tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13617185.comments2020-05-22T00:55:23.079+05:30Welcome to my cornerManjunatha Kollegalahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06597757236883289208noreply@blogger.comBlogger46125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13617185.post-23960800231133812782020-05-22T00:55:23.079+05:302020-05-22T00:55:23.079+05:30What an amazing idea to create a New Look of furni...What an amazing idea to create a New Look of furniture. I really like your blog very much.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.thehomedekor.com.au/barstool-online" rel="nofollow">bar stools</a> The Home Dekorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00253433078828484666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13617185.post-6321087394289014352019-07-23T18:41:37.030+05:302019-07-23T18:41:37.030+05:30Buddhism goes beyond religion and is more of a phi...<br /><br /> Buddhism goes beyond religion and is more of a philosophy or 'way of life'. It is a philosophy because philosophy 'means love of wisdom' and the Buddhist path can be summed up as: <a href="https://unexploredbuddhistmonuments.com/" rel="nofollow">https://unexploredbuddhistmonuments.com/</a><br /><br />bedibhavanihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17021636031308928844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13617185.post-6330818125446561712019-06-20T09:53:42.954+05:302019-06-20T09:53:42.954+05:30There is too much of ignorance on Hindu - Buddhist...There is too much of ignorance on Hindu - Buddhist relationship. I had a detailed debate with a Buddhist on this subject and is present in the link below ( for anyone who is interested to know different perspectives) :<br /><br />http://ramansaigal.blogspot.in/2018/Ramanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10737243385119789467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13617185.post-7032839793030863102018-09-20T14:45:49.383+05:302018-09-20T14:45:49.383+05:30Bhaskar,
I fully agree with you in this respect. ...Bhaskar,<br /><br />I fully agree with you in this respect. This is the very awareness that made me say this about my own translation - "I am aware that the brevity of the original has taken a beating here as well, and the rhymes are not exact rhymes and they are not religiously observed also. I have tried to follow them as much as possible, and where it means compromising with the mood of the original, I have given the rhymes a slip"Manjunatha Kollegalahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06597757236883289208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13617185.post-59410903997728080552018-09-20T04:58:55.531+05:302018-09-20T04:58:55.531+05:30None of the translations till date has touched the...None of the translations till date has touched the 'BREVITY', Beauty, Rhythm and the "Naad'(ನಾದ/नाद) of the original. Sri. Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyaya, the author of this great composition, said, he composed this piece of poetry in 'Spontaneity' than in 'Contemplation'. Therefore, no translation off any contemplation would match the 'Magical Delight' it creates. <br /><br />Such compositions wouldn't translate in to any other language, just as our own 'Manku Thimmana Kagga' of our beloved DVG. Bhaskar Narasimhaiahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15611597385151028673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13617185.post-82486375334844072922018-09-20T04:44:57.221+05:302018-09-20T04:44:57.221+05:30This comment has been removed by the author.Bhaskar Narasimhaiahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15611597385151028673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13617185.post-22578172966316982262017-12-17T00:24:08.681+05:302017-12-17T00:24:08.681+05:30What was the arguments of the debate between Sanka...What was the arguments of the debate between Sankara and Buddhists. On what grounds was he able to convince them. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13617185.post-69915613029891435102017-08-06T11:50:09.976+05:302017-08-06T11:50:09.976+05:30It would be prudent to be realistic that anything ...It would be prudent to be realistic that anything will become extinct when it loses touch with the common man.... When Vedas became elitists' property, the other forms received great attention and support... When war and money became pervasive the Buddha's thought became important.. When Buddha's preaching were forgotten and a team made so much departure from the prime focus, there came up vacuum... <br /><br />In my view and belief the motive of all great sages were simply one... Get people to ground zero, make them believe that they need to get their mind on a single objective.... Remove all unwanted thoughts... <br /><br />I wouldn't discriminate other beliefs such as Christianity or Islamic as both of them had single origin...