Namaste, Hari Om,
Apologies for not posting articles sooner, have been busy with the physical maya of this world. Dont worry that physical maya must be engaged for us all to grow, Bhagavan Krishna States, ''We have two choices in life: One is to fulfill ourselves. The other is to take the time and energy that we would utilize in fulfilling ourselves and use it to make others happy.'' Even if we are in this maya (ie as a business man) we can still help others while fulfilling our daily duties to our family and society.
Moving on, wanted to talk about Hinduism and the internet, does the internet help Hinduism progress or regress? There are many sources of knowledge thanks to analytic searches and meta tags that can come to our finger tips within seconds. Gyan is received faster than a two hour satsang it seems? When reading websites and trying to seek knowledge via the internet we should always walk with a bit of caution. The core of all aspects is always the hardest to find, while seeking information we should walk with the background and knowledge from reliable sources. The most reliable source of them all is the actual scriptures themselves.
Knowing this will allow you to understand who are posting or editing the ancient words, most of these words existed before the dawn of man/woman. Caution needs to be taken as there are folks who post their interpretation of events that can be totally wrong at times. Then there are sites that mold the words of what is written into something that is far beyond the intended meaning.
Your desire should not be bogged down by bad blogs, articles or wiki like sites, your search for knowledge should always continue. Seek the knowledge on the outside too, attend satsangs, discourses and temples. Find and read the scriptures, try to also do this under a teacher (i.e. Gita studies class).
Just like the mind, the internet can either be your friend or enemy, control and knowledge will make the best use of it.
Jai Shri Krishna,
SimpleHinduBhai
Nothing can replace Guru Shishya parampara. In this parampara, Guru and shishya are talking face-2-face and Guru gives updesha according to the mindset of the questioner. This cannot happen on internet or in wiki or blog or discussion group or in chatting.
ReplyDeleteIt can be helpful just to remind us about spirituality, to stay connected and to search something. So I copy paste updesha of great saints. No personal comments. I prefer hard copy then soft copy.
e.g. if you have Gita in word format, then you can search the text very fast.
I prefer to to rely on net. Some things are not meant for masses, while some are targeted for masses.
For me, it is emotional outlet, since I cannot stay 100% introvert through day. After all blogging is an extrovert tendency. Again you keep starring at the idiot box (PC screen) for work, for ref, for spirituality. When will you take a break.
Internet can be helpful, but cannot be of great use for spiritual progress, as it all depends upon guru and the God that is Inside us.
Just a personal opinion :)
Namaste
INDIASPIRITUALITY