Will Durant, Paul Brunton, and Bimal Roy

Assorted tweets:

Modi govt is in the right track; trying to be true to Constitution even at the risk of diluting many of party bastion. Such a clear headed policy is admittedly daring and admirably refreshing. Many would suspect carrot and stick but from all appearances, intentions seem genuine.

I think, the govt is following a well thought out approach. It has its own experts and analysts and let's rely upon them.

https://twitter.com/NathTusar/status/1150468410725167106?s=19

Promoting individualism among Indians is necessary by discouraging mythology and symbols of monarchy. Religious practices in a Democracy like election symbols, party flags, taking oath and similar pomp and ceremony should be banished. The very concept of national anthem is flawed.

https://twitter.com/SavitriEraParty/status/1149380527515791361?s=19

Savitri Era Open Forum: Limits will be set by Him https://t.co/LtB2AjRgj6 @NathTusar, Director, Savitri Era Learning Forum (SELF), SRA-102-C, Shipra Riviera, Indirapuram, Ghaziabad-201014 (UP). #FiveDreams #WorldUnion

Savitri Era of those who adore,

Om Sri Aurobindo & The Mother.

https://twitter.com/SavitriEraParty/status/1150485938797027328?s=19

At least the Princely states should have remained. Our temples and Sanatana social fabric would have been intact.

https://twitter.com/dharmadispatch/status/1150521048602836992?s=19

As long as there were many kingdoms it was difficult to harm or attack Dharma, we were culturally together though separate kingdoms but after being centrally ruled any NGO anywhere in World can question any tradition anywhere in India with PIL in secular SC.

https://twitter.com/Nachiket75/status/1150582227501142016?s=19

Central rule, due to Western concept of multiculturism it has accepted has somehow affected regional Dharmic needs of natives. It reflects in every administrative machinery, with Temples taken over and traditions breaking down or allowed to die. Now they exist only 4 tourism.

Now India has become such that SC worries about native festivals, notwithstanding, festivals of India is central to its values otherwise it becomes like any Abrahamic State. People die everyday just boarding trains, pollution is all year round & meat export is a big industry but SC is worried about Dahi Handi, Diwali crackers & animal sports.

Seeing Congress’s dirty nasty dynasty one has to agree that dynasty of benevolent princely states would have been better than this pseudo democracy of fake surname family owned congress rule

https://twitter.com/sandilraghu/status/1150580794865225730?s=19

The Mughals came to India as conquerors but remained as Indians not colonists. They made India a lot richer not just economically but in the cultural sphere too. Expecting an avalanche of whatsapp facts verified by whatsapp university for stating this. https://t.co/I4lUgmTXIH

https://twitter.com/MehboobaMufti/status/1150346259397431296?s=19

And what about Chola Dynasty, Gupta Dynasty, Maurya Empire, Avanti Kingdom etc?? They had nothing great about them? India was more progressive before them. Parda and Sati Pratha came into being after they started raping women.

https://twitter.com/sweetnyasa/status/1150350449142190086?s=19

History can’t be told in black and white. There are grey shades too. Who made whom richer is debatable as the subjects paid for the Sovereign’s whims too often, with their sweat and blood. Staying on like the Parsees did is appreciable. But not jijiya, nor desecration of temples.

https://twitter.com/drskmahapatra/status/1150497901342158848?s=19

Madhu Kishwar is not alone. Sanghis hate the very mention of Sikhs. 2 years ago HAF had asked California boards to remove the word Sikh to describe Dalip Singh Saund and remove references to Sikh Guru Nanak's opposition to caste system.

https://twitter.com/akdwaaz/status/1150484488188678144?s=19

Everyone has own anxiety against Sikhs. Those who want to glorify Mughals, Afghans, whitewash 1940s, battles with pahadi rajas, resistance to caste, resistance to Arya Samaj, Congress, RSS - all are pissed at existence of Sikhs and want to bury Sikh History or erase it

But as I said, guess what? We are here, we are vocal, we are assertive, we are unapologetic about our history and identity.

