Originally posted by: vedantka
Dear ShivangBuch,
Just call me Shivang or Dear Shivang and address me like you may be addressing your child.
a peaceful nature does not have to mean that you accept any nonsense introduced by Westerners/foreigners.
You don't have to please them by accepting their incorrect ideas.
You don't have to correct them either, let them think whatever they want to think so you do not go into any confrontation unnecessarily but you should stick to the proper terminology regarding your scriptures for your own dignity and for the sake of truth.
Agreed. By peaceful nature I mean not careless but happy with own faith and devotion. What you say is correct. I was just expressing or describing Hindu nature in general by that word and was not just justifying the action of any particular member or group of members here by that word. That peaceful nature may extend further to avoid war like Yudhishthir was avoiding even when the attack was there on his dignity. That is where awakening call of Krishna was there for him to fight for the right but that doesn't mean his peaceful nature until then was wrong. Hindus are also committed to fight for their dignity when they realize the threat which probably was not known here and not interpreted in this manner literally in that word 'Mythology' due to its origin unknown.
I know that Vedas are eternal breath of God so there is no way they can vanish from human culture.
But I believe that we also have to make an effort to preserve it properly and not leave everything to God. Otherwise, your peacefulness will be used and is already used by those who want to mock Hinduism. Remember that there is a destiny but there is also free will, they both are very interconnected. My guru says that your tomorrow is your yesterday modified by today. So nothing is 100% written in stone, many things can be changed at least a bit.
I'd never like that something dear to me is ridiculed and for sure I'd never participate in it by accepting and using terms that are very unjust to Divine Scriptures.
I know this is not your intention but who can read your minds?
We are not God so we judge others by their words and actions (and not by their unspoken intentions) so the ones who don't like Vedic Sanatan Dharm simply enjoy your naivety.
The discussions which take place in this forum, the contents here if you notice will assure you that members here try to take all the care to feel the grace of being an instrument for that motive of spreading God's name and Hinduism's richness. It's just the title which you may say is disturbing to the mind and pleasing the outsiders who want to criticize Hinduism. But even with the name 'Mythological Masti' given to the forum, if they search and see it on the internet and enter, they will see all the contents in all the threads which will disappoint them. I am sure there will hardly be any single post in this forum raising doubts on the existence of Ram/Krishna or doubting the reality of Ramayan or Mahabharat. Not a single member in the forum you will find probably who doesn't strongly believe in the reality of Ram/Krishna. They are careless probably because they are comfortable with own faith and own closed home of religion and it doesn't matter what others unfortunate believe about it. And also I don't think people even intend to mean the literal meaning of the word 'Mythological'. They have just accepted that word because different Purans describe different forms of God to be Supreme and are contradicting. But they always use the word EPIC for stories of human incarnations of God (Even if stories of Ram/Krishna are also there in Vishnu Puran, Bhagwat Puran, Brahm Vaivart Puran, Padma Puran etc.) They really don't mean what the word means. And their unspoken intentions can't be misinterpreted by outsider as I said eventually (Only on the face of it) because the outsider is also going to see the inside contents and the insider contents of the forum explicitly and confidently speak high about faith on the history of events with full dignity. And myths can be characters and events but not the theory of formless Supreme. Hinduism also accepts that and excels in that as well.
Even Wikipedia uses this term, it is used everywhere on internet for Hindu historical events.
And absolutely no one bothers to correct it .
It looks outwardly that India accepted Western opinion/judgement about your scriptures.
You can correct it in a very peaceful and graceful way, it will take time for sure but eventually the results will show up and I'm 100% sure , you will enjoy it and it will make you more peaceful and more dignified.
As I said, I am with you and will always be very conscious and careful not to use this word again in public discussions. If it becomes necessary reference to explain to others my point, I will try to use the Hindi word PURAN now onwards.
You simply make an effort and leave the results to Krishn.
Only additional point in this line is that effort shouldn't be avoided out of laziness and effort should only be made as a naturally realized duty when felt from within or made felt by someone inside.
Jai Shree Krishn!
Jai Shree Krishn!
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