No, don’t jump into conclusions, I am as Hindu as they come. I like the elaborate rituals, the hundreds of sects, the thousands of deities, the unashamed and (un)healthy materialism of the Hindu, and the lofty philosophy we have generated in the deep distant past. The last particularly, for who could have uttered such breath taking poetry that gives you the goose pimples whenever you come across them , as
“It was neither unreal nor real
It existed and it existed not”
That friends, is the zenith of imagination. You could not cross that line. Try it and you would soon find out for yourselves.
The only thing which comes anywhere near is the Tao te Ching
Yes, I like to roll in this shit we call religion in India, with all its nuances, its drawbacks, its incomprehensible inanities, but when I think of a man the only person comes to my mind is Goutama , the enlightened, the Budha!
To me, He is the only one, the real man, the only one who could be called man. There never was one like him and unfortunately there never would be one such as him.
In him passion had turned into deep compassion, no I am not trying to rhyme. He is the one, I tell you , follow him and you will feel it for yourself. I am not suggesting you turn a Budhist in the religious sense of the word, no that would be suicide. It is not the infrastructure that matters in the matters of the mind.
Like he said kindly “ Be a light unto yourself”
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