Guest guest Posted January 23, 2006 Report Share Posted January 23, 2006 --- Karen <forall10q wrote: > I wonder if anyone could offer more information > about Sanatan Dharma? > Thanks! > > Sanatan Dharma and Hinduism are for most purposes, one and the same. "Hinduism" is an Anglo coinage, dating from around the 18th century, when the Brits needed an "--ism" of some kind to describe the religion of their colonial underlings..long before that, Indians called their spiritual practices Sanatan (eternal) Dharma. <if you're in Canada, don't forget to vote today!!> Keval Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 23, 2006 Report Share Posted January 23, 2006 Aum Amriteshwaryai Namaha Aum Namah Shivaya Hinduism is called Sanatana Dharma where it means in sanskrit as "Mother of all religions ". Hinduism has a history of more than 5000 years so it is called as mother of all religions Aum Amma, Amma's gururaj Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 24, 2006 Report Share Posted January 24, 2006 Actually I was told that when some conquering general and his army (was it Alexander the Great?) came as far as the Indu River, they called the people on the other side "Indus," which of course became Hindus. I can always be wrong, of course. Love, Jyotsna Ammachi, Mike Brooker <patria1818> wrote: > > --- Karen <forall10q> wrote: > > > I wonder if anyone could offer more information > > about Sanatan Dharma? > > Thanks! > > > > > > Sanatan Dharma and Hinduism are for most purposes, one > and the same. "Hinduism" is an Anglo coinage, dating > from around the 18th century, when the Brits needed an > "--ism" of some kind to describe the religion of their > colonial underlings..long before that, Indians called > their spiritual practices Sanatan (eternal) Dharma. > > <if you're in Canada, don't forget to vote today!!> > > > Keval > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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