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Re: World Views: Vedic and Western
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To: alt-hindu@uunet.uu.net
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Subject: Re: World Views: Vedic and Western
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From: banerjee@newsserver.trl.oz.au (Arindam Banerjee)
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Date: 12 May 1995 15:46:08 +1000
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From banerjee@argo.trl.OZ.AU Fri May 12 01: 57:16 1995
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Newsgroups: alt.hindu
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Organization: Telecom Research Labs, Melbourne Vic, Australia
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References: <3ei7ih$k42@ucunix.san.uc.edu>
susarla@great-gray.owlnet.rice.edu (H. Krishna Susarla) writes:
>Prasad Gokhale (f0g1@jupiter.sun.csd.unb.ca) wrote:
>: There is this question: did our ancestors become gods or it were the
>: gods that became our ancestors. For instance, Shri Raam and Krishna,
>: although mortals in their time, are considered as celestial beings
>: today. It is the immeasureable antiquity that rendered them the divine
>: status. With the passage of time, same might happen to Shankaracharya,
>: Vivekananada, etc. with stories woven around them. However, this does
>Dear prabhu,
> I realize you wrote this article in support of my posting. However,
>Lord Rama and Lord Krsna were NOT ordinary human beings. Krsna Himself
>condemns this view in the Gita. They were divine when they appeared on
>Earth, and They will always be divine.
What do you mean by divine?
> I would hope that conditioned souls like Vivekananda are never put on
>the same pedestal as the Lord. Otherwise, human civilization really is
>in trouble.
How?
>Hare Krsna,
This goddess is immanent everywhere as the Mother!
Salutations to Her!
Arindam Banerjee
*My opinions do not involve my employer*
