Not that you made a movie - thats fine, but to say you are NOT Hindu, when all you do is make a living out of selling Hinduism is hypocritical...You are simply doing a Bobby Jindal encore - disowning the very heritage that sustains you. All you did so far is sell Hindu wisdom - Upanishads, Geeta, Tagore Kabir etc..you even Hinduized Christ - the least you should acknowledge is you are Hindu. Not reading your books anymore, might as well read the originals !
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by Purohit Shastry on Apr 26, 2008 11:42 AM Permalink
Bobby Jindal became governer because he settled in USA. If his family had stayed back in India he would have been one of the many BJP losers in India doing nothing but spreading hatred.
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by Noel D on Apr 27, 2008 09:16 AM Permalink
If I had talents of Deepak C I would sell Jesus! I beleive in only one god! That is the power of money whatever color it is! It is only a matter of time when money can buy everything and you don't need master card for every thing else!
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by Avinash on Apr 27, 2008 11:38 PM Permalink
Dear Noel, the churches and other wholesale and retail dealers of Christianity are doing exactly the same thing. And of course the likes of Mr. Deepak Chropra sell the ancient Indian culture peacemeal to the half-literate Americans in new packages!
Some time back I had read the book "The Monk who sold his Ferrari" by Rboin Sharma. I really wonder whether anybody had asked him how many Sadhus of 200 or 300 years are living in the Himalayas. The maximum life span of humanbeing is 120 years and there is no way of prolonging the same (many people may be aware of the late shipping magnate, Onasis who tried every trick (including avoiding being photographed) to prolong his life but without any success!
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by Kris iyer on Apr 26, 2008 08:30 AM Permalink
Deepak, Your points are good. They are the reasons why Hindus feel hurt. Chopra and Jindal are both kicking the ladder on which they came up. I have seen this amongst many overseas Indians, ALL from a Hindu background doing this. In S'pore too ambitious Indians, will stop identifying themselveds as Hindus, keep away from religious functions and so on. Some of them will lecture Hindus on how to "forget their religion and culture to blend in with the majority Chinese culture". In other words, they go over-board. They think that only that way, non-Hindus would appreciate them. Ambition for power, position and money blinds Hindus more than any other religious group. It is sad, because Hinduism teaches in detail how a human can balance materialism, social-welfare and personal spiritual development, resulting in a strong personality. In that sense, someone like Dr.Abdul Kalam, is more of a Hindu, than many born Hindus. Chopra has not absorbed the very words and conepts he used to lecture others. His understanding of Hinduism was employed to make money - as a doctor would use medical knowledge to charge fees for his services. In this connection I find Hindus in the rural areas, who do not talk much, but in fact, understand and practise Hinduism better than us - the "educated", english-speaking crowd, living mostly in Metros. Their "sraddha", "bhakti" and grasp of "karthavya" is true Hinduism, even if they cannot lecture others like Chopra.
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by Purohit Shastry on Apr 26, 2008 11:48 AM Permalink
Hinduism is just an offshoot of paganism once prevailed over the world. Its basement consists of idol worship, myths and superstitions
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by Avinash on Apr 27, 2008 11:33 PM Permalink
All religions are off-shoots of paganism. Put the words "animal worship" in any internet search engine and read the result to understand how the system of worship originated. There is no difference between worshipping idols, visual aids (the Roman catholic churches call the statues of Jesus on cross, mother mary,etc so), vacuum or something else! Everything boils down to blind-faiths!
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by Bharat Kr on May 01, 2008 08:35 PM Permalink
Purohit Shastry: Who don't worship Idols? Christians wqorship idols of Jesus and Mary, muslims worship Black Stone Idol of Kabba, Buddists worship Idols of Buddha and others monks and lists goes on. Your name says two words, Purohit and Shastry. Do you know the meaning of them? I doubt, else you would not be a self-hater. Your message reflects your low self-esteem and lack of confidence. Read Swami Vivekananda, you will overcome them. May Ishwar give us sat-buddhi.
