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  1. Jaskaran Singh

    Confused about Sikhism/Hinduism differences

    The uddhavagItA is part of the bhAgavatam, the bhagavadgItA is part of the mahAbhAratam. Hahahaha! Very funny. If the texts weren't first passed down in bhArat, then I'd like to know why the R^igveda mentions the ga~NgA and multiple other rivers then: imám me ga~Nge yamune sarasvati shútudri...
  2. Jaskaran Singh

    Concerns I Have, As An Adherent of Shkalya Shkh, With Misappropriation by A Druid Fellowship

    It's agniShToma, not agnistoma, and the jyotiShToma yaj~naH is just as old and is still widely practiced, not only by nambUdirI-s, so I don't see what makes nambUdirI-s so special. LOL! LMFAO! Meh, it doesn't bother me as much as, for instance, new-age "yoginI-s" stepping on mUrti-s of shrI...
  3. Jaskaran Singh

    Why did shirdi sai baba eat meat?

    This text talks about shirDI sai going to a masjid. I thought only Muslims go to masjids.
  4. Jaskaran Singh

    Ganja denied.

    No, I meant that it would be egotistic and rude of me to say that you would "pollute the language with your ignorance." I apologize if that didn't come across correctly, :p.
  5. Jaskaran Singh

    Confused about Sikhism/Hinduism differences

    I color, bold, and italicize my post for aesthetic reasons, not because I'm angry silly, :p.
  6. Jaskaran Singh

    Ganja denied.

    You're not polluting a language with your "ignorance," that sounds egotistic and rude (when did I ever say such a thing, though?). The only times I've ever heard of "neha nAnAsti ki~nchana" in the upaniShad-s (outside of Adi sha~Nkara's shArIrakamImAMsAbhAShyam on the tritiyo'dhyAyaH of...
  7. Jaskaran Singh

    Ganja denied.

    The halAhalam was "snake venom"? Are there any references for that? Shiva uses marijuana (I don't know about belladonna though), as per the vAyupurANam: nechChanti dakShiNe kUle vratabha~NgabhayAdatha| bhojanaM bhoktukAmAste shrAddhe chaiva visheShataH||97.100|| They also talk about marijuana...
  8. Jaskaran Singh

    Confused about Sikhism/Hinduism differences

    Did you even read what I wrote?: "I never said the religions are the same, but the view that one is idolatrous, yet the other is not is blatant hypocrisy. Ronki seems to have made a very good point, because all of your counterarguments seem to be emotionally based."
  9. Jaskaran Singh

    The Western Misappropriation of Tantra

    I don't necessarily disagree with you (that tAntrika texts are often misused for personal reasons, especially by westerners), but some actions described in tantra-s are in my opinion adhArmika regardless of how ritualistic or masterful an individual is. For example, shivayogi recommends that...
  10. Jaskaran Singh

    Ganja denied.

    Nonsense, many sAdhu-s smoke ga~njA; heck, even my janeu thread is made of shaNa (hemp string). The dislike of the use of cannabis doesn't come from colonialism, but due to Western misuse for solely recreational purposes.
  11. Jaskaran Singh

    Confused about Sikhism/Hinduism differences

    If you make it a ritualistic process in which while you put the cloth on your sofa you recited verses along the line of "Agya bhai akAl ki tabhi chalAyo panth sabh sikhan ko hukam hai guru mAnyo granth, guru granth ji mAnyo pragaT gurAN ki deh, jo prabh ko milbo chAhe khoj shabad meiN leh...
  12. Jaskaran Singh

    Zeus the thunder god or Zeus the sky father; which came first?

    You've missed the point I'm trying to make. At a surface level, YHWH of the Torah is an extremely, extremely evil and megalomaniacal deity, ordering massacre after massacre, flooding the world, etc. However, even in such a text, there are portions which show him as affectionate and caring. These...
  13. Jaskaran Singh

    Confused about Sikhism/Hinduism differences

    Would you mind informing me how exactly the rumAlla (cloth) protects it from damage? :rolleyes: If wear and tear were the main focus, then why not place something more sturdy on top rather than dressing it up, so to speak?
  14. Jaskaran Singh

    Your Thoughts?

    I didn't even know there was a poll until now, lol. What, she did say she wanted to "challenge the world" (cough...deceive the world...cough) as Jesus did, or at least according to the link you gave, :p: "Mar 21, 1923 – Feb 23, 2011 Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi was Christian by birth, Hindu...
  15. Jaskaran Singh

    Is advaita vedanta based on Identity crisis

    By mAdhava, do you mean vidyAraNya or madhvAchArya? Wherein did either mention or advocate Christianity or Islam in their writings? If anything, you seem to be influenced by Christianity, especially with your claims that Christ was anything other than a liar.
  16. Jaskaran Singh

    Your Thoughts?

    Can it even be considered Hindu? This "nirmala devI" sounds like one of those new-age jokers, although I must say that's she's doing a great job of following in the footsteps of Christ (like lying to the masses about her divinity), :p. Aww, that's depressing. I'm surprised you can still type...
  17. Jaskaran Singh

    Why did shirdi sai baba eat meat?

    Not all Hindu-s consider the bhAgavatapurANam as authoritative, mainly only vaiShNava-s. Also, I thought it said that the punishment was to be attacked with the horns of those animals which were killed after one's death, that's why nAradamuni tells rAjA prAchInabarhiShat "ete tvAM...
  18. Jaskaran Singh

    Confused about Sikhism/Hinduism differences

    From the perspective of a non-Sikh, yes. Placing the guru granth sAhib on a pAlkI/manjI sAhib and covering it with a rumAlla after vAk isn't really any less "idolatrous" than performing an AratI or abhiShekam of an archAvigraha. I'm not saying that's bad though. Admit it, you like hotA-s more...
  19. Jaskaran Singh

    Zeus the thunder god or Zeus the sky father; which came first?

    So? Judging by the stories which portray HaShem in the Torah, he is the most genocidal, megalomaniacal, homophobic, misogynistic, and bloodthirsty deity ever thought up by man. Following your logic (that those who follow Zeus are sex offenders), 55% of the people in the world (who follow...
  20. Jaskaran Singh

    Confused about Sikhism/Hinduism differences

    Odd, because he's probably the most strictly polytheist Hindu I know. He's talking about the the kissing of hajar alaswad, which, along with earth divination/geomancy (al raml in Arabic), was done by Muhammad and probably originated from the pre-Islamic mushrikun; here is a hadith you might be...
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