3bob Posted November 22, 2015 (edited) "Is there fundamentalism in Hinduism" by Vamadeva at link to Patheos below: http://www.patheos.com/Resources/Additional-Resources/Is-There-Hindu-Fundamentalism Edited November 22, 2015 by 3bob 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dwai Posted December 3, 2015 "Is there fundamentalism in Hinduism" by Vamadeva at link to Patheos below: http://www.patheos.com/Resources/Additional-Resources/Is-There-Hindu-Fundamentalism I find the very notion that Hindu and Fundamentalism are used together ridiculous. Being a Hindu born and bred, I've always seen our tradition being very open, inclusive and non-dogmatic. Those who are trying to insinuate that there is something like Hindu fundamentalism are people with vested interests -- Evangelical christian missionaries, islamic orthodoxies and a massive population of marxist/socialist dogmatists. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
3bob Posted December 5, 2015 (edited) A sad thing to me when I was India: I got into a good conversations with several Indian people, one was a family man and we talked about several subjects including religion. His relatives were "good" Hindus but he said he didn't believe in God partly because of all the troubles in the world and I think because it's not uncommon for some Hindus or Indians to want to be like so called, "sophisticated, non-superstitious" people in the west. So I'm thinking to myself that he doesn't seem to realize that although Hinduism is not perfect with human beings involved - it is still a most tolerant, vast, rich, varied and vibrantly wonderful religion of truths and Truth in principle and in fact - as practiced for thousands of years in recorded history and also in unrecorded history as timeless Sanatana Dharma! Which btw. is everything I had no idea of when growing up and woefully lacked in such teachings and culture as a child, (although we had very watered down Christianity and some Hawaiian influence) thus and to me he was turning away from a possibly rich spiritual life rooted in Hinduism and instead embracing a so called sophisticated and often spiritually barren world of lost meaning in an often materialistic "west" ... Edited December 6, 2015 by 3bob 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dwai Posted December 8, 2015 A sad thing to me when I was India: I got into a good conversations with several Indian people, one was a family man and we talked about several subjects including religion. His relatives were "good" Hindus but he said he didn't believe in God partly because of all the troubles in the world and I think because it's not uncommon for some Hindus or Indians to want to be like so called, "sophisticated, non-superstitious" people in the west. So I'm thinking to myself that he doesn't seem to realize that although Hinduism is not perfect with human beings involved - it is still a most tolerant, vast, rich, varied and vibrantly wonderful religion of truths and Truth in principle and in fact - as practiced for thousands of years in recorded history and also in unrecorded history as timeless Sanatana Dharma! Which btw. is everything I had no idea of when growing up and woefully lacked in such teachings and culture as a child, (although we had very watered down Christianity and some Hawaiian influence) thus and to me he was turning away from a possibly rich spiritual life rooted in Hinduism and instead embracing a so called sophisticated and often spiritually barren world of lost meaning in an often materialistic "west" ... There are several "lost" generations in India. They were led to believe that being spiritual is bad, that Hindu dharma is retrogressive and in order to be successful in life, one has to adopt "liberal western" postures and mentalities. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
