Re: Hindu Universalism
Originally Posted by
atanu
I also knew what the reply would be. So, I bow out as I have to pack. Just this:
Swami Chinmayananda
-----The values seem to be different. at least in emphasis in different religions and a student who studies various religions may find that one religion emphasizes one set of ideals and another religion.a different set of ideals. Buddhism asserts one maxim, Hinduism another, Islam and Christianity yet another. But if one closely examines the maxims, one discovers that the fundamental principle is one and the same though the language and the emphasis are different. Just as two doctors would prescribe to the same patient on separate occasions two seemingly different prescriptions for the same disease, those who understand the science of medicine would know that the prescriptions are the same, only in name are they apparently different.------
I understand that the modern Hindu sages, even of the traditional Hindu institutions, need to use such pacifism and reconciliation perforce, in their addresses to the public, for reasons such as: i) the Indian society they address comprises Hindus of varied inclinations, ii) the society is mutl-cultural and multi-religious, iii) their addresses are often under the scanner of the pseudo-secular media and iv) we have a pseudo-secular government which would not hesitate to arrest a Hindu sage on the slightest pretexts while turning a blind eye to the vitriolic utterances and deeds of Christian and Muslim authorities in India.
I reiterate that if the Bible and Quran has any values on par with the Hindu concepts as revealed in the Hindu scriptures, the Hindu sages would go deeper than such superficial, sympathetic and analogical statements and give us solid quotes from the scriptures, even as they do it with the Hindu scriptures.
रत्नाकरधौतपदां हिमालयकिरीटिनीम् ।
ब्रह्मराजर्षिररत्नाढ्यां वन्दे भारतमातरम् ॥
To her whose feet are washed by the ocean, who wears the Himalayas as her crown, and is adorned with the gems of rishis and kings, to Mother India, do I bow down in respect.
--viShNu purANam
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