Re: Reincarnation and non hindus
Hari Om
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Originally Posted by
Flavio
I have a question that is buzzing me for a long time.
I believe in reincarnation and karma and I am a devout of Lord Ganesha,but I'm not a hindu by birth and for the moment,it's impossible for me to know a guru or find a temple. What I mean it's that I hope that in the next life I will be reborn as a hindu, and that Sanathana Dharma is universal. I hope to have explained me well, I mean that it doesn't matter if someone is 100% hindu to believe in Sanathana Dharma.I also believe that there is a reason if I was born in Italy but I feel attracted to Lord Ganesha,maybe this life is a test for me,maybe karma wanted me to search for Lord Ganesha instead of being born into a hindu family.
Namaste Flavio
Om sumukhya svaha
Om ekadantaya svaha
Om gajakarnikya svaha
You mention 'no need to be 100% hindu to believe in Sanathana Dharma.'
Let me see if I can perhaps offer a view that compliments your thinking here.
Sanatana Dharma is eternal... it is Arsa Dharma (|rsha) dharma i.e. that of the risi's.
We are blessed to have Bharata (India) be the home and the guiding light for this truth (satyam), yet it is universal. Just as the Atman is universal so it Sanatana Dharma.
We cannot say that since the rishi's of India via their insights and ritam discovered the methods to Atman, that Atman then is Hindu or Indian by nature, correct?
Thomas Edison is attributed with discovering DC current i.e. electricity... Yet I think there is a good argument for Luigi Galvani & Alessandro Volta from your neck of the woods co-claiming this discovery. That said, is electricity then considered 'American' since Edison is acclaimed to be the inventor?
Like that, this knowledge of Sanatana Dharma is universal and applies to all... there are specific laws in the universe that apply to all of us. This is what the risi's cognized in their consciousness [ Ritambhara prajana - that which only knows the Truth].
So it does not matter if one believes or dis-believes in a law of nature it happens. I can choose to not believe in gravity, yet I still fall down.
Lets assume one does not believe in re-incarnation ( in fact I am completely against this... let me explain in a second), that does not infer one will not come pack to finish out any uncompleted works i.e.~ karma.
I said I am against re-incarnation. Why so? I do not want to come back, plain and simple. I am against it, and am trying to do what I can in this life-time, this opportunity to realize ones SELF, Brahma Sakshtkara ( Self Realization) or turiyatit chetana (sustained turya). This is my intent, my resolve. Yet I am still bound by the laws of nature, of samskaras and the vasanas that reside in me.
The grace of God resides everywhere... this whole galaxy is but one atom at most in this Divine Infinite Being. You are a spark, visphulinga, of this Being. It does not matter where you are from to realize this. There is no 'fine print' on a contract that says only Hindu's need apply.
Being attracted to Ganesha is a blessing... you are in good company.
pranams,
Last edited by yajvan; 28 November 2007 at 01:38 PM.
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