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Re: Jesus and the Caste system
Ramakrishnan Balasubramanian wrote:
>
> vivek@cs.rice.edu (Vivek Sadananda Pai) wrote:
>
> > In article <4df2ut$6a5@babbage.ece.uc.edu>,
> > Ramakrishnan Balasubramanian <rbalasub@ecn.purdue.edu> wrote:
> > [...]
> > >And that makes yet another story Jesus came to India. I have heard
> > >
> > >1. Jesus came to Mylapore, Madras during his lost years.
> > >2. He actually didn't die, but came to Kashmir and had a wife and many kids.
> > >3. He studied with the Buddhist Monks during his lost years and that's
> > >where he got his "ahimsa" kind of doctrines.
> >
> > I have a question, then: Ajay proposed to created groups like
> > soc.religion.hindu.shivism, so given that some people believe that
> > Jesus had formed his philosophy in India, then what would people say
> > to soc.religion.hindu.christian?
>
> I am really amazed at your interpretation of my posts. You also cut off the
> portion where I said I was skeptical of these "Jesus visited India stories". I
> was trying to poke fun at such theories. I received some personal e-mail where
> someone agreed with me. So I am glad at least one person got it.
>
> I have some suggestions. First of all, please read my whole post. Second, I do
> not support the "all christians, sikhs, muslims, x, y, z are Hindus" theory.
> And please don't link up every post to the RFD. Take it easy, relax and try to
> think of things other than the RFD.
>
> >
> > After all, if Buddhism and Sikhism are part of Hinduism, then why
> > wouldn't Christianity also be included, especially if Jesus did all of
> > the above? There are even texts like the Issa Upanishad (I think
>
> I have also heard one ingenious guy giving some unique interpretation of
> some verses to prove that Jesus is an incarnation of Vishnu.:-) :-). I am not
> kidding. The smilies are for the interpretation.
>
> > that's what it's called), so there could even be a claim that there's
> > scriptural justification of the name.
> >
> > -Vivek
>
> Ramakrishnan.
> --
> That it does not see in that state is because, though seeing then, it does not
> see; for the vision of the witness can never be lost, because it is imperish-
> able. But, there is not that second thing separate from it which it can see.
> Brihadaranyaka Upanishad - IV.iii.23
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Why all this fanaticism over one incarnation of God or the other? The
Saivites want Siva, the Vaishnavites belive Vishnu as the Supreme Lord,
The Christians believe that Jesus was the Son of God. At least we all
have the unit that God is one and his forms are many. Choose to believe
in one or all or none but God Supreme as a motivational force beyond
human comprehension. Even atheists believe in Him, that is why they
denounce Him!
God is one. God is Great. God is almighty.
The famous verse from the Gita reiterates the many forms in which God
manifests Himself on earth whenever there is too much evil forces
rampant on earth,
