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  1. Wannabe Yogi

    Rambling on Tumblr about Hinduism

    Good place to start. Ebs-FZVmaeE Swami Vivekananda - Life Story - YouTube A short life story http://www.belurmath.org/pdf_files/A_Short_Life_o_Sri_Swami_Vivekananda.pdf His complete works. You can pick what parts you want to read. Complete Works - Index - Volumes If you want...
  2. Wannabe Yogi

    What were the reactions of your friends and family?

    Believe or not, I just attended a lecture at my Hindu Temple. On why Atheists are better for sociaty in general then most religious people. :yes:
  3. Wannabe Yogi

    Arranged Marriages

    Believe it or not I see my self as in your camp.
  4. Wannabe Yogi

    Rambling on Tumblr about Hinduism

    Very True! He also stopped the hemorrhaging of educated Hindus converting to western ideas in India it self. He gave Indians pride in there own religion. He was also an unmatched debater. When he went to visit Harvard it is said that he could win a debate on any subject with the experts on that...
  5. Wannabe Yogi

    Rambling on Tumblr about Hinduism

    Among Hindu's some of the most successful folks to counter act the attempt to use unfair means to make converts are Swami Vivekananda followers. Just to give one example. In Assam in the 1980s there was a huge attempt to convert. The Christians started building schools to convert Hindu's to...
  6. Wannabe Yogi

    Rambling on Tumblr about Hinduism

    Just to let you know Swami Vivekananda teachings are very misunderstood. Those who like to attack his Idea's rarely read him. I think this is due In main part to his extreme popularity (His Birthday is an national holiday in India, it is called National Youthday). I believe that this argument at...
  7. Wannabe Yogi

    Humans achieving Godhood ?

    John Coltrane A Love Supreme Full Album - YouTube Listen to this. Then tell me this man is not a God.
  8. Wannabe Yogi

    Allowing the serious offenders to live.

    The blue writing. Is a quote from the site. Not my numbers.
  9. Wannabe Yogi

    CNN: How dreadful. Teen rapists found guilty, sentenced, and committed

    Again can't believe this needs to be said.
  10. Wannabe Yogi

    Allowing the serious offenders to live.

    On NPR I also heard a show that the people who are in charge of giving the death penalty to inmates in Texas. Are coming down with PTSD. One person testified that he dreams of the eyes of all the people he helped kill. What a horrible thing to do to those people. Maybe the Governors of the state...
  11. Wannabe Yogi

    Allowing the serious offenders to live.

    You are correct in fact there is evidence that it hurts the healing process. I read a study saying that says that it hurt the healing process. I can't find it right now. But this commission came to the same conclusion. Richard Pompelio of the New Jersey Crime Victims Law Center testified...
  12. Wannabe Yogi

    Who is Siva? (Shiva)

    Hard to tell by looking at the media. Every other picture is of kumbamala is a Sadhu who is naked or smoking Ganja, sometimes both.
  13. Wannabe Yogi

    New to Himduism

    I agree "What is Hinduism" is the best introduction I have seen. Well written, easy to follow format, chocked full of accurate information. They have done the impossible. Not only do they give a real taste of the diversity of the big tent of Hinduism. They are able to make clear the tenets of...
  14. Wannabe Yogi

    What are some legitimate, general criticisms of Israel?

    I think the greatest criticism of Israel is between 1967 and the first Intifada. The Palestinian people were very peaceful. Now the PLO leadership were not. That is not the point. The average person on the street were. Israel just engaged in a form of Apartheid . You can only kick people so long...
  15. Wannabe Yogi

    Behind the Campaign to Smear the Pope

    It could also be the way this pope attacked gay marriage when the government of Argentina was legalizing it. I will be very happy if this Pope really turns out to be a advocate for the worlds poor. From my perspective there is no human rights issue greater then poverty. More suffer under...
  16. Wannabe Yogi

    CNN: How dreadful. Teen rapists found guilty, sentenced, and committed

    It's funny isn't it How people just need reminders. Take out the Garbege. Don't text while driving. Don't have sex with unconscious people.
  17. Wannabe Yogi

    What is your opinion on Hare Krishna?

    Brahmin women were forbidden from sati. I have heard it was done by Kshatriya women. It was never a common practice. To me it always seemed like behavior from warrior families. I don't think a rational person would argue it was not sexist.
  18. Wannabe Yogi

    What is your opinion on Hare Krishna?

    I agree... It was at least a speed up of sexism.
  19. Wannabe Yogi

    What is your opinion on Hare Krishna?

    It is also good to remember that sexism gets more common in hinduism over the years not less. In the Vedas woman wrote them and were seen as teachers and sages.
  20. Wannabe Yogi

    Absolute Truth

    Yes there is order.
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