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You can consider these articles and statements made by Jews themselves... https://www.business-standard.com/world-news/india-only-nation-with-no-history-of-antisemitism-diaspora-supports-israel-123102400069_1.html https://www.business-standard.com/world-news/india-only-nation-with-no-history-of-antisemitism-diaspora-supports-israel-123102400069_1.html The article in the OP is also from Jewish media where the Jewish author states thus to a question... https://forward.com/culture/617986/indian-jewish-food-poetry-bene-israel/

India is considered to be the only country on earth which has never persecuted its Jewish population. Indian Jewish poet Zika Joseph’s new of book of poetry, ‘Sweet Malida: Memories of a Bene Israel Woman,’ dips into the culture and mythology around the subcontinent’s largest Jewish community. https://forward.com/culture/617986/indian-jewish-food-poetry-bene-israel/

There are no nazi or neo-nazi movements in India. Many dark-skinned Indians have also been victims of racism in europe and the west, and it s their increasing wealth and influence that has made immune to such discrimination later on. The Jews, I repeat have never faced such discrimination in India as there are no nazi or neo-nazi movements in India unlike those in the west and Australia and New Zealand. Hate speech indulging in anti-semitism has been a regular feature of these neo-nazi movements in these countries. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antisemitism_in_Australia#:~:text=Antisemitism in Australia is the,established in the 18th century. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antisemitism_in_New_Zealand Since you mentioned Ecuador, I had to mention Spanish south america, as Ecuador is a part of it. Hope you got it ! Many westerners with anti-semitic views have come to India as tourists and may have disseminated some of their propaganda here and leave after their visas expire. Hindus and Indians welcome them as they do for all tourists with an eye on the money and investments they bring to the region.This is all there is to it. There are relatively much more Jewish buildings and architecture in India , and Zionism was also considered as a model by Hindu nationalists which would explain the warm relationship between India and Israel in present times. Savitri was a French European woman who tried to blend some elements of Hinduism with nazism . Her views are laughable and comical as far as I am concerned, and it shows how human beings can be deluded by their imagination to hold absurd notions. The Gita teaches reincarnation , and the concept of reincarnation means that she herself can be born as a Jew in her next life. So hatred and prejudice becomes illogical in the light of reincarnation. A hindu can be reborn as a muslim or Christian in his next life so hatred becomes superficial and irrational in the long run. Indians in the nineteenth and early twentieth century was fighting against British and western colonialism (French,Portuguese) and so adopted nationalistic movements modelled upon that in Ireland, the US, Japan and also Germany and Italy. Communism had also influenced many Indians at that point of time due to influence of neighboring China and Russia. They used whatever models of nationalism available in other countries to fight and triumph over western colonialism. Even Islamic and Zionist models as well were also adopted as models for Hindu nationalism or Hindutva. Hindutva or Hindu nationalism was also mainly a reaction to prosleytising efforts and persecution by Islamic and Christian invaders which had projected the Hindus as heathens due to religious conditioning, and wrecked their temples and religions institutions using violence and brutality. Inquisitions and jihads, jizya taxes were common in regions where they had attained control and so there was a lot of wars and battles by the Hindus to gain control of their land and prevent the persecution. You can see that the Jews, Zoroastrians, Tibetan Buddhists, Bahais who arrived in large numbers to India as refugees were treated well by the same Hindus and not shunned or discriminated upon. They were non-violent and peaceful and consequently never encountered problems of any sort in India.

I am not aware of contact between Jewish merchants and the indigenous native Australians in Australian history. With respect to the state of Australia in modern times after european colonialism, I am aware of Neo-nazi movements in both Australia and New Zealand which obviously have anti-semitic tropes in their ideology. In Spanish south america, the jews were labeled as heretics , avoided major urban centers and survived by camouflaging their personal and group identity. Indian jews never faced such issues.

Pleasure is the greatest incentive to evil. ~ Plato If we wish to accomplish anything of value in our life, we will have to ensure that we do not allow our lower nature the liberty to manifest itself. - Swami Mukundananda Discipline is a choice. It's simply consistently choosing the hard right over the easy wrong. ~ Rory Vaden Anything worthwhile in life can be had only by going uphill. ~ Swami Mukundananda Successful people have all had to do things they didn't feel like doing in order to get where they are. ~ Rory Vaden

Balakishore of Brahmakumaris expounds on the necessity for synergy between Principle, Context and Practice for optimal results. This also enables elimination of misunderstandings and conflicts between various groups leading to promotion of universal harmony. https://balakishore.in/articles/principle-context-practice/

Positive emotions like enthusiasm, optimism and cheerfulness are taken for granted as they are considered as part of virtuous conduct in Hinduism, and ensure relationship building as well as problem solving. I would say Sadhvi was talking about negative emotions here that may amplify the problem like regret, bitterness, reactivity, despair, anger, pessimism and frustration. Bertrand Russell has also correlated negative emotions with ignorance and had stated in this regard, "The degree of one's emotion varies inversely with one's knowledge of the facts-the less you know the hotter you get."

