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Greetings Sushama!
I want to thank you once again for doing such a wonderful job of creating a tremendous Info-center which should hopefully guide us all in our spiritual quest during this present destructive Kali Yuga.
While Elite and wealthy Indians are mindlessly rushing off to admire the cities of Rome and Venice in Europe and buying gold for obscene and lavish weddings – here is the dismal picture of what is happening to India’s own ancient heritage and unique monuments!
Regards.
Varanasi: a Study in Neglect – By Akrita Reyar – http://zeenews.india.com/blog/19/blog703.html
and Bhojashala Saraswati – Statue kept in London British museum belongs to Bhojshala: Swamy – http://www.dailypioneer.com/state-editions/bhopal/38569–idol-kept-in-london-museum-belongs-to-bhojshala-swamy.html and Conversion of non-Christian world says Vatican –
http://www.worldevangelicals.org/pdf/1106Christian_Witness_in_a_Multi-Religious_World.pdf and UPA must fight MNC bio-piracy – By Sandhya Jain – http://www.vijayvaani.com/FrmPublicDisplayArticle.aspx?id=2182 and A Vadra star rises – By Tavleen Singh – http://m.indianexpress.com/news/a-vadra-star-rises/910984/ and US Hindus concerned at proxy baptism of Jews – http://www.newkerala.com/news/2011/worldnews-159533.html.
(Editor’s Note: Thank you very much once again for your kind words of appreciation for this website and for providing interesting links. The article on the sheer neglect of Varanasi is very pertinent for all Hindus to read. Today, it is a tragedy of Epic proportions that most Indian elite do not seem to care for their ancient heritage. They would rather spend money visiting Europe than take up noble causes of restoring ancient monuments of India. This is perhaps the effect and legacy of 1000 years of colonialization that has transformed a class of Brown sahibs and politicians who slavishly prefer anything Western to Indian! Warm regards).
Dear Sushama!
OM, My thanks to American Yogi, for providing eye opening reportage / links for the deaf n blind Indian and State Govt., leaders and the concerned authorities at Varanasi. But they will not see and hear…an appeal to citizens of Varanasi- its YOU to stand up!
Thanks.
Dear Devotees,
Many times I hear and read the concern of the devoted Hindus about reading Sri Bhagvad Gita jee.
But the irony is that, Sri Gita is very easy to learn, provided you have a good start. So for all the aspirants who wish to learn sri gita jee, sitting at the comforts of your home, on line, they may contact at email id – ashok.gupta4@gmail.com. You can just log in at a site, and can read with the help of a live devotee. It is just free, and this is open all the day.
Hari bol daasaanudas
Ashok Gupta Delhi, India.
For any telephonic enquiry call: +91-9810890743
Jai Shree Krishna
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(Editor’s Note: Thank you for your guestbook entry.
A Note to all readers of this website: Hindu Wisdom and A Tribute to Hinduism as well as Chitragallery are now on facebook where your personal thoughts and suggestions can be also posted. Thanks and warm regards).
It is a great “knowledge-base” for persons, to get overall view on Vedic scriptural lierature plus the Puranas.
Your work that went in to make this treasure-house is remarkable.
Several areas in our system are left unread, misread or twisted, not only by Westerners but more by our own people.
Grateful for your efforts.
regards
Mani
(Editor’s Note: Thank you very much for your fine sentiments regarding this website/resource. They are truly appreciated.
Some links to explore: Sign petition – Stop divorcing Yoga from Hinduism –
Polytheism: Rejoice in Deities’ diversity – By Ramdas Lamb – http://bharatabharati.wordpress.com/2012/02/12/polytheism-rejoice-in-deities-diversity-ramdas-lamb/ and https://www.change.org/petitions/hindu-web-site-stop-divorcing-yoga-from-hinduism and De-Monotheising the Human Mind the Hindu Way – By Ranbir Singh – http://www.chakranews.com/de-monotheising-the-human-mind-the-hindu-way/2138. Warm regards).
Dear Sushama Ji,
OM
I have selected following quotes (major parts) from your great site to be presented in a booklet for introducing Geeta to the children and students, the future citizens of India and the at large. This is purely a social endeavor and not commercial, at all.
Please! allow for the same and check / get checked the authenticity of the mentioned quotes, the relevance of the selections and it’s pruning done by me.
At the end of each topic i have clearly mentioned as –
Main SOURCE: http://www.hinduwisdom.info/quotes1_20.htm
Hoping, the quick confirmation…. ASAP!
With sincere regards,
Shyam Sunder Gupt
http://www.hinduwisdom.info/quotes1_20.htm
THE WORLD-FAMED GEETA
Dear students!
Before an introduction to Geeta, let’s see what the Greats have said about this venerable scripture.