No attempt to erase or appropriate Sikhs shall succeed. Not every Sikh is as ignorant and careless as these haters assume

58) Hymns 372 - 377 (Verses 3,780 - 3,805): Description of Rig-Veda, Mandala 05, Sukta 018 to 023 (including hymns on the fulfillment of the soul); with #SriAurobindo's words on the true psychological significance of Indra https://t.co/EKvcPxjeTv

https://twitter.com/Auro_Mere/status/1150336342431154176?s=19

Among the crimes committed by Muslim invaders of India, none is more horrendous than the burning and destruction of the world's greatest university at Nalanda. An action that wiped out Buddhism from Bharat. Today's Muslims are not to blame, but they must acknowledge that atrocity

https://twitter.com/TarekFatah/status/1146892259402702855?s=19

Muslim hospitality & Palestinian grace on display as a Christian is kicked out from the Temple Mount by an Islamist. Next time Cdn clerics grovel abt 'inter-faith harmony' to gullible Rabbis & Pastors, show them this sample of their contempt for Christians https://t.co/Gqe5H2gCiu

https://twitter.com/TarekFatah/status/1150481419958915075?s=19

Everytime I see A raja on the speaker chair of LS--I realize how rotten is our democratic system:!!--What next ?--Kani as Chairman of ethics Committee of LS:) RT

https://twitter.com/rvaidya2000/status/1150622469591449600?s=19

The story of the Mahābhārata is gigantic. This section tells in brief the names of the parvas and the story segments contained inside them.

Mahābhārata and its Place in Indian Culture – Part 2 https://t.co/GdQ3eEIFSZ

https://twitter.com/prekshaajournal/status/1150444993946869760?s=19

Mandra: The Music of Raja Saheb and Ramkumari's Samskara https://t.co/FWPPBRktg6

https://twitter.com/prekshaajournal/status/1150623089983512576?s=19

(Thread) Incestuous thoughts in Hindu literature

https://twitter.com/AnaMyID/status/954288867611312129?s=19

Yama and Yami are the Adam and Eve of Aryan mythology

In the Iranian branch the twin siblings consummate their incest. In the Indo-Aryan/Rigvedic branch they don't. Enter Manu. (Puranic Flood/Creation Myth similar to Sumerian Gilgamesh and Semitic Noah..) https://t.co/wsopFnDA8J

https://twitter.com/AnaMyID/status/955809451683934210?s=19

1st tirthankar of jainism was born in era when humans gave birth to a twins who consummated as a couple. He is also supposed to be the 1st one who married a lone female out of compassion, when her natural partner died. Thus, the pioneer of polygamy.

https://twitter.com/speedmister007/status/955819027741339653?s=19

Forgot to add, 1st 'Widow Remarriage' in the below tweet.

https://t.co/ZgoFl257UR

Of all the narratives found in different religions, the jaina version sounds practical. No angry god, no garden, no forbidden fruit, no curses, no rivers, no floods. All characters are simply humans. Female is not inferior. As straight as it gets.

https://twitter.com/speedmister007/status/955830154911105024?s=19

This is the President of the United States essentially telling 4 elected representatives of ‘colour’ that they don’t belong in the US and they should ‘go back where they came from’. A lesson to all of us on how slippery this slope can be. https://t.co/kIoN2fEiNb

https://twitter.com/vikramchandra/status/1150636670435364864?s=19

An interesting piece in @Jansatta on our book #AmitShah & the March of #BJP... feels good to see the growing interest in the book & in the #BJP's history & evolution: 

https://t.co/WTbv7dRu7W

https://twitter.com/anirbanganguly/status/1150625026036469761?s=19

selling PSU and 100% FDIs are right track? Government is unable to provide jobs unemployees and left them for private jobs. Sri Aurobindo and Mother taught for self reliance and self sufficient in all fields. Our economy and polices are directionless and rudderless

https://twitter.com/sathya_adv/status/1150463111163346944?s=19

Now, AI to decode Gandhian literature ⁦@narendramodi⁩ ⁦@nsitharaman⁩  May kindly also consider similar project for Words of #SriAurobindo Who wrote on many subjects than any Indian till to date! @Auro https://t.co/2UewcwtJsw

https://twitter.com/Sanjays81301051/status/1150581537303420928?s=19

@Auro_Mere You’re kindly requested to comment on use of AI in creating ‘Auropaedia’on the lines of Gandhipaedia approved by Govt of @AuroSociety @mirra21_mala @JayaBhatter @iamchamanjmu @lopamudra_adak @auroviryavaan @arvindkumar15 @DhruvalKhurana @ArpanAgarwal3 @DrSJaishankar

