Hindu/Indian Culture Outside India

[Husky]

^ <img src='http://www.india-forum.com/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' /> Happens to Daoist temples all over SE Asia too. Laity likes the religions of the Gods.





rajeev2004.blogspot.com/2012/04/idea-called-shiva.html



Some piece titled "Idea called Shiva" by Devdutt Pattanaik (who has clearly never seen a Hindu God, so no point my reading his opinion. If I want to learn about Shiva, there's always a gazillion ancient stotras on him by *actual* heathens who *know* their Gods.)

But there were 2 comments and wanted to know what they thought of Pattanaik.



Pasting the first comment, as it's related to earlier posts in this thread. Look how someone else said it:

seadog4227 said...

Two points:

(1) Ramana Maharishi used to always say that Shiva was the destroyer of all sins.

[color="#0000FF"](2) Mantras reveal much more than mere "ideas"; the oblation and the invocation show forms exactly as enshrined in our temples.[/color]

Exactly. Basically said in 1 line what I was aiming for in posts 64, 65, 71.

(But then they do say that intelligence lies not in verbosity in conveying ideas, but in brevity in doing the same. I lose. Nothing for it then, but to get rid of all the competition in order to win at last...)