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Re: Why I support soc.religion.hindu: Reorganisation
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To: soc-religion-hindu@uunet.uu.net
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Subject: Re: Why I support soc.religion.hindu: Reorganisation
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From: ntiwari@rs3.esm.vt.edu (N. Tiwari)
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Date: 5 Jan 1996 21:54:00 GMT
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Followup-To: soc.religion.hindu,news.groups
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Newsgroups: soc.religion.hindu, news.groups
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Organization: Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia
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References: <4cdeis$de0@babbage.ece.uc.edu> <4cgd5k$jhn@babbage.ece.uc.edu> <4ciiec$ltl@babbage.ece.uc.edu>
Mani Varadarajan (mani@srirangam.esd.sgi.com) wrote:
: In article <4cgd5k$jhn@babbage.ece.uc.edu> vidynath@math.ohio-state.edu (Vidhyanath K. Rao) writes:
: > The point is that Mani Varadarajan, S. Rao and the Pais argued that
: > `Hindu' is an ethnic term and does not refer to a religion.
: This point has been answered again and again. I should point
: out that this discussion is completely orthogonal to a
: discussion of the merits of the RFD.
: 1) I do not think I have *ever* said that Hindu is an ethnic
: term. Rather, I have said it is a term that denotes ``dharma'',
: which encompasses more than religion, as the latter term is
: understood.
Agreed. And in that def. do Vaishnava beliefs fit in. Are these
beliefs a subset of the whole Dharma.
: Don't take my word for it -- look at what the Hindu Students
: Council defines it as.
Since when did the HSC become the guardian of Hinduism. It serves
the Hindu Dharma. Like other bodies. Nothing more.
: 2) That being the case, I would like to see soc.RELIGION.hindu
: deal with the religious aspects of Hinduism -- i.e., discussions
: of religious ethics, God, upaasana, and related things. Please
: see the RFD for further details.
And we can have ALL these discussions in the present s.r.h. I do not
see any reason why we cannot. So why re-organization.
--
Nachiketa Tiwari
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