CULTURAL QA 01202410
Q1 Why is Buddha not a Hindu even though he believes that Brahma
created the universe?
KR II time; already answered the illiteracy of the writer. The
quora picture of Rami sivan: Rami Sivan Hindu Priest, Yoga-Vedanta teacher,
registered nurse. A proud Sudra {how Narayana likes this?) who belongs to
the lineage of a Sudra saint — Nammallvar. I am officially an Initiate of
the Tengalai Srivaishnava Lineage but I am non-sectarian. I do not speak
for any particular sect or lineage and all my answers are on General
Hinduism. As a Hindu Priest I perform sacraments for all Hindus
irrespective of caste or creed and I officiate at ceremonies for all the
Devatas. My personal opinion is that Bali is the closest to an ideal Hindu
society and the Balinese are the best examples of Hindu practice. {KR So he
says only as a personal opinion and how an opinion is hidden and reflected
as if a tatvam?} This is how Sunya likes the Sunya.
Buddhists believe that the human life is one of suffering, and that
meditation, spiritual and physical labour, and good behaviour are the ways
to achieve enlightenment, or nirvana. Buddha, nowhere said, there is no
GOD; he never said Veda is bad; nowhere he pronounced that he is different
from Hinduism. But the script writers later said all these. Buddha was
preaching a life concept of HOW TO LIVE ON THIS EARTH IN SPITE OF THE
SUFFERINGS, IN GOOD STEAD, PEACEFULLY AND ATTAIN THE BLISS CALLED NIRVANA;
nirvana means sanyasa hence bikshus; Nirvana is thyaga; his one liner
was/is “desire is the root cause of the sufferings) he meant here, because
you desire to get something, leads one to wrong positions and blunders,
landing that person to suffer; so, where there is no desire there is no
suffering. Thyaga is Vedic root; Nirvana is a Vedic Root; Buddha studies
under four Vedic Gurus; he preached for the commoners who cannot comprehend
the Vedas and Sanskrit; but said all only in Sanskrit; as Ramanuja did the
same thing, ca we say Vaishnavism is not Hinduism? Desire is the cause and
effect of dukka is from Vedas; dukka word is used in Buddhism; as one is
resolving the present struggle to clear out, there is no question of
existence or punar Janma. However, there is no GOD concept became the
Buddha as not only GOD, but to insert, Buddha as an avataram also under
Dasavatharam. (Balarama was excluded and that concept is an insertion in
1AD.) By preaching that nirvana will take care of the future ill-effects,
indirectly Buddha accepted the Punar Janma. The so called self-serving
priest who said something as his personal opinion, is not worth the
repeat, in my opinion.
Q2 Why is the color/pigment blue so rare in nature? I can
only think of a few things in nature that is colored blue (besides the sky)?
KR Cassia Black, is just right; first of all THERE IS NO COLOUR OR
COLOUR PIGMENTS AS SUCH EXCEPT only white; BUT THE REFLECTIONS AND
REFRACTION OF THE WHITE LIGHT WITHIN WHICH SAPTA CLOR SPRINGS THROUGH,
while leaving the object, retains the colour, mixed with the chemical
property, it does possess; so as light from our eyes is the cause of
perception, we view it as tricked by that object to us. Virtually except
SUN there are no colours except the white; or as we believe this earth is
real, we do believe all the colours are true. Therefore, the object shall
possess that combination to show that risk. Hence such a rare chemical is
rare, blue is less; the best species to do that is a Butterfly. Few
flowers; and insects. Even our retina. There is one Vendi Black still rarer
and there is a patent registered for that.
Q5 Why do you not eat at buffets in hotels or restaurants anymore?
KR Buffet is our system also in the sense big parties are held in
that style, keeping all food at the center table; Brahmins alone say
certain principles of souchaam, as told in the Sastraic sutras. It is
unwelcome because food is exposed, even as on date it is kept inside a
glass shell. It is touched by so many hands and seepage of dust and Kirumi
(Sanskrit) are certain. Salads if kept open, oxidised to catch even corona
virus to enter our body. It is not just a western or Islamic style as was.
is in Afghanistan and north India, but also a system rarely in south also.
