Posted by Ambrish Sharma on May 04, 1998 at 00:11:39:
1. What truly is the caste system? Is it based on one's
spiritual nature or on one's occupation?
2. How can one support rebirth? Do we move up and down
based on our karmas(if you do bad you might be born as a dog
in the next life,etc) or do we stay in the same group.
How can we be punished for our past life for which we
don't have a single memory and if god is all loving why
does he/she/it punish us?
3. The theory of rebirth, how can it account for the
rise and fall of human population, if the number of
souls is constant how come world population is increasing?
4. How is the Arya-Samaj better than other schools of
thought in Hinduism for one thing they don't believe in
supersitions as much?
5. Is there any mention in the texts such as Gita that
what would happen to one who doesn't convert/follow hinduism
like Christians and Muslims describe?
6. If Brahman is unity and we are all part of it, the main
principle of Hinduism, then where does all this material
over rituals, rakshasas, Devs, havans, puja and other things
find place in the Vedas; I thought hinduism was more of
philosophy rather than day to day rituals.
I would really appreciate your answers. Also what does
the name Ambrish and the name Abhijeet mean?