If it doesn’t sound reasonable, you probably haven’t understood it yet. Often because a set of words are more load-bearing than they appear on the surface.
For example, ‘achieved enlightenment’ may be something that they have had experience with and equate with wisdom. If someone who seems quite wise (at one or two or more levels above yourself) believes in Bhagavad Gita and says their wisdom comes from Bhagavad Gita, you might believe them. Alternatively, you may have identified some thoughts in yourself as ‘wise’, and then find these thoughts expressed easily and matter of factly by Bhagavad Gita. This is how religions build their credibility: through awe and recognition of common (but noT-too-common) truth.
(So I’ll add that) maybe the problem with religion is that people don’t understand what the source of wisdom is. They think if they identify a source of one truth, that source is reliable for other truths. So the problem is epistemology, again.
Sometimes, a comment that looks like off topic, incoherent rambling (which has been down voted past the view threshold, so we really should not respond to it) really is off topic, incoherent rambling.
If it doesn’t sound reasonable, you probably haven’t understood it yet. Often because a set of words are more load-bearing than they appear on the surface.
For example, ‘achieved enlightenment’ may be something that they have had experience with and equate with wisdom. If someone who seems quite wise (at one or two or more levels above yourself) believes in Bhagavad Gita and says their wisdom comes from Bhagavad Gita, you might believe them. Alternatively, you may have identified some thoughts in yourself as ‘wise’, and then find these thoughts expressed easily and matter of factly by Bhagavad Gita. This is how religions build their credibility: through awe and recognition of common (but noT-too-common) truth.
(So I’ll add that) maybe the problem with religion is that people don’t understand what the source of wisdom is. They think if they identify a source of one truth, that source is reliable for other truths. So the problem is epistemology, again.
Sometimes, a comment that looks like off topic, incoherent rambling (which has been down voted past the view threshold, so we really should not respond to it) really is off topic, incoherent rambling.
Where do you think they’re pulling the 7.3 million figure from?
Morendil… the figure of 7.3 million is clearly laid out in sacred Bhagavad Gita of Hinduism!
Okay! Thanks for the info! You can leave now!
byrnema… one who knows Bhagavad Gita… becomes the knower of all… gains omniscience for all practical purposes… become an enlightened one!