But certainly the buffet may be avoided. KR IRS 12124
On Thu, 11 Jan 2024 at 20:00, 'gopala krishnan' via iyer123 <
[email protected]> wrote:
> *CULTURAL QA 01-2024-10*
>
> *All the BELOW QA are from Quora digest to me on 10-01-2024.*
>
> * Quora answers need not be 100% correct answers *
>
> *.Compiled* *and posted by R. Gopala krishnan, on 11-01-2024*
>
> *Q1 Why is Buddha not a Hindu even though he believes that Brahma
> created the universe?*
>
> *A1 Rami Sivan, Priest, Dharma teacher, counsellor, Gov. Advisor
> (1998–present) 11mo*
>
> *Because 2500 years ago the term HINDU did not exist.** It is an
> administrative category that was coined by the British as HINDOO. The
> earlier colonialists - the Portuguese used the term GENTOO to describe the
> non-Abrahamic inhabitants of India.*
>
> *Belief in Brahma is not a qualification for being considered a “Hindu”.
> So Buddha was not a “Hindu” but he was born into a family of “Brahmanists”
> or followers the Vedic religion according to his biographers.*
>
> *For example in the Lalita Vistāra chapter 5 we have the following:-*
>
> *“Hearing this, the Bodhisattva (Buddha prior to birth) manifested himself
> as one versed in the Vedas and the** Śastras of the Brāhmans, and endowed
> with the thirty-two marks which he was afterwards to bear.”*
>
> *And in chapter 12 it gives the Buddha’s academic qualifications (NB -
> note his philosophical qualification):-*
>
> * “The Bodhisattva was learned in revealed scripture, ancient stories,
> history, the Vedas, grammar, etymologies, phonetics, metrics and
> composition, rules for conducting rituals, astrology, the Sāmkhya
> philosophical system, the Yoga philosophical system, ceremonies, the art of
> courtesans, the Vaiśe**ṣ**ika philosophical system, economics, ethics,
> hydraulics, knowledge of demigods, knowledge of game animals, knowledge of
> bird sounds, logic, hydromechanics, beeswax crafts, sewing, wickerwork,
> leaf cutting, and perfume making.”*
>
> *Q2 Why is the color/pigment blue so rare in nature? I can only
> think of a few things in nature that is colored blue (besides the sky)?*
>
> *A2 Cassia Black, Science Nerd2y*
>
> *That’s a very good question, one I was interested enough to research
> myself a while back.*
>
> *I must confess I am not a biologist, so I don’t know exact specifics, but
> here’s a surface-level answer:**Blue is a difficult color to evolve. **Red
> and yellow pigments have been evolved hundreds of times, but blue, for some
> reason, is trickier.*
>
> *Therefore, rather that evolving blue pigment, animals and plants evolved
> certain cellular structures which reflect blue light. In other words, it’s
> not a pigment, more like a sort of iridescence**.*
>
> *In fact, many animals developed these blue structures alongside yellow
> pigment, to become green — all the better to blend in with green plants,
> which get their color from chlorophyll. You can see this in action in
> creatures like green snakes, which use blue structures in their scales plus
> yellow pigment; when they die, the yellow pigment degrades first, making
> them look blue.*
>
> *For another thing, most animals with blue-reflecting structures use it
> either as display of some kind (like blue flowers, peacocks, blue-bellied
> lizards, and so on) or in combo with yellow for camouflage purposes. There
> aren’t a lot of reasons to be blue, because nothing else is; it makes you
> stick out, and thus you become a target. That’s generally a bad survival
> strategy; even birds are usually attacked from above, so blending with the
> sky doesn’t work.*
>
> *If all plants were blue, more animals would be blue due to evolutionary
> pressure**. The reason plants aren’t blue has to do with the mechanics of
> light.*
>
> *Plants photosynthesize, which means they need to be able to efficiently
> absorb light. When something appears to be a certain color, what’s actually
> happening is the light wavelengths of that color are bouncing off and
> entering your eye, while all the other wavelengths of light are absorbed by
> the object. Plants absorb all the colors of the rainbow that they’re not.*
>
> *Ever heard of RGB? It stands for Red Green Blue**, the color wheel of
> light (it’s weird and behaves differently than pigment color wheels). That
> means, when a plant is green, it’s primarily absorbing the Red and Blue
> wavelengths. If a plant is purple or dark red, it’s primarily absorbing the
> Green wavelengths.*
>
