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Therefore there are a lot of variations in Hindu beliefs. Brahimins do not eat meat at all, not even eggs (majority) but rest all eat and a lot of them eat beef as well. There are many more myths prevailing about Hindus on our side of the border due to less contact with them.
Not very true.....apart from brahmins there are others also who dont take meat.
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Getting benefit of the thread i want to pose a question to Hindus, i have asked this question in person to few hindus as well but they all had never thought on this line so they said no answer could be possible and there is no link between the two situations.
According to Wikipedia Hindusim is the most tolerant belief system where there is a lot of freedom of action and no one bothers what others are doing, you can worship any diety you like etc and there has been no sectarian fights amongst Hinuds, but why their relations with other relations have at best been strained? i mean Muslims are known to quarrel all the time, once they can fight within themselves so much why not they can fight outside, but their relations with christians, sikhs and buddhs have not been good either. why they are so tolerant amonsgt themselves but not say very tolerant outside.
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According to Wikipedia Hindusim is the most tolerant belief system where there is a lot of freedom of action and no one bothers what others are doing, you can worship any diety you like etc and there has been no sectarian fights amongst Hinuds, but why their relations with other relations have at best been strained? i mean Muslims are known to quarrel all the time, once they can fight within themselves so much why not they can fight outside, but their relations with christians, sikhs and buddhs have not been good either. why they are so tolerant amonsgt themselves but not say very tolerant outside.
Yes....you can do anything you want!....whichever deity you like or even without deity. Aryasamajis and tamil ayyavazis dont worship through idols. There have been sectarian clashes. But extremely rare. They have not been very tolerant to outsiders because others tell that their prayers will not be accepted and ask to convert or else you will burn in hell!. In this forum itself, i have been asked to convert.
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Actually, we are technically Vedantists as we are followers of the four Vedas, but the name Hindu stuck because it was used by Persians.
Cow and Ox were sacrificed to Agni god (fire), meaning they were cremated. Hindus till date, cremate their dead. Besides, there are 8-10 verses in the Rigveda and other vedas that prohibit cow slaughter and treat cows as goddess.
According to Wikipedia Hindusim is the most tolerant belief system where there is a lot of freedom of action and no one bothers what others are doing, you can worship any diety you like etc and there has been no sectarian fights amongst Hinuds, but why their relations with other relations have at best been strained? but their relations with christians, sikhs and buddhs have not been good either. why they are so tolerant amonsgt themselves but not say very tolerant outside.
Hindus and Sikhs are brothers or cousins, because of which Sikhs joined Hindus in migrating to India during partition.
There was a tradition of making the first born Hindu son a Sikh in India.
What Bhindranwale did was what Akbar Bugti did in Pakistan. There is no animosity at all between Sikhs and Hindus which is evident by the fact that Indira Gandhi kept Sikh bodyguards !!
The same Congress also has a Sikh PM now.
I don't know where you got information about Buddhist and Hindu differences. There have been none.
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Tommygun is back after a long long time !!!!!!!!!!
it is so funny that muslims always have the same set of misconceptions and even after a clarification, the misconception is still super-glued to their heads
I have on this forum over and over and over again told ppl that in eastern cultures, the mannerism or action to show reverence and worship is the same...... but to no avail.... i am absolutely certain that in 6 weeks from now, the same topic will be out soon
So here goes:
Cows are revered **by hindus **NOT worshipped
Why are they revered?
Cow provides Milk which in turn makes butter which in turn makes Ghee
all beneficial to humans
Bulls provide transport and plough the field.... thats why they are revered
And it is this reverence for nature that helps keep ecological balance all animals are revered, eagles, snakes, peacocks, etc EVEN the wild boar!!!
On this i have a question to muslims.... if pigs are so filthy and dirty and all muslims are to hate them for perpetuity, why did allah make em?!!!
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then you are not a hindu
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Cow and Ox were sacrificed to Agni god (fire), meaning they were cremated. Hindus till date, cremate their dead. Besides, there are 8-10 verses in the Rigveda and other vedas that prohibit cow slaughter and treat cows as goddess.
Hindus and Sikhs are brothers or cousins, because of which Sikhs joined Hindus in migrating to India during partition. There was a tradition of making the first born Hindu son a Sikh in India.
What Bhindranwale did was what Akbar Bugti did in Pakistan. There is no animosity at all between Sikhs and Hindus which is evident by the fact that Indira Gandhi kept Sikh bodyguards !! The same Congress also has a Sikh PM now.
I don't know where you got information about Buddhist and Hindu differences. There have been none.
Abhiman
where you got this info from ( bolded part above )
cow (kamadhenu) which is the first thing which come out of during ksheera sagara madhanam
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do they eat cow then? those frens of urs? if not then ask em y?
