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Re: ARTICLE : Advice on Advaita Vedanta and Yoga
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To: soc-religion-hindu@uunet.uu.net
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Subject: Re: ARTICLE : Advice on Advaita Vedanta and Yoga
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From: ntiwari@rs3.esm.vt.edu (N. Tiwari)
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Date: 3 Oct 1996 14:41:48 GMT
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Newsgroups: soc.religion.hindu
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Organization: Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia
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Jaldhar H. Vyas (jaldhar@braincells.com) wrote:
: GERALD J. LA CORTE (l23@hopi.dtcc.edu) wrote:
: : Jaldhar, you should reverse the order of the questions and add at the
: : start, what's in it for God, what does God think of this person. Ancestry
: : isn't everything.
: If Shiva Bhagawan were to appear before me right now and tell me to shave
: on Tuesdays, I'd tell Him "Sorry Bhagawan your shastras forbid it." In
: certain situations what God thinks or does doesn't enter into the picture
: because those thoughts and actions have been delegated to the true and
: unbroken parampara of Acharyas. Ancestry, tradition, community and
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: continuity are everything. They are certainly more important than the
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: desires of a single person no matter how sincere they are.
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Jaldhar_ji: I have to disagree. Yes, ancestory, tradition community,
etc. are very important. But they are not "everything". Please re-
think your position. It looks like that you are a Shiva-bhakta.
If you look at the Shiv Purana, you will quite a number of tales,
where the Lord gets pleased by quite simple things, which are
sincere. That is why the Puranas call him Bhola-Nath. So, what
paramparaas, and traditions are we speaking about. The Lord,
and His Book, itself do not lay an undue emphasis on the "method"
but rather on the sincerity of heart. This should not drive one
to the opposite that traditions are of no use at all. But, I have
to disagree with a little element of extremism in your position
too.
Nachiketa Tiwari
