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ARTICLE : Sikh view of Hinduism
Vivek wrote:
> About two years ago, there was a CBCD (Canadian) girl who was dating a
> Caucasian guy and they were creating a big furor on one of the culture
> groups. They had both just discovered the subcontinent and the various
> belief systems from it. She, incidentally, was born to Sikh parents,
> but in a mere semester had become an authority on Hinduism and
> Sikhism, as had her boyfriend. One of the best moments of their
> outpourings was when the boyfriend declared that Hinduism was
> polytheist and that only a dumb-bodypart would say otherwise.
>
IMHO the Sikh Gurus were simply unaware of the subtleties of any school of
Vedanta (advaita, vishishhTaadvaita or achintya abheda-bheda).
This is one of the major attacks on Hinduism by the Sikh Gurus:
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(Guru Gobind Singh, 33 Swaiyyas)
"...
"The All-pervading God, Unconquerable and Unconceived, how could He as Rama be
born from the womb of Kaushalya?
If one calls Krishna the Immortal God, then why did he surrender himself to the
power of Death?
All loving is He and All Holy too then why did He drive Arjuna to battle?
...
If Krishna be God, the Treasure of Mercy, why the huntsman pierced him with an
arrow?
He who saves the families of others, why did he get his own annihilated?
He who's called the Primeval God, unconceived, how did He enter into the womb
of Devaki?
Yea, He who has neither father nor mother, how could He call Vasudeva His
sire?
...
He (God) belongs not to the Raghu clan (of Rama), nor to the family of yadvas
(like Krishna), nor is He Rama's spouse; not one of these is the God of the
universe.
You forsake the One and cling to many; but thiswise even Sukhdeva, Prasara and
Vyasa (famous Hindu sages) fell in error."
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I personally think these arguments are immature. The sikhs give these and other
similar arguments and then pride themselves on following a "superior" faith.
Anyway, I don't think it is right to flame the Sikh Gurus in this newsgroup,
especially when there are no sikhs around to defend them :-)
-Kartik