May I request @Auro_Mere  to throw some💡 in the words of the Mother on the African continent about the Falsehood still lurking there & efforts of #SriAurobindo to bring there 💡!! Indians on the West coast are well versed with the situation there & can help a lot  @DrSJaishankar

This endless supply of  "white women" is fed by Anthropology research. It has told them that Hindus with inferiority complex are vulnerable to being swept off their feet. @AudreyTruschke @Voice_For_India https://t.co/SNTQvsiqTA

https://twitter.com/RajivMessage/status/1150600601408958464?s=19

Who are the Hellenes? Some perspective would apply equally to Bharath..and by consequence who can call themselves bharatiya..not withstanding the IoI contortions that has gripped our nation for last half century or so.. https://t.co/sktUWHpgwQ

https://twitter.com/kalisbrood/status/1150614463390744576?s=19

How do you distinguish between intellectual curiosity, a superficial emotional dependence and genuine bhakti? Some lines of discrimination one could employ https://t.co/D4qCiojOuA

https://twitter.com/kalisbrood/status/1150617651267248133?s=19

Problem with literalists. Yet they accuse others of fundamentalism. 

This what happens when someone thinks that the infinite Brahman killed a tiger or killed an elephant for clothing. https://t.co/LBc2GarN6g

https://twitter.com/pinakasena/status/1150465904804814849?s=19

There is enough economic evidence, from GDP data to travelogues that call out the economic degradation and cultural and literary destruction and genocide committed by Mughal barbarians. Its like saying Hitler made Jews richer economically and culturally. https://t.co/dBkZjbRdSi

https://twitter.com/SpiritWithBody/status/1150511598106079232?s=19

There are 15 Muslim majority countries that will execute you for being gay, 12 that will execute you for leaving Islam, Sharia countries that practice gender apartheid and imprison women for not covering their hair...but Muslims are so concerned only about Palestinians in Israel https://t.co/1TnrZI3uB6

https://twitter.com/YasMohammedxx/status/1150453018417958912?s=19

@PMOIndia these sentiments are very common among madarsa trained Muslim youth in India.They do believe that they are born to rule us.Their contempt & sexual aggression addressed directly at @BJP4India & @RSSorg leaders.Generous scholarships & other carrots won't cure this mindset https://t.co/W1KVg3G3ng

https://twitter.com/madhukishwar/status/1150225418806423553?s=19

Dear Hindu friends lend me your ears: Changing food habits is 1st step in destroying our culture-Islamisation of India is taking place-#HalalMeat evrywhere is step-1/Beef eating is step-2Already kerala/TN/NE&many other states plus plenty of youngsters in this step-2-Resist BothRT

https://twitter.com/rvaidya2000/status/1150432065935904768?s=19

“Just 19” - Such prolonged infantilization (male or female) is a rather serious deficiency in our outlook.

On a lighter note, reminding Hindus to watch Chapelle’s “How Old is 15 Really” bit. 😀 https://t.co/o3PjgxD04o

https://twitter.com/GhorAngirasa/status/1150449503767371776?s=19

Islamic occupation of India and subsequent Jihadi Mughal rulers destroyed India beyond repair selling millions of Hindus to slave markets, destroying every single temple in North India, looting the cities and burning down every center of learning https://t.co/pDOeVyBti3

https://twitter.com/LegalKant/status/1150403821467774977?s=19

This is why American Historian and Pulitzer-Prize Winning Writer Will Durant wrote that 

"We can never know, from looking at India today, what grandeur and beauty she once possessed"

Sadly we have failed to reclaim and expand on our lost heritage

https://t.co/xrZ8kuPT2w

https://twitter.com/LegalKant/status/1124224354458439680?s=19

This is another book from my dad's collection - The Inner Reality by Paul Brunton. Brunton was a British journalist who later became a Yogi. 

