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This reductionist approach towards Hinduism should be avoided.
It reduces our Devas to mere instruments of rationality. https://twitter.com/shubhra_thakur_/status/1274003625694474241
It reduces our Devas to mere instruments of rationality. https://twitter.com/shubhra_thakur_/status/1274003625694474241
Why try to fit something eternal to mere mortal definitions?
It really defies the whole concept of divinity.
Hinduism was there even before this world, is here and will be there if Shiva wants it.
Why fit it into something which wasn't in existence before 500 years?
It really defies the whole concept of divinity.
Hinduism was there even before this world, is here and will be there if Shiva wants it.
Why fit it into something which wasn't in existence before 500 years?
Why do people find it so attractive to do this?
Because subconsciously their allegiance is with the modern science and only when their 'faith system' has passed the acid test of modern scientific rationality then only it is okay to adhere to?
Or because they feel insecure while defending the 'identity' that they belong to, against rationalists and they use this reductionist approach as a tool to defend?
Today if a scientific theory is proven wrong or outdated and a new theory comes up on its place will you mould the Sanskrit shlokas in our scriptures to prove That new theory as well?
What does it prove then?
That Hinduism is so malleable that it does not have any original rigid ideas that one can call eternal?
This will really be the worst of reductions.
That Hinduism is so malleable that it does not have any original rigid ideas that one can call eternal?
This will really be the worst of reductions.
Then how come we call ourselves eternal?
What makes us eternal?
How did we survive through our hard days and still are flourishing the SAME way in the form of a Jagannath Rath Yatra or a Kumbh Mela without losing values?
What makes us eternal?
How did we survive through our hard days and still are flourishing the SAME way in the form of a Jagannath Rath Yatra or a Kumbh Mela without losing values?
One of the reasons was that we did not reduce Mahakal to spacetime countinuum.
What good a religion is if all it has is flexibility?
It is like committing suicide with the concept of a religion. https://twitter.com/miss_thakur_/status/1274184722906660864?s=20
It is like committing suicide with the concept of a religion. https://twitter.com/miss_thakur_/status/1274184722906660864?s=20
Redefining the terms of religion just to make it universally accepted? Why?
If they need our religion then they should work on the upliftment of Their mind/consciousness to grasp its essence instead of reducing our religion's माहात्म्य to mere materialistic definitions.
If they need our religion then they should work on the upliftment of Their mind/consciousness to grasp its essence instead of reducing our religion's माहात्म्य to mere materialistic definitions.
People go to Mansarovar on foot not because they see Shiva as spacetime continuum but as a GOD/आराध्य.
People have been going to Sri Padmanabhaswamy Temple for centuries because they see MahaVishnu as their GOD/आराध्य and not because they see him as a Neutron.
People have been going to Sri Padmanabhaswamy Temple for centuries because they see MahaVishnu as their GOD/आराध्य and not because they see him as a Neutron.
People who use that reductionist approach originally do not consider them as GODs because they have only seen the world through the eyes of rationality and not as a Bhakta and thus want to reduce the GODs to that level as well.
They may not say it out loud but they know it in the back of their head. And when this concept of 'instrumentalism' starts pervading their head, their detachment from GODs starts manifesting with due course of time.
They subconsciously don't even believe in the concept Bhakti.
They subconsciously don't even believe in the concept Bhakti.
And that is the end of all the devotion towards a religion.
Because a rationalist will never walk to Mansarovar just to meet his Shiva.
That's something only a Bhakta's forte.
Because a rationalist will never walk to Mansarovar just to meet his Shiva.
That's something only a Bhakta's forte.
Just to let you know, I don't know Sanskrit, I have read Gita several times, yeah the translation.
The offence is not in the translating, the offence is to manipulate the translation. Getting my point? https://twitter.com/miss_thakur_/status/1274349512186671106?s=20
The offence is not in the translating, the offence is to manipulate the translation. Getting my point? https://twitter.com/miss_thakur_/status/1274349512186671106?s=20
I don't know if you are aware of people who earn bread just by misquoting, mistranslating our scriptures, which (our scriptures) definitely are NOT just casual readings but contain esoteric Dharmic message which require certain qualifications to understand the essence therein.
To understand a subject you rely on the Teacher of that particular subject and not the publisher or the translator of the the book of that particular subject.
Likewise, when you want to know about Hinduism and you are 'NOT aware of anything' you need someone who knows, to teach you about the basic tenets of Hinduism.
That's how he 'uplifts his brain/consciousness' to perceive Essence of the subject (Hinduism). https://twitter.com/miss_thakur_/status/1274349520302649344?s=20
That's how he 'uplifts his brain/consciousness' to perceive Essence of the subject (Hinduism). https://twitter.com/miss_thakur_/status/1274349520302649344?s=20
Lastly, 'correlating' and 'redefining' both are different. I did not use the word 'correlating' anywhere but 'redefining'. Because the original thread literally redefined (reduced) Mahakal to spacetime continuum, Vishnu to Neutron etc. https://twitter.com/miss_thakur_/status/1274349515970015234?s=20
For example, If you have heard about Max Mueller, Wendy Doniger, Sheldon Pollock who have deliberately twisted the words of our scriptures esp. Vedas by its literal meaning just to prove that Hindus used to eat beef.
How many have objected till now? Not enough.
How many have objected till now? Not enough.
On the contrary we Hindus have now started the trend of twisting the meanings of our own Shlokas by our own hands.
This kind of reduction gives the 'otherside' an implicit access to mould our texts to suit their agenda.
This kind of reduction gives the 'otherside' an implicit access to mould our texts to suit their agenda.
I respect your effort to make it easy for others who have no idea about Hinduism to get a picture of it, but at what cost?
If you compromise the core of the subject you have nothing left to teach him.
If you compromise the core of the subject you have nothing left to teach him.
This is not some gibberish I am talking about. Think over this objectively, then say something. I appreciate your effort.
Why do we need a validation from a circle where there is not trace of eternity left wrt culture and religion?
Do we want to end up like them? If no, then I seen no reason for their validation over something they have no idea about.
https://twitter.com/Paavitra07/status/1274371053972852736?s=20
Do we want to end up like them? If no, then I seen no reason for their validation over something they have no idea about.
https://twitter.com/Paavitra07/status/1274371053972852736?s=20
Ever seen any westerner saying that Law of Conservation of Energy is equivalent to Law of Karma?
You will find many Hindus claiming things like that.
This is nothing but a slippery slope of manipulating our scriptures which we later end up 'busting' the myths created bc of us.
You will find many Hindus claiming things like that.
This is nothing but a slippery slope of manipulating our scriptures which we later end up 'busting' the myths created bc of us.
Why do you think ilks of Rajive Malhotra spend their entire lives in writing books about busting the myths created around our sacred scriptures by the same western circle that we seek validation from?
Probably because for them 'there is nothing beyond science' so their religious identity that they cannot get rid of, must have some scientific ground too.
My main point was that while doing this we remove the Bhakti aspect.
https://twitter.com/Paavitra07/status/1274370863505313792?s=20
My main point was that while doing this we remove the Bhakti aspect.
https://twitter.com/Paavitra07/status/1274370863505313792?s=20
And those people often refrain from from seeing the value of such customs which go beyond their scientific rationality. https://twitter.com/BaghiBaan/status/1274105384479756289?s=20
Do you think tradition of Sabarimala which requires Brahmacharya of 41 days, would've survived till date if people had tested it on ground of their understanding of rationality?
No, definitely not.
You can either have an eternal value system or an ever changing scientific one.
No, definitely not.
You can either have an eternal value system or an ever changing scientific one.