THOUGHTS OF THE SAINTS, PHILOSOPHERS AND HISTORIANS OF THE WORLD ON INDIAN PHILOSOPHY & GEETA
FRIEDRICH V. SCHLEGEL (1767-1845) – German philosopher, critic and Poet who also learnt Sanskrit. He is known for introducing Indological studies in Germany, through his book, The Language and Wisdom of the Indians, published in 1818. Schlegel
Paid tribute to the authors of Bhagavad Gita: ‘I shall always adore the imprints of their feet.’ He noted in his book, Wisdom of the Ancient Indians, ‘It cannot be denied that the early Indians possessed knowledge of the God. All their writings are replete with sentiments and expressions, noble, clear, severely grand, as deeply conceived in any human language in which men have spoken of their God…’
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(Editor’s Note: Thank you once again for your guestbook entry and for your query. I am delighted to give you permission to use any material for educational purposes with due acknowledgment to this website. I am rather busy right now and will not be able assist you in editing your document. However, Good Luck with your noble endeavor. Warm regards).
Thanks! Sushama Ji
Further, the following quote may find place in your website collection, after getting its authenticity checked.
With regards,
Shyam S Gupt
Gandhi Ji advocated for teaching Gita to the students-
‘I am thus partial (favor) to the teaching of the Gita not only in national schools but in every educational institution. It should be considered a shame for a Hindu boy or girl not to know the Gita.’ – YOUNG INDIA- 20thJune, 1929
Courtesy: Website: http://www.gandhi-manibhavan.org
(Editor’s Note: Thank you very much for providing a new quote by Gandhi. Will include it in the chapter under Quotes shortly.
Watch An inspiring talk on Sanatan Dharma – By Dr. Subramanium Swamy’s speech in Jaipur on Sanatan Dharma and glory of our untold history – http://vivekajyoti.blogspot.com/2012/02/dr-swamys-speech-in-jaipur-on-sanatan.html.
Interesting article links – Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple: The inside story – By Choodie Shivaram – http://bharatabharati.wordpress.com/2012/02/13/sree-padmanabhaswamy-temple-the-insid-story-choodie-shivaram/ and A Vadra star rises – By Tavleen Singh –
http://m.indianexpress.com/news/a-vadra-star-rises/910984/and Indians stashed Black money abroad –
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/full-text-of-the-cbi-directors-speech-on-black-money/229889-3.html. Warm regards).
Krishna was initiated in “Brhama Gnan” by his cousin who was a Tirthankar. Only after 2 avtaars he reincarnated as Krishna, as one of the 9 Vasudeva and a Gnani Purush.
If Vedas are propagating the Laws of Creation, then there has to be a lot of misunderstang or misinterpretation. According to this theory then Atma would be subject to this law also which we all know is not true.
(Editor’s Note: Thank you for sharing your thoughts on Hindu Wisdom guestbook. A link worth reading for Hindus – Inter-faith Dialogue: Unveiling of postmodern evangelisation – By George Augustine – http://www.vijayvaani.com/FrmPublicDisplayArticle.aspx?id=2172. Warm regards).
Sushama ji,
Regards,
I would advise people to read Bhagwat Geeta Ek Vedic Rahsya by Swami Ramswarup (order http://www.vedmandir.com) for the research work, because when I was reading Sai Charita, Nityananda Bhagwaans divine one, all of them said about Krishna as Tatwa Darshi, means who has achieved Samadhi under the disciple ship of Rishi Sandipaani. It demystifies many myths and establishes wonderful harmony of scientific thoughts arising from the Vedas cutting through creations. Paramhansa Yogananada in autobiography has clearly reemphasized on the Vedic truths and Sri Krishna as a yogi which all the yogis have emphasised time and again..
One more thing fundamental laws of creation as stated in Vedas are unchageable and unchallengeable, same fact Sri Yukteshwar says in Autobiography of Yogi.
Rashmi
(Editor’s Note: Thank you once again for your advise and for your input on scientific thought and the Vedas.
A Note to all readers of this website: Hindu Wisdom and A Tribute to Hinduism as well as Chitragallery are now on facebook where your personal thoughts and suggestions can be posted. Thanks and warm regards).
Madam, I want to know that what is the shape of earth in Vedas?
And another question does is there similarities in Hindu creationism and evolution?
(Editor’s Note: The Rig Veda says: “madhye samantandasya bhugolo vyomni tisthati (12th ch-32 sloka) – It means ‘In the midst of universe{Brahmanda},the spherical earth stands firm in the space”. In Vedas, Itihasas and The Puranas, the common use of earth as BHOOGOLA i.e. earth as spherical. Aryabhatta in 499 A.D, 1000 years before Columbus and modern scientist declared earth as round.
