Answers According to the Vedic Version:
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Question: Why Do People Treat You Like God?
I have looked at your web site and seen your pictures and I have to say:
Wow! People treat you like a god, don't they? You sit in the midst of flower petals and on a raised platform. Why is that? Are you above the people you teach? Why do place the pictures of the gurus of old on the altar? Do you worship them as deities?
Thank you,
Student
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Answer: Guru is Given Same Respect as God
Just as a policeman, even though just an ordinary citizen like you or me, is respected as being the government when he is on duty, similarly the spiritual master, even though he is also a living being like you or me, is given the same respect that we give to God because his duty is to act as God's representative.
The spiritual master never feels that he is above the people that he is teaching. Rather he considers himself below them. He sees them as his masters because he has to serve them by delivering them back to the spiritual world. He feels completely unqualified and unfit to sit on an exalted seat. But as a matter of duty he is required to accept the respectful obeisances and loving service being offered to him by his disciples. He has this duty because Krishna orders His devotees to learn the science of bhakti by taking shelter of a bona fide spiritual master to whom they are to give the same honor and respect that they would give to Krishna, if He were personally present.
Sankarshan Das Adhikari
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Monday, December 31, 2007
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
Punjab Ki Puthar
Some jokes
1) Sardar: I haven't slept all night in the train.
Friend: Why?
Sardar: Got upper berth.
Friend: Why didn't you try to exchange seats?
Sardar: Oye, there was nobody 2 exchange seat in the lower berth.
2) Sardar tells a girl "Come to my house at night, nobody will be there"
Girl goes at night & really nobody was there !
3) A Sardar went to a bank to open an A/C. After seeing the form he had gone to Delhi for filling up.
You know why? Form Says " FILL UP IN CAPITAL".
4) A sardar invested 2 Lakhs in a business and suffered huge losses.
Do you know what the business was?
He opened a Saloon in Punjab !
5) A Teacher lecturing on population - In India after every 10 sec a woman gives birth to a kid.
A Sardar stood up and said we must find & stop her !
6) Sardar - Why are all these people running ?
Man - This is a race, the winner will get the cup.
Sardar - If only the winner will get the cup, why are others running ?
7) Sardar had twins; he named them Tin & Martin.
Again had twins & named them Peter & Repeater.
Again twins & named them Max & Climax.
Again the same. disgusted Sardar named them TIRED & RETIRED !
8) 19 sardars went to see a film. On asking them why they came in a big group of 19?
They replied that "The film was only for above 18."
9) A sardarji photographer was focussing a dead body's face in a funeral
function. Suddenly all relatives started beating him. Why?
He said "SMILE PLEASE"
1) Sardar: I haven't slept all night in the train.
Friend: Why?
Sardar: Got upper berth.
Friend: Why didn't you try to exchange seats?
Sardar: Oye, there was nobody 2 exchange seat in the lower berth.
2) Sardar tells a girl "Come to my house at night, nobody will be there"
Girl goes at night & really nobody was there !
3) A Sardar went to a bank to open an A/C. After seeing the form he had gone to Delhi for filling up.
You know why? Form Says " FILL UP IN CAPITAL".
4) A sardar invested 2 Lakhs in a business and suffered huge losses.
Do you know what the business was?
He opened a Saloon in Punjab !
5) A Teacher lecturing on population - In India after every 10 sec a woman gives birth to a kid.
A Sardar stood up and said we must find & stop her !
6) Sardar - Why are all these people running ?
Man - This is a race, the winner will get the cup.
Sardar - If only the winner will get the cup, why are others running ?
7) Sardar had twins; he named them Tin & Martin.
Again had twins & named them Peter & Repeater.
Again twins & named them Max & Climax.
Again the same. disgusted Sardar named them TIRED & RETIRED !
8) 19 sardars went to see a film. On asking them why they came in a big group of 19?
They replied that "The film was only for above 18."
9) A sardarji photographer was focussing a dead body's face in a funeral
function. Suddenly all relatives started beating him. Why?
He said "SMILE PLEASE"
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
Amazing..........
This should now be listed as the 8th wonder of the world.
Water bridge ... over a river ....
