Let us THINK : By Dr.King

[Quick links]  [Pause] We were discussing the essentials of Islam. The holy Quran lays lot of emphasis on regular prayers or Salat or Namaz as they are called.

Quick links  Pause We were discussing the essentials of Islam. As a third commandment, the holy Quran says – “Speak fair to the people”. What does ‘fair’ mean? Does it mean speaking sugar coated words as we see nowadays?

Quick links  Pause Continuing our discussion on the 5 essential commandments of Islam as listed by the Holy Quran, today let us take up the second commandment namely “Treat with kindness your parents and kindred, and orphans and those in need.”

Quick links  Pause Normal 0 false false false EN-US Continuing our discussion on the 5 essential commandments of Islam as listed by the Holy Quran, let us now see the second part of the first commandment. Quran says that one should worship Allah and only Allah. It quotes several past incidents when people had worshiped others as God and they were severely punished.

Quick links  Pause We were discussing the 5 essential commandments of Islam as listed by the Holy Quran. Let us now see the first commandment, namely “Worship Allah”. Many of us think that Allah is the God of Muslims. And so do even some Muslim. But is that the case?

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[Quick links]  [Pause] Normal 0 false false false EN-US /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Liberation Serif",serif; mso-font-kerning:1.0pt; mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN;} Starting today, I will be posting some select verses from ancient Indian scripture namely Bhagavad Gita. This holy book is so well known that it needs hardly any introduction. So, I will skip that.

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[Quick links]  [Pause] Normal 0 false false false EN-US /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Liberation Serif",serif; mso-font-kerning:1.0pt; mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN;} As I said in the very beginning, Islam is a path of complete surrender. But why should one surrender to God? Just because some religious scripture asks us to?

[Quick links]  [Pause] Normal 0 false false false EN-US /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Liberation Serif",serif; mso-font-kerning:1.0pt; mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN;} Islam promotes a simple way of living. But does it mean that it advocates ascetic way of living?

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Quick links  Pause Normal 0 false false false EN-US In Today’s book talk I am going to discuss about my book “Upanishads – A journey into the unknown”. The original title for this book that was in mind was – “Upanishads – A journey into the unknowable”. But then I changed it to the current title to avoid sounding a bit oxymoronic! If something is ‘unknowable’, there is no way you can know it!