Well... their Saudi friends won't be happy... But why the need to build something so big? What about putting that money towards restoring temples (and mosques, I suppose) that have fallen into disrepair? Fund meal programs to be offered through the temples (and mosques... I suppose...) and other...
This is exactly what I was going to say. They are a remarkably egalitarian offshoot of Hinduism (just because they don't hold the Vedas as supreme does not disqualify them in my opinion).
I believe that the homeless and the disabled that often surround temples could always be put to use. Those who are able to work could help with keeping the place clean while those who are incapacitated could be looked after by the facility as a kind of seva. Food and lodging and dignity could...
I love this picture @sayak83, something about it just screams at me. I will now use it as my wallpaper. @Aupmanyav as Durga is Parvati there is hardly any need to show Her as separate when Durga is portrayed. She is so beautiful here! I am hoping to go to India next year during Navratri so that...
Nah, @sayak83, I'm just incredibly opinionated about a lot things. And I really don't respond well when people try to push their guru or their beliefs in this, that and the other and how my beliefs are inferior unless they agree... Which is why I'm on my high horse about Nithyananda at the...
Imagine me, Aup ji, trying to go non-veg when I am very attached to meat. I try to abstain from the spices, etc, during Navaratri but it's very hard and I invariably fail. I just go non-veg these days and ignore the other requisites as for me it is very, very difficult to maintain and I am...
Ay. Maybe not. But there are many gurus out there claiming to be the universal guru for everyone. Btw, Jagadhatri is a wonderful name. Miss Universe... maybe we should call it the Jagadhatri pageant?
But then to claim that their guru is the guru everyone else should pay their respects to? I am not a fan of Visnu (although I have a tugging feeling towards Vaishnavi Ma) so a guru saying to me 'worship this form of Visnu with your whole heart' isn't really going to work, is it? My attraction is...
Hopefully he will be convicted of his crimes and made to rot in prison until he dies. Taking advantage of people because you are in a position of power is tempting but one must not give in to such temptations. Any guru who is accused of rape, even once, is automatically off of my 'potentially a...
It's that time of year again! Navaratri starts this week so I thought I'd just revive an old thread instead of repeatedly creating new ones year in and year out. Who is excited? I most certainly am!
This year I am blessed that I will be spending at least some time in my earthly mother's...
Namaste, Jai Ma
Seems I've started quite a few threads in the last week. We go from me barely posting to me posting a lot! Clearly the way to get me posting is to irritate me until I can't keep silent!
The topic for this thread today is the idea I keep seeing pop up about a universal guru...
I can agree with this, @Shantanu, but when a person then starts asking others to pay them monumental amounts of money in order to listen to their teachings then it gets a bit much, doesn't it? $10,000 US is quite a lot to ask and then you are only reaching the wealthy and not the people who...
If I knew anything about her I'm sure I'd detest her too. Now if only the Nithyanandis would take 'Nithyananda isn't for me' as a valid response and stop telling me he is the guru I need.
When a person becomes a sadhu it is very different to taking sanyas or becoming a brahmacari. A person initiated into a renounciant order is, in India, considered legally dead. The legally dead cannot accept cash or goods, can they? They're dead, after all, and what dead money needs material...