Guest guest Posted May 12, 2006 Report Share Posted May 12, 2006 Hello Das, List. another anecdote: an elderly devout christian approached the Shankaracharya and pleaded with him to be converted to a Hindu. The Shankaracharya looked at him long and hard,smiled and said: Why? You are a Hindu or you are not - its as simple as that. <*> valist/ <*> valist <*> Your Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 12, 2006 Report Share Posted May 12, 2006 Ranjiaiyer, I actually received your original message as you have intended. To me another way of expressing that is that one may call a tree an apple tree, but one "will KNOW a tree by its fruit". We know there are those who label themselves this and that, but that is not what makes them who they are. In the same vein, a person can call themselves a qualified astrologer and yet be unable to predict anything. A person can call him & herself a Guru, but not actually be able to show others the way. Here is a quote from Frank Zappa: "I am what I am. A cow does not make ham." I hope I can get away with writing that quote w/o any offence taken because I actually am a complete vegetarian myself! valist, "ranjiaiyer" <ranjiaiyer wrote: > > Das, List, > I apologise for my previous email -another anecdote - it did not come > out in the way my mother said it to us in tamil - inadequacies of the > english language or my own disingenousness - a la kaavya. > my sincere apologies.my attempt was to debunk all these labels we give > ourselves and screech from the temples, the minarets and the steeples > that we are the true hindus, christians, jews, muslims etc etc ad > nauseam. > <*> valist/ <*> valist <*> Your Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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