Sanatan Dharma- not the same as Hinduism

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Hinduism is more general in it's description. Someone who took a

class on comparative religion insisted that "Hinduism" isn't a

religion per se, but a collection of rituals, philosophies, etc. that

is practiced differently from village to village (somewhat true).

What Amma teaches as Sanathana Dharma is described pretty well in the

CD rom "From Untruth to Truth". Much of what's practiced as "yoga"

today (raaja yoga, based on Yoga Sutras) is considered Hinduism, but

not necessarily Sanathana Dharma.

 

Over the years, I've learned there's a fine line to mixing or uniting

religions (spirituality), as if much of what falls into

Metaphysics/New Age is like the young bush (entry door) of

spirituality, and Sanathana Dharma is the mature tree (exit door onto

the path of true growth). Many western Hindu-like gurus are really

practicing Metaphysics and rely more on the "random wisdom" of

intuition than the scriptures, etc. Too many so-called gurus use a

western-influenced definition of the ego as well.

 

tom

 

 

> --- Karen <forall10q> wrote:>

> > I wonder if anyone could offer more information

> > about Sanatan Dharma?

> > Thanks!

> >

Ammachi, Mike Brooker <patria1818> wrote:

> 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.

>

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>

> Keval