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by Dinesh Tiwari on Aug 29, 2007 01:37 PM

Hi everyone ,
Everybody knows Hinduism is not a relegion, but its definitely one of the best ways of life which is derived from sanatana dharma. Again sanatan dharma has nothing to do with any faith.

Sanatana dharma means encompassing all and never changing. So, who has this characteristic!, this characteristic is only carried by God, everybody agrees ...right.

So to realize God and hence dharma/relegion you need certain guides, gurus and scriptures.

Now, i hope you will agree, scriptures are written books and are subject to mis-interpretation as any written and visual material.

Just like we cannot understand maths and science just by reading them we need cirtain guru's and guides who will teach us the fundamentals and then further we can learn on our own under his guidance.

So now all the scriptures are written books on the same subject by different authors based on their experience received from GOD and Gurus/Prophets (real gurus delve into God, they are one with God irrespective of what faith he was born in and what faith he/she followed.).

So its a matter of prarabdha and your past karma which will help you identify a real teacher, guide or guru whichever name. Only condition is that if your guru happens to be a realized one, he will assist you throughout your journy to realize God, just like a good knowlageable teacher helps his students to specialize and excel in his/her fiels of interest.

So let us wait until we find a real Guru, who will clear a

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