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Re: superstitions
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To: alt-hindu@cis.ohio-state.edu
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Subject: Re: superstitions
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From: susarla@rice.edu (H. Krishna Susarla)
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Date: 28 Oct 1994 22:23:57 GMT
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Distribution: world
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Newsgroups: alt.hindu
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Organization: Rice University, Houston, Texas
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References: <38p2gg$h8m@ucunix.san.uc.edu>
Vidyasankar Sundaresan (vidya@cco.caltech.edu) wrote:
: So what is your opinion about the Sants and the sannyasis, mostly
: belonging to the dvaita sampradayas, who are so active in the VHP
: nowadays? They are all trying to outdo one another in being
Not a particularly favorable one...
: nationalistic/political leaders. Aren't they swamis for you? Of course I
No, especially if they are espousing political goals.
: do not expect you to be consistent, but at least try to be so, for your
: own good. In any case you do not get to decide whether Vivekananda did or
: did not make a show of being a swami.
Lord Krishna already decided. His philosophy is there in the Gita for
everyone to see. And it is clear that Vivekananda did not follow it,
at least on the meat-eating question.
: If you are convinced about your faith in Krishna and the BG, why do you
: care about the non-vegetarians in the world? Surely, you cannot hope to
: convert them by being so abrasive about your beliefs. Fine, Vivekananada
: was not a devotee of Lord Krishna, because of his eating meat. So what?
: Why do you care? Whoever asked you to be concerned with Vivekananda or
: anyone else? Leave him alone and follow your own path. Or is the real
I care because these meat-eating Hindus try to reinterpret scriptures
to justify their beliefs, thus deluding others. Anytime one of these
mayavadis makes some speculation about the Vedic philsopophy, I consider
it open season for discussion with verses from the scriptures to prove
Lord Krishna's opinion.
: reason that you are jealous of the visibility of the Ramakrishna Mission?
<sigh> This is too stupid to address. All I see on this thread (other
than Vijay, Vivek, and Manish's postings) are a bunch of mayavadis getting
offended at the very notion that their religious culture *is* centered around
an Absolute Truth. Is this the stamp of post-colonial shame that the British
inflicted on our culture? Or could it be the desire to continue sinful practices
(like meat-eating) without feelings of guilt?
-- Krishna
