Views on Hinduism!

[powerofdharma]

The Bhagavad Gita ("Song of God") is the essence of the Vedas and Upanishads. It is a universal scripture applicable to people of all temperaments, for all times. It is a book with sublime thoughts and practical instructions on Yoga, Devotion, Vedanta and Action. The Bhagavad Gita has influenced many great thinkers over the years.

Why do you worry without cause? Whom do you fear without reason? Who can kill you? The soul is neither born, nor does it die.
Whatever happened, happened for the good; whatever is happening, is happening for the good; whatever will happen, will also happen for the good only. You need not have any regrets for the past. You need not worry for the future. The present is happening...
What did you lose that you cry about? What did you bring with you, which you think you have lost? What did you produce, which you think got destroyed? You did not bring anything - whatever you have, you received from here. Whatever you have given, you have given only here. Whatever you took, you took from God. Whatever you gave, you gave to him. You came empty handed, you will leave empty handed. What is yours today, belonged to someone else yesterday, and will belong to someone else the day after tomorrow. You are mistakenly enjoying the thought that this is yours. It is this false happiness that is the cause of your sorrows.

Change is the law of the universe. What you think of as death, is indeed life. In one instance you can be a millionaire, and in the other instance you can be steeped in poverty. Yours and mine, big and small - erase these ideas from your mind. Then everything is yours and you belong to everyone.
This body is not yours, neither are you of the body. The body is made of fire, water, air, earth and ether, and will disappear into these elements. But the soul is permanent - so who are you?
Dedicate your being to God. He is the one to be ultimately relied upon. Those who know of his support are forever free from fear, worry and sorrow.
Whatever you do, do it as a dedication to God. This will bring you the tremendous experience of joy and life-freedom forever.

 

[powerofdharma]

MAIN GOAL IN HINDUISM


The goal of human life is to re-awaken our original pure love for God. We souls exist to have an intimate loving relationship with Him. We can never be happy by rejecting that relationship and denying our true nature.
The things we do in this world indicate our true, eternal nature. We have to love; it’s unavoidable. Having turned away from God, we try to fulfill our need to love and be loved by searching for ideal relationships in this world. But exchanges of love here are never perfect and cannot last forever.
Awakening pure love for God is perfection. Nothing else will satisfy us. Everything that exists in the material and spiritual worlds is meant to support our relationship with God. Human life is a chance for us to reestablish that relationship. That endeavor should be the focus of our lives.
Because love includes service, pure love for God is called pure devotional service, or Bhakti. The ways to awaken Bhakti are the substance of the practice of Bhakti yoga.


Because a devotee of Lord Krishna is desireless, he is peaceful. Fruitive workers desire material enjoyment, jnanis desire liberation, and yogis desire material opulence; therefore they are all full of desires and cannot be peaceful.—Sri Chaitanya, Chaitanya-charitamrita, Madhya 19.149
There are as many goals as there are people, but all goals other than pure love of God can be put into three categories:
▪ people seek material enjoyment (even within the context of religion)
▪ people seek salvation, or liberation
▪ people seek perfections of mystic or subtle powers
Each goal has varying degrees of benefit. But each goal, along with its benefits, is material, temporary, and based on selfish desires, no matter how enticing or seemingly lofty.
While living in the material world, we naturally pursue temporary goals. But when love of God gradually begins to awaken within the heart, we souls naturally lose interest in temporary things that offer us no ultimate benefit.

 

[ardianto]

1) Early Islamic conquests of central/middle eastern asia

But Muslim troops never conquests South East Asia where around 250 millions Muslims live here.

There were 3 kingdoms in Java island (my place) before Islam came here. These were Pajajaran (Animism) in west Java, Mataram (Hindu) in central Java, and Majapahit (Hindu) in east Java.

Prabu Siliwangi from Pajajaran refuse to convert into Islam, he's gone and his kingdom fell after his people converted into Islam. Prabu Brawijaya V refuse to convert into Islam, he's gone and his kingdom fell after many of his people converted into Islam and the rest moved to Bali island. Kingdom of Mataram converted into Islam, and now known as Sultanate of Yogyakarta. This is history of Islam in Java island.

Do you think it was caused by invasion of Arab Muslim troops ?. No .. !, that's because nine persons that known as "Wali Songo" (nine allies of Allah) gave da'wah to Javanese and Sundanese people. They did not use swords, just da'wah.

People of other areas in ancient Indonesia and Malaysia where Buddhists and Animists. And they converted into Islam after Indian traders from Gujarat, and Arab traders from Arabia (mainly from Hadramawt, Yemen) introduced Islam to local people.

