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IS IT A MUST TO APPEASE GOD WITH OFFERINGS
Submitted by K Prabhakar Rao on Thu, 08/28/2008 - 11:29. america bible Bushido Christianity faith Gita god Hinduism Islam Japan jesus krishna OfferingsIn all societies across the world and in various religions offerings are made to the God. Is it for appeasing him or as a sense of gratitude? Some do it as ritual while do it expecting some benefit. Does the God accept these offerings? Can he be influenced by such offerings? Will he make judgment by taking these into account? Such questions need answering.
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HUMAN VALUES IN CHRISTIANITY
Submitted by K Prabhakar Rao on Sat, 08/09/2008 - 11:01. Christianity compassion Delhi faith forgiveness Godse Hinduism Islam jesus john love MK Gandhi paul revengeSome critics describe Christianity as a religion that is devoid of human happiness, inculcates fear and that the followers are after salvation that is a mirage. But Jesus was a source of happiness and those who follow him would also be happy. They should not worry over the difficulties encountered during their lives and scared of challenges enroute. However saying is easy but in practice it is very difficult as people say. The Christians must concentrate on Jesus and heavens and with great devotion and faith must lead their lives instead of going down in unhappiness and dejection. At no point of time, Jesus said that he would remove all difficulties for his followers. He said that he would help and standby those who are in difficulties during the life. He would help the followers to carry their cross of their difficulties with patience, determination and love. He would fill love in the hearts of his followers and reduce the burden of their grievances. He demonstrated to the world by carrying his own cross and sacrificed himself on the Cross and even at the time of his death, he did not blame any one. Therefore all Christians loving Jesus and having faith in him must carry their own Cross of grievances with cheer and follow the foot steps shown by Lord Jesus. This is the true life of a Christian.............................
Love and forgiveness are complimentary
Submitted by K Prabhakar Rao on Sat, 06/21/2008 - 09:54. Alexander buddha forgiveness guru gobind singh Hatred jesus krishna love Porus warLove and forgiveness are complimentary and cannot be separated from each other. We invariably forgive those whom we love. We also do not forgive those whom we hate and do not like. But is this correct? Lord Jesus has preached that one must love and forgive even enemies. He practiced what he preached. This is evident from his famous utterance when he was crucified on the cross. He said “ Oh father forgive these. They do not know what they are doing” ( Luke 23:34 CEV.) (1). But how many of us can emulate him? Think of Sept 9/11. Americans went hammer and tong against AlQaeda worldwide after the uncalled sadistic bombings on US main land at New York. President George W Bush declared” I want Osama Bin Laden dead or alive”. However President George W Bush recently declared that this was a mistake and he should not have said these words that alienated Muslim world from America . Mr Bush said, “ Well I said dead or alive after Sept the 11 th. It is an unfortunate statement I made. But inherent in the statement is our desire to bring him to justice” (2). Past is past. It cannot be undone anyhow. But fact is that Americans have not forgiven the terrorists although Gospel preaches to do so. Thus we find that in practical life, we come across many situations where it is not possible to follow the Gospel in true spirit. In India MK Gandhi was shot and killed by Nathuram Godse in 1948. Godse was tried and hanged at gallows. There was no forgiving. There was no reduction of sentence to life imprisonment. People craved (A section) for Godse’s blood. Probably many felt that it was a revengeful hanging by the Government that was led to power by MK Gandhi. King Czar and his family were shot dead by the communists after great revolution in Czarist Russia in last century. There was no pardon for the czar. They were just cold blood murders. True. Communists do not believe in Christianity or any other religion. Murder was a fair play for them as a part of revolution. But it is claime that Christian world has not taken note of section Luke 23:34 in true spirit of preaching and practice. .....................
HELL AND HEAVENS
Submitted by K Prabhakar Rao on Sun, 05/04/2008 - 10:29. buddhism Christianity heavens hell Hinduism immoral path Islam jesus Judaim salvation sins ZoroastranismEvery human being wants to lead a happy life as long as he is alive. No one really knows what happens after death. Every one on this earth follows some religion or other and every religion preaches some thing about life after death. All most all religions preach that depending on ones deeds the person shall go to heavens and enjoys or suffers in hell. The differences and disagreements are over the periods for which the persons are going to stay in such places.......
