PostsCommentsPayoutspaul108 (25)in #philosophy • 6 years agoRE: The Ultimate Reality Is That Which Has No OutsideI've never identified as Hindu. I don't think of the Vedas as Hindu. It's as though looking at the moon in between the branches of a tree. The tree appears situated between some…paul108 (25)in #science • 6 years agoRE: The True Theory of Everything: Link CompilationA spiritual master is someone in the line of disciples from God, and who has absorbed the knowledge that has been passed down. The Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇava tradition I try to follow is…paul108 (25)in #philosophy • 6 years agoRE: The Ultimate Reality Is That Which Has No OutsideThe Vedas describe ultimate reality as having an impersonal omnipresent aspect (Brahman) and an personal omnipresent aspect (Paramātmā), but ultimately is a person who is the…paul108 (25)in #philosophy • 6 years agoRE: The Ultimate Reality Is That Which Has No OutsideGod doesn't lose independence by manifesting everything. Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, said in Bhagavad-gītā, BG 7.12: Know that all states of being — be they of…paul108 (25)in #science • 6 years agoRE: The True Theory of Everything: Link CompilationThere certainly are hidden meanings, but the method of succession from spiritual master to disciple is prescribed in the Vedas so everything is revealed. Kṛṣṇa guarantees in…paul108 (25)in #science • 6 years agoRE: The True Theory of Everything: Link CompilationSanskrit verses are easy to memorize (especially for someone who knows the language), and their memorization is a crucial part of the tradition. They are in specific meters that…paul108 (25)in #science • 6 years agoRE: The True Theory of Everything: Link CompilationThere is not much mentioned in the Vedas about Christianity or Islam. The Bhaviṣya Purāṇa is a book of predictions, but there are several versions, and I don't know which might…paul108 (25)in #science • 6 years agoRE: The True Theory of Everything: Link CompilationVeda means knowledge, and one of the categories of knowledge in the Vedas is Vedānta, which means the conclusion of knowledge. Such a conclusion must be complete and…paul108 (25)in #science • 6 years agoRE: The True Theory of Everything: Link CompilationThe Vedas are not speculative, and Sanskrit grammar is arguably superior to mathematics. The Vedas are pure ecstatic knowledge as Kṛṣṇa said in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam: SB…paul108 (25)in #india • 6 years agoRE: Jesus And Moses Lived & Died in IndiaCommunicating with eloquence often helps get the point across.paul108 (25)in #philosophy • 6 years agoRE: Ayn Rand Lexicon: existence(2)But money is not the root of evil. Money is neutral. Envy is the root of all evil.paul108 (25)in #freedom • 6 years agoRE: Firearms in the Hands of a PhilosopherIn Bhagavad-gītā, God says we have the right to perform our prescribed duties, and that's all. Whatever else we deserve will come on its own accord.paul108 (25)in #science • 6 years agoRE: The True Theory of Everything: Link CompilationIsn't it true that Gödel's Incompleteness Theorems prove any theories that use mathematics cannot be made complete and consistent? There is an alternative in the Vedas, which…paul108 (25)in #india • 6 years agoRE: Jesus And Moses Lived & Died in IndiaWhat does the Bible say Jesus was doing in his teens and twenties?paul108 (25)in #en • 6 years agoRE: Paradoxes of ZenoThe Vedas say neither observers nor matter moves. Here is an explanation that also draws on Zeno's views: Here's a sample: "Prāna focuses the soul’s consciousness onto a…paul108 (25)in #politics • 6 years agoRE: I'm no DEMCRATThe Republican leadership is literally treasonous right now, the exact opposite of loyal to the United States. Do you think there are no homosexual Republicans or Republicans who…paul108 (25)in #politics • 6 years agoRE: I'm no DEMCRATThe Republican leadership is literally treasonous right now, the exact opposite of loyal to the United States. Do you think there are no homosexual Republicans or Republicans who…paul108 (25)in #science • 6 years agoRE: A demolition of science and the formulation of a new paradigmHave you read about the Semantic Interpretation of quantum theory, which is based on the Vedas? It essentially describes objects as symbols of meanings. SB 4.29.2b: Everything…