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What do you got drinking there? What you drinking there? Oh,
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what am I drinking? Wow? Okay, there
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we go. I put my warm
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yerba into a glass. Oh
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Straw okay, not a paper straw. This is
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a reveal plastic straw and it will stay
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firm the whole time. Okay, it's good It's
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a good day not to be in California.
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That's always a good thing Sandeep
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welcome back man. Thank you Yeah,
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so just a real quickly that real cliff
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notes We have some other content people
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can check out that tells your whole testimony. You
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are a former Hindu you
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grew up in India You're part of the highest caste
2:38
system. What was the caste system your part of my
2:40
domain? North
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from the northeast part My
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ancestors they belong from you beautiful
2:48
this month Yeah, and
2:50
very much so that you came out of Hinduism you
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came to Christ out of Hinduism You
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have a very unique perspective you live over in in
2:57
Jersey last couple years and in the New Jersey area
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You grew up in India So I think in
3:02
many ways you have probably a very unique perspective
3:04
as someone who's been on the other side Being
3:06
a true believer in everything when it comes
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to reincarnation the different beliefs within Hinduism the
3:11
Hindu scriptures You have quite a few in
3:13
front of you. We are going
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to be Analyzing just
3:17
some clips. There's this current
3:19
president running for president United's
3:22
current candidate Running as a
3:24
Republican for president of the United States and
3:26
while we do don't get into politics that
3:28
much on our platform It's kind of a
3:30
unique conversation because he is running for president
3:32
and what's his name again? How do you
3:34
press them? Vivek Rama Swamy? Vivek
3:36
Rama Swamy. Okay. I remember just it was interesting
3:39
because I watched one of the recent Primary
3:41
public and primary debates and he kind of stuck out to
3:43
me. He seemed very acute
3:45
articulate very intelligent very
3:48
well-spoken and What
3:51
we're gonna do is that I think that you know,
3:53
you have a very unique perspective of all of this
3:56
Our good friend Ally Beth Stuckey. She had him
3:59
on record Recently, it was really kind
4:01
of talking about are his values. He's trying
4:03
to appeal to kind of the modern American
4:06
ideal of God family all that all
4:08
that good stuff And I think
4:10
Ali asked some good questions and I was very intrigued
4:12
by his response and I thought since we're in here
4:14
Report according a bunch of content. We'll do a quick
4:16
popcorn episode of sorts Just kind of getting your thoughts
4:19
on some of his views and some of his beliefs So
4:21
I only bet I only best like is a good friend
4:23
of ours. We've been on relatable a couple times So this
4:25
is a recent episode of relatable. We're
4:27
gonna give some brief commentary on Andrew
4:30
go ahead and let's play the clip. Let's
4:32
go About your worldview you
4:34
mentioned a lot of things obviously that we care
4:36
a lot about and talk a lot about on
4:38
this show This is a Christian
4:40
show obviously in the Republican Party conservative
4:43
movement You've got a lot of
4:45
Christians and there is you know Christianity
4:47
in the fabric of our nation that
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really Founded the ideals upon
4:53
which were established You are not a
4:55
Christian and yet you share a lot
4:57
of the same principles that we do
4:59
Like where does that come from when
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you go back to? Why do
5:03
I believe what I believe about what this country
5:05
is supposed to look like where rights come
5:07
from? Where right and
5:09
wrong? Comes from where
5:11
do you get that? Where
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equality comes from for that matter didn't start
5:16
in some piece of paper Starts
5:18
because we're equal in the eyes of God. We're equally
5:20
the eyes of each other because of that So
5:23
it's interesting. I did go to Catholic high
5:25
school. I that was my first Exposure
5:28
and what ended up being a deep study of
5:30
the Bible, but it actually started
5:32
much earlier than that That's the that's the
5:34
probably technical answer The real
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answer is the family I was raised
5:39
in raised me in a tradition that
5:41
it so happens Shares
5:44
those same values including overlapping with
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the same Christian values that this
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nation is founded on duty
5:51
sacrifice truth Being
5:54
grounded in the love of the family a belief
5:56
that we are equal the way my
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parents taught me growing up in our tradition was we're
6:00
all equal because God resides in each
6:03
of us. I think in the
6:05
Judeo-Christian founding of this nation, we say the same
6:07
thing. We're equal in the eyes of each other
6:09
because we're equal in the eyes of God, that
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we have duties, that God put us here for
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a purpose, for a reason, and
6:16
we are here to realize that purpose, that
6:18
there is a single truth. And
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so for me, when I even, I would
6:23
say in Catholic school, read the Bible for the first time, it
6:25
didn't feel like I was reading it for the first time. And
6:28
I'm not running to be a pastor. I would not
6:30
be qualified to be a pastor of a church. But
6:33
in terms of leading this country as
6:35
commander in chief, as the next president,
6:37
I do share those values so deeply
6:40
that I'm also in a position as a
6:42
young person, as a millennial, as a first
6:45
generation American. And yes, as somebody
6:47
who's Hindu, not Christian, to
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stand staunchly for religious liberty
6:51
in this country, to stand
6:53
staunchly and unapologetically for
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the values that this country was founded on.
