My Journey into Sanatana Dharma

I would like to present a case for astrology from life's experiences, from veritable books and a scientific study I came across recently. Why am I making a case for it? Well, recently I've embarked on understanding what Darwin really said about Evolution and how he came about these conclusions. I've been watching the documentary (The Genius of Darwin) by the foremost proponent of evolution in the contemporary world, Sir Richard Dawkins, below is the link on youtube to the same: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSYREfaZP1U Now here is what I said recently on my Facebook post: If Darwin's theory of Evolution is accepted in the scientific community although there is no empirical evidence, only based on observations and derivation of possibilities, then Astrology, planetary influence on the human mind/ character/psych, SHLD be accepted by the scientific community as a fact. If not this is pure bigotry by the scientific community to call evolution a science and as...

Robert Oppenheimer ( father of the atomic bomb ), Carl Sagan ( worlds foremost cosmologist ), Nikolas Tesla ( arguably the most prolific inventor of modern times ), Heisenberg ( one of the key founders of quantum mechanics that has made modern life even possible ), the list can go on, to understand how these highly intelligent ppl of the world were drawn to the wisdom found in Vedanta and related schools of thoughts by themselves with no need for prostelizying , with no need for someone promising a heaven with 72 virgins or with the fear of an eternal Hell. Any decent man should be able to see through the grandeur of Sanatana Dharma and it's mind boggling sanity that every great mind that comes in touch with it is influenced by it. And history is proof that all great minds have been at odds with other religions, starting with Galileo. Here is a list of quotes on Hinduism by various ppl around the world. Http ://www.hinduwisdom.info/quotes1_20.htm One excerpt by Voltaire: ...

Can't talk about it, for the fear of backlash. I have no interest in putting my life or the life of my loved ones in danger by talking about it. It is a sad state of affairs in their world, tolerance and introspection do not seem to be a part of their religion. At least not in the popular culture. But i am positive and sure that there are absolutely wonderful saints in certain pockets/sects of Islam that are more tolerant and introspective in nature which allow for a good intelligent thought process. They just are a very small minority who themselves are endangered because of their willingness to discuss the issues at hand. And hence, unfortunately there shall be no discussion regarding Islam on this blog. How veritable is it, is a question, I leave to the introspection of its own adherents. Hopefully over time this religion will become tolerant and try to address its fallacies while focusing on the good parts of it.

The whole world is upside down. These are weird times. Don't you think? There are so many things which just defy logic. Farmers are the poorest and make the least while the guys sitting in wall street/dalaal street make the most. Guys playing sports for entertainment while having a lot of fun and actors acting in front of the camera, while having dubious lifestyles, have the adulation, the money, the fame all the good things in life, even governments awarding them seats in the higher houses (Sachin, Rekha etc) and national honors, while the soldier who puts his life at risk to save his nation, is dying alone, sick, going crazy, while the govt. does not have enough money to support them and their families completely, and most of us cannot name a single soldier who laid down his life for the country. Places like Dubai, California and Texas, supposedly some of the driest places, technically considered deserts and in capable of support large human populations are brilliantly de...

One of the most common ideas on time in the Sanatana Dharma is the concept of Yugas. As far as I know there are 4 Yugas (which also possibly repeat themselves), but in general the four of them are : Satya Yuga Treta Yuga: SreeRama Dwapara Yuga: Sree Krishna Kali Yuga And if you read about these yugas in any of our scriptures, be the Puranas, or the Bhagwath Geeta, the Bhagavatham, but there is a strong agreement in every school of thought regarding the yugas. Now, what does this have anything to do with the second law of Thermodynamics: Law of Entropy I just read through chapter six of the Fabric of the Cosmos by Dr. Brian Greene (obviously I watched the PBS Nova show as well, but I waited till I read the book to blog on this concept for better clarity). Chapter six talks about the conundrum of how classical physics and our common perception of time are related to entropy. A vastly complicated topic for the purposes of this blog. But here is the gist: The re...

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I do believe Jesus Christ was a great saint with a great message. I do believe that he tried to bring the ppl of Jerusalem closer to God. But I do not believe the Bible is accurate. I mean if the 4 main gospels have different, completely un related accounts on Jesus's ressurection, i dont know what to believe any more. Its a sad state of affairs with Christianity today (since forever). I am sure Jesus Christ himself would be ashamed of the power politics that has ruled Christiandom since its grabbing of power in Europe, its Crusades. Christianity today is a money making, power grabbing empire, anything but what Jesus Christ had hoped for. He was a true saint. I am sure many of the St.s were true and I respect them and pray to them. And the corruption and the reality of today's Christianity is what troubles me about the conversions happening all over India. This is the kind of mindset that eventually, if Christians gain a considerable % of the population in India will ...