Ishwa helper Reged: 03/03/02 Posts: 553

Re: HINDUISM: A religion OR way of life ? [Re: sickofviolence] #19689 - 09/06/02 02:28 AM Edit Reply Quote

Hmm, SOV, you are against bookish knowledge, but where did you get your '14 attributes of poorna avatar' from? Besides, absorbing information from anybody or even a Guru is on the same level as bookish knowledge. SOV really misses here a great but fundamental point: (outside) information may be garbage or great, that's one issue. The other more important issue is firstly how one absorbs that information and secondly how that information is transformed into a practical working tool or stimulation. The consequence is that whatever Guru or book you will get on your path, it's YOU who has to do something with it, no matter how high or low the quality of the information is. Secondly, no matter what will be absorbed, it's just enriching or impoverishing your basic nature and attitude towards life. Note Changes in character are not really that spectacular. It was just a matter of time, which needed just the right stimulus, but was (perhaps) already incalculated within your own lifesystem. SOV has a real misunderstanding of any kind of knowledge, whether bookish or not. He forgets that one can do something with knowledge, including arguing or not, which is as old as Hinduism is: brahmodyas, shastrarthas are a part of the ever critical mind of Hindu saints and even gods. Perhaps SOV wants to throw his brains away to live a life of a passive absorbing plantlike monk? But what then is SOV doing here, arguing about and protesting against different interpretations on religions and having a very clearcut opinion (brainwork?) of his own.