your questions:
first of all, I do not accept any religion that puts its faith on a single person. The reason could be because How I view what religion is.
~ ISKON is not religion. It is an organisation with some purpose. Pl. don't quote ISKON as religion and say that you do not accept any religion that puts its faith on a single person. Hinduism does not believe in single god. It comprises different concepts (like Dvaitham and Advaitham) for obvious reasons. Your statement conveys entirely different meaning that you would have faith only in Hinduism that has several gods and several concepts and not any other religion that follows single god.
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My problem with relating to Krishna is what I know of him. I am just uncomfortable. I am not judging krishna here. All I am saying is I am unable to accept the theory of everything being Krishna as I am with everything is Jesus or Allah.
~ The moment the name of Krishna is spelled my mind immediately thinks of Gita and Wisdom. But you think of His leela with wrong interpretation of adultery to it. However, if you are uncomfortable with lord Krishna wide ranges of god are worshiped in Hinduism and you choose any one of them that best suits to you. No god theory is also acceptable in Hinduism when one meticulously follows his karma. (Karma here means action and not the result of sin or virtue done during previous births).
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IMO, the concept of vegetarianism came into existence only in those places where Jainism thrived. This was suited to what certain Hindu cults dealt with in their everyday life and therefore was added into Hinduism.
~ You can find the mention of Jainism in Srimad Bhagvatam. It follows the concept of advaidham. They too believe in idol worship. You go to any Jain temple and ask what god they are praying in the form of idol. They would say it is lord Krishna. So like Budhism, Jainism also have got core concepts from SD including vegetarianism that is quoted as satvic food in SD. (we have discussed about this in detail in part II).
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When the cow is venerable why the Horse was not? Horse sacrifice is one of the things that had happened in Ashwamedha yAgA was it not?
~ When the cow is venerable why the donkey was not? Because cow was considered as source of food for the reasons mentioned by me above. A single cell grows as Man or Woman only because of food. So cow was respectable.
Pl. read about aswametha yagam from the following link:
http://www.chinnajeeyar.org/Teleupanyasam/Sri-Ramayanam/Sri-Ramayana-9.html
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