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And the truth is, nobody's going to accuse me of being
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a Christian nationalist or white nationalist as I do it. In
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many ways, I am at liberty as a member
7:06
of a generation of first millennial ever to run
7:08
for president as a Republican, to
7:11
do things with greater latitude and conviction than
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maybe even other politicians who are afraid of
7:15
the political consequences may not be able to
7:17
take on. All right. There's
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the clip right there. And Sandeep, I saw your
7:22
head shaking at a few points
7:24
that he was making. I'm sure this
7:26
is important to understand. I want people
7:28
to understand this. So he was using
7:30
certain words and phrases that Christians would
7:33
resonate with, especially living United States
7:35
of America, duty, purpose, equality, equal.
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But just like with the
7:41
LDS individual, you can use the same
7:43
words but have very different definitions. And
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that's where things can get extremely confusing. So
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Sandeep, what did you think about what he
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was saying there? Where was he kind of
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blurring the lines? And
7:55
what was he really saying? So,
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let's study on this guy, who is
8:03
this guy? Vivek Ramaswami,
8:05
the Ramaswami last name again
8:08
shows that he belongs from the
8:10
higher caste, the Brahmins and
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Vivek has many times he
8:16
has said publicly that he is
8:18
a proud Hindu. He is a
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vegetarian too, I
8:23
have read that so it shows that he
8:26
really follows
8:28
what Hinduism teaches, the modern
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Hinduism teaches basically he
8:32
goes to temple for sure
8:35
but again what Vivek is
8:37
claiming that we are all
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made in the equal image of God
8:43
you know and he says he went to
8:45
the Catholic school that doesn't change anything
8:47
I mean it doesn't
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make you a Christian if you're going to a
8:51
Catholic school but when
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Vivek says that everyone
8:57
is made in the equal image of
8:59
God and he grew up with that
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ideology from his parents but
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here is the question when
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Vivek goes to the temple when
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Vivek says he is
9:11
a proud Hindu does Vivek know
9:13
any scriptures that's the question is
9:15
Vivek saying that what Hinduism actually
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says does the Rig Veda like
9:20
I told before mandala 10 which
9:24
says that from Vishnu's mouth came
9:26
the Brahmins the higher caste and from
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his feet came the Shudras the lowermost
9:31
caste and the
9:33
mouth is always seen as the in Hinduism
9:35
the most purest of all one
9:38
of the scripture which backs up
9:40
that is Manusmriti which
9:42
is also a Hindu scripture it says
9:45
the mouth is the most purest of
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all body
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parts so will does
9:51
Vivek's Hinduisms will see
9:53
a Shudra in
9:56
the equal position to learn what
9:59
Hinduism is the best place to learn it
10:02
from is India. If
10:05
anyone takes a trip to India, you would see
10:07
not a Brahmin cleaning
10:10
the sewage, the drains
10:14
or the sewage, all the dirty jobs. You
10:16
don't see a Brahmin, you see a Shudra
10:18
doing it. You see dead bodies are being
10:20
burned by the Shudras doing
10:22
it. The
10:25
Brahmin doesn't do it. And
10:27
Vivek is very clever. I
10:32
have watched many of his videos
10:34
even in the presidential debate,
10:37
the Republican presidential debate, he quotes God
10:40
a lot. Every time he
10:42
says God, let us
10:44
put our trust in God back. But
10:47
which God are you talking about? In
10:51
Kurmapuram, over there
10:53
it says that literally there are
10:55
33 million number of Gods in the Sanskrit
11:01
term, it is called Koti, 33
11:03
karoor, Koti. So Koti
11:05
means millions. So Vivek, are
11:08
you talking about 33 million
11:11
number of Gods or you are talking about one God
11:14
that is Jesus? Or
11:17
are you talking about Krishna or Vishnu? And
11:22
also one more thing is Vivek
11:26
can make up stuffs. I
11:31
believe in the Judeo-Krishna worldview also.
