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  1. Metempsychosis

    Questions about Advaita Vedanta

    That's what advaita asks us to see for ourselves.Ethical implication is that:You see other living beings as your own self,this in itself can help people to be more empathetic toward others and on a generic level Advaita exhorts us to look beyond personal benefits and sensual pleasures while...
  2. Metempsychosis

    Questions about Advaita Vedanta

    Apologies,it means name and form.
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    Questions about Advaita Vedanta

    Like AIDS virus,when outside of our body it is not powerful,but once inside it becomes very powerful.JK.:D
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    Questions about Advaita Vedanta

    Emanation perhaps?:) :rainbow1:
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    Questions about Advaita Vedanta

    That source is pretty vague.Brahman is both the cause and effect.Brahman is the material,efficient and teleological cause of the universe.
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    Questions about Advaita Vedanta

    Yes.Brahman is one without a second.There is nothing which is not Brahman in advaitic state of consciousness. World when seen outside of Brahman is illusory.(or)World outside of the illuminating light of consciousness (sat-chit-ananda) is an illusion.(or) Shakti disconnected from shiva is an...
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    Stoicism & Buddhism

    Yes!:)
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    Stoicism & Buddhism

    This what I mean Compatibilism or soft determism,I was negating hard determinism.But your assertion that Buddhism is not deterministic is false.All Dharmic religions have some kind of determinism in them atleast till you reach nirvana.They are mostly compatibilitistic: Buddhist theory on...
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    Women and Vaishnavism?

    Jai Shiva!
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    Advance Happy Birthday Chinu!!!!

    Advance Happy Birthday Chinu!!!!
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    Women and Vaishnavism?

    Thanks a lot!I remember this::p Little Krishna - The Darling Of Vrindavan (Full) [English] - YouTube
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    Women and Vaishnavism?

    Thanks for the clarification.:)
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    Women and Vaishnavism?

    Ha!So,is it more about physical looks?Shiva looks much more macho in that case.:o
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    Women and Vaishnavism?

    How about other dudes- Shiva,Ganesh and the lesser known Skanda(murugan)?
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    Stoicism & Buddhism

    Are there any women stoics at all?Seems like all the famous ones were male.
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    Women and Vaishnavism?

    This topic seems off-topic. But I have noticed a trend in forums,that there are more women choosing Vaishnavism among other sects within Hinduism (especially Advaita vedanta).Is there any reason for this behavior or am I totally off-base?
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    Moksha and who is "worthy" of it

    Thanks for letting me know,Ratikala.:)
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    Moksha and who is "worthy" of it

    I guess she meant she was not involving Buddhism,just Hinduism.:)
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    Moksha and who is "worthy" of it

    LOL,:D On a lighter note.
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    Moksha and who is "worthy" of it

    Offtopic though,Ratikalaji,What does the term Buddheo-Vaishnav mean at all?Honestly,I have not seen any Vaishnaivite having any positive opinion on Buddha's teaching except that he had come as an avatar to confuse the atheists.:P
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