Recent content by Aupmanyav

Dharma is just that, a good way to live in a society. If one lives peacefully in a society, Hindu Gods are automatically pleased. Nothing more needed.

Yeah, or none. False understanding is worse than not understanding. :) Forgot to give the meaning of the terms (roundly): Yama: Non-violence, truth, not to steal, limittions in sexual relations, non-attachment. Niyama: cleanliness of body and mind, contentment, effort, study, thinking about God.

I do not know what Jesus taught. I have Paul's version and that of the four Gospel writers (irrespective of who wrote them). It does not matter to me whether Jesus was a historical person or not. We have our own concept of duties ('dharma') and I subscribe to them.

a). Yama (The five abstentions): Ahimsa, Satya, Asteya, Brahmacharya, Aparigraha. b). Niyama (The five "observances"): Śauca, Santosha, Tapas, Svādhyāya, Ishvara-Pranidhana. I agree with all these except Ishwara-Pranidhana (being an atheist). Do you find any problem with this? :)

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Sure, ajnana leads to misery.

Also a matter of how much time you can devote on this with your health concerns.

If one follows Yama and Niyama (or the noble Eight-fold path), then there is no bill.

It is tough work (for those who have not mastered the current WorldPress).

True. My other forum, IndiaMike.com has two versions, desktop and mobile, v1 and v2. Thanks for your efforts, whatever time it takes. I wish I had WordPress expertise.

Integrate the right-hand column in the two rows (When and if possible). Too many blank lines in the left-hand column. It is nice with its changing images (and write-ups). But the font format differs. It will look more homogeneous.

Looks better. Give it some color. Startpage green is good. The color is also available in Chrome.

:) I use them without any belief in them, other than as secular advice. I also use Biblical and Quranic stories in which I do not believe. I warn my Hindu co-religionists against them. Do so with my wife too. She would just switch on religious, devotional songs, astrology and feng shui programs...

That can be done without submission to any imaginary God and his so-called son, prophets, messengers, manifestations or mahdis. They only bring in conflicts, superstitions and falsehoods (soul, heaven, hell, end of days, judgment, salvation, Satan, Angels, etc.).

IMHO, God is the greatest psychological subjugation.