@avatans @AbhinavAgarwal @IndicAcademy @indictoday https://t.co/t6CsfmqmQl

https://twitter.com/IndicBookClub/status/1148421556646895616?s=19

If I could re-read 5 books all over again, I’d choose:-

1. The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

2. The Odyssey by Homer

3. A search in secret Egypt by Paul Brunton

4. The Teachings of Don Juan by Carlos Castaneda

5. Roots by Alex Haley

What's yours?

given a #6, I'd choose "Caravans" by James A Michener

Terrific read! Paul Brunton cris-crosses the country (circa 1930s) looking to meet Yogis / mystics and learn their well-kept secret eastern methods of self-discovery. https://t.co/ruK9g3Qlap

https://twitter.com/ravsriram/status/1141749773839376384?s=19

I am an atheist Bahujan Radical Marxist. No, I am.not irked by all relugions. And why should you be bothered about what Islamophobes or Sanghis say? It isn't Islam which is lynching people and wreaking havoc in India. https://t.co/cbmBAwuXJH

https://twitter.com/NilimDutta/status/1150654972880494592?s=19

last week @aarambhindia participated in the workshop 'Understanding the approach of raising gender equitable boys' conducted by by @ecfindia.

We talked about #GenderNorms, #HumanRights, #GenderBasedViolence, #Masculinities and steps to make a gender equitable society. https://t.co/KpEHv5a4Ox

https://twitter.com/aarambhindia/status/1150642542825709569?s=19

#A2R continues to be the key focus in #bizhumanrights discourse @EU_in_India, support to #HRDs is very important, says Friedrike Tschampa. @OxfamIndia @ProfSuryaDeva @BizHRAsia @sociopreneur @TriRadhaKrish @AmitabhBehar https://t.co/PKwYyhmXyU

https://twitter.com/hkaur0304/status/1149619633046999040?s=19

Its time India invested heavily in elder care and support. It makes sense socially and economically. Women often carry the burden of caring for the sick and elderly which is not acknowledged or monetised and prevents them from working outside. @INBreakthrough @CGTNOfficial https://t.co/PgQ5tL0Li3

https://twitter.com/MenonSunitA/status/1149647699005722624?s=19

Glad that Chinese & Japanese speak up on cultural appropriation: https://t.co/0LrgcyVJYy

https://twitter.com/RajivMessage/status/1150618186129129472?s=19

"White people and whiteness are the center of the Trump presidency. His primary concern is to defend, protect and promote it," writes @CharlesMBlow. "All that threatens it must be attacked and assaulted." https://t.co/Xl2tbdLSo2

https://twitter.com/nytopinion/status/1150567190581694466?s=19

#BimalRoy is famous for his romantic-realist melodramas that took on important social issues while still being entertaining.

Tune in at 3:05PM on the FM Gold channel as we take a look back at his life & works in our presentation #RadioReel https://t.co/j0EqJf337S

https://twitter.com/AkashvaniAIR/status/1150654289473228800?s=19

Modi government has identified 115 most backward districts in the country and endeavours to put them on the aspirational path. The programme has shown remarkable results, using evidence-based data. Read.https://t.co/AFTvOThPzH

https://twitter.com/amitmalviya/status/1150658870911463424?s=19

A very good summary,  in this Hindi article, of the last days of the last Hindu empire in what's now Afghanistan who fought valiantly against the invading Muslims and the account of the unimaginable violence they unleashed upon our ancestors https://t.co/oS011V9rXw

https://twitter.com/Shakra_Kulish/status/1067669963450793984?s=19

Savitri Era Learning Forum: It's literally the edge of our collective knowledge https://t.co/fjqkMiEAZ4 @NathTusar, Director, Savitri Era Learning Forum (SELF), Indirapuram, Ghaziabad - 201014. #FiveDreams #WorldUnion

Savitri Era of those who adore,

Om Sri Aurobindo & The Mother.

https://twitter.com/SavitriEraParty/status/1150463428227584000?s=19

Gandhism as the state religion

Assorted tweets:

https://t.co/tHs29hZxYn Sri Aurobindo's idea of "Bharata Shakti" still resonates in rising India; was it prescient as the title of the inaugural @PondyLitFest 2018 months before @narendramodi 2.0? @IndicAcademy @lalitaurodhan @ParthaHariharan @ajitdatta @AloPal @psitsgayatri

https://twitter.com/MakrandParanspe/status/1147436058453278720?s=19

Every year we organise one or two exhibitions on diverse topics related to Indian Culture and Sanskrit. Here is a list of some of our recent exhibitions. https://t.co/k27KQw8WCl

https://twitter.com/AUROSAFIC/status/1147391198857969664?s=19

Gandhism as the state religion continues to be sponsored by the government at public expenditure.

