Re: What has Hinduism given to the world?
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To name a few Zero, decimal system and one of the richest medical science named Ayurveda...........
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OK...
From all the hindus posts I can safely say that;
Hidus gave one major thing to humankind......and that is;
Change and conform to the will of your masters and time ..............without principles, rules of religion, or morality; and you will still be re-incarnated into a poppy weed..a live plant. You will be lucky if you get re-incarnated as a monkey.
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Please stick to the topic. If you have concerns about multi-nicks, then refer to the Admin and there's absolutely no need to mock or insult anyone else's faith.
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........and Yoga, and the most computer-syntactic friendly language in the world--Sanskrit.
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The topic's about what Hinduism has given to the world and not what India and Pakistan have given to the world. Stick to the topic, please.
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Hinduism is so much more open and less judgemental. There is no insistence to follow one set of practices to the exclusion of every other path. There are teachings for all people at any stage of life, and you are encouraged to follow the path suited to your individual nature. Philosophy behind Hinduism is very sophisticated and makes a lot of sense. Another big factor is the art; the imagery of Hinduism is very enchanting to any person who has an artistic nature.
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1) Spiritual consciousness.
No other religion speaks anything about these. Realisation of the truth "Atma and Paramatma" and the chance that you can experience God when you are alive.
2) Bhakti:
I have never found any word equivalent to this in any other language. The nearest word is devotion, but still it is not bhakti. You can have devotion towards your job, master, but not Bhakti. It is a unique state of mind that you can experience only when you think like a Hindu. A non-hindu can never ever understand what "Bhakti" means.
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No other religion speaks anything about these. Realisation of the truth "Atma and Paramatma" and the chance that you can experience God when you are alive.
How many religions have you studied so far?????? Or you just wanna make a statement like any other?
You are highlighting spiritual aspects ONLY and trying to present them as a complete picture of Hinduism. What about other aspects?
I have never found any word equivalent to this in any other language. The nearest word is devotion, but still it is not bhakti. You can have devotion towards your job, master, but not Bhakti. It is a unique state of mind that you can experience only when you think like a Hindu. A non-hindu can never ever understand what "Bhakti" means.
O well, that is a pure exaggeration. I know what does Bhakti mean. It was a movement in pre-partition time.... remember that? or not :D
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I have studied Islam to a decent level and basics of christianity.
I am not trying to present the complete picture of Hinduism. I am highlighting the contributions which are unique to Hinduism and where other religions do not even talk about it.
Lahore, thats where you fall in a ditch. What you refer to is the fact that Historians attribute an era in the past when there were lot of religious enlightenment as a movement, and termed it as a Bhakti Movement. I am speaking of the true meaning of Bhakti. Not the movement. Bhakti is an emotion, a feeling something like Anger, Love, Hate etc. Bhakti is what a devotee has for a God. Every religion inspires different feelings and emotions in humans, like Compassion, Mercy, anger, fear etc. Bhakti is something exclusive to Hinduism.
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Hum lets see how open Hinduism is.
Children ‘buried alive’ to appease Gods
More than 100 children have been buried alive in India as part of a 400-year-old ritual to appease two female deities.
The ritual is practiced by a small group of Hindus in Tamil Nadu. It is observed every five to seven years, in the belief that villagers’ wishes will be granted by goddesses Muthukuzhi Mariamman and Kaliamman.
Sacred dog leaves intensive care with fanfare
A dog worshipped as the reincarnation of a Hindu saint has left an Indian animal hospital after recovering from kidney problems. Sai, a seven-year-old white Spitz, is believed to be Shirdi Saibaba, a saint who lived in the western state of Maharashtra around 100 years ago.
Man sucks blood of 207 goats and wants more
A man has sucked the blood of 207 goats sacrificed at a Hindu temple. Sisir Das, a practitioner of Hindu occult rituals, drank the goats’ blood at the Kali temple in Bengal’s Midnapore district over the past four days.
Indian villagers marry frogs hoping for rain
Indian villagers have married a pair of frogs in the hope the ceremony will bring them rain. They believe frogs are messengers from Indra, the rain god.
**Rain answers naked women ploughing over late monsoon **
Women who ploughed naked, dancing eunuchs and frog collectors have had their prayers answered by the start of monsoon in parched parts of northern India. The rains were late in many areas, prompting fears of deep drought as people turned to age-old rituals and superstitions, as well as mainstream religious ceremonies, to appease the Hindu rain god Indra.
20,000 children married off despite Indian law
Twenty thousand young children have been married off during a Hindu festival in northern India. The mass weddings in the states of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh come despite a government ban on the practice. They were part of the Akha Teej festival.
Though child marriages have long been held illegal in India, a large number of minors end up tied in matrimony by their parents for religious and social reasons each year.
Indian villagers marry off two donkeys
Drought-hit villagers in southern India have held a ceremonial wedding for two donkeys to appease the Hindu god of rain. Dressed up like a bride and groom, the donkeys were escorted to a temple in the village in Tamil Nadu state. A priest then chanted prayers and led the donkeys in a ritual ceremony to propitiate the rain god, Varuna.
