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Will the kaliyuga end with PRALAYA?

And Shvu u start the new millenium, I mean the 1001 posting! The itihaas.com site was worth reading. I am exploring it further. Cheers.

According to what I remember from the serial Chanakya that used to be telecasted on Doordarshan some 4/5 years back, Alexander used to wonder what makes the Indian sages not desire money/materialism. And that was the main reason he wanted to conquer India. Infact he started his journey with India as his final destination. And when he reached here he saw our sages lying in all sorts of positions - some hanging themselves from tress, other lying flat on rocks etc. He asked one of them to ask for anything and he (Alexander) would provide him/her with it becuase he had all the wealth of the world after conquering virtaully all countries of the world. The sage simply replied that he wanted the sunlight that was being blocked by Alexander and nothing else. At this Alexander got furious and forcefully dragged that sage to his tent to get his question answered. He was astonished to see that the sage knew him and all his history as well his purpose of visit to India. Not just that he also told him what would happen to all the land and wealth acquired by him through victories. The sage said that he will lose all of it. The following story is not clear to me. But I wonder how did the sages know beforehand about his visit and his future as well. This is a historical episode and not mythological as our entire Hindu history is considered to be. Om namah shivaya. Rakesh Dubey.

Hi all, I am interested in the details of Alexander's life, his purpose of visiting India, his experience and the final result. As far as my knowledge goes, the sages of India already knew before time about his arrival which he was surprised at. Any details would be inspiring. Om namah shivaya. Rakesh Dubey.

Hi ggohil, I wish that the world realises the fact that the entire Hindu history is not mythology but historical. We ought to do something to make this happen. I am ready to my little for this. I appeal to all the members of this forum to guide us to achieve this. PLEASE TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY. Its our religion and we should MAKE the world respect it and realise its power. Thanks, Rakesh Dubey.

Hi JayaSriRadhey, First of all if Hinduism is a civilisation and not a religion than may be it will be known in future as a great civilisation and disapper as many similar civilisations have. U c I am talking about Hinduism as a religion and not a civilisation. For me it matters that Hinduism survives. If u prefer that the Hindu way of life (the Civilisation) survives even if Hinduism (the relisgon) doesnt, then may I say that we r thinking from 2 different perspectives and cannot discuss further . For example I dont want the people of the world to follow the path of Bhagwat Geeta, live a resulting happy life and at the same time call Hindu scriptures a MYTH and so on. I want people to admire/embrace Hinduism before they can reap its benefits. This is practical and appropriate for Kaliyuga where nothing comes for free. As I said before, I am against Hinduism being used as a public property where anybody can use it for his/her own benefit and still say ANYTHING about it under the garb of freedom-of-expression. This is precisely what is happening, especially in India. I have given examples of how Hindu Pandits, scriptures r made fun of in Hindi movies/serials in my previous posts. Is sucks. No other religion would tolerate such a nonsense. One may raise swords while other may come out with peaceful protests. But Hinduism says, jo hua achcha hua, jo ho raha hai, achcha ho raha hai, jo hoga achcha hoga. And Hindus take it exactly that way. Hinduism is a no mans religion. I could go on. Sometimes I think that its immaterial which religion u follow. Everything is in your state of mind. U belive in something and its true for u, u dont and its not. And if this is true, shouting out about religions is meaningless in itself, the various scriptures that all religions provide become meaningless automatically. Please forgive me if I seem aggressive, Thanks, Rakesh Dubey.

Do what satisfies u. Believe in Him and do your karma without thinking about the result. I am not someone who knows the true meaning of life and therefore cannot explain the purpose of life but its better to ask if u dont know something then to mess with it. Spread the Bhagvat-Gita and u should feel elated. Om namah shivaya, Rakesh.

Do what satisfies u. Believe in Him and do your karma without thinking about the result. I am not someone who knows the true meaning of life and therefore cannot explain the purpose of life but its better to ask if u dont know something then to mess with it. Spread the Bhagvat-Gita and u should feel elated. Om namah shivaya, Rakesh.

Hi viji,animesh,ggohil,gaurachandra, All that u all say is/maybe true but sadly not practical/realistic. U c the basic drawback of our religion is that it gives TOTAL freedom to us. I will tell why I call this a drawback. Please do not mind but I am being truly realistic. A R Rehman, the famous Musician, who was a Hindu, has embraced Islam. I had a Hindu friend who informed me about this joviously. The fact that it absolutely did not matter to him whether A R Rehman was a Hindu or not made him narrate that joviously. This is precisely the reason why Hindus convert.You imagine your presence in your home,office or religion being immaterial to people in your home,office or religion respectively. That gives u that feeling of unwantedness. Above and all if a human has no one to turn to when he is lost in this jungle of life thinking about what is life, what is the purpose of my being alive, he will obviously turn to someone who calls him. Its like a mother calling her crying child. The child so much wants his/her mother when he is hungry or feels insecure. Hinduism does not act like this mother towards crying children. It will ofcourse give them freedom to change their faith, if they so wish. In fact they dont wish, they decide because they have to. Please be realistic in your replies. I am not a religious scholar or one who has read Bhagwat Geeta. I am an admirer of Hinduism pointing out where it should've been different. Sorry again if I seem aggressive. Om namah shivaya. Rakesh Dubey.

