GUWAHATI: Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Deb came up with a new scientific interpretation for the evolution of internet when he said internet existed in the days of Mahabharata as well.
Deb, who made this statement at a public event, said: "India has been using internet since ages. In Mahabharata, Sanjay was blind but he narrated what was happening in the battlefield to Dhritarashtra anyway. This was due to internet and technology. Satellite also existed during that period."
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@SK I don't think so. But you're right that some users desperately want to go back to the "Vedic way of life" - whatever that means. Re-implement the birth-based varna system.
@sv. caste is hinduism and hinduism is caste. If you want superpower status caste has to go - if it doesn't the China-Pakistan axis may balkanize India
Prime Minister Modi thinks climate change is just a feeling you get sometimes but doesn't happen in reality.
@SK 'caste is hinduism and hinduism is caste' - TRUE. But lot of supporters of the guna-based system but most don't know how it works. It has no practical use.
@sv. Are the people here such as the most prolific poster (whatever has happene dto him lately) serious? And why is th eruling clique vehemently in favor of Hare Krishnas
@sv. These are white neo-christians who want to insert their hysteria and hysnosis form of religion. Just because they are nominal vishnuists, home-grown vishnuists feel camaraderie for them. They are a deadly threat and Hindu visnuists may become Mir Jafars
@SK Yes, I think they are pretending. Reason being, once you come out and say it's 'imagination of Valmiki or Vyasa' they have to accept everything else is also their imagination.
Even with Mahabharata, no single person could've written 100,000 verses in a lifetime. But people quote it on this site as if they have personal knowledge of the actual events.
@sv. So if you don't believe Arjuna severed Jayadrarha's head and made the arrow fly with it all the way to Jayadratha's father's lap - POOF goes all of "birdie num num" Hinduism?
@SK Same with the Vedas and it's apaurusheya (no human author) nature - you have to sing over & over to establish their supremacy.
@SK Yes, next thing one will say is Krishna's Sudarshana Chakra is not special .. it must be a simple device and someone overlay supernatural powers on it.
So they have to defend, Brahmastra, Varunastra, all the chakras, etc. as real.
@sv. By the way Aryan Migration is true - you maty have doubted it before - but now with nutrition, exercise etc - light skinned NorthIndians look indistinguishable from Caucasians
@sv. Thats HILARIOUS. I have baited him into admitting so many outrageous things
Throughout most of its history, the system of government in India was Vedic monarchy (the claims of P.C. Dharma notwithstanding). But in modern times, India has turned into a democracy. My question is, are there any Acharyas living today who support a return to monarchy?
Have the heads of any ...
@sv. Nirad Chowdury correctly says the cow is sacred because it it white and was brought in by the incmoing aryans from central Asia. Thats why race-based caste is the very fabrc of Hinduism
He even interviewed Nithyananda .. in wake of this Alien vacation theory he should clarify his opinion of Nithyananda now. real or fake.
@SuryaKantaBoseChowdhury I like the fact that he's writing his own reinterpretations of Hindu scripture for the new age. Because the old interpretations are outdated and no one takes them seriously now.
@SuryaKantaBoseChowdhury Ok, but yajnas of past did yield rain? Like they used to say, there's a certain 'raaga' that can produce a shower. You believe those?
@SuryaKantaBoseChowdhury not a chance. after Rig veda sanskrit has become utterly mediocre. Large numbers of Tamil nadu temples do worship in Tamil - to howls of protests from tambrahms
@SuryaKantaBoseChowdhury You and the so called Ahubhav Jha puzzle - your level of Vishnuist bigotry is ONLY dispalyed by Iyengar types. whats going on ?
@SK First of all, I'm sorry for having speculating your Quora a/c. And second, we have differences in opinion what defines bigotry. So I better not want to argue.
I understand Bhagavad gita says varna is by profession and not by birth. But how should I explain it to a non-hindu or an atheist who is too ignorant to read hindu books and argues that casteism is an inherent part of Hinduism and in order to end it Hinduism must be eradicated.
@SuryaKantaBoseChowdhury apology accepted. But your pal Anubhav like to cite a vishnuist blog called Narayanastra which displays embarrassing levels of hate. That makes perfect sense for South Indian Iyengar types - what has attracted you and anubhav to this form of Hinduism
@SuryaKantaBoseChowdhury I believe in "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it" -- so I may not like what you write, but will support your right to ask.
