Originally Posted by
Viraja
Namaste Yajvan ji, Anirudh ji,
Yes, you are correct and I understand your concern. What is out there has been amply defined in our shrutis and smritis and there is nothing 'new' to be discovered. Also, it is correct that HDF adheres to the strict view that any new claim here should be amply backed up by scriptures, which definitely my OP here is sorely lacking.
Nevertheless, there is some argument I would like to propose in response.
They say that Hinduism offers a sum total of all thoughts possible -- if Christianity or Islam or Judaism has benefited at least some people, as some have realized god and saints do exist also in these religions, then that unique approach must have its place somewhere in Hinduism, is it not? May be it is advaitha, may be it is Samkhya school of thought, may be it is the 'Chakras', may be it is all about planets (Jyotish) that there are some apparent deviations from mainstream Hinduism.
But so far has anyone come forward to 'mine' into the profound wealth of Hindu concepts and explain with clarity, how other religions might be related to some Hindu thought?
I wrote in my facebook page recently, the similarity between Hindus sporting a 'shikha' on their head and how it could be the same concept as Jews wearing a 'Kippah' on their head.
Surely, there must exist similarities and common grounds, but the truth is no one has vested their time to find out, in spite of it all being available in scriptures!
Similarly, if Ramanujacharya thought 'all that is there is pure advaitha', he would not have propounded Visishtadvaitha... Not saying this is correct or that is correct, just saying we benefit from differing school of thoughts, only because someone took the initiative.
Yes, there is light to carry in the darkness, but that light sheds something faint and bluish in places, that sleeping persons look like corpses and scary to me.....! I would rather walk without a light!
In that perspective, I think there should be a place in HDF for members to post their random musings without upsetting HDF's emphasis on scriptures.
Thank you for allowing me to exclaim!
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