Guest guest Posted January 24, 2006 Report Share Posted January 24, 2006 The reverse swastika is used by the southeastern american indians, as well as sanskrit spiritual terms and concepts. There are stories from these traditions about teachers who came from the sea. Ammachi, "jyotsna2" <jyotsna2> wrote: > > 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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