RE: Peanut Gallery Commentary on the Staff Log of Bannings and such like.
November 11, 2018 at 4:40 am
(November 10, 2018 at 9:25 pm)vulcanlogician Wrote: I used to chant "Om gan ganapataye namo namaha" in the morning... when I took Hinduism seriously. And I have to admit... it made me feel good when I did it. I'm not saying Ganesh exists in any objective sense, but I'm reminded of the words of one of my teachers: "Hindus don't worship idols. They revere ideals."That's primarily the reason why I prefer Hinduism to any other major religions. And yes, there are some mantras (including the longer version of the one you quoted) that have nice tunes and are pretty fun to recite during festivities. In my opinion you really don't have to be a theist to like Hindu mantras (not all of them, though, I've heard my fair share of shitty ones too).
I'm done derailing this (highly derailable) thread, lol.
The word bed actually looks like a bed.