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    Attachment to the Impermanent

    Corrected....."dynamic" in my posting.
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    Attachment to the Impermanent

    Crossfire, but dynamic change itself is permanent. And who determines the criteria for authentic Upaya to determine which Buddhist teachings are authentic for the purpose intended?
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    Attachment to the Impermanent

    How can Buddhism be considered non-theistic when the Buddha's own supposed sutras talk about Avalokitesvara and Amitabha Buddhas supreme beings who literally save anyone who believes in them and chants their names??!! Don't all Buddhists know about them?!
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    Attachment to the Impermanent

    In another point, isn't impermanence itself being defined as a "permanent reality" according to the philosophy that there is no permanent reality?!
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    Attachment to the Impermanent

    I don't see how this reply relates to my most recent posting.
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    Attachment to the Impermanent

    How does the fact of impermanence or "emptiness" according to the Buddha relate to the actual NON-IMPERMANENCE of the physical world with its laws of physics, chemistry etc. If a person jumps off a building he will kill himself very permanently. If he doesn't eat he will very permanently die of...
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    Hindu Monotheism

    So in your opinion no one else may be consulted for other opinions such as Saraswati it's either "my way or the highwsh"......
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    Hindu Monotheism

    Luis, you asked me a question and I replied. What's the problem?
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    Hindu Monotheism

    Read it online yourself. It's there, especially chapters7, 11 and 12. There is in his view a stark distinction between the Veda religion and what is called Hinduism.
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    Hindu Monotheism

    In reading through chapter 7 of this online English version of Satyarth Prakash we find that Dayanad Saraswati was very politically incorrect and had very strong opinions. He basically distinguishes between the authentic religion of the Vedas and the corrupted teachings found in everything else...
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    Hindu Monotheism

    I most certainly am paying attention. I am asking Marcion about his perspective.
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    Hindu Monotheism

    Marcion, are you arguing for the idea that the Vedas were somehow merging primitive polytheism with mystical monotheism? I have been asking Hindus why so many Hindus require the multiple deity system if all their orientation is to the single Supreme God whether named Brahma, Shiva, Vishnu...
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    Where did Sikhism come from?

    I always understood that Sikhism sort of just appeared out of nowhere in the 15th century under the leadership of Guru Nanak and the developed subsequently under the following Gurus. But isn't it likely that there was some kind of religious ferment prior to the 15th century that was "pre-Sikh"...
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    Hindu "Nationalism" in India

    I have been watching some interesting videos about the popular maligning of the Hindu movement as being far-right fanatical, etc. However, there are problems of prejudice by the old political establishment in India to de-emphasize Hinduism as much as possible, which is something that the Modi...
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    Hindu Monotheism

    What I have been wondering about is how Hindus viewed the nature of ancient theology of the Egyptians, Romans and Greeks inasmuch as they had multiple deities. Insofar as the Bible is concerned, I'd be interested in how Vedic Hindus view the nature of the covenantal world of the Old Testament...
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    Hindu Monotheism

    What does skin color have to do with this? In any case, you may have a point about projecting something onto something else in this case, the Vedas. I would like to see what a Hindu would say about your comments on the origins of the Vedas and the religion of the first Vedic believers. On the...
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    Hindu Monotheism

    Is it OK if a ask what some might consider a stupid question? That's not a bad disclaimer I hope. Anyway, is there a way that Hindu teachings would differentiate between the avatar and the atman even with the named deities, on the one hand, and the religions of the Greeks, Romans and Egyptians...
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    Hindu Monotheism

    Then how do you understand the views of Swami Vivekananda and Dayanand Saraswati for instance about religion and the Vedas???
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    Hindu Monotheism

    Then I must restate that I am not imposing anything. I am simply trying to put the pieces of the puzzle together as an outsider. Please read my reply to Marcion. It's the same issue. And Dayanand Sarwaswati and Vivekananda are to be asked whether they did seek to change or reinterpret the Vedas...
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    Hindu Monotheism

    I do understand your point, but then how do you understand the approach of people such as Dayanand Saraswati in asserting that the Vedas were solely monotheistic? It means simply that he did not see any problem, or that the Supreme God is too mysterious for our human minds. Did he want to...
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