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Re: ARTICLE : Sikh view of Hinduism
In article <ghenDxL7Jt.L4J@netcom.com>,
Sankar Jayanarayanan <kartik@Eng.Auburn.EDU> wrote:
|>
|>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).
What, no dvaita listed? Maybe we need a soc.religion.dvaita now that
they've been kicked out...
|>This is one of the major attacks on Hinduism by the Sikh Gurus:
|>
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|>(Guru Gobind Singh, 33 Swaiyyas)
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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 :-)
Well, there are definitely Sikhs around, but I'm not sure to whom
you're referring when you talk of flaming Sikh Gurus (no pun
intended). My argument was against the CBCD and her boyfriend, and I
think I made it clear that I found her becoming an authority on two
religions in one semester (via a college course) was a humorous idea.
-Vivek