Insightful article by Sadhvi Amba on problem solving through change of perception. https://www.hinduismtoday.com/magazine/ministers-message-living-in-the-moment/

Listen to the conscience: Once you understand what is right nobody can influence you to do anything that is not right. ~ Dadi Jank, Brahmakumaris Your conscience is your core, innately pure and divine. It is always there to guide your actions but its voice is unheard by the noise of your waste thoughts. Your only effort is to silence your mind by the tool of awareness and your peace will emerge. ~ Brahmakumaris Conscience will guide and align you with truth when you learn to relax and silence your mind. ~ Brahmakumaris

Not true. You can meet them if you have made the efforts for it. There are fraudsters and genuine enlightened sages. Like anything in life, you need to do your research to distinguish between the two so as to benefit from the latter. The only guru who comes to mind in this regard is Sadhguru, who was already a successful businessman in the construction industry and had other revenue streams as well. He earned a good living for himself with his hard work even before he was a Guru so it is not correct to harbor envy against him, imho. As a Guru he continues to drive motorbikes as he used to in his youth to show that spirituality and materialism should complement each other. He rides helicopters after getting a licence in it, so as to reach venues faster and due to reasons of better logistics. That is your loss. Krishna and Buddha were similarly reviled in their time as fraudsters but now people are advocating their scriptures and path. You must exercise your intelligence and judgement and not get carried away by superficial opinions of some.

Prana means life-force in sanskrit and is an integral element of eastern medical arts like Ayurveda, Tibetan medicine, acupuncture, reiki, pranic healing as well as martial arts. It is known as Chi in Chinese and Ki in Japanese. Every sentient being possess a certain amount of prana, and low prana levels are supposed to correspond with poor physiological and psychological health. High levels of prana is associated with good physiological and psychological health, faster healing, youthfulness and being mindful or aware without much effort. Eastern religious and medical philosophies thus focus on increasing and stabilising prana for human betterment and well-being. Here is an insightful article by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar on the nature of prana, and ways to increase it. https://www.artofliving.org/wisdom/knowledge-sheets/yagna

Talk on prana by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar... https://wisdomfromsrisriravishankar.blogspot.com/2010/01/

Having basic human ethics is the root of Dharma. If one does not have even worldly level morality, It is absolutely impossible to ever uphold The way of Dharma. ~ Mipham Rinpoche If a person has self-control, even if he has nothing else, This suffices for a hundred other good qualities. This is the root of human values. Without it, There is no hope for other qualities [to blossom]. ~ Mipham Rinpoche

If the master is enlightened, you can benefit just by being in his or her presence. There is no need to listen or learn anything. The prana/chi levels within oneself increases, and there will be meditation happening spontaneously. The rising chi levels is a reason why there are physical and mental healing experiences around enlightened sages. This can be amplified by being in the presence of a master in the proper frame of mind, positive and equanimous.

Yes, as Ayya Khema stated, "The more we abandon ill-will and hatred, the easier it will be to meditate. " Practice of virtuous conduct and morality helps to develop the faculties of the mind such as mental equanimity, critical thinking and a positive frame of mind that makes meditation easier. The nature of vices like hatred, lust, greed is to agitate the mind, making it unfit for meditation. I have noticed that people with positive behavioral characteristics seems to go deeper and faster in meditation than those who lack the same.

This is a very beautiful and important concept and point. Often the right teacher could be there, but because of lack of right mindset and other qualities, the student will lose the opportunity to learn and improve. Even if the teacher may be deficient in teaching skills, the student with the right mindset and qualities can learn optimally all that is to be learnt from the teacher.

