Hinduism and other religions
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• January 21, 2002
Dear Bhagavathas, Sri Hari Krishnan said: >>> I once again want to lay emphasis on one fact. I write this without the least little trace of malice towards other religions. I respect the Bible, in fact have read it as zealously as a Christian. If at all one wants to understand other religions - even one's own religion for that matter - one should have a very open heart and mind. That was why Mahatma Gandhi could say, 'I read the Bible and my understanding of the Gita increased a thousand-fold.'<<< Hindus have embraced the noble thoughts from every source. It is not the noble things found in other books that bother Hindus or Hinduism. What bothers both are the NOT SO NOBLE TRUTHS (NSNT) found in all religious texts including the whole body of hindu Scriptures. NSNT found in Hindu Scriptures have done most harm to the Hindus themselves (and continues yo haunt us in the form of back lash). NSNT found in other religions such as Christianity and Islam, have also harmed Hindus (and continue to harm Hindus). Both Islam and Christianity claim exclusivity to their faiths. Based on the Bible and Koran (I have read both many times), we can readily conclude that the Hindus are infidels, kafirs, and devil worshippers. They are guranteed to burn in hell for etrnity. They are crop ready for conversion, or subjugation. Let us also not forget what Jinnah said about Gandhi: Gandhi is a good person, but any Muslim is better than him. Honestly, people of other religions act as what they think of Hinduism based on their scriptures and certainly not what we think of their religious books. I think religious understanding also includes understanding other religions from their point of view. Most Hindus (including Gandhi) have spent lot of time understanding other religions with a Hindu mind. Which is good, but half-baked. It is this kind of understanding that gave us a half-baked partition of India for which we are paying dearly. Our understanding stands incomplete, until we try to understand from their point of view as well. Daasan, K. Sreekrishna Tatachar [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -------------------------------------------------------------- - SrImate rAmAnujAya namaH - To Post a message, send it to: bhakti-list@yahoogroups.com Archives: http://ramanuja.org/sv/bhakti/archives/ Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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