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and still they all are hindus and live peacefully. it should bother none.

not at all. hinduism is tehmother of many sects. some jajor children of hinduism are: buddhism jainism sikhism swaminarayan is a vaishnav sect. these and many new possible in futture can be seen as rivulates from a big river like ganga.

<< .. but never converted because I was told that because I was not Indian or of Indian descent that I could not be Hindu. >> some one misled you. just is the sun, moon and the sky is for every one, god and the processess to realize god given in the vedic literature are for every one, no monopoly. any human being is free to practie hinduism according to his interet and seriousness. there is no formal conversion needed, but you can have it if you want it. then you need a guru. << Also,there is the issue of caste.I know that it goes hand in hand with Hinduism,but is is based solely on skin color?(I am African American,so this is quite important for me to know) >> caste has nothing to do with skin color or race. it is based upon your qualities and your acion/way of living chosen. any aste is as good as any other, each has its importance and each is eligible to realize god. read gita. here is a link: http://www.asitis.com

<< Dualism is having opposites right? If there is Love there is Hate and so forth.. Male - Female, Happy -Sad.. Now if there is this dualistic existance does this mean you cannot have one without the other? >> no. << I visualize emotions such as love and hate to exist like a scale. Every being is comprised of a complex system of scales. For example one side holds love and the other side holds hate. Now the scale represents potential it's up to the individual to choose where to tip the scale. So a person who loves, the love side of the scale is weighed down and the hate side is lifted. The person has the potential to hate but does not. >> to love or not love (hate) is something a human being can control. arjun loved bhisjma and drona, but killed them without hating them. << But I then think on a different scale.. Is dualism always a balance of existance? Say for example.. For every being that is happy a sad one must exist? For every being in bliss there is one in pain? For every one who is responsible there is one who is not. >> no. when you live sin-free, then that does not causue some other to live sin-fully. if you get rich in an honest way, others also will get rich in a free society. << This idea disturbs me because I then feel like that I'm causing suffering becuase of my good health. That whenever I tell the truth I cause another to lie. This makes for a miserable existence and I try not to believe in it.. But I do think about it from time to time. >> that fear has no basis. relax and enjoy.

<< hinduism is not one religion. hinduism is a culture with many belives and religons. >> this convolution of the truth. what you want to say is: hinduism provides all possible paths to god. one can pick any path one thinks suits him/her well. hinduism says that no one has monoploy on god or haven. god is for evryone. choose a path, any path given in the vedic literatuer, and you are a hindu. there is no eternal hell either. nor there is devil personality as a permanent enemy of god or mankind. else not.

<< You know how Christians have their Jesus, What do hindus have.>> one god with many names and many devatas. tiny brains of anti-hindus cannot understand this.

<< Hinduism has it's border, and even the myths doesn't go out of the border, which is Himalayan Mountain. Or does it?>> no. take some time to understandhinduism. have a guru.

<< Firsty your idea of religion is very sectarian,>> and you miss the matter of fact. << God is not muslim , hindu, christian, He is one. >> true. only the hindus know it. xians and muslims do not. << Do you think that God can be branded as "muslim GodHindu God" , no I dont think so, He does not come under any mundane designation.>> has any muslim or . agreed to you on this point? if not why preach to teh quire? << Therefore your opinions are dividing and causing fighting.>> you failed to preach to muslims and xians. that is the problem. prech them successfully, and the world will be more peaceful. << The so called differences in religion are due to time place and circumstance. >> sure, but why we hindu should be under the swords of of theinvader islamists in our own country? << The point is to learn to love God. >> islam loves allah, and allahm even mahammed had army to force conversion and killings. gita/krishna does not force any one. can you see the difference? << Therefore if someone from the hindu faith wants to marry a muslim this is not a major issue.>> provided the girl accepts hinduism. else the there is no wisdom in such decision. << However the point about cow killing I think is important, as in hinduism, eating cows is considered very sinful. This is something that I agree with and should not be compromised. >> hinduism has nothing to compormise. but krishna gives freedom as to how much you want to be serious about. islam does not give that freedom. nor .. get the point? think, which ideology makes problems to plece loving hidus? go to some islam forum and tell krishna is same as allah or jesus. then tell us what experiecn you get there. never preach the quire.

no. sometimes, the meaning of the names signify the character of the person. in kali yuga name meanings do not match characters. now dhanraj could be a begger dahyabhai could be a mad man swami could be a crook etc.

check this link: http://www.bhajans.org/

eye sees space only, stationarly or mioving things in space. if somethign is moving very slow, eye cannot see the movement in short time. of something is moving very fast thenalso teh eye may not be abel to see it sometimes in some situations. space has the dimension of length. do not confuse dimension with directions. in space there are infinite directions from a point in space. a reference coordinate syse in space coudl be (x,y,z) orthogonal, or spherical (r, theta, phi), or cylindrical (r, theta, h). one can use any of many convenient coordiante system. but each need only three parameters. therefore space has three, no more dimensions. a fly can see in several hindred directions in space. << What is then this talk about seeing in 4th and 5th dimention in the hindu belife? Is it about seeing or feeling? >> i have not seen it in gita or some other scriptures. if some one who talks it is not talking nonsense, then only he/she can tell what he/she is talking about. an advanced yogi can acquire knowledge of thigns/events we ordinarily cannot. so some one might be talkig about these siddhis as dimensions. hope it helps.