 

[Al Shifa]

According to an investigation, Hindus were the followers of Prophet Noah (peace be with him). But they forgot his teachings and deviated from the path of Prophet Noah. The religion of Prophet Noah may be called the oldest religion becasue after the great flood, the only remnants were Prophet Noah (peach be with him) and his followers, And of course, that religion was Islam not Hinduism.

 

[Al Shifa]

According to an investigation, Hindus were the followers of Prophet Noah (peace be with him). But they forgot his teachings and deviated from the path of Prophet Noah. The religion of Prophet Noah may be called the oldest religion becasue after the great flood, the only remnants were Prophet Noah (peach be with him) and his followers, And of course, that religion was Islam not Hinduism.

 

[Predator]

According to an investigation, Hindus were the followers of Prophet Noah (peace be with him). But they forgot his teachings and deviated from the path of Prophet Noah. The religion of Prophet Noah may be called the oldest religion becasue after the great flood, the only remnants were Prophet Noah (peach be with him) and his followers, And of course, that religion was Islam not Hinduism.

Righto, Noah(PBUH) was the first warner sent 10 generations after Adam . Adam was the first Prophet but not the first warner as his children were worshipping Allah and not committing Shirk like these Polytheist pagans so there was no need for Adam to warn them

 

[Predator]

Allah(swt_ says in the Quran
　
　
"And why, were there gods on earth and heaven other than God, they (heaven and earth) would surely go to ruin." (Quran 21:22)
　
　
And this is what we see in the Hinduism as we can see one "God" Shiva attacking another "God" Ganesh
　
　
　

　
　
　

The story of the birth of this ""God"", as depicted in the Shiva Purana, goes like this: Once ""goddess"" Parvati, while bathing, created a boy out of the dirt of her body and assigned him the task of guarding the entrance to her bathroom. When Shiva, her husband returned, he was surprised to find a stranger denying him access, and struck off the boy's head in rage. Parvati broke down in utter grief and to soothe her, Shiva sent out his squad search the head . And you know when God hits , its very hard across the seven seas lol and then Shiva got desperate" Any head will do the body was getting cold "The squad found an elephant grazing and brought back its severed head, which was then attached to the body of the boy.
　
　
Lol , he couldnt even put back his own son's head nor could he recognize him , how could he be God
　
　
There can be only one God, coz if there were many, we all would have been confused whom to choose and whom to worship, which god we need to pray for what in our life.
We would have been confused which lord to fear and whom to praise, if there were more than one God.
We would be confused why Gods fought amongst themselves to prove who is greater than the other and who needs to be worshiped first. coz of this fight the earth and the living being would not exists.
To avoid all this confusion and chaos in our life, our religion and there is only one God, Allah SWT who we turn to for everything, whom we fear and seek forgiveness when we make a mistake, whom we praise and worship, whom we love the most.
And above all our only faith in Allah SWT that Allah SWT is the one and only glorious God, the most beneficent and the most merciful. Allah SWT alone is the Supreme, the true, Ultimate Sovereign, Master of the universe, the creator and controller of all existence the earth, the sky and everything therein.
　
Allah warns in the Quran
　
　
And say to the believing women that they should lower their gaze and guard their modesty; that they should not display their beauty and ornaments except what must ordinarily appear therof; that they should draw their veils over their bosoms and not display their beauty except to their husbands, their fathers, their husbands' fathers, their sons, their husbands' sons, their brothers, or their brothers' sons or their sisters' sons, or their women or the servants whom their right hands possess, or male servants free of physical needs, or small children who have no sense of the shame of sex, and that they should not strike their feet in order to draw attention to their hidden ornaments. And O you Believers, turn you all together towards Allah, that you may attain Bliss." (Quran 24:31).
　
　
Whereas the Hindu God wants to take away clothes of cowgirls to see their private parts when they come out of water
　

　
　
Can you imagine for second this Pervert being your God ? Asthagfirullah
　
　

 

[Charzhino]

So eventually will everyone reach heaven according to Hinduism?

Why is it not possible to learn all the life lessons in one lifetime?

Look at the entire population. How many can you say are truley enlightned individuals? Very rarely you will find one given the high materislitic desire in the current age which we call Kali-Yuga (dark age of lying, greed, lust, etc) It is possible in one lifetime I should of said, but very difficult.

What are these life lessons?

From sikhism because I can remember it well, the 5 attributes which must be vanquished are greed, egotism, sexual lust, anger and material attachment. Life lessons can range from caring for your parents in elder age to helping the poor.

