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The Hindu Pantheon is MUCH cooler than any other in modern religion...
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Xiporah
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Your virgin daughter just openly admitted a lesbian relationship with a dalit meat eater. WHAT DO YOU DO?
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| Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2008 12:09 pm Post subject: |
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| Xiporah wrote: | | Your virgin daughter just openly admitted a lesbian relationship with a dalit meat eater. WHAT DO YOU DO? |
depends.. are both my daughter and the meat dealer hot?
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It is the religion a child would think up with its garish temples and superhero-style gods.
\ouch!
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Krishna is a flamer.
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helloween_metal
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i was raised in hindu culture.  i use to play in temples of hindu godesses as a child it was fun lolz by the way currently ganpati festival is going on here at my place where people bring idols of half elephant and half human god and after 10 day they throw it in lake or sea.
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Aupmanyav
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Sorry for giving you so many bad links, I would have corrected it, but my internet connection conked out and it was night (I could have continued but had to close for not disturbing other people in the house).
We have all kinds of Gods and Goddesses that one can think of. Starting from the Thousand-faced and thousand-handed Vishva-roopa of Krishna to six faced Shanmugham to five or four face Shiva or Brahma to the three faced Trimurti to twelve handed Kali to four handed Saraswati or Lakshmi. All enhancements to indicate their Godliness, of being more than humans. But then, we have the undefined linga representing the cosmic force or some temples without any idols. Then there is the Nataraja and Kali dancing on Shiva. It is just a way to visualize the immense complexities of our universe. It is representational like a Goya or a Picasso painting.
Gods with serpents or riding all kinds of animals (I do not think we left any), tigers, lions, bulls, horses, goats, crows, owls, swans, even mouse (the mouse of Ganesha in mythology is Mushakasur, a demon who was troubling Gods and humans; so Ganesha subdued him and gave him the form of a mouse and chose him as his vehicle).
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Aupmanyav
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| A_Atheist_named_Christian wrote: | | He was like "Fuck you caste system, and your reincarnation too." |
Buddha kept reincarnation. Are not Dalai Lamas reincarnated. Are there not the Bodhisattvas before anybody becomes a Buddha. There are two systems, 'Varna' and 'Caste'. There are as you know four varnas, brahmins, warriors, traders, and others. Varna depended on a person's capabilities and ionclination. People could cross over from one to another, up or down. Caste is a grouping based on origins (Kamboja from Kabul), language (Maharashtrian Brahmin), professions (Oiler, goldsmith, ironsmith), beliefs (SriVaishnava, Madhva), traditions (malamasa, bhanumasa, following a solar or a lunar calender), etc. In India, various people fused and not merged. They kept their indentity intact for many millenia. There is a lot of autonomicity in the caste system which people generally disregard.
Nothing is always good enough. Everything can be improved. Buddha was not the first (there were six Buddha's before him) and Buddha was not the last (Gandhi and Maharshi Rama are the latest). What does not improve is finally discarded.
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Aupmanyav
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| Wickedtruth wrote: | | Any folks know the bhagavata? |
Bhagavata (Vaishnava), Bhagawan, Lord Vishnu with his nine main avataras, that of Fish, Tortoise, Boar, Dwarf, Man-lion, Parashurama, Rama, Krishna, and Buddha; tenth Kalki to come 327,000 years later at the end of this age. The devotees of Shiva (Shaivas), those of Mother Godess (Shaktas), and the Vedics (Smartas), will respect these too but may have different views. Everyone is entitled to his own 'Mata' (Opinion). It is democratic religiousness which even includes atheism; no fetters, no compulsion, to worship a particular God or follow a particular book.
I am an atheist. I consider Rama, Krishna, and others to be mythological role-models and not Gods. That does not make me any less hindu.
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Aupmanyav
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| Xiporah wrote: | | Your virgin daughter just openly admitted a lesbian relationship with a dalit meat eater. WHAT DO YOU DO? |
I am myself a meat-eater brahmin (Kashmiri). We may have the largest reportoire of non-vegetarian dishes. Is the relationship experimental? In that case I marry her off to a nice Kashmiri brahmin boy. If it is more than that, she must go on her own. This relationship is not accepted by the hindu society, it is not even lawful in India.
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Aupmanyav
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| rickyroma wrote: | | It is the religion a child would think up with its garish temples and superhero-style gods. \ouch! |
Yes, it is for the child as well as an Einstein. Discuss with me Brahman and Dark Matter, chaos and probability. Much better than the Abrahamic Gods and their books. A society contains all types of people. Hinduism suits all.
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| Chubz wrote: | | Krishna is a flamer. |
Didn't get it (English not native language). | GodCalledInSickToday wrote: | | HAHA "lovable form" while she's killing a dude. |
Kali (Beyond Kala, time) was created by the three majors, Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva, by pooling their powers. A Goddess has to protect her devotees and destroy their enemies. That is exactly what She is doing.
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| helloween_metal wrote: | | i was raised in hindu culture. i use to play in temples of hindu godesses as a child it was fun lolz by the way currently ganpati festival is going on here at my place where people bring idols of half elephant and half human god and after 10 day they throw it in lake or sea. |
Annual visitation. Ganesha as a lovable child or protector, Parvati (Gauri) as the daughter of the house, even a pious demon king, Mahabali, in Kerala, to see the prosperity of people once ruled by him. They are celebrating 'Onam' in his honor these days and will have the long-boat race with 100 rowers. Aranmula Boat Race
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A_Atheist_named_Christian
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| Aupmanyav wrote: | | Buddha kept reincarnation. |
I know that.
What I mean by "fuck reincarnation" is that he found a way out of it. Nirvana. |
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