Ishwa helper Reged: 03/03/02 Posts: 553

Re: enough... [Re: AKMehta] #21907 - 10/09/02 04:11 PM Edit Reply Quote

Haha, I don't think anyone listens to me, but I can only request for more constructive posts. I have also some disagreements with SOV on Muslim matters, but I do respect his Hindu way of thinking. Vinaire has a very sharp, analytical mind. I really can't imagine Vinaire going against Hinduism. I was amazed to find out that the two of you have got such huge disagreements. As for scientology, I don't really know anything about that. I have enough (re)search material within Hinduism, and needed hardly any material outside Hinduism to compare it with, because I can read and mostly understand the originals and their traditional commentaries. Hinduism is very simple but complex for outsiders, it has all the advaita, dvaita and traita focuspoints, none of them contradicting each other. Whether it has Avatara or Murti Puja, etc. all are integral parts of Hinduism. Only a Hindu can understand and play with all the different levels and dimensions. Something that is hardly grasped, let alone understood by non-Hindus. As looking at textual and historical developments I have sometimes a different outlook too, which is looking at changes in time (developmensts), but never without leaving the scriptural and philosophical contexts.