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    Non-Advaita approaches

    I assume the interest would be in Hindu systems that have some level of philosophy associated with them. A quick list would be - Vishishtadvaita - closely tied to Pancharatra Vaishnava theology. Dvaita - similar to the above, with some key differences. Particularly known to be a closed...
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    Why do you want to destroy spiritual and religious practice?

    Why do you continue to create new threads asking the same questions? The questions are the same every week and the responses are the same and yet you keep asking the same questions repeatedly.
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    Non-Advaita approaches

    No. I meant the Gita. The Gita provides more value as it is simpler and more consistent than the set of Upanishads. I have a translation by Swami Adidevananda, published by the Ramakrishna Math. As you have spent some time learning Advaita, I would also recommend the book "Advaita and...
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    Non-Advaita approaches

    It is not clear what you are after. If you are looking for consensus across a wide range of Hindu beliefs, you are out of luck. We do have modern age Universalists who believe every belief is correct and point to the same thing, but that is now how/why we have multiple Hindu beliefs. If you...
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    God and the Tooth Fairy

    How do you know the tooth fairy is not real? There may be sane adults believing in the concept.
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    Advaita questions

    Ok. Let's follow this line of thinking. I am currently dreaming and the phone is part of my dream. I wake up and there is no longer a phone. What am I now? Am I still Shiv? If not, what is my identity? Do I still have recollection of the phone? If I am the phone and the book, what does...
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    Advaita questions

    Perhaps, you should check with @ajay0. He has experienced this unity through his Brahma-kumari type meditations that he has described at length in his previous posts. Can you elaborate? At this moment, I see my laptop as I type into it, I am looking out the window and I see my neighbor's home...
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    Does hinduism beleave in SATAN?

    No central figure such as Satan. However, the concept exists. Hindus do believe in evil spirits, evil eye (cast by envious people) and black magic. A number of superstitious beliefs exist around these concepts - particularly among rural Hindus, but certainly not limited to them. Western Hindus...
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    Does hinduism beleave in SATAN?

    Asura (Persian Ahura) vs. Deva comes from the ancient Indo Aryan split that may have occurred in Eastern Iran a long time ago. The Devas are bad in Persia (ancient Iran) and we see the opposite in India. In older scripture like Rig Veda, Asura has other meanings like prince and is applied to...
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    The Problem With Theistic Arguments

    God?
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    Bhagavad Gita - Acharya's Commentaries

    I agree. This project was started a few years ago by an energetic group in IIT Kanpur. They have managed to keep it active and have also managed to find funding and money to add other texts.
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    Bhagavad Gita - Acharya's Commentaries

    I could be wrong, but I am not aware of English translations of any of the above. Sanskrit commentaries of Jayatirtha and Vallabha can be found online at the Gita super site.
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    Bhagavad Gita - Acharya's Commentaries

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    What is the evidence you looking for?

    Two things - 1. In this context, it is Gods (in plural). We have thousands of them around the world and so discussing a single God is incorrect. So, the question should be "If no one has faith, would any God exist?" 2. The answer is No. First, as I said earlier, the fact that we have...
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    What is the evidence you looking for?

    How do you know this? There are about 4300 religions in the world not mention several dead religions. You have no way of knowing that every one of them has an element of truth - sufficient for enlightenment. Again, whose definition of enlightenment are you referring to? There are plenty of...
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    What is the evidence you looking for?

    Evidence that *all* religions and *all* spiritual teachings are true? That is not logically possible. Now you have to pick and choose; get more specific. All Gods? That is not going to happen either as there are thousands of them and several of them are at loggerheads with each other. If you...
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    [Christians/Muslims] Role of God

    A fundamental question for Christians and Muslims. 1. "Give us today our daily bread" implies God plays some role in our lives. The role is unclear as we are doing all the work in obtaining bread. Can you elaborate on the meaning of this prayer? It cannot be gratitude because the words clearly...
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    What is the difference between Raja yoga, Jnana yoga and Kriya yoga?

    Jnana yoga and Raja yoga are both described in the Gita. The former is intellectual discrimination. The latter is rigorous meditation and practice to control the mind. On actual value, there exist multiple views. Some (Shankara) view Jnana as the only means to liberation and other yoga-s as...
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    If God existed, would there be any atheists?

    If God did not exist, would there be any theists? The answer to this question is yes because theists are accepting the word of humans (parents, ancient book writers and story tellers). They are theists because they believe what they have been told by other humans. Gods's existence or lack there...
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    Advaita questions

    Yes, Bhaskara came shortly after Shankara and is the first known critic of Advaita. He criticized Shankara for replacing the traditional interpretation of Vedanta with a Buddhistic interpretation. But Bhedabheda goes back to a more remote past - at least to the time of Bhartrprapanca...
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