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Re: avatar "proof"
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To: alt-hindu@cis.ohio-state.edu
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Subject: Re: avatar "proof"
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From: susarla@owlnet.rice.edu (H. Krishna Susarla)
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Date: 2 Feb 1995 15:37:21 GMT
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Distribution: world
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From news@larry.rice.edu Thu Feb 2 10: 24:37 1995
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Newsgroups: alt.hindu
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Organization: Rice University
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References: <3g9b3b$7jp@ucunix.san.uc.edu>
In article <3g9b3b$7jp@ucunix.san.uc.edu>,
pontus.mattsson%nesterc@nesterc.neste.fi says...
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>Every evidence finally relies on perception and cognition. You have to
trust
Not necessarily. Evidence provided in scripture, as it comes directly from
God, can be trusted completely.
>your senses, your own existence etc, etc. In the end (IMHO) only Your
>Self, your hearth, that can decide if a person walking this earth is an
Avatar. This is
So in other words, what you are saying is: trust the material senses. This
is a basic problem with what you are saying. WE cannot trust the material
senses because they are imperfect. Imperfect senses cannot lead to perfect
knowledge.
>the challenge - dragging your ego to a level of trust where you can
surrender to
>Brahman/Atman/Guru/Avatar, still keeping your critical judgment. One should
not I think
>surrender to mere words and scriptural "authorities".
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So, to you, the Bhagavad-Gita and the Vedas are "mere words" and have
absolutely no divine authority behind them. Is that what you are getting at?
Do you or do you not accept that they have divine origins? An honest answer
would be appreciated.
-- Krishna
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