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    What would be evidence that God exists?

    This is easy. This is your opinion. I could ask ten theists on what constitutes evidence for God and receive ten different answers. Someone on this thread claims the existence of flowers is clear evidence of God. This person is a theist and is contradicting you. What is your take on that...
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    New to Advaita Vedanta, seeking clarification

    He is not asking. He has stated it as his goal and I am questioning it. Forgive me for being blunt. This is exactly the "internet Advaita" nonsense that I am cautioning people against. Try telling this to a parent whose child is on the deathbed. Try telling the parent that as a follower of...
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    New to Advaita Vedanta, seeking clarification

    Your are correct. Obviously, they both cannot be true at the same time. Ramana - or anyone else - have no way of knowing these things. They do not have access to some secret knowledge source that is denied to other people. And this has nothing at all to do with Advaita and therefore, this is not...
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    Why do You Find Scientific Knowledge and Spiritual Knowledge to be Incompatible?

    They do conflict. Abraham ic religions believe in a creator God who bought forth everything that is in existence. There is no room for such an assumption in science. Hindu scriptures speak of cyclic time, the cosmic Golden egg and reincarnation. Again, none of these are supported by...
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    I can not see it, so it does not exist

    There is little reason for me to doubt the existence of people I have not seen (yet). Let’s take the example of John Doe in Portland, OR. Never heard of him before, but if I see the name on white pages or linked in, then two things follow - 1. It is very unlikely that this profile is bogus 2...
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    Is blind faith right faith?

    All faith is blind - by definition. Once you start reasoning, it is no longer faith and you enter the realm of logic (perception, inference, etc). Ancient Indians were clear on the difference between Sabda (faith based systems) vs. Anvikshiki (logic based systems), while medieval India mixed...
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    Understanding the teaching of the divine.

    Perhaps it is hard because there are no divine Gods or Buddhas and therefore, no such truth? It is a possibility and given the absence of evidence, a good possibility. Most humans - including believers - go through life as regular humans without acquiring any divine characteristics. But to be...
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    What Is 'Real?'

    Is Santa Claus real?
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    What Is 'Real?'

    Is Santa Claus real?
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    Who Is Your Teacher?

    Different people influence us at different times. I want to particularly call out UG Krishnamurthi, though he is not a Guru. Before I stumbled upon UG, like others, I was inclined to simply accept statements, if they came from famous Gurus who I implicitly trusted (Ramana, etc). Like everyone...
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    What is your views about Ayurveda?

    How familiar are you with Ayurveda? I am from India and I personally know people who have studied Ayurveda. So, I know exactly what I am talking about. That is the wrong way to look at it. If the world had to choose a single solution, Allopathy is the choice - by far. It is not Ayurveda or...
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    Panentheist

    Actually, Hindus are mostly Polytheistic and in some cases, Henotheistic. They believe in and worship a wide array of Gods (Ganesha, Shiva, Sai Baba, Krishna, Rama...) and Goddesses (Lakshmi, Saraswati, Durga, Ambal, Kali, etc). Also a number of lesser known regional Gods. The idea of Brahman...
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    What is your views about Ayurveda?

    I do not think Ayurveda has proved anything. Life expectancy in India is much lower than on Western countries and Ayurveda is unfamiliar with several main stream diseases. Just a century ago, life expectancy in India was in the 30s! In my opinion, it is no more potent than other medieval health...
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    Shallow spiritual books

    The fact that you are asking these questions show that you will be a responsible reviewer. Go for it.
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    The Best Argument Against the Non-Existence of God

    stvdv, If God alone is true, what about you and me? Is a non-existent entity chatting with another non-existent entity? It is true that your pains are real, your passions are real. It is also true that you cannot feel my pains and I cannot feel yours. So, diversity is real and therefore, true.
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    What motivates atheists (and/or materialists) to deny the will?

    The OP’s question is ridiculous. A reading of the Gita followed by a bizarre question on why atheists are not aligning with the Gita?
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    Vedic mantras with 10 syllables

    This is a Rig Vedic prayer to Brhaspati and the accents are captured correctly. But you have to hear Rig Vedic chants to be able to repeat them. There may be online videos that may be of help.
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    Brahman or Self is pure consciousness...

    If we take this number literally, the world population was lesser than a billion until 2-3 centuries ago. So, no one was in this state until the 17th Century. Out of curiosity, is it practical to chase something that only happens to one in a billion? The odds are so low that a lifetime of...
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    Shankara on Brahman

    There has been some discussion on the nature of Brahman, Nirguna vs. Saguna, real vs.temporary, etc. Here is Shankara himself on the subject. I am pulling this text from his Brahma Sutra Bhashya (commentary on Sutra 1.1.11). Sutra 1.1.11 - And because revealed in the Upanishads. Excerpts...
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    Non-Advaita approaches

    The problem here is more fundamental. Each person here has his or her own definition of Advaita - ranging from the traditional doctrine established by Shankara to all kinds of modern mixups. For an example of the latter, we have people here like who claim to be Advaitins and yet all their...
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