@ATadDisturbed@Creetosis22 Yea, I know it's a stretch. Besides longevity meds are different from cancer curing meds.
My point was, these things can be explained one way or the other.
The faction plot cannot. That is genuinely a cluster fuck of mediocre writing.
@RiseBharata Just blink often and remember to breathe while you watch videos. All this will not affect you.
"Nervous system control" is just a fancy term for hypnosis. The science is probably thousands of years old.
Patents are claimed for anything and everything too, so don't fall for it
@mmpandit My belief is that of "permission".
Postponing death is a privilege the great Gods allow only for few souls. Without such permission, no matter the shakti of the tapasvi in question, death will come in one way or another.
Basis of this claim is mostly the puranas.
@AASIshravas No, I think folk understand just fine.
People find it irksome when their world-model is repeatedly whacked at by the historians.
Now, this is common for all belief systems, and humanities academia is rife with subversion type material because retro fitting is very easy.
@saranstm Innermost emptiness is not purely "Hindu" iconography I think. Balinese Hinduism is highly influenced by Buddhists (and vice versa tbf) since the region was a melting pot.
@Vaishnav122 Very bad take. Jealousy, envy, vanity and lust are all the default state of human mind. It's very normal to have them as you grow up.
Spiritual processes will hammer and transform them positive things later. But this process is painful when being done. Don't take it for granted
@dharmadecentral Bruh, have you never been to hari kathas, shastra parayanas etc.? We have way more elaborate performances and depth when it comes to cultural recitations...
People are not interested enough to sit down for them these days, that's all.
@KiranKS Nowadays, with modern roads and transport, it's okay to live there.
Just 20-30 years ago, you had to struggle for food if the monsoon became excessive in these places...
@shrutammegopaya I don't think any traditionalist with a brain thinks they have one "true" meaning.
A famous saying among our elders is: Every verse of the Vedas can have 7 different meanings or something like that.
The issue is when someone starts being out of line with the condemnation.
@Vrukodhara@Keshava1126@Agnidhra_ Yes, advaita marga is that way of thought. Once you merge, there's no 'you', since that's the ego/ajnana. There's only Him.
People still in Ajnana roam samsara.
Please explain why you think "Everything being Vishnu" and "Everything made of Vishnu" is different?
@Vrukodhara@Keshava1126@Agnidhra_ The aikyatva. To think of only Him and merge. Once you've merged, there's no question of anything being different to Vishnu (or Brahma). Everything and everyone is seen as made of Vishnu and Vishnu alone.
@Vrukodhara@Keshava1126@Agnidhra_ There is no quantity to jnaana.
Advaita says realize you were never separate from Brahma (or Vishnu the supreme if you prefer).
Ajnana is to think you and the Supreme were ever separate in the first place. That's the maya.
For those who follow advaita and bhakti, this is +
@Keshava1126@Agnidhra_ That's not an "eternal consequence" by any definition.
Jeez, if you wish to propagate the glory and teachings of your sampradaya, atleast use the right langauge, so people don't associate what you follow with extremist beliefs.
@Keshava1126@Agnidhra_ Right, so if ananda swabava is the natural state, and we acquire dukha swabava through karma and avidya, where does the question of this "eternal consequences" come in?
That language is what I have a problem with...
@Keshava1126@Agnidhra_ Agreed that sri vishnu is mukta, but if you attain the state of mukti as well, do you still remain in jiva-stithi?
Also please spare me the samsara stuff. Your post literally says "eternal consequences". That language is just 1-2 steps removed from abrahamics...