11:34
But the Judeo-Krishna worldview gives you
11:36
freedom like I was telling before.
11:38
When I came to the west
11:40
first, I saw Hindus having equal
11:44
freedom like what Christians have
11:46
but the same thing. Do
11:49
we see the same picture in India? Like
11:51
I said there are anti-conversion laws. Anyone researched
11:55
this? On Google you will
11:57
see there are anti-conversion laws in India like
11:59
in these
12:03
are the states where it has anti-conversion law.
12:05
Do we have it in the United States?
12:08
We don't have it. That's
12:10
called freedom. So Vivek, if
12:13
Vivek becomes president, my first
12:15
question is will Vivek take
12:17
the oath on the
12:20
Bible which almost all
12:22
presidents have taken oath keeping
12:24
their hand on the Bible
12:26
opening the book of the
12:29
Deuteronomy. So Vivek
12:31
will take oath on the Bhagavad Gita
12:34
which is seen as the national book
12:36
in India. Everyone who becomes official
12:39
like official member in
12:41
India, Narendra Modi is the Prime
12:43
Minister in India. He took oath
12:45
by keeping his hand on the
12:48
Bhagavad Gita. So will Vivek do that
12:51
or will Vivek take his hand
12:53
on the Bible or will Vivek
12:55
bring the Bhagavad Gita and also
12:57
the Bible. And Christians will
13:00
think okay, at least he has the Bible.
13:02
But here is the thing, there is a
13:04
huge difference in the world view. There
13:07
is caste system and
13:09
Vivek is a vegetarian so it seems
13:12
like he is a good Hindu. A
13:14
lot of Hare Kṛṣṇas would
13:16
like that because Hare Kṛṣṇas are all
13:18
vegetarian. Remember when we were
13:20
talking with that person we
13:22
met in the Kṛṣṇa temple, he said he is a
13:24
vegetarian. Meat is like something you
13:27
just can't have. But again like in
13:29
Manu Smriti it is like you have to have meat, you
13:31
don't have meat, you are cursed. And
13:33
he is kind enough to give
13:35
us two bananas. Yeah, he gave
13:37
us bananas that was offering. Very
13:40
kind of a reason. Question for you. So
13:42
he said that we share values in terms
13:44
of even duty. So
13:47
can you help us think through that?
13:49
Like when I think of duty with
13:51
regards to Hinduism I think, you have
13:53
mentioned it in other
13:57
episodes that we have done with you, but
13:59
General Arunjan's I'm probably butchering the
14:01
name, but he had a duty
14:04
to Shiva, right? And that was
14:06
to kill his relatives
14:08
who were on the opposite battlefield because
14:10
these people could be reincarnated one day
14:12
anyways. That his
14:15
duty was to God
14:17
was that I can't remember what the word
14:19
is in Hinduism. Is it Dharma or is
14:21
it Dharma? Yes, that's your
14:24
Dharma. Yeah, yeah, that's your Dharma.
