punjabi_khota Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 Hinduism is sexy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CricketGirl Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 Hinduism is sexy. i though religious discussions werent allowed? :hmmm: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riya Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 find fasting a bit of a hogwash , both the ramzan and Navaratri one ...cos if you are fasting , dont eat atall . else i dont know who you fooling here . I have colleagues who do this every week on a particular day , think Tuesdays...& the whole day you see them munching on Upwas biscuits , upwas chaknas & what not . same with Muslims , you hog before 5am in the morning & again after 12 hrs ..its not exactly called fasting . the gods must be really crazy to ask us do this . I don't think many do fasting for Navratris,just keeping a vegetarian diet for 9 days.Obviously not as strong as fasting,still controlling some temptation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Wicket Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 My roomies and I did Aarti today. And' date=' it felt wonderful.[/quote'] Why did it take almost a year for this to get a response? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sooda Posted September 24, 2009 Share Posted September 24, 2009 same with Muslims , you hog before 5am in the morning & again after 12 hrs ..its not exactly called fasting . the gods must be really crazy to ask us do this . Ramadan is about a little more than just fasting- more prayer and god conciousness is a big part. W.r.t the actual fasting itself, the reasons behind are broadly- To make the faster a bit more thankful for the food etc, blessings we recieve daily and take for granted; its supposed to bring about compassion and empathy for the poor Sexual intercourse is also forbidden while fasting- so along with the non eating part basically means that youre controlling instinctive desires and ideally gaining a sense of ascetism in the process I agree that many muslims may not practice it well- like you say too much focus on eating in the non fasting hours. But the reason why God asks us to do it were the above- also (as any religion would tell you) God is inifnitely wise and we cannot really comprehend a lot of the rationale behind his commands, beyond us, you could say. So a final, simple reason why we fast is because God commandeth it. :--D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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