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Re: Hindu?
Dr. Jai Maharaj (jai@mantra.com) wrote:
: In article <3ff1ht$dj3@ucunix.san.uc.edu>,
: vijaypai@kachori.rice.edu (Vijay Sadananda Pai) wrote:
: > In article <3eue72$ldn@ucunix.san.uc.edu>,
: > Vidyasankar Sundaresan <vidya@cco.caltech.edu> wrote:
: >> To which Dr. Jai Maharaj replied [quoting HINDUISM TODAY]
: >>> ancient
: >>> Puran known as Brihannaradi in the Sham village,
: >>> Hoshiarpur, Punjab. It contained the verse:
: >>> HIMALAYAM SAMARABHYA YAVAT BINDUSAROVARAM
: >>> HINDUSTHANAMITI QYATAM HI ANTARAKSHARAYOGATAH
: >> ^^^^^^^^^^^^
: >>> Kumar translates it as:
: >>> "The country lying between the Himalayan mountain
: >>> and Bindu Sarovara (Cape Comorin sea) is known as
: >>> Hindusthan by combination of the first letter `hi' of
: >>> `Himalaya' and the last compound letter `ndu' of the
: >>> word `Bindu.'"
: >
: >> Under the circumstances, I wonder how the ISKCONites can
: >> continue to claim that "Hindu" is a word coined by invaders,
: >> that there is no such thing as "Hinduism", and that
: >> "Vaishnavism" is not "Hinduism". I suggest the ISKCON crowd
: >> give up their hypocrisy and come up with a consistent argument
: >> about such things. - Vidyasankar Sundaresan >
: >
: > It seems to me that this particular verse is suspect. Hinduism
: > Today is altogether a respectable magazine, so I am surprised
: > that they did not include the verse number for this sloka.
: > Perhaps this article came in from some other source only. I have
: > never seen any verse like this cited by any acarya.
: >
Sheesh!....when do we get to the part that Krsna says, "GIVE UP ALL
VARIETIES OF RELIGION AND SURRENDER UNTO ME." Enough with this mental
masterbation....it will run you round and round in the Jnana yogi circle and
never get to the essence of the GITA.
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