Enjoying the Experience

Aussie Thoughts said:
My Dad used to say, "I can tell you, but you will have learned nothing."
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No truer words. I would have liked to have known your Dad.

Aussie Thoughts said:
I can agree with you to some degree, but we definitely part company on the 'First Hand Experience' aspect.
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I get the feeling there's a kid walking around with 2 burned hands, because he put no stock in first hand experience and touched the stove again...lol!
 
wil said:
I've never been simply given a picture without a reference and been told... Yeah....you won't understand the deeper meaning... so the hell with ya. No use giving you anything...
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Whew... Freud wouldn't half have a time around here!

Look mate, twisting NJ's or anyone else's words won't help you. That just leads to more and more confusion. To grasp the true meaning of that picture you need only draw upon that which you have already learned. Look at it like an algebraic equation. To arrive at the answer, you must first solve the problems within the equation itself.

I was once presented with this very conundrum. Frustrated the hell out of me. I begged to be told the answer just so I could refute it. That however, is exactly why I was not given the answer in the first place and had to figure it out on my own.
 
I don't beg to be told answers so I can refute them....

nor do I know the question that I am suppose to answer with this...

I don't know Hindu enough to know if this is Krishna, Shiva, Arjuna, or who walking on water with Jesus...
 
wil said:
I don't know Hindu enough to know if this is Krishna, Shiva, Arjuna, or who walking on water with Jesus...
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The only Hindu sect that even remotely resembles Christianity is Vaishnavism, and then only certain schools (sampradayas) within Vaishnavism. The vast majority of Hindus wouldn't relate whatsoever to that picture. So by default it's Krishna. Some syncretics who stretch (rather far) for similarity will tell you Christ and Krishna are one and the same.
 
Namaste Jesus said:
I'm unable to conduct regular religious services at our Temple for health reasons, but the father of one of our Jewish members happens to be a Rabbi. He was in town this weekend and offered to conduct services for me.
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Wow! A Rabbi actually conducted services at a Hindu Temple? Did he enter the Temple or did he just stay on the steps?
 
Senthil said:
The only Hindu sect that even remotely resembles Christianity is Vaishnavism, and then only certain schools (sampradayas) within Vaishnavism. The vast majority of Hindus wouldn't relate whatsoever to that picture. So by default it's Krishna. Some syncretics who stretch (rather far) for similarity will tell you Christ and Krishna are one and the same.
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If that is the goal I like this one better...
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Wil, as usual I'm lost. What goal? I can't remember mentioning anything about goals. Nor do I have any idea what that picture is supposed to mean.
 
Aussie Thoughts said:
Wow! A Rabbi actually conducted services at a Hindu Temple? Did he enter the Temple or did he just stay on the steps?
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Not only did he enter the Temple, sans shoes, but he left $50 in the collection tin! That was last year and the second time he had spoke to our group. The first time was rather impromptu involving the whole spelling of God thing.

Rabbi Segal is very comedic and jovial by nature. I remember the first time he ever stepped bare foot into our Temple. He paused, removed his ring, handed it to his son and said, "Here, give this to your mother in case I'm struck by lightening or something."
 
wil said:
(in my thinking an infinite number of names may be swapped in and out)
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Quite true. Most of the time it's just a way of expressing the sentiment that seeming different philosophies are more alike than they would appear. Although, the pic I posted originally is a tad more complicated than that.
 
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Namaste Jesus said:
Quite true. Most of the time it's just a way of expressing the sentiment that seeming different philosophies are more alike than they would appear. Although, the pic I posted originally is a tad more complicated than that.
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To you ... and other syncretics. But to those of us in a particular tradition, no, not at all. For example, in this example, I lean to believing Jesus did not exist. At best he's irrelevant. Like I've said many times, the paradigms are way too far apart for me to find anything at all in common, other than perhaps a belief in God (although the concepts of what God is are miles apart) and some basic ethics like not killing your fellow man. Even that one, at one time, we differed on. Hinduism has never gone on anything resembling the crusades.

But I don't really want to anger you, just pointing out the obvious differences from many POVs to some readers that may come by.
 
Senthil said:
I don't really want to anger you, just pointing out the obvious differences from many POVs to some readers that may come by.
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I'd just like to point out that I was not asking anyone to agree with what is being depicted in the images posted in #71 and #73. I was merely explaining what those depictions represent. I realize that many of the stricter religious traditions find such images contrary to their teachings. Both Hindu and Christian. So nothing to anger on my part. I can respect opposing view points even if I do not agree with them. I would only ask for the same courtesy in return.
 
Namaste Jesus said:
I'd just like to point out that I was not asking anyone to agree with what is being depicted in the images posted in #71 and #73. I was merely explaining what those depictions represent. I realize that many of the stricter religious traditions find such images contrary to their teachings. Both Hindu and Christian. So nothing to anger on my part. I can respect opposing view points even if I do not agree with them. I would only ask for the same courtesy in return.
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Indeed, yes, the world gives us plenty of choice, and I respect any path as long as it's not being spread by violence. What works for some doesn't for others.
 
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