Even after you see it, it is still hard to believe!
Water Bridge in Germany .... What a feat!
Six years, 500 million euros, 918 meters long.......now this is engineering!
This is a channel-bridge over the River Elbe and joins the former East and
West Germany , as part of the unification project. It is located in the city
of Magdeburg, near Berlin .
The photo was taken on the day of inauguration.
To those who appreciate engineering projects, here's a puzzle for you
armchair engineers and physicists.
Did that bridge have to be designed to withstand the additional weight
of ship and barge traffic, or just the weight of the water?
???
Arguments for Meat Eating
Answers According to the Vedic Version
I would firstly like to thank you for all the nectar you are sharing with us. The photos are soooo full of life:))
I've got one question:
I have a family friend studying in the UK. He is a Hindu working for McDonald's. He has been telling me that he gets free food, and that the cheese they use there is beef based, and that also he started consuming beef. He has been arguing the following:
1. Why Muslims, Christians, and Jews can eat beef while Hindus cannot?
2. Also if everyone would turn vegetarian, there will be an overpopulation of cattle, cows, hens, etc...
3. Herbivores have flat teeth and carnivores have pointed teeth. But humans have both. So it is a clear signal that we humans can eat both, as humans can easily digest non vegetarian food.
4. Even plants and trees are living entities. But still we pluck and eat the fruits and vegetables.
I told him that cows are Krishna's favorites and that they provide milk so they are our mothers. I also told him that Krishna Himself says that consumers of beef will have to go through this repeated cycle of birth and deaths and be born 5000 times more as the worse lowly species. Then, he told me, "What is the proof that Krishna said all this? Bhagavad-gita was spoken so many years back and at that time there was no copyright. Maybe the one who wrote it is wrong and has interpreted Bhagavad-gita in his own way."
I did try my best, Maharaja. Please excuse me if I did any offense. Please advise me how I should answer him.
Thank You,
Your Servant,
Renu
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Answer: Arguments Against Meat Eating
Here are your questions with answers:
1. Why Muslims, Christians, and Jews can eat beef while Hindus cannot?
Answer: Everyone can eat meat if they want to. But they will take the karma of becoming animals and being slaughtered and eaten by the very same animals that they ate. It does not matter how they designate themselves as Muslim, Christian, Jew, Hindu etc. Everyone is treated equally without any discrimination by the stringent laws of karma.
2. Also if everyone would turn vegetarian, there will be an overpopulation of cattle, cows, hens, etc...
Answer: The cattle are being artificially bred to support the beef eating industry. It is very simple to separate the cows and bulls into separate pasturing grounds.
3. Herbivores have flat teeth and carnivores have pointed teeth. But humans have both. So it is a clear signal that we humans can eat both, as humans can easily digest non vegetarian food.
Answer: Humans have two carnivorous teeth as a concession for the meat eaters. That's a fact. But besides that, their entire digestive system is herbivorous. When a human eats meat, it is very unhealthy because the rotting meat turns from fermentative into putrefactive while still present in the intestinal system. The carnivorous animals have a very short intestinal system to get the meat out before it turns putrefactive. It is because of meat eating that we see so much colon cancer in the human society.
4. Even plants and trees are living entities. But still we pluck and eat the fruits and vegetables.
Answer: Therefore we are forbidden to consume even fruits and vegetables unless they are first offered to Krishna to free us from the karma of killing them. We cannot offer meat to Krishna because He specifically instructs us to offer Him vegetarian foods, not meat foods.
I told him that cows are Krishna's favorites and that they provide milk so they are our mothers. I also told him that Krishna Himself says that consumers of beef will have to go through this repeated cycle of birth and deaths and be born 5000 times more as the worse lowly species. Then, he told me, "What is the proof that Krishna said all this? Bhagavad-gita was spoken so many years back and at that time there was no copyright. Maybe the one who wrote it is wrong and has interpreted Bhagavad-gita in his own way."
Answer: The words of Krishna spoken 5,000 years ago have been passed down carefully without any adulteration through an unbroken chain of disciplic succession. Besides that, the proof of the pudding is in eating. When he finds himself in the animal kingdom being readied for slaughter for as many times as there are hairs on the body of the cow that he eats, he will get his proof. But by then, it will be too late. It is more intelligent to learn by hearing than it is by being sent repeatedly to the slaughter house. But less intelligent fools are stubborn. They will only learn the hard way.