14:26
So that was his duty to that God, right?
14:28
And then you said that you were to Shiva
14:30
was murder your relatives because you're fighting in
14:32
a war against them. Don't worry, they'll be reincarnated.
14:35
So duty with regards to Christianity
14:38
is different though, right? Because it's a
14:40
different God. Do we even share? Do
14:42
Christians share the same Dharma as
14:45
the Hindu? Just because we use the same word doesn't mean
14:47
the same thing, right? Right.
14:51
Right. First thing is maybe
14:53
Ramaswami grew up in the United States,
14:55
you know? So it's a Judeo-Christian worldview.
14:57
Ramaswami thinks that, you know, Hinduism and
14:59
Christianity are all same. In
15:02
many of his clips, like when
15:05
he's speaking, he says that it's the
15:07
same thing. We are one and it's
15:09
the same concept. Hindus
15:11
believe that God resides within us and
15:13
Christians also think that we are here
15:15
for a purpose. That's a whole different
15:17
thing. I mean, Christians,
15:20
as Christians, we don't think that we
15:22
are God, but in Hindu
15:24
scripture or if any Hindu
15:26
gurus, if you ask, they say that
15:28
when you meditate, you know,
15:32
or when you do Kundalini yoga,
15:34
you know, when you reach to the
15:37
highest position, when you reach
15:39
to the highest state, you reach to
15:41
the state of moksha. That's
15:44
the ultimate reality. You get to know
15:46
that's the Brahman. You get to
15:48
know Brahman. And again, who
15:50
is the Brahman? The
15:52
scripture tells, I am
15:54
the Brahman. Aham Brahmasmi. There
15:57
is a Sanskrit, that's a Sanskrit term. Aham.
16:00
means I am that
16:02
Brahman that comes straight out
16:04
of the Chandogya Upanishad which
16:08
says that I am that Brahman. Tatva
16:10
Maasai, these are Sanskrit terms straight comes
16:12
out from the Hindu scriptures
16:14
which says that I
16:16
am that. So
16:18
Rama Swami is just fooling
16:21
everyone by
16:23
saying that it's all same it's
16:26
not the same and like you were saying
16:28
that Arjuna had
16:30
a duty absolutely there are duties
16:32
for all the castes the priestly
16:34
castes the duty is in the
16:36
Bhagavad Gita even the duties
16:39
are given for the
16:41
Brahmins the duties to be priest
16:43
to read the Vedas. Shudra
16:46
cannot read the Veda okay
16:48
many will say no no no Sandeep
16:50
you are just lying as Shudra everyone
16:52
can read Vedas you know Rama Swami
16:54
might say no everyone has the equal
16:56
right is that the case
16:59
let's open Guatamad-Dharma Sutra it's one of
17:01
the again a very prominent
17:03
Hindu scripture where it says even a
17:05
if a Shudra tries
17:07
to listen the Vedas or tries to chant
17:11
the Vedas or tries to do a
17:13
ritual yeah a hot molten lead
17:15
should be put into the ear of a
17:17
Shudra his tongue should be cut off if
17:21
he tries to chant the Vedas so
17:23
Vedas can only be chanted by the
17:25
Brahmins by Rama Swami you know
17:28
a Shatriya the duty
17:30
is to fight to defend the faith
17:32
to defend the religion that's called dharma
17:35
Arjuna's dharma was to fight the war
17:37
to establish truth and Krishna was just
17:39
repeatedly telling Arjuna you have to do
17:41
this you have to fight this war
17:44
and and Arjuna was just not ready
17:48
he had a forgiving heart and he wanted
17:50
to forgive his relatives because he knew these
17:52
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as Vivek was giving that answer
18:25
on that episode of Relatable, I
18:27
noticed you're flipping through the Bhagavad Gita. Yeah. What
18:30
were you flipping to? I was
18:32
flipping through the Bhagavad Gita. I was
18:34
going through this book,
18:37
number nine. Book
18:40
number nine, verse 20,
18:44
it says that how
18:46
hopeless Hinduism is. No matter how much yoga or meditation
18:48
you do, you just come back to this earth. The
18:55
samsara cycle, the karmic cycle never
18:57
ends. It's just so hopeless. I'll
19:01
just quickly read this verse. This
19:04
is from book nine, Bhagavad
19:06
Gita. It's a part
19:08
of Mahabharata, the epic Mahabharata. Nine,
19:11
twenty, it says those who study
19:13
the Vedas and drink the Soma juice.
