Questions tagged [contradiction]
Use this tag for any perceived contradictions in Hindu scripture and you want an explanation/reconciliation for the same.
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Do agni's immortality contradicts gita 2:27?
RV 3.26.7
अग्निरस्मि जन्मना जातवेदाः घृतं मे चक्षुरमृतं म आसन् ।
अर्कस्त्रिधातू रजसो विमानो अजस्रो घर्मो हविरस्मि नाम ॥
“I am Agni, omniscient by birth, Light is my eye and Immortality is my mouth. I ...
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Does the Katha Upanishad verse 2.3.1 contradict the immortality verses about Devatās?
ūrdhvamūlo'vākśākha eṣo'śvatthaḥ sanātanaḥ |
tadeva śukraṃ tadbrahma tadevāmṛtamucyate |
tasmiṃllokāḥ śritāḥ sarve tadu nātyeti kaścana | etadvaitat || 1 ||
Root up and branches down is this ancient ...
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Does Gita 9.7 contradict the advaita vedanta's monism philosophy?
BG 9.7-8: At the end of one kalp, all living beings merge into My primordial material energy. At the beginning of the next creation, O son of Kunti, I manifest them again. Presiding over My material ...
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Why do enlightened people contradict each other?
Why do enlightened people contradict each other? For example, Adi Shankara was enlightened and he taught Advaita Vedanta, while Mahavira (founder Of Jainism) was also enlightened and he taught and ...
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Is there a contradiction between Atharvaveda 8.6.23 and Brihadaranyaka Upanishad 6:4:18?
We ought to destroy those who eat cooked as well as uncooked meat, meat involving destruction of males and females, foetus and eggs.(Atharvaveda 8.6.23)
So in this verse meat is bad.
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He who ...