REPENTANCE IS ESSENTIAL TO RECEIVE FORGIVENESS
Submitted by K Prabhakar Rao on Wed, 03/12/2008 - 10:11. 9/11 Americans Bhagavad-Gita forgivenss jesus Magdalane Peter Repentance Terrorists Wra in and AfghanistanIt is believed that repentance is the basis for receiving forgiveness of God. It also forms the indication of our love towards God. It is also true that only voluntary love is truthful while external show of love to show off or by virtue of some compulsion can not be a true love. It is a fake show and will be rejected summarily. God would never demonstrate his power and strength to obtain our love. It has to be voluntary from outside. Repentance is the indication of such voluntary step towards showing love towards God. If we take two steps towards God in this way, it is also believed that God would take ten steps towards us and forgive us off our deeds. Those men who prefer in the materialistic worldly pleasures to the pleasures out of love towards God would be the losers and God will still certainly wait the moment patiently for the day of repentance (1).
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Is Renunciation Essential to Know Truth?
Submitted by K Prabhakar Rao on Sat, 03/01/2008 - 21:53. buddha guru nanak jesus Lord Krishna mohammed renunciation truthAn important aspect in the world religions is the aspect of renunciation. Most of religions and the Peers propagated that complete physical renunciation is not necessary and neither it is essential to attain truth. Persons such as Prophet Mohammed ( PBUH), Guru Nanak( Sikhism), lived family lives, They were married and had children. Lord Krishna who is considered as the manifestation of Lord Vishnu was married and led a normal life lie any one although he was the most illustrious and the prophet and very widely revered by a large section of humanity. When we use the word truth, it also means, Brahman, self knowledge, bliss, salvation, Nirvana, union with God and similar terms. However we also find that all the prophets who came down on to the earth were illuminated only when they left everything, wandered or went into seclusion away from the society. Prophet Mohammed (PBUH) was only Mohammed when he stayed with his family. He became a Nabi only when he went into seclusion in the cave at Mecca and got revelation from Allah. Lord Jesus got realization when he went into oblivion in the younger days and returned illuminated. Lord Buddha (Siddhartha) renounced the world and finally attained truth and became a Buddha at Gaya. Guru Nanak of Sikhism too realized truth when he went away from his house for few days. This indicates that knowledge was revealed to these great men only when they went away from the family and were in the state of renunciation (1).
Seasons greetings, care of Jackson Brownes Rebel Jesus
Syndicated from: ProgressiveIslam.Org - Sheep are for `Eid on Mon, 12/24/2007 - 03:58 jesus syndicated blogsThis song never fails to make me think. If you’ve never heard it before, listen to an audio clip here.
All the streets are filled with laughter and light
And the music of the season
And the merchants windows are all bright
With the faces of the children
And the families hurrying to their homes
As the sky darkens and freezes
They’ll be gathering around the hearths and tales
Giving thanks for all god’s graces
And the birth of the rebel Jesus
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Seasons greetings, care of Jackson Brownes Rebel Jesus
Syndicated from: ProgressiveIslam.Org - Sheep are for `Eid on Mon, 12/24/2007 - 03:58 jesus syndicated blogsThis song never fails to make me think. If you’ve never heard it before, listen to an audio clip here.
All the streets are filled with laughter and light
And the music of the season
And the merchants windows are all bright
With the faces of the children
And the families hurrying to their homes
As the sky darkens and freezes
They’ll be gathering around the hearths and tales
Giving thanks for all god’s graces
And the birth of the rebel Jesus
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Humility is the Trait of Love
Submitted by K Prabhakar Rao on Fri, 11/09/2007 - 19:08. gandhi humility jesus loveHumility is the trait of love and this can be seen in practice too. Gentleness, humbleness and Politeness are part of humility and are the important traits that go with love. Anger, being proud and arrogance are completely opposite to this. How can be an angry and arrogant man be polite and gentle? These traits of humility are usually attributed to those who are not firm and take path of least resistance. These traits are also attributed to persuasive type leaders in the jargon of management. However, the traits of humility are invariably identified with inaction and weak heartedness. Such people are identified for being weak and not assertive in most of the cases.
Religion and Nonviolence
Submitted by K Prabhakar Rao on Sat, 06/16/2007 - 15:13. ahimsa buddha gandhi jesus nonviolence religion religious tolerance When the word non-violence is spoken, people, at least in India quickly remember and recollect Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi ((1868-1948) of India (Known as Father of Indian Nation and also has been given title Mahatma meaning great soul) who lived on the earth very recently during last century. He was shot dead by Nathuram Vinayak Godse of Hindu Maha Sabha (A nationalist Organization) at Delhi in cold blood on 30 January 1948 subsequent to partition of Indian sub continent by the British government in 1947. Violence scored over non violence at that instant. It is widely believed by a very large section of Indian society that the Indian sub continent was partitioned as a result of non violence policy and appeasement of Muslims of MK Gandhi. The killing of MK Gandhi was the result of such feelings and rise of passions immediately after partition and the communal holocaust in which countless people perished.