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by deepak on Apr 26, 2008 10:51 PM Permalink
Idol worship is great...its the ultimate symbolism and enables man to have the presence of God right next to him. In the absence of idol worship you tend to worship corpses in graves like Muslims do in mazars, sing dance, get high on marijuana and ask the dead guy for babies. Christians especially Catholics are close in that they worship dead saints to intervene between man and God. Idol worship is the natural way to go, corpse worship borders on witchcraft and hence not good.
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by Exposse on Apr 27, 2008 10:45 PM Permalink
Muslims consider absence those who worship corpses in graves as idol worshippers too.You will not find this practiced among Muslims except in indian subcontinent. Even the muslims claim that they are not worshping the corpse but only treating him as the mediator-This attitude clearly is an attitude of paganism
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by deepak on Apr 28, 2008 01:32 AM Permalink
Expose lies...Worship of Graves is Big thing even in Bagdad the mazar of Abdul Kader Jilani...Corpse are worshipped in both Islam and Christianity...indeed Jesus dead and hanging from a corpse is also a corpse..so its clear that a beautiful thing as worship of God thru Idols has created Corpse worshipping cults..BTW if grave worship is not allowed in Islam then why are not the fatwas forthcoming???? is it because these are billion dollar industries?? why are bin Laden and islamic heroes so silent on this, whereas they want to kill all other infidels???
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by desperate guy on Apr 28, 2008 01:00 PM Permalink
Dear deepak... How did you know there were no fatwas issued against grave worshipping? what is your "source of information?" or do you have a magic ball in which you can see everything happening all over the world every moment??..Please don't jump in the pool with half knowledge and predecided mentality of attacking...talk some sense... BTW..again what makes you think that Bin laden or other Islamic Heroes represent total Islam? Bin laden is not even a Scholar ( or Mulla in your words )...He is just a rebelion who found vent to his anger against America in jehad...He is not an authority on Islam.
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by Kris iyer on Apr 27, 2008 08:04 AM Permalink
Deepak, Many think an "idol" is the "human-like" figure and somehow "bad". In middle-eastern religions, they go for a "book", prayers written in Arabic script, symbols like the "crescent star" or "a cross" a place of worship that can only look one way, with minarets or spires, a direction in which to turn to pray, a mausoleum (a grave) which has to "look" in a certain way. Christians have statutes of Jesus, as well as Mary and the Child. My question is: Why shd all these "substitutes" be seen as NOT IDOLS ? As far as the human brain goes, everyone of them is an "idol" that carry the same objections as the "idol" with a human likeness. Incidentally, the term "idol" is not the right term for us. "Vigraha" = "Source of the Victory of the House" the term used in Hindu Agamas and Grihya Sutras for the "Mool Devata" conveys the sense of "here is the focus or source of the divine in this Graha or house". Therefore, it is identified as the link, a Sethu for human thoughts and prayers. In that sense, it is a great help. So, on deeper inquiry, some of these superficial criticisms of Hinduism disappear.
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by Samosachat on Apr 29, 2008 05:46 PM Permalink
WEll said Kris Iyer. You have articulated so well what I wanted to say. Keep your posts coming. Some of the ambitious Hindus behave so shamefully because of the inferiority complex created by western educated Pseudo seculars and Colonialists of the past. I cant imagine how gullible weterners are when they fall for waht Chopra is dishing out using Hinduism. They pay like $1000 per lecture. I am so ashamed of Deepak Chopra.
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by deepak on Apr 26, 2008 10:05 AM Permalink
Kris, reading your good post only two things come to mind that may be appropriate here...centuries of subjugation which resulted in Hindus evolving into a compact nation, and the peculiar brand of secularism that is now in India. Even attaining super economic status can restore self dignity.
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by Noel D on Apr 27, 2008 09:14 AM Permalink
Dude! The world is all about making money! History has shown that people have murdered their own children when it comes to power! All Deepak Chopra is doing is selling Hinduism for few dollars more! I bet you would do the same if you had his deceptive talents! Don't get sentiomental about religion. All religions are mafia anfd full of crap. If you want to believe in devine powers, believe in them independent of religion!
