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Jaldhar H. Vyas (jaldhar@braincells.com) wrote:

: Good guess but I was refering to Vivekanand.  I have no objection to
: anyone following him or Aurobindo or any of those people.  Many religions
: have been created in India, I'm sure many more will.  Just don't pretend
: these religions have anything to do with the living tradition of the
: Vedas.  And don't pretend modern interpretations are correct ones.

: Me neither, as that would require me to actually read his stuff.  All I
: know is none of my teachers ever felt the need to quote his work even to
: attack it.  If those more learned than I saw no reason to read him than
: neither do I.  We are not in favor of novelty.  To call something "new and
: improved" is no compliment to us.  The test of a philosophy is its
: commitment to age-old principles.


Dear Jaldharji:

Thank you for being so candid.  I will have to differ with you again,
since, sanAtana does not mean purAtana to me, but 'timeless' in forward
and in reverse.  There is of course, something about the 'test of time'
that usually is applied to glorify purAtana, but with time, the tests also
change. As an elder, you must have noticed this yourself.  Would you
not agree that the sanAtana dharma must be relevant to the new
generation of Hindus?

With best regards,

Dhruba.



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