Re: Young indians and sprituality
I used to tell some of the missionaries that tried their hardest to get me to convert to Christianity about how we believe only in science and that we don't put that much faith in religion. Many times science just seems so reasonable and logical but you're right even science doesn't have all the answers.
I'm totally in love with this new book that I read and i was just wondering if you've read it too....it's called "am I a Hindu?" and i've mentioned it before and I feel like a broken record but just wanted to know what you thought of it, if you did come across it. It's a cool book and not so much of a holy book but alot of it makes sense :). It's more of a comfort book when I feel lost. Anyway, it would be fun to discuss certain aspects of the book.
The book you are talking abt "I am a Hindu".....I bought a copy of it way back in 1996-97......I remember, I was in school and was visiting the book fair at the pragati maidan in Delhi. I did not know that book was popular or not. I was totally impressed by that book back then.....I remember parts of it about a ABCD asking his father questions abt Hinduism. As a teenager, I was pretty much impressed with the Tantra/Mantra chapter and wanted to learn abt tantric practises(hey what more do you expect from a super curious adoloscent teenager). One of my friends borrowed that book from me and never returned it. That was the only book I had ever cared to highlight the paras which I liked....Never thought even in my wildest dreams that I would be discussing that book twelve years later that too on a paki forum.......I am pretty sure, If I read the book again, I may have a different view abt it....I guess, that's were I got that Hinduism is more of a way of living than religion itself. As far as I can recall, that book had a chapter on evil practises(Sati system) of Hindusm too.Anyways, I loved the book, especially the author showed the Hindu practises in mordern light rather then preaching Hinduism. He also said that caste system made sense back in the days because ppl were charecterised by the work they do...I think that there might be answers to all my questions in Hinduism or Islam or Christanity....but the real thing is that if I am conviced with those answers or not.....On the other hand, I feel believing in science is a lot easier or I guess that's the way I was groomed to believe since childhood. During the early years of education you are taught religion and science seperately and you don't have the maturity to mix them, but once you learn to use you individual thinking both the concepts clash......For most, religion beats science and for some science beats religion.....and then of course there are ppl like us stuck in the middle.