And for any other questions – Please refer to chapter on Advanced Concepts and Hindu Cosmology as well as this article – Earth’s Rotation, its Globular Shape and Gravity – By Vinod Kumar – http://www.hinduwisdom.info/articles_hinduism/74.htm
Some interesting new articles for all – Inter-faith Dialogue: What’s in it for Hindus? – By Sandhya Jain – http://www.vijayvaani.com/FrmPublicDisplayArticle.aspx?id=2136 and Jerusalem: Church sheds its Secular Mask – By Sandhya Jain – http://www.vijayvaani.com/FrmPublicDisplayArticle.aspx?id=2140 and Australia to ban BC and AD as reference point for dates in history books – http://bharatabharati.wordpress.com/2012/01/01/happy-new-year-australia-to-ban-bc-and-ad-as-reference-point-for-dates-in-history-books-eut/ and All Hindus made criminals in Congress Communal Bill – By O.P. Gupta, IFS – http://organiser.org//Encyc/2012/1/8/SPECIAL-FOCUS.aspx?NB=&lang=4&m1=&m2=&p1=&p2=&p3=&p4=
Hindu Sculptures in Ancient Afghanistan –
http://dharmanext.blogspot.com/2011/10/hindu-sculptures-in-ancient-afghanistan.html and Classical Afghanistan – http://dharmanext.blogspot.com/2011/10/classical-afghanistan.html. Warm regards).
Dear Madam,
Regards
I will be highly obliged to receive the references of the following quotes on Gita and of Gandhi Ji, needed for my research work.
1. The Bhagavad Geeta is the most beautiful and profound philosophical work in the world.
- W. Von Humboldt (German Philosopher)
2. In the morning I bathe my intellect in the stupendous and cosmogonal philosophy of the Bhagavad – Geeta, in comparison with which our modern world and its literature seem puny and trivial.
- Henry David Thoreau (American Philosopher)
3. I owed a magnificent day to the Bhagavad-Gita. It was the first of books; it was as if an empire spoke to us, nothing small or unworthy, but large, serene, consistent, the voice of an old intelligence which in another age and climate had pondered and thus disposed of the same questions which exercise us.
4. “The Bhagavad-Gita is an empire of thought and in its philosophical teachings, Krishna has all the attributes of the full-fledged monotheistic deity and at the same time the attributes of the Upanishadic absolute.”
- Ralph Waldo Emerson (American Philosopher)
5. The Geeta is an excellent spiritual gift to the world. The essence of all the religions of world has been presented in this one book.
- Alberuni (Arabian Thinker)
6. “The Bhagavad-Gita is the most systematic statement of spiritual evolution of endowing value to mankind. It is one of the most clear and comprehensive summaries of perennial philosophy ever revealed; hence its enduring value is subject not only to India but to all of humanity.”
- Aldus Huxley (American Thinker)
7. “When doubts haunt me, when disappointments stare me in the face, and I see not one ray of hope on the horizon, I turn to Bhagavad-Gita and find a verse to comfort me; and I immediately begin to smile in the midst of overwhelming sorrow.
8. Geeta is not only my Bible or my Koran, it is more than that. It is my mother ……. When I am in difficulty and distress, I seek refuge in her bosom.
9. I wish, Geeta should not only be taught in national schools but should be taught in every school. For a Hindu boy or girl, not knowing Geeta should be a matter of embarrassment. It is true that the Geeta is a treatise of ‘World Religion’.
10. When doubts haunt me, when disappointments stare me in the face and I see not one ray of hope on the horizon, I turn to Bhagavad-Geeta and find a verse to comfort me; and immediately begin to smile in the midst of overwhelming sorrow. Those who meditate on the Geeta will derive fresh joy and new meanings from it, every day.’ – Mahatma Gandhi (Father of the Nation, India)
Thanking you.
With regards
S.S.Gupt
(Editor’s Note: Thank you for guestbook entry and your query. The references for all these quotes are available in chapter under Quotes as well as in the book – A Tribute to Hinduism. Warm regards).
Greeting Sushama,
I wish to bring your attention to the intolerance that is manifesting itself in Russia – by banning one of the greatest spiritual works in the world – The sacred Bhagavad Gita. The town of Tomsk, Siberia has projected the Gita as a terror manual which is indeed shameful and extremely silly.
The Bhagavad Gita is a book of wisdom belongs not only to Hindus but to the whole humanity. The greatest thinkers and world philosophers have drunk the nectar and drawn inspiration from this source. From Adi Shankara to Mahatma Gandhi, from Thoreau and Emerson to Sri Aurobindo and Annie Besant they have all admired its contents.
Here are some links:
Bhagavad Gita Ban: Russian Church has not learned its lesson from history – By Ravi Shankar Etteth -http://bharatabharati.wordpress.com/2011/12/26/bhagava-gita-ban-russian-church-has-not-learned-its-lesson-ravi-shankar-etteth/
They have projected the Gita as a terror manual, it is shameful’ –
http://blogs.hindustantimes.com/just-faith/?p=1042
Bhagavad Gita ban: Outrage grows as sales soar – http://daily.bhaskar.com/article/NAT-TOP-bhagvad-gita-ban-outrage-grows-as-sales-soar-2660886.html?HT4=
regards.
(Editor’s Note: Thank you once again for providing these extremely important links. They will be included in some of the relevant chapters shortly. Warm regards).