Woman marries a statue
An Indian woman has married a statue. Reports say the 21-year-old convinced her father to buy the statue of Krishna when she saw it in a shop in Mathura. The woman named by Sify News as Premlata from Kadaura village then convinced her parents she wanted to marry it.
Man offers his chopped hand to deity
A man in southern India has chopped off his hand with an axe and offered it to a Hindu deity as penance. Narasimhaiah says he did it because he had used the hand to beat up his wife who left him three years ago with their three children. The 38-year-old landowner from Harivesandra in Karnataka claims the goddess came to him in a dream and asked him to do something to prove he was sorry
**Woman suspected of beheading 7-year-old in ‘Hindu ritual’ **
Indian police have arrested a woman suspected of beheading a seven-year-old boy in what her neighbours allege was a sacrifice to Hindu gods. Chinta Devi, 52, has been arrested on a murder charge after police recovered the body of the boy from bushes in a remote village in the state of Jharkhand.
**Man cuts off own tongue **
An Indian man cut off his own tongue as an offering to a Hindu god. Ramakanta Martha sliced his tongue off with a dagger before shocked worshippers at a temple in eastern India.
**Bollywood actresses refuse to endorse urine-based cosmetic **
Bollywood’s leading actresses are refusing to endorse a cosmetic made with cow’s urine. India’s Cow Protection Commission is launching a marketing campaign for its Gift of the Gods skin care product. Manufacturers claim it improves skin texture and reverses ageing. Five top actresses have refused to “test” it.
The commission is supported by the Hindu nationalist Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) organisation.
SOURCE: http://www.dalitstan.org/sol/bizz.htm
Hum, lets see …
Hinduism preaches, killing the female child…
**“Let a female child be born somewhere else; here, let a male child be born.” ** Ath.Ved.VI.2.3 ] cf. Peri ]
These verses were recited whenever an Aryan couple wished to have a child, and display considerable discrimination against women even in the Vedic age. Nor does the wonderful' treatment of women in Vedic religion end here. The holy’ and great' Vedas explicitly sanction the practice of female infanticide. Indeed, the real reason for this truly animal practice lies deep in the blood-stained verses of the Vedas. The following verse, from the sacred’ Vedas of the `noble’ faith of Hinduism, allows the practice, and takes it for granted as a normal practice in Vedic religion:
LATER BRAHMANIC FEMALE INFANTICIDE
POISONING, BURIAL AND SUFFOCATION OF INFANT GIRLS
BRIDE-BURNING
WIFE-BURNING
JAUHAR
WITCH-BURNING
SATI (WIDOW-BURNING)
**AMPUTATION OF WOMENS’ EARS AND NOSES **
HINDU WIVES PUBLICLY DEVOURED BY DOGS
ARYAN WIVES CHOPPED TO PIECES
SOURCE: http://www.geocities.com/realitywithbite/hindu.htm
Right. In the light of above information, we are really convinced that the Philosophy of Hinduism is really sofisticated :naraz:
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Lets see another time. What does Hinduism say about women? (this is from a Hindu site which has been awarded in the last days, as it says on its page itself)
From the Mahabharata
Anusasana Parva, Section XXXVIII
Translated by Sri Kisari Mohan Ganguli
The same text appears also in Sri Shiva Mahapurana
Uma Samhita Ch 24
Yudhishthira said: O best of Bharatas, I wish to hear thee
discourse on the disposition of women. Women are said to be the root of all evil. They are all regarded as exceedingly frail.
Thus addressed by him, the Apsara Panchachuda of sweet smiles consented to answer Narad’s question. She then addressed herself to mention what the true and eternal faults of women are!
Panchachuda said: Even if high born and endued with beauty and possessed of protectors, women wish to transgress the restraints assigned to them.This fault truly stains them, O Narada!
There is nothing else that is more sinful than women. Verily, women are the root of all faults. That is certainly known to thee, O Narada! Women, even when possessed of husbands having fame and wealth, of handsome features and completely obedient to them, are prepared to disregard them if they get the opportunity.
SOURCE: http://www.hinduism.co.za/women.htm#The%20Disposition%20of%20women
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Lahore, there were many cultural drawbacks in India and one of the thing is that women were not treated equal. It is improving every day and it is not related to Hinduism.
For that matter every culture on earth has discriminated against women. I would not like to rake up this issue now, as you know you have a lot of garbage to clean up in your back yard.
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It is 100% related. I have quoted everything from Hindu scriptural srources. Yet, I have not quoted Manu Samriti ......
Please do not make a false claim that it is NOT realated. It is and it is 100%....
Hum, we are not talking about any OTHER "culture". The topic is about Hinduism which is being put in light as a "religion" not as a "culture"
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Lahore,
You are looking at Hinduism and its texts as you look at Quran. For a muslims Quran is everything. It contains all the do’s and don’ts.
