What Makes a Land Holy

[exile]

If God was first conceived in land x does that make it a holy land? What makes a land holy?

[bhaktajan]

Originally Posted by exile

If God was first conceived in land x does that make it a holy land? What makes a land holy?

It starts with being the geographical location of an Incarnation of Godhead adventing and performing a pastime to teach Dharma as per "Time & Place in accord with the level of teaching appropo to the citisentry of the era"

after that,

A 'tirtha' (pilgramage place) is known to be holy due to the presence of saintly people performing penance.

By the saintly denisens' piety ---the place is made holy and worthy as a place of pilgramage.

Confidentially, it is said that the Sadhus present absorb the vistor's sins like a vacuum draws all inward.

IMHO, the best time to gain benedictions from a saint is to:
Be present when said Sage has "a heretofore unpresidented insight" ---if a sadhu has a unique 'realisation' whist a visitor is present ---that visitor is made privy to a bit of holy-glory vicariously.

[radarmark]

Once one goes beyond family to tribe, beyond tribe to nation, beyond nation to race, beyond race to humanity, and beyond humanity to all there is, what would holy land be? All? None?

[brijesh]

Every inch belongs to that ultimate truth i.e. God. Do you think any inch which is not made my God?? Can you plz name the person who made those part which do not belongs to god?

It is we,conditioned persons who has limitations not god.

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[exile]

Originally Posted by brijesh

Every inch belongs to that ultimate truth i.e. God. Do you think any inch which is not made my God?? Can you plz name the person who made those part which do not belongs to god?

It is we,conditioned persons who has limitations not god.

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Would you think, then, that it's ethnocentric to call a land like Jerusalem "The Holy Land"? Or how about calling the Roman Empire "The Holy Roman Empire"? What's so holy about either? Nevertheless what do you call a land where God was first conceived?

[brijesh]

Originally Posted by exile

Would you think, then, that it's ethnocentric to call a land like Jerusalem "The Holy Land"? Or how about calling the Roman Empire "The Holy Roman Empire"? What's so holy about either? Nevertheless what do you call a land where God was first conceived?

God conceived!!! if so then i think The person who gave birth to God is in fact God and She can create as many god as she wish, may be one dozen God....

No body gets birth as a God, to become God, one has to pass through meditations and Great iternal jurney.

The place where you get birth is special but has the potential to become special if you earn buddhahood, Jesushood.


Existentialy every inch is holly, even if any pig get birth at a place. As for as our so called holly is concern, It is just a way to show our respect to someone. There is nothing as a holly, as a sin.


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[radarmark]

Ah, but exile.... where was G!D conceived? (the image really, really bothers me, but I weill stick to it). Was it the Great Plains of North America (see Wakan Tanka)? The steppes of the Iranian Plateau (see Ahura Mazda)?