Guest guest Posted July 21, 1999 Report Share Posted July 21, 1999 re:- Message: 3 Fri, 16 Jul 1999 15:31:24 -0400 Ram Chandran <chandran Comparison Between Indian (I) and Western (W) Religious Thoughts. This reply is rather late, but I just had to put my two pennies in. I think you compare Apples and Oranges, in that the Indian thought system you choose for comparison is esoteric and mystical as opposed to the (chosen) fundamentalist thought system of the west. India, too, has its fundamentalist movements, and I have had many people (in the west) comment on the Baghavad Gita with a fundamentalist and misunderstood way. Reread the Bible - particularly the New Testament - with discrimination, and dare I say it, through Advaitist eyes and you will see there is no difference. A lot of symbolism will be seen for what it is. There is an Esoteric, Mystical, Gnostic or Advaitist school in Christianity which runs alongside the greater Fundamentalist movement - just as in India's own tradition. At one in the heart...allways...in love, Russell in Oz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 21, 1999 Report Share Posted July 21, 1999 At 10:12 AM 7/22/99 +0800, you wrote: >Russell and Diane Stringer <ahimsa >I think you compare Apples and Oranges, in that the Indian thought >system you choose for comparison is esoteric and mystical as opposed to >the (chosen) fundamentalist thought system of the west. Human thought is Human thought. Apples and Apples. >India, too, has its fundamentalist movements, and I have had many people >(in the west) comment on the Baghavad Gita with a fundamentalist and >misunderstood way. But, of course, you just realized that "yourself." Hari OM, Tim ----- Visit The Core of the WWW at: http://www.eskimo.com/~fewtch/ND/index.html Music, Poetry, Writings on Nondual Spiritual Topics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 21, 1999 Report Share Posted July 21, 1999 You have raised some valid points and I do not disagree. Comparisons on general terms between complex systems of thoughts are always subject to ifs and buts. I want to thank all those who brought additional points to help all of us to understand the limitations and dangers of making generalized statements and comparisons. The purpose of my posting was to open up this area for debate and I am glad for the participation from several members. Thanks and regards, Ram Chandran Russell and Diane Stringer wrote: > > > I think you compare Apples and Oranges, in that the Indian thought > system you choose for comparison is esoteric and mystical as opposed to > the (chosen) fundamentalist thought system of the west. > > India, too, has its fundamentalist movements, and I have had many people > (in the west) comment on the Baghavad Gita with a fundamentalist and > misunderstood way..... > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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