[Assam] Nirvana of the soul

[Rajen Barua]

Re: [Assam] Nirvana of the soulThat is why I think a Hindu cannot be a fundamentalist of the religious belief issue. A Hindu can be a fundamentalist only politically. 
They can say, we all Hindus should unite and fight the Muslims to take over the Babri Masjid because that was once Ram's temple.
A Hindu cannot say let us all unite and try to follow our original pure Vedic Hinduism because that does not work.
RB 
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  From: Chan Mahanta 
  To: Rajen Barua ; Ram Sarangapani 
  Cc: Assam at assamnet.org 
  Sent: Friday, March 17, 2006 9:20 AM
  Subject: Re: [Assam] Nirvana of the soul


  There can be another explanation:


  What if it is because FEW take their religion seriously enough? A religion that
  avowedly has no tenets, no beliefs, no directives and no faith; cannot conceivably arouse the passions they do. And such lack of passion translates into Hinduism's appalling record on social, educational, ethical and moral upliftment for its flocks. It has remained mired as an instrument for trading with the gods for favors, here in this life and for the hereafter, steeped in superstitions and rife with bigotries.








  At 9:02 AM -0600 3/17/06, Rajen Barua wrote:
    I think Hinusim has an advantage over other religions which are more focused about their beliefs and therfore one can really attack and hit the bull's eye easily. In Hinsuim there is not so to say a 'bull's eye' point. You cannot attack Hinduism on any particular point and say you have attacked Hindusim. Say for instance, if I say Krishna was nothing but a playboy, how many Hindus do you think will be hurt? That is why one does not hear incidents of attacking Hinduism which one can make it political.  You can hurt some of the Hindus some of the time but not all the Hindus. In Christianity, one can attack Jesus Christ, and you can offend all the Christians. In Hinduism I don't think there is any such one single point where you can hit and hurt the Hindus. Hindusim is a multi front religion.
    RB
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