'The first kind of protection – inner protection – is to defend oneself against lobha (desire, selfishness), dosa (anger, cruelty, hatred) and moha (delusion, stupidity). These arise within one’s being. If one gives in to these, under their influence one no longer behaves like a true human being. One cannot keep one’s mentality humane. And although human, one loses one’s basic human intelligence. ' ~ Sayadaw U Pandita The mind controlled and trained is better equipped to help us in all professions, in all situations. The disciplined mind will keep our lives balanced, make work easier and develop and nurture reason to govern our actions. In the end our happiness will increase accordingly as we follow the proper mind training. ~ Ajahn Chah

Insightful article on Sila... https://www.serenecolombo.org/pali-word-of-the-day-sila/

Ethical conduct in the form of right speech, right livelihood and right effort are considered to be vital practices leading to enlightenment in Buddhism or Buddhahood. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noble_Eightfold_Path https://studybuddhism.com/en/tibetan-buddhism/about-buddhism/buddha-s-basic-message/a-full-buddhist-life-the-eightfold-path/the-three-trainings Ethical conduct is also emphasized in the religious philosophies of Hinduism, Jainism and Sufism for attaining enlightenment. This itself is a refutation of the nihilist and existentialist premise that life is meaningless and all values and virtues are but abstract mental contrivances without any relevance of their own.

A mountain is composed of tiny grains of earth. The ocean is made up of tiny drops of water. Even so, life is but an endless series of little details, actions, speeches, and thoughts. ~ Swami Sivananda Do not ignore the effect of right action saying, "This will come to nothing." Just as by the gradual fall of raindrops the water jar is filled, so in time the wise become replete with good.~ Buddha, Dhammapada Verse 122 'The transformation, though overnight, was never an overnight process. In Chemistry classes we do the acid-base titration experiments. The final drop from the pipette changes the colour of the solution in the beaker. But were not the earlier drops significant? Similarly, righteous living all through life purified me and enabled the overnight transformation.' ~ Rajini Menon

As per eastern philosophy, the nature of the mind is to tend to vice and negativity. We would rather be lazy and enjoying pleasures unrestrainedly for the sensual stimulation, go by our likes and dislikes indiscriminately, rather than engaging in virtuous conduct and duty. So it takes effort and austerity to make the mind incline to virtue and positivity instead. Vices results in temporary pleasure followed by unhappiness and misery. Virtue on the other hand results in temporary pain followed by joy and peace. This joy and peace actually stems from the Self or Buddha nature within ourselves. An ethical life as in right speech and effort has been emphasized in Buddhism for attaining enlightenment. Buddhist and Hindu saints and sages, had stated that ethical discipline is a necessary pre-requisite for philosophical enquiry, self-control and Self-realisation. Ethical discipline leads to restraint of the lower self leading to mental equanimity and calmness. Mental equanimity is a necessary element in meditation and Self-knowledge. Hence lack of ethical discipline would lead to lack of meditation, mental training and concentration, mental equanimity and consequent lack of wisdom. Virtuous conduct has also been considered to be synonymous with meditation. Rajini Menon is a modern enlightened sage who attained enlightenment by adhering to virtuous conduct and following her conscience. I have created a thread on her in this regard... https://www.thedaobums.com/topic/52451-female-enlightened-master-rajini-menon-on-attaining-enlightenment-by-virtuous-conduct/

Sister Shivani, a Brahmakumari spiritual teacher, advises taking a 5-second pause before drinking water or eating food to say positive affirmations. She believes this simple practice can lead to inner peace and prosperity by allowing the water to absorb and reflect positive intentions, fostering a healthier mindset and overall well-being. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/soul-search/sister-shivanis-5-second-rule-before-drinking-water-can-help-achieve-your-goals/articleshow/113211086.cms

With everyone's blessings and guidance, I would like to create a thread dedicated to showcasing articles and books on reincarnation/rebirth case studies so that people can judge for themselves whether reincarnation has a basis in fact or not. In India I have come across a couple of reincarnation case studies in newspapers and acquaintances, which helped to keep an interest in this subject. After accessing the internet, I found to my surprise that there are similar cases in the West even though there are no teachings of reincarnation in its dominant religions and belief systems. Here is an insightful article about a young boy named James Leininger remembering his past life as a fighter pilot in the second world war and who died after his plane crashed into the ocean. https://med.virginia.edu/perceptual-studies/wp-content/uploads/sites/360/2017/04/REI42-Tucker-James-LeiningerPIIS1550830716000331.pdf https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1209795/Reincarnated-Our-son-World-War-II-pilot-come-life.html https://www.facts-are-facts.com/news/the-past-life-memories-of-james-leininger-

A Lebanese-American lady's account of her sister Heba's past life memories ... https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/30/well/family/sisters-past-life.html

Articles on twin sisters Gillian and Jennifer Pollock, whose family were convinced were the reincarnation of tragic siblings Joanna and Jacqueline who had died in a car crash a year back. https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/twin-sisters-who-family-were-27568945 https://www.newsbreak.com/nik-1590556/2837260208621