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Aupmanyav replied to the thread One God, Many Paths.Since the poet has already denied Gods, 'He' should be understood as 'What exists' (something like Brahman which is not God, but the... -
Aupmanyav replied to the thread totally new.Welcome to the forum.
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Aupmanyav replied to the thread Encounters with different beliefs when you were a kid.When I was a kid or teenager, beliefs were not of much concern. The earliest I remember is being slapped by a Muslim when I threw color...
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Aupmanyav replied to the thread One God, Many Paths.The "Creation" hymn of RigVeda denied prior-existence of Gods in clear-cut terms 3,000 years ago: "The Gods are later than this world's...
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Aupmanyav replied to the thread One God, Many Paths.I do not make any apology. What is there is there. If it is complicated, it is complicated. RigVeda is a herder's book of prayers, no...
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Aupmanyav replied to the thread One God, Many Paths.Shakta and Vaishnava (Pancaratra) LHPs. Merging with the deity is more of a Shaiva tradition. Hindu tantra is very complicated with all...
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Aupmanyav replied to the thread One God, Many Paths.The problem with Eastern LHP is that there are many and not just one, so any generalization is incorrect. You can have one of your own.
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Aupmanyav replied to the thread One God, Many Paths.We (my wife and myself) many a times see videos of Iran nomads. The general impression I get is that Allah accepts prayers for...
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Aupmanyav replied to the thread One God, Many Paths.Most probably the 'Maithili' of his time, his mother tongue. I do not know whether he knew Sanskrit or not. I think in Hindi and English. :)
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Aupmanyav replied to the thread One God, Many Paths.Buddha was not from Magadha. Of course, he meditated at many places and visited many places after his enlightenment. The region where he...
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Aupmanyav replied to the thread One God, Many Paths.Take out kernels, discard the fluff.
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Aupmanyav replied to the thread One God, Many Paths.Buddha is one of my two gurus. That is why, more than Suttas, I have tried to get into Buddha's mind.
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Aupmanyav replied to the thread One God, Many Paths.Yeah, and the Suttas will then contain not just what Buddha taught, but also the beliefs of the scholars who committed them to writing.
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Aupmanyav replied to the thread One God, Many Paths.84 BCE and 74 CE is very late, taking Buddha to have lived in 6th or 5th BCE. If they are in Sanskrit, then they sure belonged to a...
