Ramakrishna/Vivekananda - Mainstream Hinduism?

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" Vivekananda study Circle IITM " <vsc_iitm

" Vivekananda Centre " <vivekananda

Thursday, September 04, 2003 10:21

Re: Vivekananda - mainstream Hinduism?

 

 

> Namaste Jay

>

> I appreciate your point, but at the same time

> wonder if the Mission also has this stand, then why

> did it go to courts in India claiming its not Hindu,

> but " Ramakrishnaites " . Even now, I have seen

> interviews on TV by Mission Swamijis who claim that

> " The religion preached by Swami Vivekananda was not

> Hinduism. But it was a Universal religion " . How do

> you explain this ?

>

> thanks

> vsc_iitm

>

 

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Dear vsc_iitm

 

You have asked us two resolve questions

 

(a) The situation in India where we hear of the Ramakrishna Mission

claiming to be 'Ramakrishnaites' - What do we make of this?

 

 

(b) Can Vivekananda be called the most comprehensive

face of Hinduism?

 

I am going to take the liberty of throwing this question open to our

list. Members may respond directly or via the list.

 

regards

jay

Vivekananda Centre London

[Guest guest]

Namaste,

 

I have been a passive observer on this group for some time.

I have attempted to answer the questions below.

 

> (a) The situation in India where we hear of the Ramakrishna Mission

> claiming to be 'Ramakrishnaites' - What do we make of this?

Ramakrishna Mission as I see is an important river having its source

in the same place as many other huge and important rivers and

reaching the same one ocean: the source being Hinduism and the ocean

being Brahman. Swami Vivekananda and others have aleady pointed out

that it is water whatever name you call it as.

 

> (b) Can Vivekananda be called the most comprehensive

> face of Hinduism?

Swamiji may not be the only face that modern Hinduism has to present

as its voice but he is surely a very important one.

 

Thanks.

 

-Venkat Krishnamurthy