In the case of Hinduism, the notion is different. You have quoted the mahabharatha, which is a epic depicting the realities of Dwapara yuga. Ramayana and Mahabharatha are two great epics which show the human valour, courage, cunningness and frailities as it is. What quotes you refer to are the thoughts of individuals in the mahabharatha. You can either take it or leave it. Also, you seemed to have googled enough on Hinduism, I am sure that you know that for every word spoken against women, there are hundred words which speak of women as the manifestation of the Divine in the forms of Durga, Lakshmi and Saraswathi.
Female infanticide is a ill of a society. Unfortunately it happens and I do not deny it. But Hinduism has nothing to do with it… PERIOD.
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Let us restrict ourselves to Hinduism and its contributions. as I said, only in Hinduism you can see God when you are alive. That’s not possible anywhere else.
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Absolutely correct !!
My mistake is that I am trying to find clarity in Hindu scriptures as I find in Quran but total disappointment comes my way .............
What if I take it? Does it place me equal to who does not take it?
Besides, if these are mentioned in Mahabharta Epic, then it is mentioned with an intent to give people a choice to take or not to take it..... what difference does it make?
Let me put it another way: A court gives a verdict and says to the accused, you can take it or leave it, as it may suite you...... GREAT !!!! :D
What sense does it make?
VICTOR
When ever I put the phrase "Women in Hinduism" "Status of women in India" "Status of women in Hinduism" all I come across is these informational websites.
I don't know how can you make people have a choice between women to be altogether evil and altogether chast and pious at the same time. What a confusion buddy !!!! What a confusion !!!!
When we derive, infer or deduce anything from any reference from Hindu scripture, it is 100 % related to Hinduism. As I have mentioned Athra Veda and its quotes about female infanticide, I can see how deep rooted it is in Hinduism....
What are you trying to say? It is written in Athra Veda but it is not related to Hinduism?
I mean what sense does it make?
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Lahore, Every decision needs to be read in conjuction of the circumstances. For eg. killing a human is a crime in every religion. However, if the person being killed is a murderer or a rapist, then executing (killing) of that person is O.K. Don’t you think it is a contradiction.
Here Yudhistira’s saying is not God’s saying. If you read the entire mahabharatha, you will understand that Yudhistira was very upset because his mother Kunti hid the fact that Karna is her eldest son. Not knowing this Yudhistira and his brothers fought the kauravas and killed Karna. Now, Yudhistira was upset about this and hence he made those comments. You need to see the actual reason why he was so upset and made those comments.
Lahore, What is written in Atharvana Veda is related to Hinduism, and I do not deny it. However, your interpretation of atharvana veda is wrong. What atharvana Veda (Chap 6.11) tells is the Prayer you need to recite in order to get a son. It does not mean to kill a female. Atharvana veda is full of such verses which gives different verses needed to be recited if your particular wish is fulfilled.
I understand it is confusion for you as you look up to the texts as God’s code whereas, we have code written by humans i.e. Indian Penal Code. It is perfectly changeable.
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Lahori Logica, your quotations are not by Krishna, or ParaBrahma or any other God. You have quoted a woman of ill-repute, and Yudishthira, who is questioning Bhishma Pitamah (Lord Krishna tried to kill him in the war, but stopped).
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Yudhishthira said: O best of Bharatas, I wish to hear thee
discourse on the disposition of women. Women are said to be the root of all evil. They are all regarded as exceedingly frail.
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He is asking a question, not proclaiming anything.
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Thus addressed by him, the Apsara Panchachuda of sweet smiles consented to answer Narad’s question. She then addressed herself to mention what the true and eternal faults of women are!
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Just concentrate on the Apsara's name. And then concentraate on the last 5 letters. Then you know the origin of the most dirtiest expletives used in India and Pakistan. Pancha means 5. Now you can guess the meaning of her name. She was a woman of no shame.
So Lahore, her words are not to be taken as the views of women in the Mahabharat or Hinduism. In a film, if a villian utters a dialogue, it doesnt mean that that is what the director wants to tell his audience.
Yudishthira was a novice in matters of females. Thats why Bhishma Pitamah said "in this connection, I'll tell you so-and-so story...", and he quoted that conversation between that woman and the sage Narada.
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There is nothing else that is more sinful than women. Verily, women are the root of all faults. That is certainly known to thee, O Narada! Women, even when possessed of husbands having fame and wealth, of handsome features and completely obedient to them, are prepared to disregard them if they get the opportunity.
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Same thing. She was lady of bad reputation, and thus was misguiding the Sage Narada by saying "Oh, all females are ultimately like me".
Oh, and those verses from the Atharva Veda that you are ranting are chanted by priests if a couple wants a male child. If the couple may want any child, the solution is simple---dont chant it.
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^^^ Denial has no boundaries, Right !!!!
Have you read about the whole webpage I gave as a reference?
Just click at the reference dude....
" A man, aged thirty years, shall marry a maiden of twelve who pleases him, or a man of twenty-four a girl of eight years of age; if (the performance of) his duties would otherwise be impeded, he must marry sooner."
Manu.IX.94