<br /><br />One underlying fact is that when anything becomes exclusive (By the act of individual) or doesn't become inclusive it's bound to be questioned and likely to become extinct....<br /><br />Soul, karma, Life after death, swarg narag.... Are all nothing but a way to explain people how to lead life...<br /><br />I enjoyed the writing by all of you... A constructive discussion forumAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12281688597582599921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13617185.post-26407948953075500642017-07-18T18:36:27.137+05:302017-07-18T18:36:27.137+05:30Why can we Dharma Indians put our differences and ...Why can we Dharma Indians put our differences and accept that we Hindus,Buddhist, jains,sikh or whatever other belief which has its roots in india are all children of dharma religion.Fighting over it only clouds the pure dharma and bringing harm to our fellow dharma brothers.Today we have people like zakir naik and Christian evangelistic in this country is because of our failure not them. We brought them due our lack of unity as brother's and sisters' of dharma.Dont you thing it's sad today we have foreign religion a like Islam and Christian more than buddhism,it feels like we have chopped one part of our dharma religion.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13617185.post-76301474272855630432014-08-29T01:39:37.023+05:302014-08-29T01:39:37.023+05:30Dear Parameshwaran,
That Sri Adishankara was an i...Dear Parameshwaran,<br /><br />That Sri Adishankara was an incarnation of Shiva is a matter of belief, and can not form a part of an objective discussion. I don't have any comment on that belief. But I guess your question about the tussle between Hinduism and Buddhism can be explained by a couple of points.<br /><br />Not all sects of Hinduism have problem with Buddhism. It is the Vedic sect, or what they call Sanatana Dharma (which is predominantly Vedic based) which has opinion difference with Buddhism. The main contention is, Buddhism does not consider the Veda as an ultimate authority, while the Sanatana dharma considers Vedas as the ultimate authority. This is the main philosophical difference due to which almost all the Vedic philosophers like Shankara, Ramanuja, Madhwa have refuted Buddhism as one of the main opponents of their own school.<br /><br />Well, this alone did not really need to lead to such an animosity of socio-political nature, because there have been many non-vedic sects like jainism, atheism which are also refuted by all Vedic masters. But the resistance to these sects was limited only to philosophical refutation.<br /><br />But unlike these sects, Buddhism made a huge impact on the masses and elite alike, and reigned over Indian socio-religious-political scenario for several centuries. It received tremendous royal support and eventually was a huge political power to recon with. This naturally posed a considerable real and perceived threat to the non-buddhists, especially the followers Sanatana Dharma which itself was a political power as well. Eventually this is what must have lead to the tussle between the two religions. But by 8-9 AD, the influence of Buddhism had already diminished to a great extent, as explained in the article.Manjunatha Kollegalahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06597757236883289208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13617185.post-75028413602096985832014-08-28T12:18:15.779+05:302014-08-28T12:18:15.779+05:30then I read it wrong......but cant debate with you...then I read it wrong......but cant debate with you......i need facts, I have none at present, but yes, if indeed Adi Shankara was an incarnate of Siva, destroying a religion would be the last in his mind...... I think the idea would have been to have people accept his line of thought, if that meant buddhists, jains or hindus with different belief system lost a debate then so be it, but cant understand why is there so much clutter in our country over two of our greatest ancestors (not specifying your post, but the usual antagonism of hinduism vs buddhism)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12529167592388290510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13617185.post-40307505016019783592014-08-26T15:41:43.634+05:302014-08-26T15:41:43.634+05:30Dear Anonymous, I went through the article again, ...Dear Anonymous, I went through the article again, but could not see where I have written Shankara's period to be belonging to BC. If I have, then it is wrong. <br /><br />This is what I have mentioned in the second paragraph of my article "Shankaracharya's came much later, that is 9th century AD"Manjunatha Kollegalahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06597757236883289208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13617185.post-66372476542784646902014-08-26T14:25:17.514+05:302014-08-26T14:25:17.514+05:30small question, in BC did we not look at BC the re...small question, in BC did we not look at BC the reverse way, thus if Buddhism lost its sheen in 6 BC and Adi Shankara was 9 BC, then Adi Shankara pre dated Buddhism. Its only in AD do we count in ascendingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13617185.post-29739832556641114772014-07-07T01:38:17.561+05:302014-07-07T01:38:17.561+05:30Dear Anonymous,
