[Assam] Bamiyan Statue & ATAN BURAGOHAIN SAKO

[Ram Sarangapani]

>BTW, Indian architecture ( like its music or its cuisine) would be >NOTHING
without the contributions of them Islamic invaders. Just >thought I would
remind people, lest the Hinduttwa induced >amnesia takes over.

C'da,

NOTHING! Wow! Even its cuisine and music? How about art forms like
Bharatanatyam, Oddissi, Manipuri dances or music like Carnatic music, or
even our own Bihu songs etc.
As for cuisine - How about dosas, idlis, mas or tenga anjas etc.

About architecture (we discussed this before) - I find the Taj and
structures like the Meenakshi temple (Madurai) equally fasinating, but am
not sure how a structure like the Meenakshi temple could be improved upon by
the Taj?

All influenced by them invaders? Methinks India ought to be invaded more and
more frequently by these great 'thinkers and movers'.

:-)
Ram


On 6/29/06, Chan Mahanta <cmahanta at charter.net> wrote:
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>   >Demolishing of Bamiyan Buddha in Afghanistan on March 11, 2001, a
> precursor  of 911, is a well-known tradition of >Islamic supporters.* Mr.
> Chandan Mahanta demolished the ATAN BURAGOHAIN SAKO even "before" it was
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>  Thanks for the recognition of my humble contribution to Oxomiya
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> Demolishing of Bamiyan Buddha in Afghanistan on March 11, 2001, a
> precursor  of 911, is a well-known tradition of Islamic supporters. Mr.
> Chandan Mahanta demolished the ATAN BURAGOHAIN SAKO even "before" it was
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> Has anybody any record as to how many Buddhist, Jain, Hindu and Jewish
> Temples and Christian Churches were demolished by supporters of Islam
> throughout history?
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> As for Nehru's question "What Happened to Buddhism in India?" --- my
> answer is "Buddhism is there is India." Nehru had to "discover" India. He
> was never with India. In his process of discovering India, he missed a great
> deal of things, including the Advaita Philosophy. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
> proudly recorded in 1945 that he did not understand Advaita, probably to
> glorify his socialistic style which was rather an erroneous tunnel view of
> Marxism. Nehru went on using "monism" to mean Advaita to the last day of his
> life, whereas Advaita, with its* "tena tyaktena bhunjeethah"* was the
> highest form of socialism and Marxism.
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> Throughout his life, Nehru proved himself to be a very light minded
> individual. When Gopinath Bordoloi opposed the Cabinet Mission proposal
> where Assam was grouped in a pre-pakistani grouping, Nehru retorted "Assam
> must sacrifice for the greater cause of India." There are many more
> instances of Nehru's light talks. One was "thora kuch de do" to his cousin
> Teja.
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> Simple folks of India worship Buddha as an Avatar of Vishnu; they follow
> Buddha's teaching of love --- the simple folks of India do not reject
> anything --- a highest form of human wisdom --- a trait that was not seen by
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> outside, and China still has a inner resentment that India dominated her
> mind for 2000 years through Buddhism",  I must point out that Taoism of
> China [ Lao-Tse (604-531 BCE)]  is as old as Buddhism [ Buddha 536 -483
>  BCE]. The words like "resentment" "dominated" "imported from outside" are
> extremely mundane in Taoism, which is Advaita.
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> With the best wishes,
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> Himendra
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