19:16
If you remember, I was talking about the Soma
19:19
juice in ancient India. They used to drink this
19:21
kind of hallucinogen
19:24
drink where the gurus or
19:26
the sages, they used
19:28
to drink this to get high. So,
19:31
they think that they go to a different state.
19:34
So, it says those who study
19:36
the Vedas and drink the Soma
19:38
juice, seeking the heavenly planets, worship
19:40
me. Krishna is saying this indirectly.
19:44
Purified of sinful
19:46
reaction, they
19:48
take birth on the pious
19:51
heavenly planet of Indra, where
19:54
they enjoy godly delights. But
19:56
here's the next verse. It
19:59
says, In 9.22 it
20:01
says, when they have
20:03
thus enjoyed the vast heavenly
20:06
sense of pleasure and
20:08
the results of their pious
20:11
activities have exhausted, they
20:13
return to this mortal planet again.
20:16
Thus those who seek sense
20:19
enjoyment by adhering to the
20:21
principles of the three Vedas
20:24
achieve only repeated birth and death.
20:26
That's it. You
20:29
just take birth and you die and
20:31
again that goes on and it never
20:33
ends. In
20:36
the book too also it says that as we
20:38
change our clothes that's how human life is. You
20:41
change your clothes like you die, you take birth.
20:44
So Rama Swami might say all
20:46
are same. We have
20:48
the same worldview. All are made in
20:51
the equal image of God. But He is a Brahmin
20:53
so He is for sure I believe He is very
20:55
proud of His Hindu faith. He has to be proud.
20:58
You are a Brahmin. That's a blessing
21:00
from the Gods. So
21:02
Brahmin can be equally worshipped as
21:04
God actually. Many Hindu
21:06
scriptures say that even. So
21:09
He is proud and that's why He says
21:11
that. But will Rama Swami allow
21:13
a Shudra or will
21:16
Rama Swami touch
21:18
a feet of a Shudra or
21:20
will wash the feet like how
21:22
Jesus did washing the feet of
21:24
the disciples. He being the leader,
21:27
He being God and He is
21:29
washing the feet of His disciples.
21:32
Will Rama Swami do that? I
21:36
don't think so. If He goes back to India will that
21:39
be allowed? Maybe in America but
21:41
not India. And What's interesting
21:43
too is again I Barely know anything about
21:46
Him. I Thought that was just very interesting.
21:48
I Mean this episode is not about who
21:50
you really who you should or shouldn't vote
21:52
for. It's just a compelling clip because we're
21:54
talking about multiple episodes on Hinduism. You Can
21:56
definitely check out the other episodes and content
21:58
we have with Sandeep. From web links
22:01
for that here in the description point
22:03
but the reality is that he is
22:05
and this clip his utilizing true I
22:07
had terminology that does sound very I.
22:10
Christian. Bale sound very judeo christian history
22:12
almost similar to Mitt Romney are we ran
22:14
for president where he how to how that
22:16
sort of very same message when you talk
22:19
about like which god and and the same
22:21
way when the contrast to hinduism have mormonism
22:23
which is a very polytheistic religion in contrast
22:26
to than that and that's a whole nother
22:28
conversation but i'm would be some other examples
22:30
because a big than he is pushing in
22:32
there will point other clip and a second
22:35
was the fact that we are equal in
22:37
the image of god but he also talked
22:39
about. This. Standard like we all
22:41
know and it's not the constitution like he
22:43
appeared to A he appealed to a higher
22:46
law. A transcendent law. Know, as a Christian
22:48
like as christians, we could all be on
22:50
the same page of where that comes from.
