Re: Hindu Universalism
Pranam Atanu ji
i hope i am not offending you
I want to get off the hook myself and do not have much time to put Prophet Muhammad on the hook or to get him off.
Good idea, nor would I care to give time of day to Islam or the prophet in particular, but I can not put my head in the send to think there is no danger, I would be happy to pray side by side with anyone if there is a mutual respect, I am happy to say it loudly that I and Hindu dharma pose no threat to anyone or any religion let them reciprocate, is this too much to ask?
Logically, I cannot put credence on the personalty cult based Puranic stories as shruti, if they contradict the Vedas. If one goes only by puranic stories, creating mental images of fleshy divinities, in place of spiritual beings, then one would come across many horrendous ideas. Similarly, i cannot accept Hadiths as stand alone evidences. But I acknowledge Koran as revelation. Koran could not have been written by an illiterate goon and without divine intervention --
From what I can gather the Hadiths are complimentary to understand Koran, if that has been written and followed by majority, who are we to dispute that, what purpose does it serve us and the rest of humanity. Are you going to tell them, mate you got it all wrong, would we be able to convince them that the Vedas and Koran speaks the same language?
I have no idea who wrote the Koran but Muhammad certainly followed it with his sword and history certainly bares the scars. It sure is a revelation but off a kind not spoken in Vedas or else its fruit would be the same. But I do agree nothing happens without a reason.
Sweeping generalisation on puran to prove a point is uncalled for. Puranas are highly venerated by majority of Hindus, no one disputes the Vedas ultimate authority, hardly anyone reads it or understands it, most of the time we are relaying on translations given by foreigners and we all know their agenda. If one does not know Sanskrit the real meaning is lost anyway. But in this age of Kali purans are easily understood, I have not seen any monster cult springing from reading purans, sure there are debates between different sects but here again it is as you say Vedas have the final say.
Jai Shree Krishna
Rig Veda list only 33 devas, they are all propitiated, worthy off our worship, all other names of gods are derivative from this 33 originals,
Bhagvat Gita; Shree Krishna says Chapter 3.11 devan bhavayatanena te deva bhavayantu vah parasparam bhavayantah sreyah param avapsyatha Chapter 17.4 yajante sattvika devan yaksa-raksamsi rajasah pretan bhuta-ganams canye yajante tamasa janah
The world disappears in him. He is the peaceful, the good, the one without a second.
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