"I am spiritual, but not religious" is a style statement these days.

 

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"I am spiritual, but not religious" is a style statement these days.

No villager will ever say that.

Happy I have never said that either.

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• Surya Mantha

  I am neither. I am a Hindu. I am a skeptic. I am fine as long as you are asking questions. You lose me when you say you have the answer

  

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    Aparna Krishnan

    I have lost many, I have gained many ...

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  • Surya Mantha

    The generic “you” please 

    

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    Aparna Krishnan

    

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• Amitava Bhattacharya

  Baul is a village music, rejects religion, but spiritual. There are 2500 practicing Bauls in Bengal. It reached Kolkata and educated Bengal through the hands of Tagore. So, in Bengal, we have many of this category - both in villages and in cities.

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  Aparna Krishnan

  Do they say they 'reject religion, but are spiritual'. Thats a western binary.

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  • Surya Mantha

    Not true. There are Nastika traditions in India as well

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  • Surya Mantha

    Carvaka is one. As is Buddhism

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  • Amitava Bhattacharya

    Aparna Krishnan yes

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    Aparna Krishnan

    Yes, that fringe group of Charvakas was there. But I doubt if they worded it in this phrase !!

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    Aparna Krishnan

    Amitava Bhattacharya i wonder how that is phrased in bengali. that phrase.

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  • Surya Mantha

    Buddha and Buddhism is not fringe!

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    Aparna Krishnan

    I said Charvakas.

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    Aparna Krishnan

    Ananda Coomaraswamy has a very interesting take on the relationship of Buddhism and Hinduism. Worth a read.

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• Devishobha Chandramouli

  As if spirituality is something to wear and show off- like statement eardrops without the neckpiece, is it?

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    Aparna Krishnan

    All snobbery.

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• Lalitha Rangachari

  What exactly does that mean I never understood the difference

  

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    Aparna Krishnan

    Lalitha Rangachari we ordinary people cannot understand. Thus is the talk of Intellectual s !

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  • Lalitha Rangachari

    Aparna Krishnan thanks I am not an intellectual

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    Aparna Krishnan

    Lalitha Rangachari nor am I ! Nor the people of my village !

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• Ramachandra Roddam

  Aparna ji , I came across this misinformation give about Bauls of bengal. I do seva for this tradition Soni felt compelled to provide broader picture.

  Baul is a syncretic tradition / Parampara which has elements of Vaishnava , tantra , Bauddha and in some sub traditions influence of Sufi.

  Now we call the above facets religion Dharma or spirituality is matter of one's interpretation.

  Baul at the core is path of Bhakti. Like all bhakti paths across India , masters like Akka Mahadevi in Karnataka , Lal Ded in Kashmir of shaiva parampara or annamaya of Vaishnava sampradaya or countless Maharashtrian bhakti Yogi's , all condemn segregation or unwarranted discrimination in the name of orthodoxy, religion or caste. Bauls too have the same message. In Bengal , communists , who are ideologically anti thetical to Religion , co-opted Baul and pushed them in the zone of vastuvadi , from a materialists dimension. Most Bauls are uncomfortable with this unwarranted patronage.

  It indeed was practise of masters from lower rung community. Not only Tagore , who was.especially inspired.by Lalon fakir , even Sri Ramakrishna was deeply touched by them.

  There is much I can write. But I leave you with this wonderful rendition of the Baul song which is filled with Bhakti bhava.

  In short I agree with assesment about conjectures that take place in the name of not religious but spiritual.

  https://youtu.be/1ER2tqKfvv4

  

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  The Music Project : Parvathy Baul

  The Music Project : Parvathy Baul

  

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    Aparna Krishnan

    No religious group in this land can be 'atheist'. Bhakthi is a given.