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Re: ARTICLE : Shruti? (was Re: ARTICLE : Just say no...)
: > Whether or not your classifying Islam, Christianity, and ISKCON under
: > a common banner has any value (which it does not, in my opinion), the
: > fact remains that the primary characteristic of a "dvaita religion"
: > has to be acceptance of unauthored texts -- Shruti -- as the primary
: > basis for one's philosophy, and all others as secondary. (This is if
: > the appellation `dvaita' has to have any meaning at all.) This is
: > violated outright in two of the so-called "dvaita religions," and less
: > obviously so by ISKCON as well
: According to the muslims, the Koran is "uncreated". So does it qualify
: as shruti? Is Islam a "dvaita religion"?
Are Christianity and Islam dvaita? I'd have to say yes because the human
soul is recognized as being separate from God - I'm unsure a ISKCON or
Vaishnav beliefs / opinions.
The authors of the Christian Bible and the Koran are known - so they are
not unauthored. Now the writers (or speakers) or those texts weren't
Hindu, but, by their own religions, were prophets, savants, and sages.
The Koran was supposed spoken by the arch-angel Gabriel to the prophet
Mohommad who then spoke the words to his scribes.
The Christian Bible is generally reguarded not as written by God, but
inspired by God, who then wrote or had their scribes write the words
necessary to give the desired meaning.
Bests,
Jay
