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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: Fri, 15 Nov 1996 05:44:05 GMT
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References: <ghenE0unxL.Gyv@netcom.com>
Vijay Sadananda Pai <vijaypai@rice.edu> wrote in article
<ghenE0unxL.Gyv@netcom.com>...
> On the contrary, the Pali canon very clearly speaks of "sanantana
> dhamma". I can dig up the refs for you if you're interested,
> but it may take a while.
>
If you would that would be great. I'd very interested to see that.
> > And proponents of Sanatana Dharma have
> > always considered Buddhism to be one of the foremost of the nastika or
> > heretical philosophies.
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> This is also true, but I suppose it should be "first among equals"
> rather than foremost; Jains seem to be equally disregarded in
> traditional commentary, HSC-type claims notwithstanding.
>
Yes, officially Jains are nastikas too. In practice things are slightly
different. In Gujarat Jains and Vaishnavas intermarry. (Providing they
are of the same caste.) And of the six families I did Lakshmi Puja for
this Diwali, two were Jain. So I think the Buddhists can hold on to the
number 1 position for now :-)
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