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Re: NEWS : Sri Lankan president accepts her anti-Hindu stance.
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Subject: Re: NEWS : Sri Lankan president accepts her anti-Hindu stance.
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From: "Jaldhar H. Vyas" <jaldhar@braincells.com>
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Date: Wed, 13 Nov 1996 03:39:35 GMT
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Apparently-To: soc-religion-hindu@uunet.uu.net
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Newsgroups: soc.religion.hindu
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Organization: Consolidated Braincells Inc.
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References: <ghenE081G9.M9H@netcom.com> <ghenE0qtqv.1An@netcom.com>
GDurgadas <gdurgadas@aol.com> wrote in article
<ghenE0qtqv.1An@netcom.com>...
> As I a Hindu I also revere the Blessed One, as
> both a profound rishi and an avatar of Lord Vishnu, and will soon have a
> Buddhist niece-in-law, so such comments I consider adharmic according to
> the ethos of the Sanatana Dharma that includes both faiths.
There is nothing Hindu about the views expressed above. While Buddha is
considered an avatar of Vishnu Bhagawan he is hardly considered a "profound
rishi." On the contrary his mission was to delude the Asuras into giving
up Dharma.
And Sanatana Dharma hardly includes Buddhism. No Budhhist from Siddhartha
Gautama on down has ever refered to Buddhism as Sanatana Dharma. This is a
term that describes Hinduism only. And proponents of Sanatana Dharma have
always considered Buddhism to be one of the foremost of the nastika or
heretical philosophies.
It would be so nice if everyone got along but wishful thinking isn't going
to make it happen. In fact it is precisely this type of blase disregard
for the facts which is at the root of bigotry.
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