We should keep it that way. Festivals are celebrated for joy. This is the time people mingle dance sing and feast. Most of our festivals have a great social and family binding motivation so that we bond with friends and relatives and people surrounding us.
Jai Jagannath... Splititing the name of lord u can know jagannath is lord of the world..history says jagannath is also worshiped by muslim "Salabega.." and responded directly to his prayers...Jagannath Rath Yatra is the visit of Lord to his devotees...Our Indian state Orissa is proud to be the land of Jagannath..
Its great feeling that Americans also recognise these strong concept of orissa people..but when is the rising time of our indian government..Orissa is the state providing Coal(we say black diamond)to all the power plants of the country.. provinding steel for building a stronger India.. providing alluminium for a tech India.. but is there any special package from Indian government for orissa??? no/.
Go andhra pradesh every village have railway stn and the stn are well constructed..its because of central government money...but in the same region orissa is always neglected...
Central government should think again...should give special packages for one of the important state of it..ORISSA...
RE:Jagat ke Nath Jagannath...
by Harish on Jul 04, 2008 11:48 PM Permalink
we are celebrating the essence of Hinduism here i.e JOY why get such irrelevant things which are nothing but baseless.... to create nothin but an ill will.... neways, Yes! Orissa had its share of problems and corruption is a major problem out thr but in a larger proportion.... Just that it's a matter of time that a improvement in technology would propel better governance and proper directing of funds...its frustrating but thats the challenge India is facing!! Lets do something to stalk it out !!! Hare Krishna!
Christ learnt all from India itself its actually Krishna Niti- the rightoues way to lead life which is now called Christianity & some people (pope,etc.) have made some amendments to it for their benefits but still its peaceful religion coz its roots r based on Lord krishna's message to the world. And by the way hinduism is a way of life and not a religion. Thats why people are not after converting people from other religions forcibly. It gives u choices to lead ur life & choice of worship to attain salvation. Also Bhagvad Gita is not a hindu epic its a book which explains about dharma i.e. what a person must do in the various situations he faces in life and the answers to the many questions a common man (in this case Arjuna) asked.There is no where mentioned in it to follow Hinduism only or this particular god only to attain salvation. Its more about what is right and wrong for various situations that is described.
RE:Hinduism the righteous way of life
by Calspadeaspade on Jul 02, 2008 12:55 AM Permalink
Lol. SDt ! I am proud of you. Good one. What we today call as Hinduism have gone thru metamorphosis and have embraced good ideas from different faiths and cultures. So Hindus stand tall because they are not just tolerant but have embraced good values from other cultures.
RE:RE:No hate messages for hindus !!!!
by ravi chandran on Jun 20, 2008 01:57 PM Permalink
Who has told. We have resprected every religion. In These religions, priest duty is take off bigotism. Sikh is good religion, and always peaceful with everyone.
RE:No hate messages for hindus !!!!
by galilio on Jun 18, 2008 03:42 PM Permalink
billions are skeletons of christians in earth waiting for jesus second coming to face judgement day to fly in sky to reach heaven. how come all those bodies if not reduced to ash now could fly since tombs are raised on top of coffins.pity still christians believe this sort of foolish ideas of merging with lord directly from earth to heaven.for hindus,only souls are taking rebirths immediately or later or going to heaven or hell or to merge with supreme god in vaikundam depending upon its karmas and service to the society and to god (only hinduism talk of services to society and god while other religions talk of service and faith on their god for other religions services to society is only for conversion purpose to put faith on ignorant people)missionaries raise boogy every time year after year,second coming of jesus is in 2011 and later go on changing to every 2/3 years to fool people for conversion agenda.beware of missionaries and evengalists.
RE:No hate messages for hindus !!!!
by kate on Jun 18, 2008 11:16 AM Permalink
We are eagerly to understand more about hindu spirituals. the philosophy of Hindu religion appreciated. while i need more to know about the Hindu monks i mentions. I am proudly to know more.
RE:No hate messages for hindus !!!!
by galilio on Jun 18, 2008 03:29 PM Permalink
hinduism is great.no other religion have belief of re-birth.becouse of re-birth,karmas are attached to our body.becouse of re-birth, immortal soul comes in the picture.becouse of soul,final salvation comes to end merging with god. god is neither women or man or animal but para brahmam-according to hinduism which is ever pervading,omni-present,omni-potent,smallest to biggest. we worship in the form of human as god as prescribed by vedas which came from day of creation of universe.vedas tells to worship god in different form formost is in the form of vishnu,who resides as antheryami in every heart, which we call as paramathma.vedas were not written by someone like bible or quran.those religions have no philosphy, no spiritual and hence can not explain inequality,inequity,social disparities in births and disorder in world without theory of karmas,re-births,immortal athmas and final salvation to reach godhood. westeners now realised the truth and hence follow vedic dharma,a way of life as prescribed in sanatana dharma.
RE:RE:No hate messages for hindus !!!!
by Calspadeaspade on Jul 02, 2008 12:57 AM Permalink
Go to arshaboda.org. Listen to Swami Tadathmananda's lectires on Bhagvad Gita. They are put up in mp3 format which you can down load.That is better than even iskon.
RE:RE:No hate messages for hindus !!!!
by ravi chandran on Jun 20, 2008 01:59 PM Permalink
Go to Iskcon, know about them. Take a decision by using, logic, ethics, and principles.
It is great to see Indian rituals spreading in other countries. Another example is Kerala festival "Onam-- an yearly festival of Kerala denoting visit of Mahabali" celebrated in Gulf countries. Last year some gulf companies even gave holidays during Onam as majority of their employees are Indians, particularly Keralites. Recently "Vishu-- Kerala new year festival like yugadi" is also getting popularity in Gulf. Interestingly Arabs are also showing great interest in these celebrations.
RE:RE:Indian rituals spreading abroad
by ravi chandran on Jun 20, 2008 02:00 PM Permalink
It is not rituals which are important. Devotion to supreme person is the most important.
