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Few more thoughts on reincarnation * The living entity reincarnates in this material world because of his attachment to materialistic activities and desire to enjoy material life * material desires, activities and material enjoyment excludes God * God is merciful so He fulfills ones desires *...

Hare Krishna You wrote: a Buddhist strives for enlightenment and believes that an enlightened being is infinitely greater than any God. A christian believes that nothing is greater than god. How can these two be reconciled? There is an interesting reconciliation of this in Vedic thought *...

Hare Krishna About monotheism / dualism / polytheism. * According to the Vedic Wisdom there is one Supreme Personality of Godhead. * There are other gods as well but more specifically they are called demigods. * The demigods are living on the heavenly planets the place where only the very...

Hare Krishna Where science stops to work, there spiritual explanations can jump in. Although some may consider this to be what is called 'the God of a gap' the inability of the science to go above observation of matter is quite obvious. Many things science can explain very nicely e.g how...

Hare Krishna If you don't mind I would have some Vedic thoughts on this topic # there are the tenets of the scriptures the basis of ones faith # logic supporting and proving those tenets are beneficial # logic going against the scriptural conclusions are not beneficial # such logic is called...

Hare Krishna I would like to mention here the vision of the Vedic wisdom about this topic. But first of all because we see that spiritual fascism exists that doesn't mean that spiritual life is not good when practiced with proper mentality * Practicing spiritual life is the unique opportunity...

The Vedic scriptures describe three important things to be known by one who practice spirituality or spiritual life. * sambandha - this is knowledge about 1) soul; 2) the material world; and 3) God. * to understand the relationship between them also belongs to sambandha. * abidheya - this...

Hare Krishna. I have a small remark on your vision. If you like you can think about it. YOU WROTE: To claim to represent God's way above all other paths is not something that will sit will here. # Christians say: Jesus is the only way # Muslims say: Mohamed is the last prophet, we...

Hare Krishna S. Your thoughts are invisible, A. There is a say "the face is the mirror of the mind". There is an art of reading the face of people and thus understanding their thoughts, nature, and even the future. Experts can even make a diagnosis by looking at the face. ## there are 4...

Hare Krishna. Here are some further statements from the Vedas. YOU WROTE: Surely God does not establish religion - only Man does, and in this way, all religion is subject to the imperfection of Man. ** This would imply that in the past nobody attained perfection of love of God. ** REASON...

Hare Krishna. Everything OK? YOU WROTE: **** The only truly religious people are those that do enough religious stuff. That would include those that sell their homes and then work in poverty stricken countries. The rest of you are just kidding yourselves. **** Most of you are indeed, indulging...

Hare Krishna I hope you are well. Here are some further thoughts **sexual desire is natural and Allah has ordained the satisfaction of this desire through marriage. God knows us better than we know ourselves. He is our Creator. ## as far as I know Adam and Eva were not created lusty. Not...

Hare Krishna. I hope my remarks will not disturb you but to have a good start I want to say that miracles have nothing to do with spirituality. * especially when they don't have any connection with God or doesn't help spiritual advancement. * E.g. one becomes cured because of the prayer of...

Q. You said the absolutes above. What do you base these absolutes on? A. This one is not so difficult. * They Vedic wisdom direct the conditioned souls on gradual elevation from material entanglement up to love of God that includes liberation. * The Vedic scriptures are like the big boat on...

Because Here in Amsterdam is already 23hI will only reply on the first part of the letter, tomorrow the second. ** YOU WROTE: I think chanting is just one way of doing it....which might not be every-body's cup of tea. some people might prefer silent contemplation for example. i don't really...

I would like to comment on few things, but please don't take it as an offense. It's just a philosophical consideration of reality. ** YOU WROTE: you seem [to] imply that the only people who suffered did so because they failed to follow the "right religion" -- In India there are a group of...

** In Islam, sexual activity is a good thing as long as it is done with in it's prescribed framework. -- Ok, but you have to see if the following of those rules result in developing your love for Allah. If not then something is wrong. -- The idea is that one have to become gradually detached...

Thank you for your comments * because I am a Hare Krishna devotee I certainly heard only about Hare Krishnas, that no one of them died in tsunami * In my post i did not exclude other sincere religious people but only the so-called ones. * Here is an example from the Mahabharata. * a brahmana...

Here is an amazing explanation of a Buddhistic mantra OM MANI PADME HUM OM * is always found in the beginning of the Vedic mantras * it can refer to Brahman - the light aspect of God * it can refer to Vishnu, the Supreme Lord and * it can refer to Radha-Krishna the divine couple MANI *...

Principles for human life & spiritual advancement * the purpose of human life is to make spiritual advancement * one should learn to control ones senses * control of the senses begin with controlling the tongue * after that one can easily control the belly and genital * CONTROLLING THE...