Mahabharata , more then just a story ?, page 3
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reply posted on 27-10-2009 @ 07:10 PM by Max_TO
reply to post by avanish



Hello and welcome to the thread .

I hope that you were not offended by me starting this thread it was done so out of respect and appreciation for the book .

Also I want to point out that I am by no means an expert on the book nore do I , or have I , claimed to be . Thats one of the reasons I started the thread , to learn .

I welcome any comment or insight that you can offer to the discussion of Mahabharata .

Edit to add. I offer no opinion on the book other then it's some great literature which has stood the test of time and I would never pretend to be an expert after reading only 100 pages .

But I do look forward to chatting about the book in this thread with other people who also appreciate the book .




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reply posted on 27-10-2009 @ 11:36 PM by avanish
Originally posted by Max_TO
reply to
post by avanish



Hello and welcome to the thread .

I hope that you were not offended by me starting this thread it was done so out of respect and appreciation for the book .

Also I want to point out that I am by no means an expert on the book nore do I , or have I , claimed to be . Thats one of the reasons I started the thread , to learn .

I welcome any comment or insight that you can offer to the discussion of Mahabharata .

Edit to add. I offer no opinion on the book other then it's some great literature which has stood the test of time and I would never pretend to be an expert after reading only 100 pages .

But I do look forward to chatting about the book in this thread with other people who also appreciate the book .




[edit on 27-10-2009 by Max_TO]


hi, I have no problem on starting the thread regarding Mahabharta, But I was shocked the Question was asked by u ,
Reagrding It's Origin and A question Put by U regarding it to be called Holy,
I saw replies to this thread which is not given by any Indian and they don't know about whole things happen at that time , U can best argue with Any hindu like me who has read the full Novel and Know the whole events take place long Years ago .
I was also disappionted when U just read about 100 pages and Ask that type of quetion's , that Inspire me to answer to your Question
so I have No problem , but Many Hindus might feel bad after reading this thread , I am toady generation people so I havn't any problem with u or this thread, but old kind of people can object this
so If u have any problem regarding epic ask me freely ...................




reply posted on 27-10-2009 @ 11:51 PM by avanish
Originally posted by Vanitas
Originally posted by avanish

so neither u nor I can argue ob that point


But surely we can
ponder about it...?

I mean, this is fascinating information!





Hi, I want to acknowledge u that Hindu Tradition is 50000 years old tradition ( as per hindu epic's), no tradition on earth have got such type of dominance or haven't got any proof of of their tradition from 50000 years.
As per hindu epic's it is said that universe is created by LORD BRAHAMA , so from last 50000 years every hindu beleive that this universe is created by LORD BRAHAMA. 82 crores people in India beleive that , and their next generation will also beleive, so their is no question can be put regarding the cretion of Universe for Hindu's ..........


reply posted on 28-10-2009 @ 09:47 PM by Max_TO
reply to post by avanish



Actually my boss is Hindu and I have spoken to him about the Mahabharata . He told me a fair amount about the book and I was even told that he had to study the book in school as a child . I have asked some of the questions of him that I have posed here in this thread and he too finds some of the books descriptions to be very interesting and wonder some .

I actually picked him up an english copy of the Mahabharata for his children .

I have ordered " Ramayana " from amazon and want to read that when I finish Mahabharata . Can I ask what you though of Ramayana ?







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reply posted on 29-10-2009 @ 02:10 PM by Max_TO
reply to post by avanish




Sorry , I hope that I didn't give you the impression that the copy of mahabharata that I have uses the term " Nuclear weapon " because it doesn't . I was only saying that the description of the " bomb / explosion " described in the book sounds very much like a nuclear explosion would , I just want to make that clear .

The author of both copies of the books that I have are a fellow named Krishna Dharma .

Once again sorry if I wasn't clear but once again for the record no where in the book that I have do they mention a " nuclear explosion "


reply posted on 31-10-2009 @ 10:36 AM by xizd1
reply to post by Vanitas



the non-existent and existent-non-existent universe

The nothing or void and the illusion (still nothing) of something that came from the nothing.



reply posted on 31-10-2009 @ 11:12 AM by Outlawstar
I think approaching with an open mind is the formost important neccesityon matters such as this, approaching these matters with your mind already made up isint going to help anyone.

To me all the worlds ancient texts are FAR more than meets the eye, and should most certainly not be taken at face value, just look at the knowledge encoded in some of them such as how knowledge precession turns up in ancient myths and legends, Id highly reccomend reading HAMLETS MILL or FINGERPRINTS OF THE GODS for more insight into that particular issue.



To me the significance of ancient epics, texts, myths and legends is great and the dismissal of such things as fantasy is nothing short of unscientific.


I mean just imagine how unbelievable it would sound to someone 4000 years into the future, if they read a tale of the wonders of the 21st century, (this is of course factoring in the very real possibility that we have, for the most part, wiped ourselves out, or been wiped out by some natural disaster)

To the it would be unbelievable, it would seem like magic, nothing more than a fairy tale, doesint mean it didint happen of course, lets not be so quick to discount the unconventional, I think thats been one of the problems thats dogged cartesian science.


Personally I do currently hold the stance, note I didint say belief, that there were great civilizations of antiquity that possesed at the very least notably higher knowledge than we though, though more likely, amazingly high technologies that we couldint surpass today!!

The more you research these matters, the more fascinating it becomes, to me, the evidence presents a very logical conclusion that there was at least one lost civilisation that held advanced knowledge in all spheres of learning, with teh account in the Mahabrata being one of MANY fragments of memory of such amazing times, although with the amazing detail in the Indian texts, it hardly constitutes fragments, and I really dont see why that is so hard for people to consider.

Just a small study of OOPARTS and ancient texts should at least present the possibility!!!


I also wonder Avanish, if you are coming at this from a religious perspective?



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