> *So that’s why plants are generally green, with a few purple or red
> outliers. Animals often need to blend with that most common of plant colors
> to camouflage, so for most it would be silly to be blue.*
>
> *Q3 What is the longest distance between any two places on earth?*
>
> *A3 Rachna Sharma,Teacher Aug 4*
>
> *The longest distance between any two places on Earth is known as the
> antipodal distance**. It represents the distance between two points on
> opposite sides of the Earth, passing through the center of the planet.*
>
> *The antipodal distance is approximately 20,037 kilometers** (12,429
> miles), and it occurs between two points that are directly opposite each
> other on the globe. For example, one such pair of antipodal points is a
> location in Argentina and a location in China, or a location in Spain and a
> location in New Zealand.*
>
> *Keep in mind that this distance is a straight line through the Earth's
> interior**, not taking into account the actual travel distance over the
> Earth's surface, which would be longer due to the curvature of the planet
> and the paths of transportation.*
>
> *Q4 What is the funniest joke you've been told that you still
> think about to this day?*
>
> *A4 Steve Best, Former Retired11mo*
>
> *A HEART WARMIMG STORY*
>
> *A man had lost an arm from an accident. He became very depressed at this
> because he loved to play golf.*
>
> *One day in his despair, he decided to commit suicide. He got on an
> elevator and went to the top of a building to jump off.*
>
> *As he stood on the ledge looking down, he saw a man skipping along the
> sidewalk, whooping and kicking up his heels**. Taking another look, he
> also noticed that the man below had no arms at all.*
>
> *While still on the ledge, he started thinking, 'What am I doing up here
> feeling sorry for myself? I still have one good arm. There goes a man with
> no arms skipping down the sidewalk, so happy, and going on with his life.'*
>
> *Giving up the thought of suicide, he hurried down to the sidewalk**. And
> when he caught up with the man with no arms, he thanked him for saving his
> life. Because he lost one of his arms, he felt useless and was going to
> kill himself. He now knew he could make it with one arm if someone could go
> on with no arms, and be happy too.*
>
> *At this, the man with no arms began dancing, and whooping, and kicking up
> his heels again.*
>
> *Curious, the man with one arm asked, "So, tell me, why are you so happy
> anyway?"*
>
> *He said, "I'm NOT happy. My balls itch!"*
>
> *Heart-warming stories like this just make one want to cry.*
>
> *Q5 Why do you not eat at buffets in hotels or restaurants
> anymore?*
>
> *A5 Shaunak Bhattacharjeee, Software Engineer | Traveller |
> Foodie Aug 26*
>
> *There was a time when I had stopped going to restaurants serving
> a-la-carte meals**. I was a big fan of buffet restaurants because it not
> only felt value for money but I could eat a lot, without any limit. I used
> to skip my breakfast, dive into the appetizers, have a glance through the
> main course and relish the desserts. I could give my friends tough
> competition at these buffet places because of my appetite. I could eat a
> lot!*
>
> *However, those days are long gone.** Gradually, I realised that at these
> buffet restaurants, I had been eating food one after the other. I wasn't
> enjoying it. I wasn't appreciating any particular meal but was on the
> lookout for what was next on the buffet spread. I would probably eat six
> different types of kebabs without knowing which one was what and would
> immediately look for another refill. I would decorate my plate nicely with
> tarts, mousse, pastries and cheesecake and would find half of them too dry
> to take a second bite. The worst was the quantity of food that I consumed.
> I would probably gain at least 2 kilos from a single sitting.*
>
> * Then I realised buffet restaurants may not always be the best thing. I
> am not saying that I have stopped eating at buffet restaurants completely,
> but dining at a nice restaurant and ordering from the menu has its own
> charm. I might see an exquisite item on the menu and would love to try
> that. When it is served, I enjoy it without caring for the world. I
> wouldn't have to hurry and finish it up and worry about another refill to
> get my money's worth. My money's worth is in sitting at the table, enjoying
> the ambience and tasting the food that I had ordered myself.*
>
>
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