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    Hindu Monotheism

    That is untrue. I am trying to see how all the "pieces" fit together based on what I understand to be competing philosophies or theologies of what is called "Hinduism" at least as expressed by traditional religion versus that of Vedanta, Arya Samaj etc. Indeed, the strict monotheists have argued...
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    Hindu Monotheism

    Check Wikipedia. It was a strictly monotheistic movement within Hinduism perhaps similar to Sikhism. Punjab seems to have produced alot of interesting religious activity.
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    Hindu Monotheism

    Thank you for the link. I am reading now also about Brahmo Samaj. I never knew that some Hindus had the bizarre practice of a widow throwing herself on the pyre to die with her husband. In any event, did these reformist leaders (Periyava, Vivekananda, Saraswati, etc.) want to sweep away from the...
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    Hindu Monotheism

    Actually I'm just mentioning what I've read online.
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    Hindu Monotheism

    I just read about the Arye Samaj and Dayanand Saraswati. Very interesting man indeed, along with Vivekananda.....
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    Hindu Monotheism

    Just asking if ordinary Hindus are drawn to the Satnami etc.?
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    Hindu Monotheism

    That's interesting. I am familiar with the Sikhs and have always found their ideas interesting. I never heard about the other two sects, although I believe the Sikhs refer to Satu nam in their prayers. Are these other two very small sects? Do Indian Hindus have any interest in their beliefs...
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    Hindu Monotheism

    Then what would be a sect of Sanatana Dharma who focus only on the formless Supreme Creator?
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    Easy comparison of forms of Buddhism?

    I suppose one could argue that the essential ideas of Buddhism could get lost. How do theistic Buddhists address this problem?? On the other hand couldn't a Buddhist claim he was seeking merging with God in non-dualistic ways?
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    Easy comparison of forms of Buddhism?

    I never knew that there are so many different sects of Buddhism, including ones that revere other Buddhas besides Gautama, or are theistic. How did they all emerge??
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    Hindu Monotheism

    Only because there may be people who would like to bypass everything. What should they do?
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    Hindu Monotheism

    Would there be a problem bypassing all the carryovers of multiple deities and myths even if he connected it to Buddhism or Vedantic philosophy?
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    Hindu Monotheism

    Because might dispute thet Buddha had any connection to religion....
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    Easy comparison of forms of Buddhism?

    I see the book promotes the Dalai Lama on its cover......(!!)
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    Hindu Monotheism

    What would happen, Kirran, if a Hindu wanted simply to bypass all the cultural and inherited accretions and become a devotee of God as Narayana/Brahman/Brahma to the exclusion of all else (even if those names had been inherited from the primitive cultures preceding the Vedas)??
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    Hindu Monotheism

    Yes, you're right at least for Mahayana Buddhism. No reason then to exclude divinity in all this, although the west does it out of hand. I have a feeling that Gautama, if he existed, was a very "religious" person......
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    Hindu Monotheism

    More than just interesting here, that's for sure. To get everything upside down. I would assume Sanskrit scholars in India could straighten this all out. Interesting also about the word for death, since in Europe the word can be muerte, mort, morte, and in Russian smyert. While in Hebrew it's...
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    Easy comparison of forms of Buddhism?

    I have read some comparisons of forms of Buddhism, i.e. Mahayana and Thervada, but much of the discussion is so far way above me. Is there any kind of "Buddhism for Dummies" charts or comparisons that would be good for an initial understanding of them? Years ago I had read books by Suzuki and...
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    Hindu Monotheism

    I understood that, but the messiah is not only relevant for the individual but for mankind as a whole. Because it seems that Buddhism and even Hinduism do not provide what Judaism and Christianity and Islam do, a form of hope for the future of all of mankind, regardless of whether they are...
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    Hindu Monotheism

    No, I meant the communication of ideas and understanding of concepts. But I am fascinated by the idea of how potentially things in Hinduism could be so badly communicated because of ambiguities in Sanskrit that you describe.
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