22:52
You have a transcendent law for me in
22:55
eternal law giver. So therefore it's internal. It's
22:57
binding. A doesn't change. But. What?
22:59
What's what's center to see. Appealing to like
23:01
when you hear him say that is saying
23:03
is not the constitution It's a higher It
23:05
It's pro. It's a higher law. Where.
23:08
Does he get that? But where does he get that within
23:10
his worldview? Arm or for
23:12
sure, as as he's a vegetarian
23:14
and, and he, he has said
23:17
it publicly many times that he's
23:19
a proud Hindu and he would
23:21
not. Anything. As are you
23:24
know who he's in he's not see
23:26
his leg very ball about is feared
23:28
than and. I. Assume
23:30
Vic. V
23:33
the good said from the Hindu
23:36
faith by but also he he's
23:38
trying to win hearts and on
23:41
owes by by telling people that
23:43
take a toll the same ah
23:45
and we have the same worldview
23:48
because the scriptures if he believes
23:50
unscrupulous I doubt with it he
23:52
of he has ever did ot
23:55
veda. A. Book Dana with
23:57
that he has ever read The Bhagavad
23:59
Gita Oh. The got on with her,
24:01
my shooter. Or even the Ramayana.
24:04
Ah you know his name says Ramaswamy so
24:06
it's connected with around minus two of when
24:08
it comes around my you go to Romana
24:10
straight in or three you have to know
24:13
bible A Jesus you where do you go
24:15
you go to the bible raiders were they
24:17
seem to do you don't read what so
24:19
to said what Desoto Deaths church said he
24:22
got straight to the bible to any up
24:24
in liberal my you go to the ramayana
24:26
and is on my own at the there
24:28
is a guy. Who was
24:31
trying to have like from a
24:33
lower costs and he was trying
24:35
to do a ritual in which
24:37
should be all only it down
24:39
by of a brahmin. A.
24:42
Brahmin. And. Rama
24:44
and at King's son died in a
24:46
daze. A story that King's son goes
24:48
to Ramen saying that he and his
24:50
son has died so promises are. I
24:53
know the reason So he goes for
24:55
the forest and he sees this lower
24:57
costs trying to do a ritual in
24:59
a we should be only done by
25:01
brahmin and so what Ramadi it does
25:04
it. He just so. He.
25:06
He he chops of the head
25:08
off that guy enough as a
25:10
as. Caught.
25:13
The cost estimate is really a big
25:15
deal is yes really a big deal
25:17
in A and Drama saw me I
25:19
don't think our what he says that
25:21
all a same eyes as he sees
25:23
as yeah right Well there's just there's
25:25
just a huge language barrier for Sir
25:27
Andrew Where where? Yes they were quickly.
25:29
Know yet? So you're saying Ramaswamy? That's
25:32
the last name of the brahmin cast,
25:34
right? Yes, Okay, so why
25:36
then? According. To the
25:38
caste system. Wisely not acting. Or.
25:41
Staying within the bounds of the parameters within
25:43
his religion, I know he lives in America,
25:45
but those who are warriors and rulers aren't
25:48
of the brom and cast. And the President
25:50
of the United States is the General Commander.
25:52
Chief. right? Yeah, like a
25:55
blur, a warrior. So. Is. Contradicting.
25:57
even hindu religion by been someone who's
25:59
part of the priest and teacher class
26:02
by trying to become a ruler.
26:05
Yeah, so as we
26:08
know that if you have to fool
26:10
someone, what do you do? You say
26:12
lies, right? You say
26:14
that this is a
26:16
mango, this is not an apple.
26:19
And you just keep on saying that, you keep on
26:21
saying that till the time everyone,
26:23
at least a majority, not everyone, maybe at
26:26
least 10, 20 or
26:28
30% of people starts believing it. A
26:31
lot of people are now rooting for Ramaswami.