Sankarshan Das Adhikari
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More information is available for study at: http://www.ultimateselfrealization.com
I would firstly like to thank you for all the nectar you are sharing with us. The photos are soooo full of life:))
I've got one question:
I have a family friend studying in the UK. He is a Hindu working for McDonald's. He has been telling me that he gets free food, and that the cheese they use there is beef based, and that also he started consuming beef. He has been arguing the following:
1. Why Muslims, Christians, and Jews can eat beef while Hindus cannot?
2. Also if everyone would turn vegetarian, there will be an overpopulation of cattle, cows, hens, etc...
3. Herbivores have flat teeth and carnivores have pointed teeth. But humans have both. So it is a clear signal that we humans can eat both, as humans can easily digest non vegetarian food.
4. Even plants and trees are living entities. But still we pluck and eat the fruits and vegetables.
I told him that cows are Krishna's favorites and that they provide milk so they are our mothers. I also told him that Krishna Himself says that consumers of beef will have to go through this repeated cycle of birth and deaths and be born 5000 times more as the worse lowly species. Then, he told me, "What is the proof that Krishna said all this? Bhagavad-gita was spoken so many years back and at that time there was no copyright. Maybe the one who wrote it is wrong and has interpreted Bhagavad-gita in his own way."
I did try my best, Maharaja. Please excuse me if I did any offense. Please advise me how I should answer him.
Thank You,
Your Servant,
Renu
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Answer: Arguments Against Meat Eating
Here are your questions with answers:
1. Why Muslims, Christians, and Jews can eat beef while Hindus cannot?
Answer: Everyone can eat meat if they want to. But they will take the karma of becoming animals and being slaughtered and eaten by the very same animals that they ate. It does not matter how they designate themselves as Muslim, Christian, Jew, Hindu etc. Everyone is treated equally without any discrimination by the stringent laws of karma.
2. Also if everyone would turn vegetarian, there will be an overpopulation of cattle, cows, hens, etc...
Answer: The cattle are being artificially bred to support the beef eating industry. It is very simple to separate the cows and bulls into separate pasturing grounds.
3. Herbivores have flat teeth and carnivores have pointed teeth. But humans have both. So it is a clear signal that we humans can eat both, as humans can easily digest non vegetarian food.
Answer: Humans have two carnivorous teeth as a concession for the meat eaters. That's a fact. But besides that, their entire digestive system is herbivorous. When a human eats meat, it is very unhealthy because the rotting meat turns from fermentative into putrefactive while still present in the intestinal system. The carnivorous animals have a very short intestinal system to get the meat out before it turns putrefactive. It is because of meat eating that we see so much colon cancer in the human society.
4. Even plants and trees are living entities. But still we pluck and eat the fruits and vegetables.
Answer: Therefore we are forbidden to consume even fruits and vegetables unless they are first offered to Krishna to free us from the karma of killing them. We cannot offer meat to Krishna because He specifically instructs us to offer Him vegetarian foods, not meat foods.
I told him that cows are Krishna's favorites and that they provide milk so they are our mothers. I also told him that Krishna Himself says that consumers of beef will have to go through this repeated cycle of birth and deaths and be born 5000 times more as the worse lowly species. Then, he told me, "What is the proof that Krishna said all this? Bhagavad-gita was spoken so many years back and at that time there was no copyright. Maybe the one who wrote it is wrong and has interpreted Bhagavad-gita in his own way."
Answer: The words of Krishna spoken 5,000 years ago have been passed down carefully without any adulteration through an unbroken chain of disciplic succession. Besides that, the proof of the pudding is in eating. When he finds himself in the animal kingdom being readied for slaughter for as many times as there are hairs on the body of the cow that he eats, he will get his proof. But by then, it will be too late. It is more intelligent to learn by hearing than it is by being sent repeatedly to the slaughter house. But less intelligent fools are stubborn. They will only learn the hard way.
Sankarshan Das Adhikari
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