tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9116259194112701133.post1076777790218191677..comments2024-02-27T10:13:43.437-05:00Comments on Self Realization: Did Mahabharat really happen?Vinayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01809381214735615158noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9116259194112701133.post-84317435503392132612013-12-27T19:51:57.375-05:002013-12-27T19:51:57.375-05:00it's easy to accuse, please provide some evide...it's easy to accuse, please provide some evidence of 'useless technical points' and I will be more than happy to explain them or correct them if I am wrong, just list few instances here.Vinayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01809381214735615158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9116259194112701133.post-80411917707829211242013-12-27T16:56:38.387-05:002013-12-27T16:56:38.387-05:00The fact is even you like making useless technical...The fact is even you like making useless technical points in many of your blogs rather than focussing on the bigger picture. <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9116259194112701133.post-25620933149192317522013-12-21T16:27:27.123-05:002013-12-21T16:27:27.123-05:00Nothing wrong is getting inspiration from anywhere...Nothing wrong is getting inspiration from anywhere, past, present or from any other place. There is no negativity against anyone my it's waste of time to argue about useless technical points rather than focusing on larger picture.Vinayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01809381214735615158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9116259194112701133.post-21112581466876403652013-12-20T17:38:32.878-05:002013-12-20T17:38:32.878-05:00Hindus have always been inspired by the stories, p...Hindus have always been inspired by the stories, philosophies and the characters of the Mahabharata. There is northing new you have said or to discuss in this respect. Even today we take inspiration from them. <br />The places and names mentioned in the Mahabharata and Ramayana are still in existence today. <br />What is now sought with the coming of the new generations is the proof of these great people, cities and time line. In seeking that there is nothing wrong. Why the negative outlook towards those who seek our history. <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9116259194112701133.post-14111764936637798192013-12-14T01:05:43.507-05:002013-12-14T01:05:43.507-05:00really?? you mean people trust anything said by we...really?? you mean people trust anything said by western people?? And why I should read Oppenheimer's opinion about mythology he was not expert on this, it's not a nuclear physics so his opinion on this is like any other opinion but anyway thanks for sharing your views.Vinayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01809381214735615158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9116259194112701133.post-10398994921602654582013-12-13T22:16:57.551-05:002013-12-13T22:16:57.551-05:00yes definitely , Mahabharat happened in Bharat (In...yes definitely , Mahabharat happened in Bharat (India). any people trust such ancient Bharatiy (Indian) stories when it is told by a Western person. So one should read what "J. Robert Oppenheimer - father of the atomic bomb" says about Mahabharat & Bhagvadgita & how it inspired him in his research. *vande mataram*Harshal Naikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07437443959806355847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9116259194112701133.post-56399509721284002632013-12-07T22:00:30.819-05:002013-12-07T22:00:30.819-05:00Thanks a lot for adding such a insightful comment ...Thanks a lot for adding such a insightful comment to the post...specially I loved the last paragraph....I agree with you that message of any story is more important than any technical details but people often forget this. <br /><br />I request all readers of this post to read comment by Claustrophobe, I am sure this comment resonates thoughts of many people who think similarly but he has put it in such a nice way. I don't have anything to add from my side. Thanks again.Vinayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01809381214735615158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9116259194112701133.post-55017170019287994632013-12-05T09:34:22.328-05:002013-12-05T09:34:22.328-05:00Opinions will always differ on whether the Mahabha...Opinions will always differ on whether the Mahabharata ever happened in reality or not. For instance, powerful men with magical weapons that could shower rain on earth at will, or set things on fire by chanting a mantra, may seem fantastic. Even more ironic may be that despite such might and magic, these powerful men with Brahmastras and Pashupatastras had still to be driven in chariots pulled by animals. But, as you have said, why waste time debating over the issue? <br /><br />I often wonder, Vinay, why people tend to attach undue significance to 'objects' rather than the 'message'. Even if we suppose, for a moment, that such things actually happened in the past, the truth is: they are no more extant now and have hardly left any concrete evidence behind, apart from the texts. So why not, instead, focus on the message that this great epic intends to deliver. All the great men and their glory that the epic speaks of, are gone. However, the purport of the epic still stands pertinent even today.<br /><br />You have rightly said that the characters of this epic are powerful. They really are. The Mahabharata is a magnum opus that emphatically depicts how even the mightiest of men who could be said to be paragons of excellence in their respective fields are but left to an endless struggle when framed within the limits of human life and misery, be it Bhishma or Karna or Yudhisthira or Drona or Arjuna or anyone else. There is a constant battle of human ideals vis-a-vis the existing reality. A great many lessons can indeed be learnt from the epic even today. And the antiquity of this wonderful piece of work only goes on to show how human life is still the same despite the external glorification and technological advantage of our era.Claustrophobehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05629687895565898856noreply@blogger.com