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Human beings have always been searching for Truth.
Even when absolute Truth is possibly most natural to know it eludes a person due to false notions that a person has.
Culture, society and religions to name a few causes have destroyed human being's natural pursuit to know the truth.
Science in its pure form as a representation of scientific methods have been in the forefront inhuman beings quest to know the truth. The limitation of Science as a subject of study is that it is limited to what is observed and cannot include the truth of the observer. The greatness of Science is that there exists a set of standards, a clear articulation of scientific standards and commitment by Scientists to learn the truth at all costs.
Upanishads, Brahma Sutra and Bhagavad Gita teaches what the truth and the whole truth is but due to long held false notions there is corruption in understanding that is pervasive.
The reason is that due to lack of standards as in Science, due to lack of qualified beings in teaching roles and due to lack of commitment to know the truth at all costs by the students, false notions are propagated through generations as frozen thoughts.
Religion has a way of interfering with human being's critical thinking faculties. This can be said about all religions though some aspects of Hindu religion could possibly lead one to constructive understanding.
People who think they are in teaching roles rarely are qualified. One needs to have been taught in a proper and rigorous Sampradaya, must possess strong skills to Sanskrit including Panini grammar, strong background in Sciences and various philosophical thoughts in order to fulfil the basic requirements to be a teacher.
Further, they must have absolute and total commitment to know the truth. Such people in teaching role are very hard to find.
What we have instead bogus thoughts and false notions that are actually contradictory with our scriptural teaching and within various notions. There are people who think they are providing new perspectives without any background and there are gullible people who are ready to swallow whatever is told to them.
The world and sadly India though champion of teaching the world what truth is actually is immersed in superstition, and religiosity without any interest in knowing the truth being happy with handed down wisdom as frozen thoughts. Many Acharyas of the past eras have been deified and hence it is not possible to challenge whatever they are said to have taught.
Obviously the intent of this thread is not to talk about truth which is not possible in this mode but about contradictions in the notions people have in the name of various schools of thoughts.
Let me discuss the contradictions in the way the so called schools of thought as truth are propagated. While I have the greatest respect for the Acharyas of the past due to the kind of influence they have had over centuries, I want to critique only the content of their teaching as it is available today.
Even when absolute Truth is possibly most natural to know it eludes a person due to false notions that a person has.
Culture, society and religions to name a few causes have destroyed human being's natural pursuit to know the truth.
Science in its pure form as a representation of scientific methods have been in the forefront inhuman beings quest to know the truth. The limitation of Science as a subject of study is that it is limited to what is observed and cannot include the truth of the observer. The greatness of Science is that there exists a set of standards, a clear articulation of scientific standards and commitment by Scientists to learn the truth at all costs.
Upanishads, Brahma Sutra and Bhagavad Gita teaches what the truth and the whole truth is but due to long held false notions there is corruption in understanding that is pervasive.
The reason is that due to lack of standards as in Science, due to lack of qualified beings in teaching roles and due to lack of commitment to know the truth at all costs by the students, false notions are propagated through generations as frozen thoughts.
Religion has a way of interfering with human being's critical thinking faculties. This can be said about all religions though some aspects of Hindu religion could possibly lead one to constructive understanding.
People who think they are in teaching roles rarely are qualified. One needs to have been taught in a proper and rigorous Sampradaya, must possess strong skills to Sanskrit including Panini grammar, strong background in Sciences and various philosophical thoughts in order to fulfil the basic requirements to be a teacher.
Further, they must have absolute and total commitment to know the truth. Such people in teaching role are very hard to find.
What we have instead bogus thoughts and false notions that are actually contradictory with our scriptural teaching and within various notions. There are people who think they are providing new perspectives without any background and there are gullible people who are ready to swallow whatever is told to them.
The world and sadly India though champion of teaching the world what truth is actually is immersed in superstition, and religiosity without any interest in knowing the truth being happy with handed down wisdom as frozen thoughts. Many Acharyas of the past eras have been deified and hence it is not possible to challenge whatever they are said to have taught.
Obviously the intent of this thread is not to talk about truth which is not possible in this mode but about contradictions in the notions people have in the name of various schools of thoughts.
Let me discuss the contradictions in the way the so called schools of thought as truth are propagated. While I have the greatest respect for the Acharyas of the past due to the kind of influence they have had over centuries, I want to critique only the content of their teaching as it is available today.
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