Recent content by Hersh3

Here is how I frame the situation of any minority: do they have security, unrestricted opportunity, and freedom of identity. In the West, or in any affluent liberal society matters get muddied. There is arguably more security and opportunity for a Sikh young lady in (say) Canada, than in...

Not clear what you’re trying to say, @ Not sure what your drift is. To some Jesus and God are one. Some relate Allah, others Shiva to God. Are we going to start denying other people their beliefs? How, then, do we support our own faith?

You’re wrong

Ek Omkaar! I worship the great sage Guru Nanak. Dear brother, in materialism, there is authorship and clamor for “first” and “original”. In India, we did not spill blood over authorship. The richas of the vedas do not have the names of composing rishis, the great temples donot have names of...

I don’t think so. This is just one of hundreds of threads.

There are no rituals in Advaita vedanta.

The guru of Shivaji, a famous Advaiti, sought the council and teachings of the tenth guru at Patna sahib.

Question: did the Guru meditate and enjoin meditation upon his followers? The brief answer to your question is— Yes. Just read Mandukya upnishad (7th of total 12 mantras). Here is a detailed answer … Brahm is that from which this created world arises (Ishopnishad) and into which it dissolves...

As a Hindu, I will completely agree

The definition of “ultimate reality” is “trikaal abadhitam”, that is beyond time and eternal. It is not exactly true that “the texts are themselves not clear about conception and identity of Brahm.” It is also not really true that there are material contradictions. I would agree that the...

I believe that you are right. To my thinking, while the Guru is great and revered, he is not worshiped so he will take your soul to heaven. That is what Christians and majority of Hindus believe. Advait believes that following the teachings of Vedanta— i.e., realizing the identity of Atma with...

Hmmm. Kindly allow me to clarify that in Advait the world is not “an artificial artifact”. By definition, Advait uses two central terms for anything that exists: “satya” and “mithya”. “Sat” in Sanskrit is “essence” or “existence”. “Satya” is “truth” or “reality”. When you ask what “really...

I have studied Advait, not vishisht advait. However, I do know that VishAdv (like Mahayan Buddhism) believes that one superior (vishisht) entity can help deliver other lesser beings to liberation. This is also what Christians and Muslims can be said to believe. Those who worship Krishna or...

Brahm is the reality/ existence from which the world arises and into which it dissolves. By definition, Brahm is outside of time “trikaal abadhitam”, space, experience, and reason. Our Atma is identical to brahm. Brahm is not to be worshiped (since it is us) but “realized”. How and why...