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Re: Animal-Killing, and Soul-Merging Condemned
In article <4fecr0$7jm@babbage.ece.uc.edu>,
gmadras@pinto.engr.ucdavis.edu (Giri) wrote:
>>>1. According to the Vedas, Shankara was an incarnation of Lord Shiva.
>
>>This is mentioned in Shiva and Padma Puranas.
>
> PuraNas are not vedas.
Puraanas are not to be to be thought of as less than the Vedas, however. In
Chandogya Upanishads, they are considered by Naarada Muni to be the Fifth
Veda. In Brihadaranyaka Upanishad, the Puranas, along with the Itihaasas and
Vedas are said to have been breathed out by the Absolute Truth.
>>They say that only worship of Krishna (or some form of Him) gives
liberation, and they quote from Bhagavad-Gita as well as from Sril=
>
> Who are these "they" in the above sentence ? Remeber the they in my
>sentence 'they say only the path' refers to a poster on alt.meditation.
In my sentence, "they" refers to the members of ISKCON who follow Srila
Prabhupada.
> HKSji, I can hardly understand what you are trying to point out here.
>I was quoting a person from alt.meditation who said the hare krsna ideology
>is the only path. I specifically said I did not know whether he was from
>ISKCON etc. This is what the person said in the article on alt.meditation
>subject bhakti.
You need to be more clear about who you are talking about. I don't know who
this guy was, but anyway now you know he probably was not an ISKCON member.
regards,
-- HKS