26:33
I have asked people and they say that
26:35
this guy really sounds nice and he knows what
26:37
he is speaking. But
26:40
here is the point, what Ramaswami says, if
26:46
he is sitting in front of me, I would
26:48
ask this, that the Rig Veda, book
26:51
10, why does it show a
26:53
difference in Hinduism?
26:56
Why there is so much of caste? Why
26:59
is the God Krishna telling
27:01
to Arjuna that you are born as Sratriya?
27:03
Here is the most funny part, Arjuna,
27:06
the Bhagavad Gita is the most
27:08
holiest book for the Hare Krishna's
27:11
like we know. The whole story
27:13
is the Kaurava and the Pandava they fight,
27:16
the Pandavas were the five brothers and
27:19
the Kauravas were like hundred brothers
27:22
and they fight. So Krishna
27:25
is on the side of Pandavas, the five brothers.
27:28
But guess what, who ends up in heaven?
27:30
Do you know who? The Kauravas ends up
27:32
in heaven, not the Pandavas. Here is the
27:34
funny part, even though the God was on
27:36
the side of the five brothers Pandavas, the
27:39
Kauravas against whom Arjuna
27:41
was fighting, they
27:44
end up in heaven. Because Kauravas
27:46
were from the Sratriya caste and you follow
27:48
your duty. That is what the Bhagavad Gita
27:50
says, you follow your duty, you don't leave
27:52
your duty. So Kauravas,
27:54
they were Sratriyas from the second most
27:56
caste and they fought the war. They
28:00
lost it, but they still ended up in
28:02
heaven Yeah, yeah, and
28:04
I'll just say one thing as we kind of wrap up
28:06
here This is just a very brief case
28:09
study of sorts scaling the language
28:11
barrier Like I said, this is
28:13
what it's really we're really kind of focused in here
28:15
So there's one other clip I want to play from
28:17
even the Andrew found he wants to send over to
28:19
me I'm gonna play this and Andrew
28:22
you said play from the beginning right it. I've got it right
28:24
here, bro. Go ahead and just play it go ahead and play
28:26
it On your end all right. Yeah, I want to hear what
28:28
you got to say about this in deep So let's listen to
28:30
the back real quick So I'll be
28:32
very honest. It's not a question at all. So
28:35
in our faith tradition. He is Christ is
28:37
a son of God I
28:39
know that is different than saying he's the son of
28:41
God But that is my view
28:43
he's Our family would do
28:45
we worship in churches? Yes, we do that compatible with
28:47
our faith. Yes. It is one true
28:49
God in Many forms so
28:52
that's different and I understand that is the
28:54
only way to heaven I
28:56
think I think that that is the path
28:58
that is a path to heaven is the way we work out
29:00
of it Believe in God is at least in the one true
29:02
God So,
29:05
what do you think about that Sandeep it sounds like
29:07
he's being pressed a little bit by someone who is
29:09
a Christian And
29:12
you can see a little bit of a struggle I
29:14
would assume with Vivek
29:16
trying to scale a
29:18
language barrier Between the
29:20
two individuals what what do you hear though when
29:23
he's saying those things? Yeah, so
29:25
he said If
29:27
you remember he said he is a part He's
29:30
not the part But
29:32
he is a part right?
29:34
Yeah, so does
29:37
that there's a difference, right? so like
29:39
I was telling before that Hinduism is
29:41
a Politistic faith so
29:43
you can believe in whatever you feel
29:45
like when I was Coming
29:48
out from Hinduism My
29:51
father had no problem The
29:54
problem started when I chose when
29:56
after all my studies and my
29:58
investigation that. Jesus is the
30:01
only way. And. He is
30:03
my only lord and savior that
30:05
serve. Time. When my or
30:07
when all the problems started or
30:09
in my family. Ah well. so
30:11
so that. All. I see
30:13
is be there is day A
30:16
just fooling trying to fool everyone
30:18
which are hindus of is not
30:20
Actually I write Indo in a
30:22
it right in this bhagavad gita.
