>The centerstage of the debate is.......whether or not, tribals have been a part of Hinduism.
The answer depends on which Hinduism you are talking about:
1) Hinduism by which we mean the reliogions of the people on the east of the river Indus other than Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Sikhism etc.
2) Hinduism as defined by the modern Hindu scholars (Ram Mohan roy, Radhakrishnan, Dayanand Saraswati, Swami Vevekananda, and others).
If you mean Hinduism (1) then all Tribals living in India belong to Hinduism. But if you mean Hinduism (2), then it is doubtful how many tribals may be classified into Hinduism.
So you get your pick.
Rajen Barua
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>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: [Assam] re: conversion & supreme court
>Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2003 21:48:20 EDT
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>In a message dated 9/15/03 11:24:08 AM Central Daylight Time,
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> > (mind it he is called the Father of Modern India) and others who redifined
> > Hinduism stating that Animism, Idol Worship etc are not parts of proper
> > Hindusim.>>
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> > The focus of this discussion is not about the faults and deficiencies of the
> > Hindu religion. The centerstage of the debate is.......whether or not,
> > tribals have been a part of Hinduism. The available datas clearly points in the
> > affirmative. Gandhiji once remarked, "we were strangers to this sort of
> > classification....animist/aborginist etc, because I know that inspite of being
> > described as animist these tribes have, from times immemorial have been absorbed
> > in Hinduism. They are like the indigenous medicine, of the soil, and their
> > roots lies deep there." Anyway, what is the difference between Hindu form of
> > worship and the tribal's animism? Hindus too worship snakes on Nag Panchami,
> > trees on Vat Savitri and cows.
> >
> > KJD.
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