INC is the Nehruvian Congress

BJP is the Gandhian Congress

That’s almost all the difference that really seems to have remained at the motivation/ideology level. https://t.co/AM1IVCD8XA

https://twitter.com/bhAratenduH/status/1147278209580503040?s=19

Totally misplaced priority! If at all India needs a "pedia" then it should be of Sri Aurobindo or Vivekanand. Gandhi Ji was a political person, so his ideology. Spiritual & philosophical guidance much better provided by above two. @narendramodi

@sankrant https://t.co/3J8LbzZ26y

https://twitter.com/AjaiTewari/status/1147434274028572673?s=19

modi finished the VHP, Bajrang Dal, & kattar Hindu organisations in Guj. He cut the stature & power of Pravin Togadia ji.

Thus he created a society of helpless dhimmi Hindus who would be easy prey to wily antiHindus.

Mahatma No 2!

https://t.co/2YvfX78lVk https://t.co/b2lun1KCNp

https://twitter.com/vijayadhwaja/status/1147166015404425216?s=19

The four desires driving all human behavior – Bertrand Russell's magnificent Nobel Prize acceptance speech https://t.co/nvKPO540Md

https://twitter.com/brainpicker/status/1147234698415857664?s=19

Many Hindutva supporters are against Modi now but unfortunately they never realise their own lapses. No one took up corruption and cronyism by the govt. They never display sympathy for human rights issues. No concern for resolving the Scheduled castes problem. Focus should change.

https://twitter.com/SavitriEraParty/status/1147314848876773376?s=19

The Mother & Sri Aurobindo have time and again reminded that all past religions are suffering from serious impairment and will dissolve. Yet some of their followers avail every opportunity to express allegiance to gods and goddesses. Private beliefs shouldn't be imposed on others

https://twitter.com/SavitriEraParty/status/1147185681795436546?s=19

While examining civilisations Sri Aurobindo, like Foucault, didn't rely upon the linear method. Instead he employs a searching eye to grasp the spirit of the age and explains its Evolutionary advantage. It seems that his third dream of #WorldUnion is going to have a breakthrough.

https://twitter.com/SavitriEraParty/status/1147363039009656832?s=19

Living in an age of management and technology we take implementation for granted but the Lila bug has other plans. Sri Aurobindo has emphasised upon personal effort but possible failure is also part of the game. Evolutionary intention behind expectations going awry, most crucial.

https://twitter.com/SavitriEraParty/status/1147347882455908352?s=19

Consistent demands for liberating the temples from govt clutches is staple in Twitter but no one seems to have given any thought to the nature of an alternative form of administration. The miserable state of affairs of Sri Aurobindo Ashram Trust and Auroville should be a lesson.

https://twitter.com/SavitriEraParty/status/1147518724401848322?s=19

Umpteen streams of spiritual practices and rituals are part of Indian tradition which form a living museum. Romanticising them or their thumbnail sketches may have some aesthetic aspect but following the guidance of Sri Aurobindo in all matters esoteric should be a safer course.

https://twitter.com/SavitriEraParty/status/1147527749952606209?s=19

Sri Aurobindo used to read a lot at one point but when he started writing he wasn't in the midst of books. Moreover he was writing on several matters at a time. Therefore, there are scant references in his works and scholars are tearing their hair out over genealogy of his ideas.

https://twitter.com/SavitriEraParty/status/1147535897908269059?s=19

Aurora Mirabilis: Understanding, collaborating, and improving https://t.co/D6SKnlhPWP

@NathTusar, Director, Savitri Era Learning Forum (SELF), SRA-102-C, Shipra Riviera, Indirapuram, Ghaziabad. #FiveDreams #WorldUnion

Savitri Era of those who adore,

Om Sri Aurobindo & The Mother.

https://twitter.com/SavitriEraParty/status/1147174507062284288?s=19

Japanese methods of persuasion are far more effective, according to Sri Aurobindo! They come with smile and hidden knife!

https://twitter.com/murlignosis/status/1147175740955172864?s=19

I think your opposition may be assuming an intelligence that isn't there. Also the crowd or mass has no real doing or 'will ' but obeys purely mechanical laws. Aurobindo advised Gandhi his effort could produce nothing in the longer term.

https://twitter.com/onlyredherrings/status/1147208989463236608?s=19

I think to see that my efforts are 'futile' can be progress that leads me to Wisdom 'far away from the beaten tracks of humans'.  (see Parmenides). I must first know that I cannot 'do' anything.

