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  1. J

    need some help with questions for research paper

    did you find your answers
  2. J

    Daily Hindu Wisdom

    the foolish desire for wealth the wise start looking for intellect for the mind for the ones who do good wealth is a happy heart.
  3. J

    Daily Hindu Wisdom

    moodha janeehi dhanagama trishna kurusadbudhim manisini trishna yallabhasenija karmopatram vitaam yenah vinodaya chittam. Bhaja Govindam
  4. J

    Do Hindu's believe or worship Lord Narasimhadeva?

    there are temples to narasimha and there is one temple to brahma in india in a place called pushkar. anyways narasimha or half man/ half lion is part of what is known as the dasavathara or the 10 incarnations of the lord vishnu, as outlined by this sloka. matsya kurma varahascha...
  5. J

    Clarification for non-Hindus

    if you read that article carefully :) , you would see that genetics has very little or next to none role to play in racial characteristics. these characteristics could be accepted as genetic if and only if a certain threshold of genetic material is responsible specifically for the trait. so two...
  6. J

    Clarification for non-Hindus

    OK HERE YOU GO - i hope this is interesting reading The more closely researchers examine the human genome (the complement of genetic material encased in the heart of almost every cell of the body) the more most of them are convinced that the standard labels used to distinguish people by "race"...
  7. J

    Baba Question!

    and the teachers, well i doubt how much they know
  8. J

    The Bhagavad-gita Any Questions Feel Free To Ask......

    absolutely darkdale - however this is the conundrum between the ideal and real self. no one denys any one the right to grieve. well in this philosophy nothing at all is denied to anyone. the fact is most of us feel sorrow at the loss of loved ones, and a person who attains self realization...
  9. J

    Clarification for non-Hindus

    Oh i see where u come from and agree with you. however, it might be of interest to note that there is virtually no genetic difference between any human being irrespective of race. some racial characteristics are prminant thats all.
  10. J

    Why Is This

    i am sure it is not intended as a form of insult. oh i mentioned racism and nazism, just words that end with isms. No offense intended. thanks
  11. J

    The Bhagavad-gita Any Questions Feel Free To Ask......

    the sorrow is delusion, as all that you see is a sheer manifestation of brahman. each individual is just the atman, a little piece of the brahman, or a subset, if you like set theory. the atma does not die, nor is it born. without the atman, the body is just a pile of flesh and bones, which in...
  12. J

    Bhagavad Gita: A "battle" of what kind?

    for vendantic religions also karma or action (which is the real meaning of the word) is fundamental to its belief. this inaction here refers to detachment (for the lack of a better word)- i.e do ones karma without worrying about the outcomes. the western view is to call that inaction within...
  13. J

    Why Is This

    i wonder why sikhism, hinduism and buddhism are called "isms" like capitalism, communism, racism, nazism, fascism etc, islamic fundamentalist revival is now collectively called islamism, but the religion in itself is called islam. chritianity in my knowledge is never called christianism...
  14. J

    The Bhagavad-gita Any Questions Feel Free To Ask......

    it is like an almost pregnant lady
  15. J

    The Bhagavad-gita Any Questions Feel Free To Ask......

    How could any of us tell!!!! When you choose to accept some particular person's interpretations on anything, you got to accept the whole package, as interpretations are not much more than opinions. so Anders what i do usually is to read texts on my own and form my own opinions.:)
  16. J

    Clarification for non-Hindus

    i think what ardhanarishwar is refering to is the racial stereotype taught in indian schools, which was inturn inherited from the british - though i did not see the relevance of such reference. however the racial stereotyping into 3 categories is now found to be inadequate and irrelevant as...
  17. J

    Jesus false prophet

    in india jesus is called YESHU or Mishiha in the south - the southern christianity came from syria originally. in north india jesus is called isah misiha. isah in sanskrit means god.
  18. J

    Clarification for non-Hindus

    Now, in an important book titled The Real Eve: Modern Man's Journey out of Africa (New York: Carroll and Graf Publishers, 2003), the prominent Oxford University scholar Stephen Oppenheimer has synthesised the available genetic evidence together with climatology and archaeology with conclusions...
  19. J

    Lord Krishna is the Supreme Lord

    I agree in full. your personal guide, moses, is within you, just learn to unlock it cheers jyothi
  20. J

    Where did your ancestors come from?

    what happened here - was it something i said????
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