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Re: ARTICLE : Who decided that all vaishnavs are not hindus?
Dhruba Chakravarti (dchakrav@netserv.unmc.edu) writes:
> : >Rabeh Younes <cz186@FreeNet.Carleton.CA> wrote:
>
> : >>I am a moslem born vaisnava who worship Visnu as the Supreme Personality
> : >>of Godhead. I am certainly not a hindu.
>
> Dear Sri Rabeh Younes:
>
> You are certainly free to identify yourself in whichever fashion you
> choose, that is why we have the free-will. In the Bible, there are
> references of some tensions among early Christians, especially among
> the Roman Christians and the Jewish Christians, on the issue of circumcision.
> The situation was similar, neither side wanted to change their ways. But
> they were all Christians, because they followed Christ. There was scope
> for this since Jesus accepted labels as 'King of the Jews' etc.
>
> You became a vaishhNava by being initiated by Srila Prabhupada. It is in
> Indian tradition that people identified themselves by their Gurus, thus
> the system of gotra evolved. Thinking like an Indian, I would be more
> inclined to think of you as whatever group Srila Prabhupada described
> himself to belong to. I believe that is 'gauDiya vaishhNava', therefore
> I would think that you are a gauDiya vaishhNava now, and have
> adopted Hinduism, irrespecitve of the situation of your birth.
>
> With best regards,
>
> Dhruba.
>
You are right. I admit defeat. It took sometime to sink in. Vaisnavas are
Hindus.
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