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its funny what a big deal soma was in vedic religion and now we dont even know what it is
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ive seen asuras conflated with demons a lot but they aren't always malevolent, more are prone to hunger for power, the rakshasas are more like demons
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theres a lot of good stuff in the uddhava gita although its not close to perfect. I like the mentions of kindness to animals.
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georgia
lowkey shocked at how much monism is in the uddhava gita, even though ramanuja like thought is prominent too
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georgia
lemme just say theres no suicide in the principal upanishads (although there is some in some later minor upanishads), or in the Bhagavad gita which condemns torture of the body, but there is suicide by immolation in the bhagavata purana including in the uddhava gita... guess its not just sati for the womanfolk... man I'm real soured on this purana.
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georgia
cow worship may be a symptom of brahmana supremacy (because of the ghee in vedic oblations) but I think all animals are sacred, especially naturally peaceful ones like cows
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georgia
uddhava gita is pretty good but theres definitely sexism and casteism in it like the rest of the purana.
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georgia
I can't tell if I like the "this exact question you just asked me was asked by X to Y aeons ago, now time for a story in a story" device or not
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georgia
excited to read the uddhava gita I think this is where the BP will really shine.
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georgia
the "holy places and gods purify after a while but brahmanas purify simply from a glance" quote that bothered me so is translated in this book as "saints purify" with gods referring to murtis. this makes sense. I have seen two versions of it in this book and both times its "saints". here's the second version.
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georgia
balarama needs to calm his shit too. with his drunkenness and his violence... only his killing of a brahmana is criticized by the puranic text -_-
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I guess the bhagavata puranas krishna wanted to remove the military burden from the earth and that explains why he killed. but he killed both in and out of war... although mostly in war.
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