How I wish you would be kind enou...Dear Anonymous,<br /><br />How I wish you would be kind enough to show me your identity so the discussion could be more 'human'<br /><br />Well, if you care, Buddha's very teachings were 'blasphemous' in its traditional sense. Logically speaking, it will be a certain blasphemy if I (or you) uphold what Buddha preached. On the other hand, you seem to be of the opinion that Buddha and Buddha alone is the truth (which is a blasphemy in its traditional sense). I did NOT actually resort to blasphemy, not even against Buddha :)<br /><br />While my article confined itself to a brief examination of the apparent differences between Buddhist preachings and those of traditional Hindu preachings with historical and philosophical point of view, my article did not even touch any of the point of contentions that you raised in your comment.<br /><br />Well, I DON'T agree with many of your views, but I am keen to discuss and know more about your vies for sure - if only you would be kind enough to speak a bit more clearly with historical and scriptural references, rather than hearsay.Manjunatha Kollegalahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06597757236883289208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13617185.post-12125562178315834662014-07-07T01:06:39.377+05:302014-07-07T01:06:39.377+05:30Blasphemy. Buddha is the ONLY absolute truth on th...Blasphemy. Buddha is the ONLY absolute truth on this entire universe. Buddha clearly warned not to pray to any of the Hindu gods and goddesses, his knowledge was perfect. He clearly said, "they are themselves subject to karma and rebirth, and are beings in higher planes of existance. They cannot hear the prayers of people". Even the Brahmas came to Buddha to beg him to teach them Buddhism.<br /><br />Buddha is the absolute truth. There is no need for vedas, nor for any other text. Whatever has come from the Buddha and preserved unadulterated in the Pali cannon is truth. Buddhism is more refined version of Jainism. <br /><br />Jainism and Buddhism are the true dharmic paths. vedas may have a starting point, but the truth of Buddhism and jainism predate the Vedas.<br /><br />Jainism existed thousands of years before vedas were written. Jain scholars will completely disagree with you.<br /><br />Hinduism came from Jainism, Brahmins brought their outside religion and merged it wiht Jainism to create hybrid religion known as Hinduism today.<br /><br />Buddha and Buddha ALONE is the way forwards. Buddha's knowledge is perfect, His wisdom is perfect, every word he has uttered is perfect. No one should dare to challenge it.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13617185.post-76795168321462846152014-02-26T15:44:07.867+05:302014-02-26T15:44:07.867+05:30I agree with majority of what you have stated here...I agree with majority of what you have stated here.But i´m just curious that i have heard Sankara defeated many Budhist monks in debates and as per the rule all were converted to Hinduism.I wonder on what grounds the Budhist philosophy could be refuted to establish the supremacy of Hinduism?? I mean i have considered both to be the same one or the other way.How on earth could there arise a point of dispute ?(Leave alone the Karma Kanda , i was referring to the uttara meemasa part)<br />Amith MPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14997177813227385329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13617185.post-5644421633291002762013-10-02T22:59:46.698+05:302013-10-02T22:59:46.698+05:30Dear Mr. Anonymous, how I wish I knew your identit...Dear Mr. Anonymous, how I wish I knew your identity. Thanks for your comments. Yes, of course there could be opinion differences. That could make even more interesting discussions for which you are welcome. Hope you enjoyed reading it.Manjunatha Kollegalahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06597757236883289208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13617185.post-80565996018406414482013-10-02T12:31:38.217+05:302013-10-02T12:31:38.217+05:30Do not agree with everything you wrote, but no dou...Do not agree with everything you wrote, but no doubt you wrote it very well in a simple and clear language, which is something that not even many Westerners from the English language belt are doing these days. <br /><br />I agree with majority of your opinion and arguments in the article. