Avinash

Why not give us a perfect place to live, and then if we voluntarily choose to love God we can go to another perfect place to love God as well?

Going from one perfect place to another may not be a reward.

Why not give us a perfect place to live, and then if we voluntarily choose to love God we can go to another perfect place to love God as well?

Going from one perfect place to another may not be a reward.

God wanted to make a perfect world, but then He met me. No matter how hard He tried, He could not correct me. I was completely incorrigible and stubborn. Then He gave up trying to make a perfect world.

God wanted to make a perfect world, but then He met me. No matter how hard He tried, He could not correct me. I was completely incorrigible and stubborn. Then He gave up trying to make a perfect world.

Let us imaagine what we would consider a perfect world. Then, we will think why the actual world is not like that.

Let us imaagine what we would consider a perfect world. Then, we will think why the actual world is not like that.

When we ask this quetion, we assume implicitly that a perfect world can exist. But I do not think so. Even if the world were far better than what it is now, then also we would consider it very bad. We know how the world is now. But we do not compare it with any other world

When we ask this quetion, we assume implicitly that a perfect world can exist. But I do not think so. Even if the world were far better than what it is now, then also we would consider it very bad. We know how the world is now. But we do not compare it with any other world

A question can be asked:

God being omnipotent can stop all kinds of evil in this world if He wants. Then why is their evil?

Well, if God tries to stop all kinds of evil, then there will not be any free will.

I have found that if you do not want to do something, then it is better to say it calmly but firmly rather than finding excuses. If you make excuses by telling some problems, then others will always try to give you some solution. Then you will have to make one excuse after another.

Moved to Sanskrit forum.

soaham grihItvA niyamam tapasvijanabhUsaNam

hitakAmah piturbhUyah sItAyA laxmaNasya ca (Ayodhyakand: 51.67)

so = therefore

aham = I

grhItvA = after adopting

niyamam = discipline

tapasvijanabhUsaNam = ornaments fit for sages

hitakAmah = desiring the welfare

pitur = of father

bhUyah = concurrence

sItAyA = of Sita

laxmaNasya = of Laxman

ca = and

jatAh krtvA gamisyAmi nyagrodhaxIramAnaya

tatxIram rAjaputrAya guhah xiprabhupAharat (Ayodhyakand: 51.68)

jatAh = matted hair

krtvA = after making

gamisyAmi = will go

niagra = ahead

udhaxIram = milk like exudation of a tree

Anaya = bring

tat = that

xIram = milk like food

rAjputrAya = for the Prince

guhah = Guha

xipram = milk like exudation

upAharat = brought

After adopting the discipline that serves as ornament for sages, for the welfare of My father, with the concurrence of Sita and Laxman, and making matted hair, I will go ahead. Bring the milk like exudation of tree for me. Guha brought that exudation for the Prince.

Posted by Karthik_v:

Can some body kindly transliterate the following verses from Valmiki Ramayana?

Aranya kanda: 7:15-22 & 43:11-18

Kishkinda kanda: 17:36-40

Ayodhya kanda: 51:67-68, 84:10, 103:29-30

Could you kindly also provide a word by word translation? I am having my copy of Gita press Ramayana with me now, so any help is appreciated.

Did you get this in a mail forwarded by somebody to you?

Translation of 51.67, 51.68:

After adopting the discipline that serves as ornament for sages, for the welfare of My father, with the concurrence of Sita and Laxman, and making matted hair, I will go ahead. Bring the milk like exudation of tree for me. Guha brought that exudation for the Prince.

[This message has been edited by Avinash (edited 04-17-2002).]

soaham grihItvA niyamam tapasvijanabhUsaNam

hitakAmah piturbhUyah sItAyA laxmaNasya ca (Ayodhyakand: 51.67)

so = therefore

aham = I

grhItvA = after adopting

niyamam = discipline

tapasvijanabhUsaNam = ornaments fit for sages

hitakAmah = desiring the welfare

pitur = of father

bhUyah = concurrence

sItAyA = of Sita

laxmaNasya = of Laxman

ca = and

jatAh krtvA gamisyAmi nyagrodhaxIramAnaya

tatxIram rAjaputrAya guhah xiprabhupAharat (Ayodhyakand: 51.68)

jatAh = matted hair

krtvA = after making

gamisyAmi = will go

niagra = ahead

udhaxIram = milk like exudation of a tree

Anaya = bring

tat = that

xIram = milk like food

rAjputrAya = for the Prince

guhah = Guha

xipram = milk like exudation

upAharat = brought

[This message has been edited by Avinash (edited 04-17-2002).]

