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To: Cronos

I’m not going to comment on Hindu beliefs more than that the belief in one worshipping the self and emptying the mind are not Christian beliefs.


The Hindu scriptures - Vedas - never teach that one should empty the mind; they teach that such a goal is impossible. It’s Buddhism that teaches that. And the “self-worship” should be translated as “Self worship” which means God within our hearts, as the Soul of our souls; not that someone worships their own self.

There is a sub-branch of monism that practices ahangrahopasana (sp?) wherein they worship themselves, but it is a dead end and mistaken understanding. And does not in any way agree with the conclusion of the Bhagavad Gita, Puranas or other Hindu texts.


82 posted on 09/27/2012 3:46:18 PM PDT by little jeremiah (Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point. CSLewis)
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To: little jeremiah

thank you for the correction


97 posted on 09/28/2012 1:00:48 AM PDT by Cronos (**Marriage is about commitment, cohabitation is about convenience.**)
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