tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8585732092994259978.post8971737777373244867..comments2024-02-26T19:22:15.069-06:00Comments on Lex Christianorum: Golden Rule in Hinduism: the Mahābhārata and Narayana HitopadeshaAndrew M. Greenwellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17242573723573203387noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8585732092994259978.post-57773054921588286452020-12-27T00:53:18.801-06:002020-12-27T00:53:18.801-06:00The whole lengthy post only to show your religion ...The whole lengthy post only to show your religion is superior.<br /><br />Thank you for your theocratic attitude.KhánhMinh Nguyễnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14861024319314055429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8585732092994259978.post-8590579489845114742010-05-17T05:40:33.921-05:002010-05-17T05:40:33.921-05:00I'm none of those things. I'm just a Cath...I'm none of those things. I'm just a Catholic layman, a practicing trial and appellate lawyer, trying to figure things out in a spirit of faith, with a thousand questions yet (hopefully) never venturing into doubt. I don't know if I "know" any languages, even English, but I have varying working ability with a number of them.<br /><br />I hope to address dharma straight on in the future, but I think your notion of dharma is right in terms of being something beyond a rule of righteousness. There is a dharma for every state in life. <br /><br />The incident you cite in the Bhagavad Gita is one of the more beautiful, and more poignant in all of literature.<br /><br />Thanks for your comments.Andrew M. Greenwellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17242573723573203387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8585732092994259978.post-71910998020723077392010-05-10T11:15:52.079-05:002010-05-10T11:15:52.079-05:00How many languages do you know, man? Who are you?...How many languages do you know, man? Who are you? Obviously Catholic, obviously highly educated if not working as a professor. Is this blog done by a team or are you monk? A team of monks?<br /><br />I agree on the ultimate "intra-personal" nature of morality in much Hinduism. It's like Aristotle's "two bodies having one soul" definition of friendship filtered through Hindu cosmology: "everybody having one soul". One should act in accord with the friend's good, who is incorporated into the same existence as you are.<br /><br />How do you think the idea of dharma relates to natural law in Hindu thought? I thought dharma was more than just a rule of righteousness but included one's duties in life--more deontologically and personally oriented. From what I remember, there is morally tense interplay between dharma and karma in the Bhagavad Gita, with Krisna giving his counsel to what's his name in the chariot about whether to wage war against his own family members, etc. In other words, in the Bhagavad Gita there can really be true moral dilemmas, unlike in the traditional Christian account of a moral universe.<br /><br />Am I confused here?Barrett Turnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05975568750893193267noreply@blogger.com