tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18492075.post4582509623217539781..comments2023-10-04T21:41:26.007+05:30Comments on Doodles of a crazy man!: Puranic TalesBit Hawkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03212513393219146763noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18492075.post-42615116553928055192009-10-30T20:29:29.150+05:302009-10-30T20:29:29.150+05:30I agree with your take on morals and the way puran...I agree with your take on morals and the way puranas to be perceived.you should read Parva by SL Byrappa.Its like da vinci code of bhagvad gita.I have read the first few pages out of curiosity and it does its office to keep you curious.im reading that as soon as i finish my present book.Soumiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17712042786493282626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18492075.post-52563199156536707162009-10-04T14:41:04.023+05:302009-10-04T14:41:04.023+05:30Indian philosophy is not limited to mythological s...Indian philosophy is not limited to mythological stories (puranas). Unfortunately, most of the people, as you said, equate Indian philosophy to puranas.<br />The real essence of Indian philosophy is contained in Upanishads (which refer to divinity in abstract, non-personal terms..eg: "Tat Tvam Asi"). The Vedas and Puranas come after that. <br /><br />The idea behind Puranas was to present the abstract concepts in Upanishads in a more palatable format. For eg: not many people can 'realize' the Upanishad <i> Poornamadah Poornamidam...</i> which says that everything is inherently complete. And even after completeness is produced from completeness, the original completeness remains. This has a stunning similarity to concept of uncountably infinite in real analysis (in which it is shown that if you take any sub interval between 0 and 1 say 0.1 and 0.2, there are as many real numbers in this sub-interval as there are in its enclosing interval). So, expressing it in mundane stories like Krishna showed all the forms possible to Arjuna probably makes it more palatable to common men. But of course, I agree that it has been overdone to such an extent that the original purport itself is lost.Raghavendra D Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02200968149664766593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18492075.post-76264378153078344502009-09-19T04:44:27.403+05:302009-09-19T04:44:27.403+05:30awesome stuff dude.
Thumbs up.
keep reading 'e...awesome stuff dude.<br />Thumbs up.<br />keep reading 'em.<br />\m/<br /><br />---<br />The<a href="http://www.sfunn.com/forums/smf/index.php" rel="nofollow"> Fun</a> place.sFunn.comhttp://www.sfunn.com/forums/smf/index.phpnoreply@blogger.com