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  1. Don Penguinoini

    What do you like about Gandhi?

    I am confident that this is an idea that people have held since forever and dreamt of it. But I don't know of any such example in life where large groups of people live like this. I don't subscribe to this 'test' philosophy as its based on too many false premises. Human nature isn't great...
  2. Don Penguinoini

    The "Shiva is Tamasic" mentality.

    Is this our version of Sunni v Shia but with no bloodshed? Existence of Vaishnavs and Shaivates has always confused me.
  3. Don Penguinoini

    Temple vandalised.

    They can't even get racism right.
  4. Don Penguinoini

    Hindu Temple Built to Worship PM Modi - Narendra Modi reacts that he is appalled

    That's India for you, pray to anything.
  5. Don Penguinoini

    What do you like about Gandhi?

    Interesting. Frankly I see little to no tangible substance with such beliefs however they cannot be criticised or faulted. Indeed, very true. Something i've thought about too.
  6. Don Penguinoini

    What do you like about Gandhi?

    Cut me some slack, I was a kid when I wrote that. Now I believe Gandhi was the face of freedom, but great men like Netaji, Sardar Patel, Bhagat Singh etc were the winners of independence. My estimation of Gandhi falls as I grow up, especially now i've lost any respect I have for Nehru.
  7. Don Penguinoini

    Do you support 'Valentine Day'

    Just like Christmas, it's a commercial holiday so I always bear a sense of resentment on that level. But otherwise, find it impossible to disagree with the concept of Valentines Day. It's actually nice, if anything. However the fear is that Valentine's day is associated with the high levels of...
  8. Don Penguinoini

    Ganesha helps

    Why do you think yourself important enough to deserve personal divine intervention from Lord Ganesh? Why is anyone? Who isn't worthy? Slippery slope to think God helps you.
  9. Don Penguinoini

    A general question

    Seems immaterial. I'm sure he's been an incarnation of every God in every story.
  10. Don Penguinoini

    can a swaminarayan devotee please tell me the sugnificance

    Plenty of animosity towards Swaminarayan's here. Looking far too deeply into the simple practice of changing the clothes of the Murti regularly and sometimes to match the occasion of the day. Some of you should see, Swaminarayan's are doing more for Hinduism than hundreds of other groups out...
  11. Don Penguinoini

    "Emperor" in Tamil

    Everything comes from India, so probably :p
  12. Don Penguinoini

    Can one convert to Hinduism?

    I don't quite mean it like that, I mean in the sense of 'copying' the fundamentals that all Abrahamic religions share which, in my opinion have found a place among Hinduism today. Fundamentals such as a single supreme God, Central text, prophet (or guru of godly status) and a narrative to...
  13. Don Penguinoini

    Teaching Hinduism in American schools

    Ganguly joining the BJP would sink Mamata and her goons. Still, I hold my breath about Ganguly foraying into politics.
  14. Don Penguinoini

    Hindus Upset Over Posters Portraying Jimi Hendrix as Deity

    Can't say I like the image of Saraswaati Maa being used to sell beer. But Hendrix on the other hand...
  15. Don Penguinoini

    France at war with ISIS!!

    Or that the CIA trained parts of the FSA which later broke away? Don't forget, Pakistan helped to form the Taliban too, they should get much more of the credit instead of directing the same old vitriol to the USA.
  16. Don Penguinoini

    Can one convert to Hinduism?

    Certainly, the very nature of Hinduism stops most people (who don't already have underlying dominating tendencies as people) from interpreting and enforcing these guidelines as rules. But it all comes down to what people consider as authoritative scripture. Somebody has quoted the Mahabharata...
  17. Don Penguinoini

    Teaching Hinduism in American schools

    The spread, influence and power of the Hindu community in the USA should hopefully put an end to nonsense like this within time. The HAF should issue copies of the Chanakya Neeti to its members. EDIT: Silly me, I meant the Arthshastra.
  18. Don Penguinoini

    Can one convert to Hinduism?

    I think these are in two main camps that may be further broken down. My type of thinking which is free-er and less restricted by scriptural obligation or rule, and those who have organised Hinduism and systematised it, mainly due to the advent of Abrahamic religion in the sub-continent. That is...
  19. Don Penguinoini

    Questions to Hindus

    1) What practices do you find most important? And what motivates you to practice them? I don't partake in any but I believe gaining knowledge is the greatest thing a person can do. BG 4.37: As a blazing fire turns firewood to ashes, O Arjuna, so does the fire of knowledge burn to ashes all...
  20. Don Penguinoini

    Can one convert to Hinduism?

    Depends on what you consider to be Hinduism. I call myself a Hindu of sorts but I do not pray, attend mandir or even regularly read scriptures. It culminates to a way of life and philosophy on life and doesn't require a 'conversion' as such, to me. I understand it's difficult or intimidating...
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