 

[Charzhino]

Allah(swt_ says in the Quran
　
　
"And why, were there gods on earth and heaven other than God, they (heaven and earth) would surely go to ruin." (Quran 21:22)
　
　
And this is what we see in the Hinduism as we can see one "God" Shiva attacking another "God" Ganesh
　
　　

The story of the birth of this ""God"", as depicted in the Shiva Purana, goes like this: Once ""goddess"" Parvati, while bathing, created a boy out of the dirt of her body and assigned him the task of guarding the entrance to her bathroom. When Shiva, her husband returned, he was surprised to find a stranger denying him access, and struck off the boy's head in rage. Parvati broke down in utter grief and to soothe her, Shiva sent out his squad search the head . And you know when God hits , its very hard across the seven seas lol and then Shiva got desperate" Any head will do the body was getting cold "The squad found an elephant grazing and brought back its severed head, which was then attached to the body of the boy.
　
　
Lol , he couldnt even put back his own son's head nor could he recognize him , how could he be God
　
　
There can be only one God, coz if there were many, we all would have been confused whom to choose and whom to worship, which god we need to pray for what in our life.
We would have been confused which lord to fear and whom to praise, if there were more than one God.
We would be confused why Gods fought amongst themselves to prove who is greater than the other and who needs to be worshiped first. coz of this fight the earth and the living being would not exists.
To avoid all this confusion and chaos in our life, our religion and there is only one God, Allah SWT who we turn to for everything, whom we fear and seek forgiveness when we make a mistake, whom we praise and worship, whom we love the most.
And above all our only faith in Allah SWT that Allah SWT is the one and only glorious God, the most beneficent and the most merciful. Allah SWT alone is the Supreme, the true, Ultimate Sovereign, Master of the universe, the creator and controller of all existence the earth, the sky and everything therein.
　
Allah warns in the Quran
　
　
And say to the believing women that they should lower their gaze and guard their modesty; that they should not display their beauty and ornaments except what must ordinarily appear therof; that they should draw their veils over their bosoms and not display their beauty except to their husbands, their fathers, their husbands' fathers, their sons, their husbands' sons, their brothers, or their brothers' sons or their sisters' sons, or their women or the servants whom their right hands possess, or male servants free of physical needs, or small children who have no sense of the shame of sex, and that they should not strike their feet in order to draw attention to their hidden ornaments. And O you Believers, turn you all together towards Allah, that you may attain Bliss." (Quran 24:31).
　
　
Whereas the Hindu God wants to take away clothes of cowgirls to see their private parts when they come out of water
　
　
　

You need to understand that the gods depicted as ganesh, parvati, etc are mere personal gods (ishwara). Material essence is an illusion, those who become attached to it worship the idols and deities as if they are god themselves, whilst the Self realized indivudals can see beyond such dualistic motions.

'' After many births and deaths, he who is actually in knowledge surrenders unto Me, knowing Me to be the cause of all causes and all that is. Such a great soul is very rare.

BG 7.20: Those whose intelligence has been stolen by material desires surrender unto demigods and follow the particular rules and regulations of worship according to their own natures.''

 

[GuestFellow]

Look at the entire population. How many can you say are truley enlightned individuals?

I am in no position to judge the entire population, it is impossible to meet every single person. There will never be a person who will have reach the state of ''enlightenment''. Are you suggesting we need to reach a state of perfection?

From sikhism because I can remember it well, the 5 attributes which must be vanquished are greed, egotism, sexual lust, anger and material attachment. Life lessons can range from caring for your parents in elder age to helping the poor.

These characteristics can never be vanquished. They will exist in all humans for the rest of their lives but we can control them.

 

[S.Belle]

　

　
　
　

　
　
　　
　

Why is there a swastika on it's hand?

 

[powerofdharma]

Allah(swt_ says in the Quran
　
　
"And why, were there gods on earth and heaven other than God, they (heaven and earth) would surely go to ruin." (Quran 21:22)
　
　
And this is what we see in the Hinduism as we can see one "God" Shiva attacking another "God" Ganesh
　
　
　

　
　
　