<< Do the puranas really speak of a hollow earth? >> no.

if there is any web site link that describes what are the dravidian scriptures and what the scriptures contain, then please share. thanks.

There is whole jyotish shastra about it. as long as one is slave of the senses and not surrenderd to god, the effects will be there. more you control the senses, and more you are surrendered to krishna, less effcet the plants will have. Astrology predictiions about character of a person or events in life based on birth date and place are statistical, true for many people, but not all. Expert astrologers are not many. Hope it helps.

<< odd enough? anyone can reach heaven instantly by love and therefore getting rid of karma instantly if one really believes. how? by trusting love and really loving. when human loves, nothing can harm him. >> buddha did no hate any one. still his bamian statue was shot at by missiles. what would these barbrians would ahe doene to hom or dalai lama if he were there? are you able to teach love to these barbarians? the reason they do it becaue they love allah, not krishna. they hate krishna. any solution can you offer? talking about love to vaishnavas here is preaching the quire.

what is U. G.? i have no intention to fabricate something my own and delude poeple. i have less time for debates, oerticualrly when some come here to defame hinduism or confuse hindus. so, i tell it shortly what krishna has said in gita and what I have understood from my guru. prabhupoada had no time for long debates. so to avoid it he would say, 'they are rascals." e.g. he said: "just ask one if krishna is god, if he /she says no, then he/she is a rascal." i do not intend to offend the vedic poeple. and if anti-vedic people get offended, then it does not matter but i do not intend to offend them too. so relax, and if you understand my pint, then passit on to others. else forget it and enjoy life in your own way.

it is not a bhajan (devitional song). it is politically motivated song made by gandhi to delude hindus to accept anti-hindu muslims in india. one of its liine says: isvara allah terAanAma sabako sanmati de bhagvaAna. (isvar and allah are your name , O God! Please give this good understanding to all, O God.) All else other than this line is good in the song. But because of the above line, i do not encourage any one to sing that song. there are many other bhajans by great saints that would satify your need for devotion to god.

<< The thought of surrender comes only when u hv problem - Is it right? >> no. it is just a turinig point to god. if you do not turn, then you will meet a problem again. another way to turn to god is jsut follow gita and or a saint/aacharya. surrender means you do everything in accordance with krishna's instructions. surrender means you live for krishna only, and for his devotees. many HK's have surrendered very well.

<< Why is female infantoecide an epidemic in India amongst "hindu" people? >> it is not epidemic. the problem has nothing to do with hinduism. such acts are adharma. those who do nto want childer god gives, must not conceive in teh first place. those who object to such bad practice very strongly must come forward to adopt the children born. else their protest has nor ereal meaning. anoteh way is that make them well aeare of hinduism and encourage them to liev by gita. then they would stop producing unwanted children. in the west unwed kids produce children, and gov. pays them. this is not better than the subject sin. . has lost moral ground to talk about the sins of others becaue the priest and pastors have been doing sins secretly. an ordinarlyHk is lot better than an . pastor, many times, if not always. are you an .? are you an Hk or Hindu?

yes it is true, else vyasdev would nto write it in bhagavatam. never imitate god, perticularly krishna. but do as he says.

the curiosity abotut what our ancestors were is good, but one needs to see (become aware of) one's natural guna and karma becasue, that determines one's varna. it does not solve today problems by knowing what varna our ancetors were. if we want to solve today problems and make a future of our vedic dreams, thenwe need to bank on our own current guna and karma. karmaNyevAdhikArast mA phaleshhu kadAchana

when something you belive is true, and then you live by it, and then if you get long lasting happiness, then it is not illusion. else it is. the scale between total/absolute truth and total illusion is vast, sometime. so, more truth you know, better (happier) your fruit of action would be. sometimes even the saints also get trouble becaue of their contact with asuras. e.g. those in the beef industry do not like HK's becaue HK's oppose meat eating, and it hurts beef business. so they make problems to HK's in one way or another. if one causes problem to saintly person, then one would suffer very badly sooner or later. that is the law of karma. some saits even forgive one who caused them problem. then one does not suffer if one gives up asuric mentality thenafter.

krishna in gita describes asuric mentaity in davia asura sampad vibhaga yoga. you will find such people all over the world. those who follow or align with an asuric ideology are asuras also. asuras have become very sophisticalred in this kali yuga. now they come in disguise of suras. this puts more burden oh teh suras to know very well the charcteristics of an asuric mentality. krishna has made this easy for us by giving gita.

<<in kaliyuga everyone is an asura if we were sura (=saint, divine) we were in vaikunta >> If this were true, then there was need for the hippies to become hare krishnas. it iss the xians who say all are sinners, not we, the vedic people.

<< south indians are dravidian and are not aryan, hence their different practices and social norms (marrying at young age) and physique (smaller body, dark skin, broad nose). therefore they do not read the vedas. >> my direct experience says the opposite. the reality does not support your statement. shankaracharya, ramajuj, madhva, nimbarka, gyandev, naamdev, all these were south indians. none rejected the vedas. again, get the point: the theory that aryans invaded in india is british fabrication. so no need to harp on it to divide the hindus. aryan is not a race, even if dravidian may be. a hindu is race blind, ideally. else he/she is not a hindu. so if you do not know hinduism or hindus, then do not spread lies. kuchchha sanazmei aataa hai??