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ARTICLE : SRH Reorganization
Hello:
Here is a portion of a post by Vivek. It was a response by
him to post by me where I argued that Hinduism can be defined as anyone who
follows the six-darshanas and is
not just a socio-cultural definition and his
argument was that - Hinduism isn't a
single religious philosophy that can be tested for orthodoxy.
the following is Viveks quote..
"However, for the sake of discussion, let me throw out an example:
there are punk Virashaivites. Are they Hindu? Why or why not? They
dress like punks, they act like punks, they might even be gay, and
they worship Shiva in lingam form. Would all Hindus accept them as
Hindus? Why or why not?"
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I am sure that both of us are gentlemen enough to
argue in a civilized way as has been the way upto this
point and we definitely can keep it that way.. on the
points that we differ on. However, I do find that the
points we do differ on is minor when we take a larger
view of Hinduism :-) and appears to be major when we get
get too close ...its all relative, I presume
sudheer
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