The fact that I don't see dramatic progress as a direct result of my personal efforts doesn't mean my efforts are futile. I am part of a process of change; I don't see it as trying to accomplish the impossible but trying to accelerate the inevitable.

https://twitter.com/SteveTiger999/status/1147213401732653056?s=19

I don't worry too much about what I can do... unless trying my best IS doing. As in many other aspects of life, I am concerned with following a path, not computing the distance between my current location to the end of the path.

This is a really thoughtful piece on why the world needs more critics and reviewers of color: https://t.co/O46j7pRjXo

https://twitter.com/oinkness/status/1147272589749997568?s=19

https://twitter.com/GoutamGhosal2/status/1147318309202776064?s=19

36) Hymns 228 - 234 (Verses 2,378 - 2,435): Description of Rig-Veda, Mandala 02, Sukta 037 to 043 (including rare hymns to Kapinjala); with #SriAurobindo's evaluation of Sayana's commentary on the Vedas

(End of Mandala 02) https://t.co/Rr2Xxu5x7l

https://twitter.com/Auro_Mere/status/1147216833935622144?s=19

Absolutely. RY DESHPANDE is the greatest living Savitri scholar in the planet. Beyond compare.

https://twitter.com/GoutamGhosal2/status/1147318309202776064?s=19

Professor Mini Chandran of IIT KANPUR has done plenty of work on Sri Aurobindo's translation theory. Quality research. Hats off to her.

https://twitter.com/GoutamGhosal2/status/1147495407292833792?s=19

A candidate from Pondicherry came to do PhD in NIT Goa on Tagore n Sri Aurobindo as ecocritics. Totally uninitiated in ecocriticism, she was using mahashakti, adyashakti, parabrahma etc, which have nothing to do with Ecology! Embarrassing n insulting a benign guide she left NIT.

https://twitter.com/GoutamGhosal2/status/1147537312764461058?s=19

I don't consider myself to be worthy enough of even being called an aurobindo disciple, or IY follower, but whatever little exposure of Rishi I have got, I felt that His mind is an artwork of absolute fluidity, the flow of ideas are like a never ending stream of bliss https://t.co/yHACavTb8E

https://twitter.com/iridines/status/1147487171600760833?s=19

Now how on earth do u intolerant IY folks merge ur path of rigidity with this kind of fluidity in rishi aurobindo ad infinitum, it just fails me :) anyway, All the more glories to ur endeavours and ur sadhna

For those discussing the quality of Indian news channels on my TL, @SandeepBhusha10's The Indian Newsroom is a good read. He talks about the total sidelining of reporters and what that has done to news broadcasting. My review..https://t.co/VJ7dnCyAcf https://t.co/4jfy3IeuRp

https://twitter.com/vanitakohlik/status/1147051303769497600?s=19

Do we have #freewill? New Article this week: The Illusion of Free Will https://t.co/JI2tOxJI04 #philosophie #philosophy #psychology #determinism #neuroscience

https://twitter.com/LarryGMaguire/status/1147527642536714242?s=19

Time, Place, and Change

Mitali Pati Wong - The Changing World of Contemporary South Asian …, 2019

… poetry in India from the post-independence period onward resulted in the neglect of a significant amount of earlier socially engaged poetry that did not fit the mold for critics such as Arvind Krishna Mehrotra (1992) who stated …

Give courage to others

Assorted tweets:

Sri Aurobindo: Bharat’s True Swaraj - https://t.co/Ebx1BFCFVG via @hindupost

https://twitter.com/pranasutra/status/1145570250655580160?s=19

Pleasantly surprised by The Ballad of the Sun and the Earth in #RaavanEnemyOfAryavarta by @authoramish https://t.co/aA1crM13zD

https://twitter.com/DimpleAtra/status/1145472423241879557?s=19

And we have #Sabarimala in #RaavanEnemyOfAryavarta #SwamiyeSharanamAyyappa @IchBinGorg,@Sai_swaroopa and @ShefVaidya, Reading this portion reminded me of your interview with @authoramish https://t.co/XaeQoEF0L5

Position held by other AchAryas too. As an aside Ramanuja anticipates Paley's watchmaker argument and refutes centuries before Paley.

https://twitter.com/RangaTheDude/status/1145569366311751680?s=19

Naiyyayikas claim existence of Ishvara can be logically proved. They use pot-maker pot analogy. Exact same watchmaker argument. "You come across a a watch in a heath. You know someone dropped it there. At least one watchmaker made it and it didn't come about naturally"

In modern terms "intelligent design". You see the world and it's intricate design. Hence an intelligent designer should have been a cause. 

