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Re: ARTICLE : Who decided that all vaishnavs are not hindus?
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To: soc-religion-hindu@uunet.uu.net
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Subject: Re: ARTICLE : Who decided that all vaishnavs are not hindus?
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From: vivek@cs.rice.edu (Vivek Sadananda Pai)
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Date: 3 Aug 1996 17:09:18 GMT
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Newsgroups: soc.religion.hindu
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Organization: Hindu Students Conference, Rice Univ Chapter
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References: <4t1rf6$hba@babbage.ece.uc.edu> <ghenDv4vu2.K23@netcom.com> <ghenDvCC1H.HyG@netcom.com> <ghenDvE56q.JKH@netcom.com>
In article <ghenDvE56q.JKH@netcom.com>,
Roy Raja <rajaroy@ecf.toronto.edu> wrote:
>In article <ghenDvCC1H.HyG@netcom.com>,
>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. Vaisnavas worship one God, but
>>nowadays most hindus worship many gods. a hindu might worship Lord Siva or
>>Goddess Kali or cosider all gods are inferior to the formless Brahman.
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> You may believe that you are not a Hindu, but in fact you are.
Tell that to Haridas Thakur and the people who wouldn't let him into
Hindu temples. He had a similar situation to Rabeh - he was born into
a Muslim family, but became a Vaishnava. However, he was not allowed
into certain temples because he was not deemed to be Hindu.
>>Namacharya Haridas Thakur was a moslem vaisnava and not a hindu. He didn't
>>even enter the temple of Lord Jaganath.
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> You do not need to enter the temple of Lord Jaganath to be a hindu. You
No, but at the time (and even as recently as 10 years ago) you had to
be a Hindu to enter the temple, and that's why Haridas was _denied_
entry. Of course, not everyone agreed with this idea then, and I hope
that the policy has changed since then, but facts are facts, and it's
no use trying to sweep them under the rug or ignore them.
-Vivek