Hi Viji, You see its very easy to brainwash humans. U for example may have been an aethist had u not come across people u actually came across in life. Some people r aethists becuase they relate the control of some external power to something other than God. I have a cousin who has almost become a criminal and has no regrets in life about all this. He faithfully says that Money was the reason that had made him take to criminal ways ( he has not recieved good treatment from his family in terms of money). So we all experience in life that certain things r actually beyond our control. And then we relate that this happened because of "...". This "..." makes u an aethist, if its not Him. And Hindus particularly r given complete freedom to determine what this "..." is. Thanks, Rakesh.

Hi all, Shvu is correct when he says that Indians -or more correctly the entire Orient/East - has some sort of Inferiority Complex over Europians/Americans. I rememer ever since my childhood I 'dreamt' of coming to States. And now that I am here, I ponder why did I have such a longing desire of coming here? The most plausible reason that comes to my mind is money/wealth. Since I could not afford to come to Stated on my own expenses, I thought its a big deal if I could make it. The case is entirely different when it comes to a European/American coming to East. Its not a big deal for them. So the inferiority complex stems from 'what do we think as big or great or outstanding'. But still I wonder where from and why does the complex begin. May be its become genetic now. I remeber once during my college days, I had gone to a grocery store and there was a lady there with 2 of her children also buying some stuff. As she was leaving, the two children opened their chewing-gums and one of them immediately pointed to the other - tere pass to India ka flag hai, mere pass Australia ka hai! - and I wondered who/what must've gotten this into their minds. It could be their parents/elders but that definately wasn't the case for me. Then where did that come in me? Finally, I concluded that by this time may be its become genetic. Thanks, Rakesh.

Hi Gaurachandra, Thanks for your view/thought. I agree with what u say - only with what I am able to comprehend. Firstly, culture is not religion. I think what u have referred to as culture above is civilisations. I am not talking about that. What I mean to say is that Hindus r not taught to be responsible for Hinduism. For example, I was never asked/ordered by my elders to do Puja regularly. Today I do Puja only because I have learnt from my own experiences from life than certain unknown forces do control our lives to whatever extent. Some people call it luck, others may call it something else. But the bottomline is we ("hindus") r left to believe/not believe in whatever we wish to. I dont say this is wrong, but because of this Hinduism becomes something like public property - anyone can use it in his/her own way, anyone can say ANYTHING about it and it goes off under "freedom of expression" and so on. This is wrong. We (u and me) should, for example, act (or at least react) if someone makes fun of Bhagwat Geeta or Ramayan or Vedas(which is very common in TV serials and hindi movies). You could see 'Kahin Pyaar na ho Jaye' starring Rani Mukherjee and Salman Khan to see how a Pandit/Shastri is made a comedy character in the movie. It sucks. At least to me it did but not to my 'hindu' friends who were watching with me. They laughed with all the so called comdey scenes. This is just one of the many examples. Hinduism talks about what is good/bad for humanity but not for Hinduism itself. I have also seen hindus not reacting to conversions carried out by Missionaries in India. They will react only to things which matter to them as a person. And religion does not matter to them as a person. Hindus have become too individualistic for Hinduism to survive. I say again, sooner or later, it has to perish. In todays circumstances, where groupism is the in thing,a hindu individual may survive, but his religion cannot. Sorry if I seem aggresive but its my degree of belief which makes me that way. I am neither a pessimist - I will do my KARMA - but the belief is what I am pointing to. Thanks still again and do post your view, Om namah shivaya, Rakesh.

Hello friends, This is me again. I am here just to put another of my beliefs: Hinduism, the only true religion on this earth, will perish sooner or later and the so called other "dharmas" or religions will finally lead to what is called "pralaya". Thanks again, Rakesh.

Hi Friends, I am a new entrant to these Spiritual Discussions and dont know how to start. I am a 22 year old Software Professional from India currently posted in States. I am basically a guy with a deep superiority complex; so deep that I absolutely do not interact with anyone other than my mother. I have not been part of any religious curriculum during my childhood but from my own experiences in life, I have started believing in God. I have absoutely total faith in Hinduism; most of which is called MYTHology which I personally take as an insult. The thing that most hurts me is Hindus themselves do not respect Hinduism. I have seen numerous incidents where they fail even to react when they should get up and act. You all may be wondering as to what has my writing got to do with my topic of discussion. I will come to it. I recently attended something called Landmark Forum where people from all walks of life attend a short "course" of 3 days for a relatively big amount. There my belief that whatever the human mind is capable of "thinking" , its capable of actually "doing" became stronger. People narrated their experiences in life and almost came to my belief. This belief is discovered by Hinduism. Anything and everything you believe in is true for you. So if u believe in a so called superstition, its not a superstition as far as u r concerned. It will be actually TRUE for u. I am still not totally clear about all this myself but have seen things happening with me. The famous astrologer BJ of India, says "faith can move mountains". I believe in much more than this also. I would like to give full time devotion to this, but money binds me. Also I would like any and all guidance in this direction from any and all of you. Thanks, Om namah shivaya, Rakesh Dubey.

This site truly reflects the sentiments of anyone who knows what hinduism is about and also that what it is going through currently. I congratulte the site's author for his honesty and WOULD LIKE TO HAVE HIS/HER CONTACT INFO. Could any of u help? Thanks, Rakesh Dubey.