Re: Neo-Hinduism and Traditional Hinduism
Originally Posted by
shiv.somashekhar
And here we go again! But to be fair, I did like your previous post on this thread on convergence.
This is exactly the ignorance I was referring to in the previous few posts. Your version of hinduism is vastly oversimplified to the point of being grossly incorrect. By beliefs, I am talking about the various religious groups in India such as the various shaiva groups such as veerashaivas, shakta groups, Vaishnava groups, and thousands of other nameless groups and sub-groups. They are not covered by Radhakrishnan, Max Mueller or Vivekananda and consequently you have no clue that they even exist.
Once again, we are not taking about darsanas. Darsanas are a miniscule portion of Hinduism - quite unlike what you have read in books. Most of them have also been pretty dead for a while now. You will need to make a trip to India sometime soon.
Common sense would by why. One bogus sanyasin does not invalidate the concept of Sanyasa.
A baseless comment for now - as you have established that your knowledge of Hinduism is too meagre to have depth. It is time you start to look beyond the darsanas and in time you will be making meaningful comments, but until then....
I thought he stays in india but instead of practicing any form of hinduism studies translations of darshanas.
But the bigger problem i see with neo hindus of this forum is the myopic and linear fashion jn which veda and vedanta gets quoted and interpreted solely motivated by polemics pioneered by the three acharyas or those inspired by them. Vedas dont mean anything to those who follow agamas except obligation to provide lip service for political reasons, but I think the vedic tradition deserves to be better repesented than polemics of the 3 acharyas.
Last edited by satay; 06 March 2013 at 01:40 PM.
Reason: wow! singhi...does name calling of acharyas really suit your character?
Why are you unhappy? Because 99.9 per cent Of everything you think, And of everything you do, Is for yourself —And there isn't one
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