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Umesh:
As you know, we have two
levels of Hinduism or rather Hinduisms. The popular Hinduisms are the
what common people do by tradition. All the pujas (Durga puja, Swaraswati puja,
Lakshmi Puja, Jagadhatri Puja, Ganesh Puja, Hanuman Puja, Kali Puja, Ogni Puja,
Shiva Linga puja, etc) will definitely fall into these. Vedic Yagnas will
also fall into these.
The higher kind of Hinduisms are
the so called spiritual Hinduisms when one follows the Upanishad paths. The
modern Brahmo Samaj (which incidentally failed) was also designed to represent
this higher Hinduisms aimed at union with the Brahman and the Atman - the Hindu
ideal of creation. This was definitely an attempt to copy Christianity.
I will have to refresh my reading.
I think Dr Radhakrishnan also talks abut these different layers of
Hinduisms.
People normally participate in
these popular Hinduisms. When asked to justify why they are doing all these
pujas, they try to say the Brahman-Atman theory as a defense.
More later
RB
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Sent: Monday, June 26, 2006 11:36
AM
Subject: Re: [Assam] Blue bloods for UN
Chief - UN reform?? Tharoor=
Rajen-da,
What is popular Hinduism? Do you mean going to temples and praying at the
altars is popular Hinduism (and is bad)? Or it is performing all those
rituals -similar to those perfomred at Vatican by Pope or at Ajmer's Dargah
Sharief or at Golden Temple , Amritsar .
>Gautum Buddha was one, Nehru was another as was Ashoka and also
somewhat Mahatma Gandhi ---but they all >displayed a streak common to
all. Later in their lives they lived among the common man -shoulder to
shoulder-in >slums and amongst poverty and even through violence?
Good observation. What is also
common to these people none of them were orthodox Hindus but were supporters
of the secular path and none of them believed in the so called popular
Hinduism.
RB
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Saturday, June 24, 2006 3:37
PM
Subject: [Assam] Blue bloods for UN
Chief - UN reform?? Tharoor=MahatmaGandhi=Nehru
Hi,
I checked the bio fo Shashi Tharoor -India's nominee for UN Chief
post. Seems like a blue blood (like Rajiv Gandhi or Rahul Gandhi) born in
London raised in India and US. Which Indian can afford to have children in
UK -even now?
Well, we must not be biased against blue bloods -after all Gautum
Buddha was one, Nehru was another as was Ashoka and also somewhat Mahatma
Gandhi ---but they all displayed a streak common to all. Later in their
lives they lived among the common man -shoulder to shoulder-in slums and
amongst poverty and even through violence?
As United Nations Chief - these are the qualities the candidate
should have -besides a knack for organizational reform. Does Shashi
Tharoor have them? Has he engaged in dramatic organizational reform, has
he suffered poverty or developed empathy for the poor and the oppressed by
staying for long stints in his life/career among them. His life and career
seems to have started in country's capitals or metros (London [birth] to
Mumbai and Delhi [education] to Boston [education] to
Geneva[work at UN] etc) and ended therein
Any comments ?
Umesh
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