> "sparaig" wrote: > > off world beings wrote: > > > coldbluiceman wrote: > > Now the "tmo" is in the provebial tiolet.>> > > > > What is that? -- a toilet that speaks proverbs? > > > > > in Mahesh, as *You get what Mahesh has*... > > > Which is Mahesh's destiny > > > that awaits him when he dies.> > > > > Are you fear-mongering.... > > like the christian fundies do? > > > > OffWorld > > > > In case you hadn't noticed, > the man believes that the British deliberately > rewrote parts of the vedic literature over a > 150 year period in order to destroy Hinduism...
Namaste Spare Egg, I must politely take exception with you statement. I don't "believe" that the British deliberately re-wrote *Specific* parts of the Vedas...I can prove it beyond a shadow of doubt. With the public statements made by the British themselves regarding their efforts to "scholastically destroying their sastras". Are You the very same person that believes there are "hindu temples" in China(not Tibet or Cambodia or Thailand)? Anyways regarding the British see links cited In his book, 'Inspired Writings of Hinduism' Goldstucker attacked the validity of the Vedas, stating that his aim was to inspire the new generation of Indians that their religious superstitions were backwards.. .."This could only be achieved by scholastically destroying their sastras. The only recourse for the new generation would be to adopt European values in order to improve their character..." (source: Inspired Writings of Hinduism - By Theodore Goldstucker p.115). http://www.atributetohinduism.com/FirstIndologists.htm#The%20First% 20... ..."Hinduism was dying or dead because it belonged to a stratum of thought which was long buried beneath the foot of modern man." http://www.atributetohinduism.com/FirstIndologists.htm#The%20First%20 "Macaulay's object was to undermine the social and religious institutions of India. The Indian Daily News, for instance, wrote in its leader on March 29, 1909: "Lord Macaulay's triumph over the Oriental School, headed by Dr. Wilson, was really the triumph of a deliberate intention to undermine the religious and social life of India. 1. The famous German indologist Albrecht Weber (1825-1901) was a notorious racist whose German nationalistic tendencies were thinly veiled as works on Indian philosophy and culture. When Humbolt lauded praise upon the Bhagavad-gita, Weber became disgusted. His immediate response was to speculate that the Mahabharata and Gita were influenced by Christian theology - 'The peculiar colouring of the Krishna sect, which pervades the whole book, is noteworthy: Christian legendry matter and other Western influences are unmistakably present...' "The British domination of India has been described as a "political and economic misfortune." In 1937, a distinguished British civil servant, G. T. Garratt, declared that the period of Indo-British civilization of the 150 years had been most disappointing, and "in some ways the most sterile in Indian history..."[end] http://www.atributetohinduism.com/FirstIndologists.htm#The%20First% 20... > To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
