The churn of a storm, the lightning that tears open the skies, the wasted colors to beautify a moment’s horizon. Each, in the mind and heart of perceiving man, gives birth to awe. That unique state where, bereft of understanding, there stands a heightened state mingled with fear. And some might argue a state of [...]
No Lucifer in Hinduism
January 6, 2009 By 7 Comments
Idea of eternal damnation is an impossibility within Hinduism. There is a hell, Naraka, for sure..and the hindu versions of boiling oil and other assorted cruelties remain. But the idea that an act, however heinous, once done condemns forever is not possible. Allow me to explain. Every Asura, Rakshasa and other principalities of the nether [...]
Religion is Dead, Long Live Religion
November 29, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Religion as a system of living is dead. What remains is only ritual, some archaic pictorial descriptions and a strained existence with a society that wants answers now. Promises of nubile maidens, an unstrained existence, of honey and wine amidst Mediterranean climes, harps and precious little actual work to do don’t hold water anymore. Instead [...]
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