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13617185.post-66262536566104373972013-06-18T01:20:56.475+05:302013-06-18T01:20:56.475+05:30Dear Mr. Anonymous, more mystery seems to be shrou...Dear Mr. Anonymous, more mystery seems to be shrouding around your anonymity than Shankara's role in Buddhist massacre! I am not sure if there is any reasons for your remaining behind curtains.<br /><br />Well, please note that this article was written by me way back in 2011, much long before the blazing discussion about Shankara-Buddhist-massacre that is making round in Facebook and blogs recently. I am not a historian. If you read my article again, you will note that I have put forth my discussion mostly on philosophical and logical grounds rather than hard historical facts and figures - and of course, quoted from history wherever relevant. Even hard historical facts should ultimately conform to this logical and philosophical reasoning. If they did not, either it means that the historical conclusions are wrong/coloured/vitiated by some considerations, or it means that the philosophy is hypocritical and the logic bogus. That calls for a bigger debate for which just the repeated ramblings like "there are enough historical proof to suggest that adi shankara and his followers had played a role and used violence" etc, for sure.<br /><br />As I have mentioned several times elsewhere in the forums, I have no blind adherence to any philosophy and I am open enough to disregard it as hypocritical the moment I am thoroughly convinced about the same. But the proponents of hypocrisy theory have not been able to convince me. They just make a comment and then abscond without a second word :( Manjunatha Kollegalahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06597757236883289208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13617185.post-36877053658592267942013-06-17T17:43:55.861+05:302013-06-17T17:43:55.861+05:30there are enough historical proof to suggest that ...there are enough historical proof to suggest that adi shankara and his followers had played a role and used violence to destroy hinduism..there is no denial of these facts which are mentioned prominently across various old text both of hindus, buddhist and unbiased traveller's travelogue. Of course little proof exist that adhi shankara directly played a role in killing of monks and destruction of monastries.. but he abhorred buddhism and is clear from his own text. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13617185.post-76999625101510602422013-01-22T14:34:49.206+05:302013-01-22T14:34:49.206+05:30This comment has been removed by the author.Hai Bajihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12945482362465524844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13617185.post-14135587304106985122012-12-15T07:55:13.786+05:302012-12-15T07:55:13.786+05:30An in depth article covers Sri Adi Shankara and th...An in depth article covers Sri Adi Shankara and the Buddhism in India. <br /><br />Thanks a lot for your simple English sir. Badarinath Palavallihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06134535730447920619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13617185.post-7300257245671201192012-04-05T22:31:46.182+05:302012-04-05T22:31:46.182+05:30Where do stories of Shankara's role in massacr...Where do stories of Shankara's role in massacre of Bhudhists etc originate from then? I was shocked to read about such stories recently. If they are not true they must be soundly debunked.Ragu Kattinakerehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17043138095700145552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13617185.post-60632314931382480422011-12-03T16:05:14.159+05:302011-12-03T16:05:14.159+05:30Nice thinking. ur article sumerises Sw. Vivekanand...Nice thinking. ur article sumerises Sw. Vivekananda's views & teachings, who darely could declare the limitations of Bhashyas by different Acharyas. <br />Complete works of Sw. Vivekananda can clear many of such wrong understandings on Sanathana Dharma.<br />by<br />haarasanahaarasananoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13617185.post-31704574591972319322011-10-19T01:04:02.196+05:302011-10-19T01:04:02.196+05:30Very interesting, thought-provoking insights.Very interesting, thought-provoking insights.ಪ್ರೇಮತಾಣhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04637584025392553280noreply@blogger.com