Ramanuja's refutation is thus (loosely paraphrasing): a pot may imply a pot maker but a cart implies a different person - the cart maker.

Infinite categories. Hence infinite creator Gods which is absurd for naiyyayikas who set out to prove single creator God.

https://twitter.com/RangaTheDude/status/1145574507505078272?s=19

Start with tarkasangraha before outraging. Not translations but from a practitioner. I did from a vidvan from Tirupati. Without basics no use in discussing further.

https://twitter.com/RangaTheDude/status/1145571596377026561?s=19

Its absurd to go into historicity of Ramayana and Mahabharat। All those dating today simply cherry pick from texts. 

Hardly any common hindu cares for dating. Most involved in these acts simply want to impress the academia. ऐसे करके कुछ difference आयेगा?

https://twitter.com/Aadii009/status/1145359670187397120?s=19

Wen I said this, many took it in wrong way. Historicity of Rama or Pandvas doesn't matter. But one must not shy away from countering wrong translations, fake narratives of west,fake dates of their compositions. But remember your faith is not dependent solely on it. https://t.co/H8sUbkMbuh

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We have nothing to do with date of राम or महाभारत। We need such studies only to counter fake narratives set up by west. Even if राम never existed historically, the तत्व  various राम चरितs propagate has been lived and experienced by ancestors. That तत्व is goal. +

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That तत्व today can be preserved if we preserve the tradition, the temples, the principle of shruti as expounded by परंपरा। If we love our civilisation, we should unapologetically preserve them, without pandering to the west. 

But rise above शूकर मुख mentality of historians.

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हमारे पूर्वजो Dating करने वालों को, खुदाई करने वालो को शूकर कहते थे। 

भूमि खोद खोद के कुछ नहीं मिलेगा। और परंपरा से शास्त्र अध्ययन को शुक मुखी विद्या कहते थे, जिससे तत्व ज्ञान हो जाये

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People should realize that it was known even in the days of Aryabhatta etc that such things in the Puranas were inaccurate, and see how H of the time dealt with them rather than seeking to emulate Ms and Xtians.

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I just want to say one thing in response to this: https://t.co/IaqJt5zrjl

This is what I’m trying to get at. 

Setting aside literal for another interpretation /=/ Disregarding the text. Believing in a literal interpretation /=/ superior piety/shraddhA

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If you want to believe that, no problem at all. I’m just saying that the opposite perspective also comes from a place of deep piety; from the mouths of great AcAryas & mUlashAstras. I think it is wrong to imply that believing in a literal version makes one more pious than them.

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I can't help it if a matter is highly complex and involves many nuances/subtleties, and you don't wish to see that. https://t.co/geidjkazPU

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My language will change if some people stop trolling others for expressing different opinions or wanting to read & think. It is evident that some people take immense pride in philistinism. Not a problem. They should refrain from discussions & spare others their wisdom. https://t.co/nqq3Vh1OLr

https://twitter.com/GhorAngirasa/status/1145406293558960128?s=19

Poor @Dauhshanti was getting trolled by low-IQ, hare-brained pests. Hence my comment.

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India has acted like the pious and chaste Sati and Savitri. Geopolitics and diplomacy are not the place to practise chastity and piety – it is a place where nations use guile, deception and Vish Kanyas – the Indian equivalent of honey traps https://t.co/38lfRaigOQ

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Following In Rome's Footsteps: Moral Decay, Rising Inequality https://t.co/2hDnUDkUmp

https://twitter.com/zerohedge/status/1145338708910120961?s=19

Hobbes noted the BASIS for human equality: no human being, no matter how virtuous, gifted, talented, rich, or anything else, cannot be killed by another human being, who is armed. 

We can all be violently killed. THEREFORE we are all fundamentally EQUAL.

https://twitter.com/EveKeneinan/status/1145532164802588673?s=19

Treating a religion as if it were a foreign loyalty, and its adherent as if it disqualifies them for government positions, is a Marxist-Leninist tactic that led to persecution of all religions under Stalin.

