Guest guest Posted November 29, 2004 Report Share Posted November 29, 2004 Dear Jairam I appreciate your comments on the issue of 'many paths'. The issue we face at the moment and the worry we face I call 'my mum is best syndrome' when I talk to Christian theologians. It is commendable to say with all the love and devotion: " My religion is best " (or my path is best) but the world religions have to learn to add two little words at the end " My religion is best for me " (or my path is best for me) The youngsters I interact with agree to this suggestions immediately but you may be surprised that the Christian hierarchy has great difficulty. That is what I am trying to displace and with the grace of our mentors, will succeed in doing : ) regards jay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 5, 2004 Report Share Posted December 5, 2004 Ramakrishna , " Vivekananda Centre " <vivekananda@b...> wrote: > The issue we face at the moment and the worry we face I call > 'my mum is best syndrome' when I talk to Christian theologians. > Dear Jay, Another problem one has to face is our ideal of pluralism ('ekaM sat viprA bahudhA vadanti') is not identical with the definition used as in Webster Dictionary, for example: http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/definition/pluralism 3 a : a theory that there are more than one or more than two kinds of ultimate reality b : a theory that reality is composed of a plurality of entities Regards, Sunder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 6, 2004 Report Share Posted December 6, 2004 > > http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/definition/pluralism > > 3 a : a theory that there are more than one or more than two kinds of > ultimate reality > b : a theory that reality is composed of a plurality of entities > > > Regards, > > Sunder > Dear Sunder Yes, like the word dualism in Western Philosophy meaning mind / body distinction which is quite different in Hindu format which means God and Individual souls as different categories. In the same manner, Hindu idea of pluralism is quite different from the one used here to mean more 'than one ultimate reality'......which is a contradiction in terms! How can there be more than one ultimate? Thanks for pointing this out, I will bear this in mind. When I talk Pluralism in the next sentence I say Pluralism is: One ultimate viewed and approached differently. Why differently? Because we are different. regards jay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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