The story of the birth of this ""God"", as depicted in the Shiva Purana, goes like this: Once ""goddess"" Parvati, while bathing, created a boy out of the dirt of her body and assigned him the task of guarding the entrance to her bathroom. When Shiva, her husband returned, he was surprised to find a stranger denying him access, and struck off the boy's head in rage. Parvati broke down in utter grief and to soothe her, Shiva sent out his squad search the head . And you know when God hits , its very hard across the seven seas lol and then Shiva got desperate" Any head will do the body was getting cold "The squad found an elephant grazing and brought back its severed head, which was then attached to the body of the boy.
　
　
Lol , he couldnt even put back his own son's head nor could he recognize him , how could he be God
　
　
There can be only one God, coz if there were many, we all would have been confused whom to choose and whom to worship, which god we need to pray for what in our life.
We would have been confused which lord to fear and whom to praise, if there were more than one God.
We would be confused why Gods fought amongst themselves to prove who is greater than the other and who needs to be worshiped first. coz of this fight the earth and the living being would not exists.
To avoid all this confusion and chaos in our life, our religion and there is only one God, Allah SWT who we turn to for everything, whom we fear and seek forgiveness when we make a mistake, whom we praise and worship, whom we love the most.
And above all our only faith in Allah SWT that Allah SWT is the one and only glorious God, the most beneficent and the most merciful. Allah SWT alone is the Supreme, the true, Ultimate Sovereign, Master of the universe, the creator and controller of all existence the earth, the sky and everything therein.
　
Allah warns in the Quran
　
　
And say to the believing women that they should lower their gaze and guard their modesty; that they should not display their beauty and ornaments except what must ordinarily appear therof; that they should draw their veils over their bosoms and not display their beauty except to their husbands, their fathers, their husbands' fathers, their sons, their husbands' sons, their brothers, or their brothers' sons or their sisters' sons, or their women or the servants whom their right hands possess, or male servants free of physical needs, or small children who have no sense of the shame of sex, and that they should not strike their feet in order to draw attention to their hidden ornaments. And O you Believers, turn you all together towards Allah, that you may attain Bliss." (Quran 24:31).
　
　
Whereas the Hindu God wants to take away clothes of cowgirls to see their private parts when they come out of water
　

　
　
Can you imagine for second this Pervert being your God ? Asthagfirullah
　
　

There is a significance of this story.. this story was told by great saints to explain to the people that when arrogance is vanquished, it is replaced by wisdom...

Lord Shiva is God. In Hinduism, we believe that lord himself takes the effort to vanquish arrogance from the personality of his 'loving devotees'..
Ganesha was also a devotee of Lord Shiva(His father).. But he was arrogant.. Beheading of Ganesha is just a representation.. It represents that Shiva(God) removed arrogance from Ganesha. An elephant often symbolises 'wisdom'... It meant that as Ganesha was dearly loved by lord Shiva, He vanquished his arrogance and replaced it with unlimited wisdom... (in literally sense, putting the head of an elephant on him)..

 

[powerofdharma]

Why is there a swastika on it's hand?

svastika, meaning any lucky or auspicious object, and in particular a mark made on persons and things to denote good luck. It is composed of su- meaning "good, well" and asti "to be" svasti thus means "well-being." The suffix -ka either forms a diminutive or intensifies the verbal meaning, and svastika might thus be translated literally as "that which is associated with well-being," corresponding to "lucky charm" or "thing that is auspicious."

 

[Predator]

Why is there a swastika on it's hand?

That elephant-headed god had not picked from hitler . The swastika was an ancient indian symbol .
It is said that the ancient europeans , iranians and Indian Aryans Hindus have the same orgins.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastika

 

[powerofdharma]

That elephant-headed god had not picked from hitler . The swastika was an ancient indian symbol .
It is said that the ancient europeans , iranians and Indian Aryans Hindus have the same orgins.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastika

Dude dont call him "elephant- headed God".. U dont have manners or what?
Lord Ganesha is the utlimate truth... He represents unlimited wisdom.. wherever there is Ganesha, there is prosperity...
What if some calls allah by such names.. how would u like it..

 

[S.Belle]

oh i have another question what is the connection with hinduism and cows?
do you worship them or just like admire them...

 

[GuestFellow]

　
Can you imagine for second this Pervert being your God ? Asthagfirullah

Let's not insult other people's religious beliefs. There is no need for it. Muslims should have learnt by now how it feels when other people make fun and insult our religion. Let's not become what we hate.

 

[GuestFellow]

oh i have another question what is the connection with hinduism and cows?
do you worship them or just like admire them...

Hinduism and animals

^ This should give you an idea.

 

[powerofdharma]

oh i have another question what is the connection with hinduism and cows?
do you worship them or just like admire them...

Its not only cows... Hinduism believes that God resides in every living being... be it cows, snakes, lions, dogs , rats, cats etc..
When God descended on Earth as Lord Krishna, He was brought up in a Shepard family.. He used to love cows.. Cows are also the source of milk, which has always been important in India. Thus we respect cows as our 'mother'.. That is why cows are so sacred to Hinduism.. Hinduism also believes in vegetarianism.

 

[S.Belle]

Jazakallah Khair @ Guestfellow

@ powerofdharma oh ok