Anti-Tulsi hate has led to smearing an American Muslim org as loyal to Assad, American Hindu orgs as loyal to Modi, a Bhakti Yoga organization as if its founder is a Bond villain, and now, as if health food stores & Yoga are spreading mind-control contagions. Ppl are being crazy.

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Total social fact is a technical term from Mauss- I strongly encourage you to read Mauss, he is a delightful thinker. https://t.co/Eo5Qr3Mut2

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No. We don't get to relativize away caste violence. As I tell me students, white supremacy has nothing on brahminical varna ideology or the material oppression of caste on either longevity or the continued lack of stigma In India.

As long as politics remains driven by divisive cultural topics, like religion and jingoism, reforms that improve the quality of everyday life and create opportunities shall gain a backseat. The youngsters have the most to lose. 2/3 https://t.co/B9wH0LnOeq

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अपूर्वानंद लिखते है-आज़ादी के पहले वंदेमातरम देशभक्ति का प्रतीक था।आज दूसरों पर अत्याचार का प्रतीक बना दिया गया है।कैसे गाने के लिये बाध्य कर सकते हैं? 

@BJP4India @AmitShah @asadowaisi @INCIndia @PrabhuChawla #VandeMataram #MobLynching #TabrezAnsari

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A note on one aspect of haoma ritual: Prelude to crushing of hom twigs:

The context is this: The zaotar priest (hota) has purified the haoma twigs (soma) and beginning the ceremony of preparing the haoma juice and filtering it. Metallic mortar (hAvana) and pestle (lAle) is used

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to crush the twigs after sprinkling with zaotra (hotra) water. Now, before the actual crushing, the zaotar performs this ceremony. He recites "aêtat dim vîspanãm mazishtem dazdyâi ahûmca" and touches the stone slab with lower end of the pestle. With ""ratûmca ýim ahurem mazdãm"

Deewaar: The Classic Cinematic Textbook Celebrating the Worst of Nehruvian Secularism and Communism: Part 2 https://t.co/KL8YmKiMRx via @dharmadispatch

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#ZairaWasim quitting her career for religion is no different from the countless others who quit their careers to join Aurobindo ashram, Hare Krishna, Osho, Sri Sri & many other babas & ashrams. But those others are called enlightened and lauded! #Islamophobia

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Show me a single post from anyone calling out industrialists who give up everything for Jainism, Aurobindo etc

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transformation. He called it the "the Shadow". 

I also don't like to suggest yoga/dhyana as a cure except fpr myself and a limited number of others I know, because these are subjective processes. I can't know how well they even understand these and or how well they do these./3

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The July 2019 issue of #Renaissance with its special theme of prenatal education is now up! Features lots of insights from Indian cultural and psycho-spiritual perspectives on topics related to fertility, pregnancy, childbirth and reproductive health. https://t.co/EidsZMGRP0

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Sri Aurobindo's thoughts seems to have been heavily influenced by Western philosophers. Ultimately what Wilber attempts to do is provide a meta-view of general truths.

You should also note that Spiral Dynamics came from the empirical observations of Professor Clare Graves.

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Remember here the three madnesses of #SriAurobindo which He had communicated to His wife !1 dream was that If God is there I should be able to See Him with OPEN 👀!And He Realised It !!

That’s the power of the Mother & #IntegralYoga !! With v little Devotion 1 can see God in vision!!+

https://twitter.com/Sanjays81301051/status/1145595316126793728?s=19

"Whosoever is courageous can give courage to others, just as the flame of one candle can light another" - The Mother

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Movie: The Darkest Hour (2017)

Churchill's Speech - "We shall never surrender.."

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27) Hymns 167 - 172 (Verses 1,798 - 1,840): Description of Rig-Veda, Mandala 01, Sukta 167 to 172 (including the colloquy of Indra and Agastya) with #SriAurobindo's words on some distinctive features of Vedic Sanskrit https://t.co/TCNS7PbVOh

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Writings of Sri Aurobindo bring to mind
Poets, philosophers, and prophets:
Homer, Heraclitus, Plato, Plotinus,
Dante, Goethe, Milton, Blake,
Vico, Herder, Fichte, Mazzini,
Hegel, Nietzsche, Bergson, James,
Teilhard, Jung, Assagioli, Alexander,
Whitehead, Steiner, Gebser, Wilber.
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