dear friend,
here are some quotes from the Holy Gita
BG 6.9: A person is considered still further advanced when he regards honest well-wishers, affectionate benefactors, the neutral, mediators, the envious, friends and enemies, the pious and the sinners all with an equal mind.
BG 12.13-14: One...
dear riverwolf
here are some links that i know, i hope you find them useful
Ramayana Home
Valmiki Ramayana
http://gitapress.org/BOOKS/1318/1318_Sri%20Ramchritmanas_Roman.pdf
Valmiki Ramayana: Commentary by L Ananta Rama Rao
http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/[many ancient books in scanned form.. ifyou...
all i can say is getting moksha is not a desire. a person when involved in maya goes through a lot of suffering, and this is a cycle which keeps on repeating and the person keeps on suffering. hence a person who renounces all the attachments is free from all suffering, and hence his soul is free...
namaste pal,
welcome to RF, and i hope that you keep writing and learning on RF.
btw it seems that you have not heard of Chandragupta Maurya, he had adopted jainism as well.
and yeh one more thing, now you have come to RF you will see, hear many new things, i found a sarcastic Gandhi hear on RF:D
i asked the questions only after reading the previous posts. the day i came here on RF i was willing to learn something new, and i believe that if i listen to what others say, then i will learn many new things. that is the only reason that i asked you to clarify some of the points.
if you dont...
interesting, could you please provide any references for this, where i can read it in detail. even i thought that siddartha(Gautama Buddha) was a vishnu avatar, however i also could not understand how come siddartha taught atheistic philosophy when he is claimed to be vishnu avatar
the verse you are looking for is in The Rig Veda Samhita 1.164.46
it says : "ekam sad vipra bahudha vadanti agnim yamam matariswanam ahuh" meaning Truth is One, but the learned refer to it in different names like agni, yama, matariswan
this thread was given the title "interpretation of the shastras", and the discussion goes about way of getting moksha, and way of living, if i have interpreted it right... if not please clarify...
in either case i have a few questions for the thread opener, it would be nice if he answers them...
when certain situation arises, i weigh both actions in terms of righteousness, and follow that action which is right.
lord krishna has said, you should be aware of your dharma in the given situation, and act according to it. And dharma is higher than any principles, promises, and rules.
here...
earlier i did not know anything about religion, god, mysticism etc.
i just thought that something is there above us all, these thoughts were in my mind because of other people around me(my parents, relatives, etc.).
but i really did not know the purpose of this thing.
but in recent years i am...