30:24
In book eighteen does the last
30:26
book of the public gita. In
30:29
Divorce forty one it says the
30:31
brom wanna shut three as vasher
30:33
suitors. And and be there
30:35
is bomb on us are distinct
30:37
used by qualities born of their
30:39
own nature. Ah, So
30:42
there's a different. They all have
30:44
their duties, you know? Ah, so
30:46
for sure Vivid doesn't seeds a
30:48
D says he's the only way
30:50
and maybe see if he takes
30:52
a governor like a petition. Am
30:55
if he gets that a position
30:57
officially maybe he'll try to tell
30:59
your maker that uses is not
31:01
the only way they are many
31:03
other ways and hinders them is
31:05
one of the now one of
31:08
that we're so people should try
31:10
Hindus. I'm also an and that's
31:12
the most scary part here Now
31:14
we're Vic ah for Soviet has
31:16
said he he he's not the
31:18
that he's our son of God.
31:21
Like Christianize also seen as our
31:23
son of god and and are
31:26
all the Hindu goddess who are
31:28
taught. Like. Were believed that
31:30
they existed on desert so she
31:32
by ease our son of God
31:34
or been. So yeah there is
31:37
just as or above here Americans
31:39
fall thought if there is somebody
31:41
as a cute, articulate, intelligent, well
31:43
spoken or as V Vic but
31:45
I as as a committed devout
31:47
christian and he decided to run
31:49
for political office would he have
31:51
as much I would he be
31:53
able to have as much as.
31:57
Rudy Vallee be able to speak as freely
31:59
as. He has be Vegas here in
32:01
the United States might wind Yeah yeah, why
32:03
or why not? Nice. grew
32:06
so fast alertly not eve are
32:08
Hindus watching these? They know the
32:10
answer. a freezer. Same a Christian
32:12
like so much you know. Proud
32:14
He says on the stage that
32:16
I'm proud to be a Christian
32:18
like be the axes and proud
32:20
to be a Hindu. Isa is
32:22
the same thing happens in India.
32:24
Know with. Norway or Din.
32:26
something will be coming for him. Saw
32:28
a you have to have be a
32:31
Hindu. There's no freedom like this in
32:33
India. Am of these. Nope. Freedom here.
32:35
The anti go to Mars and anti
32:37
gun was some laws we should be
32:39
vague. who knows. Maybe you'll bring their
32:41
has cylinders a right? I'm in Dc
32:44
when and then you in A in
32:46
the Old Testament. And ah,
32:48
there's a verse who says that
32:50
my people are destroyed by the
32:52
lack of knowledge. Does the plan
32:54
and or. Lack
32:56
of knowledge. knowledge you get over Hinduism
32:58
is from the book Dell Dell World
33:00
World is are inseparable may have consequences
33:03
as we talked about our previous episodes
33:05
when you actually look at the outpouring
33:07
of the poverty. a India Alex who
33:09
cleans latrines vs. who able it was
33:11
able to have these type of rights
33:13
or tensions are within the It's a
33:16
direct result of the caste system. Was
33:18
comes from the Hindu scriptures so yeah
33:20
deftly intriguing. I case studies have you
33:22
all have enjoyed this brief episode arc
33:25
are talking about of either promo Swami
33:27
talking about his season's Hinduism and comparison
33:29
to what the Hindu scripture seats are
33:31
very and very enlightening episodes were going
33:33
has you on a more are just
33:36
real quickly tell working people find you
33:38
while you're on Facebook or and yes
33:40
I I'm mostly on Facebook like on
33:42
there and I try to share something
33:45
or Hinduism kind of. Every day is
33:47
a. I am an ex Hindu
33:49
brahmin. That's my Facebook page
33:51
and name. Ah, I try to share.
33:54
The. Scriptures Bisignani know I just
33:56
don't talk are because the scriptures
33:58
at the bedrock off. Any any
34:00
fear dating from crush or does the bible
34:02
here for Hinduism is the V does though
34:04
Gita Cells go Will really enjoy this conversation
34:06
and or gray questions great clips or hope
34:08
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34:10
he thought as we have lot drop the
34:13
so below episode would love to hear. I
34:15
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