Re: Why making God unfashionable never works..
Firstly, thankyou Anchor, did not read removed comments but i trust in your moderation skills.
Secondly, thankyou to all contributors thus far, all inspiring.
Here is another bitesize piece from the Bhagavad Gita.
Ch 16 Texts 1-3
The supreme personality of Godhead said:
Fearlessness; purification of one's existence; cultivation of spiritual knowledge; charity; self-control; performance of sacrifice; study of the vedas; austerity; simplicity; nonviolence; truthfulness; freedom from anger; renunciation; tranquility; aversion to faultfinding; compassion for all living entities; freedom from covetousness; gentleness; modesty; steady determination; vigor; forgiveness; fortitude; cleanliness; and freedom from envy and from the passion for honour...
This is a description of people endowed with the divine qualities.
Ch 16 Text 4
Pride, arrogance, conceit, anger, harshness and ignorance - these qualities belong to those of demoniac nature.
Ch 16 Text 5
The transcendental qualities are conducive, whereas the domoniac qualities make for bondage.
Ch 16 texts 7-9
Those who are demoniac do not know what is to be done and what is not to be done. Neither cleanliness nor proper behaviour nor truth is found in them.
They say that this world is unreal, with no foundation, no God in control. They say it is produced of sex desire and has no cause other than lust.
Following such conclusions, the demoniac, who are lost to themselves and who have no intelligence, engage in unbeneficial, horrible acts meant to destroy the world.
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