@SuryaKantaBoseChowdhury Ok, research a little more. I don't it's possible. Yoga is good for health but beyond that no supernatural powers.
@SuryaKantaBoseChowdhury Yes. I don't think the way you frame your questions is sectarian. I like your style. As long as you don't try to prove "Vishnu is supreme" - you're safe.
@SuryaKantaBoseChowdhury Good. May be its your youth - but you need to understand that you can't place a natural interpretation of something (say, mahanrutunjaya mantra) and totally contrived vishnuist argument (narasimha in rig veda) on the two pans of a scale and pretend to be neutral between them.
@SuryaKantaBoseChowdhury NONE of you have a clue whats going to happen. the white people of ISKCON don't give a hoot about Krishna - they are looking to reconquer India, intellectually thi stime
@SuryaKantaBoseChowdhury “Since you Muslims cannot bring killed cows back to life, you are responsible for killing them. Therefore you are going to hell; there is no way for your deliverance." - how can a saint make statements like this?
@sv. I'm pretty sure that isn't a direct quote of Mahaprabhu. None of the statements in the Chaitanya Charitamrita are directly from Mahaprabhu's mouth.
@SuryaKantaBoseChowdhury I think it's more to do with economics. Cows were slaughtered regularly. Then it became out of fashion at some point. No one knows why.
@SuryaKantaBoseChowdhury Sorry - to me Vishnu is synonymous with Aryan genocide of tribals - I can understand having a perosnal ishta devata and still being advaitic - the teachings o f the Southern vishnuist so-called achrayas fill me with loathing.
@SK That's fine. I'm not forcing you to change your beliefs.
But then you shouldn't think all Vaishnava sects to be same. Vaishnavism has produced many great saints such as Dhyaneshwar, Tulsidas and Swaminarayan. (All of them had high respect for Shiva).
@sv. Yeah, that's true.
Bengalis are obsessed with nonvegetarianism (which I strictly oppose).
@SuryaKantaBoseChowdhury You should see some stuff Southern Vishnuists have put out there on the net - that too in the 21st century. One of their Luminaries is Vedanta Desikan who couldn't stomch their beloved Vishnu not being the main deity at the magnificent Chidambaram Nataraja temple - so apparently he writes a poem that their god is reclining and Siva is dancing - so YOU decide who is teh sbahnayaka - You won't believe the hatred thats out there from these people
@SuryaKantaBoseChowdhury but the vishnuist core at this site is Iyengar types
@SK I don't have much idea about the South...I do know, sectarianism is much more prevalent there...in the North, I guess people are more liberal. Anyway, I don't subscribe to Vedanta Desikan's views.
@SK I don't like them either...no offense to any Madhwas here but Madhvacharya is my least favourite acharya. And calling Shankara a demon is too much.
@SK Neither of us are iyengars but we are interested in studying the principles of Sri Vaishnavism.
@SuryaKantaBoseChowdhury Ramanuja has insulted Sankara also - but anubhav has gone to Ph.D before elementary school - "there are no proper names in sankkirt - there for Rudra is Vishnu if we want, Siva i sVishnu if we want - everything is good comes from vishnu, no matter which God is the front man at any rate vishnu is everybody's antaryaami"
@SK That is where I differ from you. I know it sounds bad to non-Vaishnavas about the antaryami part and that's why I don't blame them. At the same time, I don't find the antaryami concept offensive. As far as Ramanuja insulting Shankara comes, I haven't found anywhere Ramanuja making personal remarks on Shankara.
If you have heard of Ramanandi Vaishnavas in the North, you'll find them way more liberal than Southern Sri Vaishnavas even though they too follow Ramanuja and Vishishtadvaita. @SK
Tulsidas was a Vishishtadvaitin and Ramanandi. And he has praised Shiva a lot in his Ramcharitmanas.
Throughout most of its history, the system of government in India was Vedic monarchy (the claims of P.C. Dharma notwithstanding). But in modern times, India has turned into a democracy. My question is, are there any Acharyas living today who support a return to monarchy?
Have the heads of any ...
I understand Bhagavad gita says varna is by profession and not by birth. But how should I explain it to a non-hindu or an atheist who is too ignorant to read hindu books and argues that casteism is an inherent part of Hinduism and in order to end it Hinduism must be eradicated.
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