[Assam] Beef eating; Much ado over nothing

[Chan Mahanta]

>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 freedoms down. Like the rule about 
beef-eating prohibition.

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.

You did not answer my question either.

Appears to me, in the absence of a better explanation from someone in 
the know, that "Hinduism is not a religion, but a way of life" was a 
non-response to the question of what defines Hinduism.









At 9:22 AM -0500 6/20/06, Ram Sarangapani wrote:
>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 >ethos, on the fly, to suit one's need on a given day?"
>
>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? :-)
>
>--Ram
>