Whoa...
The "other" religions do disavow their dogmas. Even
when dogma is presented in kinder light as a word of
God, it still is dogma being fudged. They fudge,
disavow, act indignant and do all sorts of stupid
things. Much like the beef thing with, as you say,
"hinduttva" types.
I guess I did
>When Hindu intellectuals are at a When Hindu intellectuals are at >a loss in defining their faith, their core values ( obviously because>there are none) they cite Radhakrishnan, proclaiming theirs is NOT >a 'religion', that it is a 'way-of-life'. What in the heck is this way
>of life , that attemp
AM
Subject: Re: [Assam] Beef eating; Much
ado over nothing
We visited Bali, Indonesia in 1995 (Our honeymoon). Bali
is about 98% Hindu and the people have been Hindu for last 2000 years.
Interestingly, the Hindus in Bali eat beef. Although other animals
are offered to the God
You did not read what I wrote Rajib.
The 'other' religions do not disavow their tenets, their core beliefs
or even dogmas. But the Hinduttwallas attempt to peddle theirs,
packaged as something they are not. When Hindu intellectuals are at a
loss in defining their faith, their core values ( obvi
My point, C-da, was vis-a-vis your statement I have
cut out for my response. Maybe you were carried away a
bit by the sound of your own rhetoric :-)
As to your points about Hindus claiming to be dogma
free etc., I more than concur with you. But to claim
the others accept their dogmas is being ridi
Title: Re: [Assam] Beef eating; Much ado over
nothing
Hi Ram:
You got it all wrong.
It has nothing to do with BASHING Hinduism or Hindus, but
everything to do with challenging them to be what they are more than
capable of. But there-in lies the problem: Hindus' cavalier, even
fake, feal
C'da
>who attempt to imply that Hinduism is FREE of>dogmas, rules, tenets, and the best of all:FAITH!
Any names? Lets bring it out in the open. And while doing so, lets also try to bring out the some of the blatant bashers of Hinduism.
:-):-).
All most of us are asking is if there is a need t
At 2:14 PM -0700 6/20/06, Rajib Das wrote:
> > disappear. Besides,
>> the others at least don't try to insult anyone's
>> intelligence by
>> claiming they have none.
>>
>
>That is a first
*** Yes indeed! Because It is the Hinduttwa promoters, some right
here in Assamnet, who attempt to i
> disappear. Besides,
> the others at least don't try to insult anyone's
> intelligence by
> claiming they have none.
>
That is a first From whatever I have heard and
read about, their dogmas take the shape of the
infallible word of God. And they have gone on to
blind, torture and kill all
Hi C'da:
>BTW, citing others' dogmas don't make Hinduism's disappear. Besides, the others at least don't >try to insult anyone's intelligence by claiming they have none.
Exactly was my point too.
That's why we are arguing when Barua talked about (see his quotes below, in case you forgot!) R
>BTW, citing others' dogmas don't make Hinduism's disappear. >Besides, the others at least don't try to insult anyone's >intelligence by claiming they have none.
Really, C'da? Thats news to me. The very reason I got into the fray was because some (few) netters are always gung-ho on bashing Hindui
Title: Re: [Assam] Beef eating; Much ado over
nothing
>But telling farmers not to eat beef with a golden goose
theory may not have had >much effect. But if the intellectuals
did encounch this as "God's will", >people would pay
heed.
*** Really Ram :-)?
I would vent
We visited Bali, Indonesia in 1995 (Our honeymoon). Bali is about 98% Hindu and the people have been Hindu for last 2000 years. Interestingly, the Hindus in Bali eat beef. Although other animals are offered to the God in Balinese version of Hinduism, beef or cow is not offered to God. T
C'da,
>That is why I was curious about Mohan's explanation that ">"But >from a certain point in time we don't eat Beef." and how that jives >with Hinduism not having any dogmas.
The reason, from what I have read in the past and that which seems most plausible, is that beef-eating by Hindus stop
>Sure, C'da. You and Barua could make all the rules, but then it has
>to >ultimately be followed by the masses, don't you think? :-)
*** Hammurabi I ain't Ram. Not into rule making or law-giving. In
fact I am quite the opposite. I would just as soon tear those laws
and rules that rob people of
I think Mohan's response seems to be the one that makes a lot of sense. (BTW: Welcome Mohan to the net)
C'da, I think the 'Hinduism is a way of life' idea was popularized by Dr. S. Radhakrishnan in his book ' A Hindu View of Life'
>"Does it therefore mean that one can make one's own RULES or >
Hi Mohan:
Good to hear from you. Would you mind introducing yourself to Assam Netters?
Just one question:
*** I have heard this "Hinduism is not a religion, it is a
way-of-life" explanation a lot in recent years. Never could
understand what it means. Oh I do understand the part that it has no
Perhaps we should be more receptive to the idea that religion is more like
somebody elses philosophy. And maybe ancient religious books were a
compilations of observations expressed with whatever little scientific
knowledge and vocabulary we had and yearned into a story.
Hinduism is first of all n
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