Guest guest Posted March 8, 2006 Report Share Posted March 8, 2006 CNji wrote: Just as it is not given to every citizen of a nation to be a member of the Government of the nation, it is not given to every people of the world to be a member of the Government of the Universe. It is given to the people of Vaidika Dharma alone. The Vedas belong to the whole universe, but the people of Bharata Varsha are its custodians. They shall be failing the gods by failing in their duty, they shall be failing their brothers and sisters of the world by failing in their duty, they shall be failing all the creatures of the world by failing in their duty. ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| Namaste CNji, If the white man's burden was thought to be heavy it is surely by that of the brown man or should I say that of the unicorn of the matrimonials 'the fair skinned Brahmin', exceeded. Atlasji step aside. There is in me a sneaking regard for the proponent of the unpopular position but your productions remind me of the dinosaur in more ways than one. The dino was so large you will recollect that it had to have two brains, one in its head and the other in its tail as the length between the two would lead to signal degrade and difficulties in locomotion. In short it would flounder. Your posts require two brains. Made shorter they would be more effective just as poetry creates its more intense effects by compression. I don't know who your models are but you need to review them. A thimblefull of Shankara can weigh as much as an anvil and his arguments move along briskly. Don't eat the soapbox. Best Wishes, Michael. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 9, 2006 Report Share Posted March 9, 2006 Namaste Michael Ji: >If the white man's burden was thought to be heavy >it is surely by that of the brown man or should I say >that of the unicorn of the matrimonials 'the fair skinned >Brahmin', exceeded. Could it also be that the so called white man's burden was a delusion caused by unending unawareness of the brown man’s appreciation for the ideal Brahmin? Warm regards, RR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 10, 2006 Report Share Posted March 10, 2006 Namaste Michael-ji and all; > "Those who, through no fault of their own, do > not know the Gospel of Christ or his Church, > but who neverthless seek God with a sincere heart, > and, moved by grace, try in their actions to do > his will as they know it through the dictates of > their conscience - those too may achieve eternal > salvation." > > I hold no brief for the Catholic Church and I > merely offer this in the belief that sound > judgment is preceded by sound information. Yes. I share this belief with you, and how on earth could it be ignored that another possibility in the realm of thirst and its quenching would be to follow consciousness in its seeking for the appropriate liquid, regardless of the one that is most easily available? A sailor shipwrecked in the middle of the ocean, even though surrounded by an unending body of water, still has to hope for rain or pursue distant shores where sweet water abounds if he wants to drink, otherwise, drinking the most easily available liquid for him would only represent his death by dehydration... My warmest regards to all... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 10, 2006 Report Share Posted March 10, 2006 advaitin, ombhurbhuva <ombhurbhuva wrote: > > > ||||||||||||||| > > Namaste All, > I had in '74 an extraordinary meeting with > the sage of Kanchi but that is another story. In this case > it has to be said that he was misinformed about > the salvation of those who pre-dated the incarnation > of Christ. The position is clear in the majority > Christian tradition Catholicism. > > "Those who, through no fault of their own, do > not know the Gospel of Christ or his Church, > but who neverthless seek God with a sincere heart, > and, moved by grace, try in their actions to do > his will as they know it through the dictates of > their conscience - those too may achieve eternal > salvation." > > I hold no brief for the Catholic Church and I > merely offer this in the belief that sound > judgment is preceded by sound information. Namaste Michaelji! In light of the above, I find it hard to understand how the Catholic Church has gone about for centuries (and continues to go about) converting people around the globe by force or enticement, causing the extinction of many cultures. Its record speaks for itself. My point is that there are no scriptural sanctions for many of the evils practised in the name of caste, but they happen nevertheless. I would also like to point out that varna and jaati (caste) are not the same. You may think that this difference is not material, but it is. Today no one follows varna dharma. Caste practices and casteist evils continue to persist. Neelakantan > > Now it is interesting that in a post on varna > very little was said about it as such only that > it was special to the Hindu. Why has no one but > myself and Dhyanasaraswati grasped the thorny > question of purity and pollution which is at > the centre of all the bother. I discern a > profound embarassment about the issue. Now I > was looking at a programme about slavery on > T.V. the other night and was surprised to learn > that there are more slaves now than there ever > has been in the history of humanity. One of > the hot spots for it is India where generations > get enslaved to pay off a small loan. Now this > is of course illegal and against the constitution > but they, the slaves themselves, believe that they > are slaves in their souls and they > find it impossible to walk away from. > How much does the caste system as it > actually works with its non-person status > applied to dalits actually facilitate such > a shameful state of affairs? > > Best Wishes, > Michael. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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