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Re: SRH: Improvement of Hindu Newsgroups is the Goal
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To: soc-religion-hindu@uunet.uu.net
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Subject: Re: SRH: Improvement of Hindu Newsgroups is the Goal
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From: vri@tiac.net (Arun Malik)
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Date: Fri, 19 Jan 1996 21:23:55 GMT
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Newsgroups: soc.religion.hindu
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Organization: Ad Astra
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References: <4d4hpn$6jb@babbage.ece.uc.edu> <4df2u5$69s@babbage.ece.uc.edu> <4dks6h$kh8@babbage.ece.uc.edu>
And the name of the newsgroup was humanities.language.sanskrit, not
soc.religion.sanskrit. Reasons based on religous doctrine limiting
publication of sanskrit text are not appropriate to that group. The
only reason listed below that would be a valid criticism is the lack
of diacritical marks.
There is no need for _instruction_ in its use, for it to be handed
over by a guru, etcetera, as the newsgroup is not a religous
newsgroup!
vivek@cs.rice.edu (Vivek Sadananda Pai) wrote:
>In article <4df2u5$69s@babbage.ece.uc.edu>,
>Dr. Jai Maharaj <jai@mantra.com> wrote:
>[...]
>>The above sentiment is quite understandable in light of instances
>>such as the following statement posted by one of the moderation
>>maintainers for the "soc.religion.vaishnava (moderated)" group.
>>In this post, public discussion of Mantr(as) is being suppressed:
>A few facts about that post:
>- it originated in humanities.language.sanksrit
>- someone asked for the Gayatri mantra, one of the most
> sacred mantras
>- Mani pointed out that mantras are to be received in person
> from a guru, who is responsible for instructing the disciple
> in the proper recitation, etc.
>- someone else posted the mantra, lacking all diacritical marks,
> instruction in its use, etc.
>- Mani pointed out that it was reasons like that for his
> opposition to posting the Gayatri mantra on Usenet.
>It's common in India for mantras to be given _only_ by the guru to the
>student. In that whole discussion above, nowhere was it suggested that
>mantras should be restricted, only that the transmission of the mantra
>should be done in a proscribed fashion.
>All of this is pretty standard in many religions.
>So, what was your point?
>-Vivek
>Wed Jan 17 12:35:04 CST 1996
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