Dear Sirona ji,

I do not think that it will be possible for you to do meditation properly in that group if you do not like people in the group. So, it is better to do it alone or join another group.

You can call me a sentimentalist, if you wish.

There is nothing wrong in having sentiments. Those who have no sentiments are robots and not human beings.

Those who are vegetarians can be classified into three groups.

1: Those who do not eat non-veg because they believe that it will affect their health.

2: Those who like the taste of veg more.

3: Those who are vegetarians for religious reasons.

If a person does not like to eat non-veg, then we should not force them. But, I especially hate those who force the people belonging to group 3. If, for some reason, they eat non-veg, then they will always hate themselves. They will think that they have committed some sin. Let me cite one incident related to this.

A few months back, there was a celebration in the firm where I work. After party was over, we were given packets because too much of food had been ordered. Each packet had the name of the employee to whom it belonged. Special care was taken to make sure that no non-veg is put in the packet of anybody who is a vegetarian. There is one girl who does not take non-veg. As she told me once, nobody in her family ever took non-veg. She left her packet on her table and went somewhere. One person came there and put some non-veg in her packet. He did it just for fun. When I asked himwhy he did that, he asked me what was wrong in eating non-veg. I replied, "It is not important whether you consider it good or bad. It is important what she considers. If it were your packet, then your choice would get importance not hers." I felt that if by mistake she ate any non-veg and after eating came to know that it was non-veg, then it would affect her very badly and she would always think that she committed a sin. (There are some non-veg foods which are dry foods and do not look from outside that they are non-veg. At least not at all to a person who is vegetarian. The non-veg that he had put in her packet was something like this.) But at the same time I did not want to cause any fight between her and him. Then I got one solution. I removed the label (that contained my name) from my packet. Put the label of her packet on my packet. I put my packet on her table. Since I am a vegetarian I could not take her packet. I gave her packet to one office boy who eats non-veg. I told those who saw me doing all this not to tell anything to her. That solved the problem.

Gautama buddha,saw his philosophy as an appendage to vedic dharma,not as a seperate religion.

Then, why did he oppose vedic rituals? Also, I think that Mahayana philosophy is very much different from what Buddha taught.

Or,

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One more think. You will hear many times that the people in a firm are like the members of a family. Let me tell you very frankly that it is a big lie.

The problem is that sometimes we think too much about what others feel even if others just don't care how you feel. Once, this problem was with me too. I am project manager in a software firm. From time to time, we have to go out on picnics, parties etc. By nature, I am not party goer. This is not to say that I do not like those who are pary goers. It is just one's choice. Earlier I used to go with others even when I was not in the mood, just because I did not want to hurt others. But I found that it was wrong option. A few times it happened that it was really not possible for me to go. The reason was not that I was not feeling like going. The reason was that for some problems in my family, I had to be at home. When I mentioned this, then many started telling me how I could solve the problem even after coming with them. Though I am sure that even they knew that they were wrong. Anyway, I did not go. First few times I got criticisms. But now, people respect my choice. In the parties, when others used to drink I did not. There were a few others also who did not drink. Here also, initially some people made fun of me. The problem is that when others start making fun of a person because he is not drinking, then he really starts thinking that he is doing something stupid. Don't think like that. Don't do something just because others are doing it. I have never taken any alcoholic drink even once in my life though I have been with people who take these many times. Once I was asked why I do not drink. I asked that person back, "Why do you think I should drink?". He replied, "I do not find anything wrong in drinking.". My response was, "I do not find anything wrong in not drinking." There was no further question.

Dear mmaranr,

Since most of members on this forum are Hindus, you will get the answers based on what is written in the scriptures of Hinduism. It is definitely possible to answer your questions based on the scriptures of this religion, but you should not question the scriptures themselves. I am not trying to say that questioning is bad. It is just that if you question the scriptures, then the discussion will not be conclusive.

You have also written that equal time should be allowed to study religious books and science. But, I am sure that many parents do that. It is not that the parents who are religious teach their children not to read science.