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Subject: Re: ARTICLE : Just say no to "Hinduism" (was Re: ARTICLE : On
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From: Ramakrishnan Balasubramanian <rbalasub@ecn.purdue.edu>
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Date: Sun, 1 Sep 1996 11:43:48 -0500 (EST)
gmadras@pinto.engr.ucdavis.edu (Giri) wrote:
>"H. Krishna Susarla" <susarla.krishna@tumora.swmed.edu> writes:
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>>I also hold that there has been a trend in the last few hundred years for
>>Hindu intellectuals (mostly Neo-advaitic swamis who were educated in the
>>Western tradition) to redefine Hinduism as an amorphous, permissive
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>>religion rather than a cultural, umbrella term which is what it really is.
>>These swamis may have the best of intentions, but that does not make them
>>any more correct. In my opinion, it is not hard to see some of the
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>>-- Krishna Susarla
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>Krsna or Christ, The Name Is the Same
> Christ comes from the Greek word Christos, and Christos is the Greek
> version of the word Krsna. When an Indian person calls on Krsna, he
> often says "Krsta." Krsna is a Sanskrit word mean ing the object of
> attraction."
> When Jesus said, "Our father, who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy
> name," that name of God was Krsta or Krsna. "Christ" is simply another
> way of saying "Krsta," and "Krsta" is another way of pronouncing
> Krsna.
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>Would you say that the above statement was made by a neo-advaitic swami
>with the best of intentions ? [I am not sure who made the above statements]
Could it, by any chance, be a swami trying to convert westerners to his creed
by "diluting" Indian philosophy? I mean, use the carrot and stick principle,
i.e., dangle the carrot that christ = Krishna to get more followers, since many
Westerners would like a creed that accepts Jesus.
Hey, I dunno.
But seriously if "our father who art in heaven" refers to Krishna and christ =
Krishna, then is "our father who art in heaven" actually Christ? And so was
Christ praying to himself? Does that make him a neo-advaitin? Or may be he was
a not-so-neo-advaitin? What would the Christians have to say to this equating of
Christ="our father"? Opens up interesting possibilities eh?
And any Indians here who pronounce Krishna as Krsta? If you do, I think you
have some serious problems with speaking simple words :-).
Ramakrishnan.
--
Utinam logica falsa tuam philosophiam totam suffodiant (May faulty logic
undermine your entire philosophy) -- strong Vulcan curse
http://yake.ecn.purdue.edu/~rbalasub/
