Happy Mitrotsavam 2008

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Dear Advaitins,

 

Mitrotsavam i.e. winter solstice i.e. not X'mas

These two very readable (and not very long) articles are good eye openers for how Christism stole from every possible tradition before they snuffed the tradition out.

as noted, the X'mas had nothing to do with the birth of godman, rather, it was a celebration of the sun god in older nature venerating traditions http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/saturdayextra/story.html?id=4d1d82ef-11eb-4ec7-b6ca-746df0288e9b

http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/columnists/story.html?id=117c6f1e-5792-43b0-8ba2-580c218eb2d7

Interestingly the Easter is a take off on a Germanic festival for the goddess of fertility at the springtime equinox. makes complete sense of course - spring being the season when life would burst forth after an icy germanic winter.

 

With Love & OM!

 

Krishna Prasad

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free life never makes a strong and good person. Have a toughbut winning day ahead! Be strong enough to accept thechallenges of life. Do not ask life, 'Why me?' instead say,'Try me'. "

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" Krishna Prasad " <rkrishp99 wrote:

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> *Mitrotsavam i.e. winter solstice i.e. not X'mas

 

Advaitic riddle for proud human beings:

I wonder why people call it the winter solstice... I was born in

Argentina and it is called summer solstice.

Now then, from the Sun's point of view, how do you call it?

 

Merry whatever!

 

Yours in Bhagavan,

Mouna

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Dear Mouna,

 

How right you are!

 

In the middle ages in Europe, Copernicus developed his theory of

heliocentrism (though not the first to do so) which led the western world to

appreciate that the sun does not revolve around the earth as its centre.

Even though we seem to have grasped and accepted this fact at the physical

level, at the psychological and 'spiritual' level humanity at large still

appears to hold onto the belief that the 'sun of truth' revolves around 'me'

and/or 'my guru' and/or 'my tradition'.

 

Merry 'whatever' and - in the spirit of Sri Ramana - 'who-ever' to you!

 

Peter

 

 

 

 

 

advaitin [advaitin ] On Behalf

Of Mouna

24 December 2008 18:18

advaitin

Re: Happy Mitrotsavam 2008

 

 

Advaitic riddle for proud human beings:

I wonder why people call it the winter solstice... I was born in Argentina

and it is called summer solstice.

Now then, from the Sun's point of view, how do you call it?

 

Merry whatever!

 

Yours in Bhagavan,

Mouna

 

 

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