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ok.. thats strange. Then who is a hindu those who dont eat cows. have you started giving fatwas and declaring who is hindu and who is not.
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I am a Hindu and I do not Kobe beef coz it is too expensive like $80 a kilo. I eat beef when it is on sale. My family is devoted lover of rib eye steak. I am forced to eat less beef due to cholesterol and saturated fat it has. We really never worshipped cows in India, didn't eat them either. No particular reason, just that Hindus around us did not do it.
Most Hindus living in north America love beef. Now you know all about Hinduism.
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Religion - Hinduism is more spiritual and has evolved over thousands of years. Most of the Muslims find this hard to understand - because for you Religion is to be learnt, and if you don't learn it well & follow it - you will be punished.
It is a different concept altogether. The Hindu thoughts have influenced Buddhism and Sikhism.
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Here the COW and see what the link says at the bottom.
The image here illustrates the Hindu belief that each part of the cow embodies a particular deity. For example, Brahma (the creator of the Universe in Hinduism) is her back, while Lord Vishnu](Vishnu - Wikipedia) is her throat. To the right, a man is seen as protecting the cow from being slaughthered.
SOURCE: File:Cowdivine.jpg - Wikipedia
So how come you say cow is not god? I think you yourself are confused ssingh.
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^ Wikipedia. An very reliable source (especially when it comes to things as concrete as this). 
Plus, I don’t see what you think you’re doing trying to tell people what their religion is all about. He’s a Hindu himself, I THINK he might know more than you on this, yea?
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Getting it from wikipedia???..but still let me answer
I am highlighting the word embodies over there
The meaning of embodies is
Verb: embody em’bódee
Embody means sybolizes. again dont think that god is within a cow so worship. No doubt in hinduism presence of divinity is acknowledged within every being or everthing is a part of that supreme soul. But it doesn’t mean that you should worship.
Besides, i didn’t find any such description in any scriptures. Besides, it quiet obvious it is not be taken literally. it has to be taken symbolically.
Also, in vedas you will find something like “destroy the hill”…it doesn’t mean that the usual meaning of hill. It is hill of ignorance!
You will also find “O surya, you are driven by seven horses”…it doesn’t mean that the sun has seven horses. It means light composed of seven colors (VIBGYOR)…or seven chakras mentioned in raja yoga (if you are familiar with yoga u will know)..if you want i can give link to this. Poems are not to be interpreted literally. I am not cooking up anything neither do i acknowledge that hinduism has been perfect or for that matter any religion is perfect. and my understanding is correct.
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Besides even the link you gave doesn't say to worship a cow
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as such i dont want to talk about god too much.....
besides, hinduism does acknowledge this....
"you are within the system, so the system should be within you, me, him, her, those animals etc etc."
and that system is usually referred to as God.
But, it doen't mean that you should worship!
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No, actually we don’t find this hard to understand. Only things that are man made will evolve, such as Hinduism, which has evolved from a series of myths to what people here are trying to describe it as. Muslims believe that there are only 3 religions, being the 3 Abrahamic faiths. I mean no disrespect, but as far as Muslims are concerned, any “religion” as you put it, that doesn’t believe in the prophets of the 3 Abrahamic faiths, are not religions, but rather a man made mythical belief system. It’s really that simple. This doesn’t mean that we are to disrespect people who belief these myths, since as a Muslim, we are to respect everyone, but as far as I’m concerned, there’s no way I’d call Hinduism a “religion” sent down by God.
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^^^there are no myths involved in upanishads/vedanta. ...hinduism doesn't start with ramayana and end with ramanaya. Besides, even i dont believe that these abrahamic faiths have much to offer, what they say i already know and i dont need them to make me understand......My inclination will be only towards mainly buddhism, hinduism, sikhism and jainism. But this doesn't mean that i also disrespect any faith or even those who dont have any faith.
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well...it doesnt matter whether u call hinduisum a religion sent down by god or not. The bottomline is we all are same except our belief. we all have to work ,eat to survive. as a person u follow islam but other than ur beliefs what makes u different from other human being.dont u have to breathe air or ur belief brings u great luck. noone knows what is there after death so that is useless to talk about.its only the belief which u follow rest everything is same.
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Talking about myths, i will say this here. everybody seems to be pointing out myths in other faiths. Let me point myths in islam
There is a "story" that reports a "fable" that Muhammad, one night, rode on Buraq, a winged horse, that flew him from some mosque and from there to the seventh heaven in the sky where he was shown the hells and the paradises and then taken to the presence of Allah
winged horse???.....heaven and hell??
somebody said he travelled at the speed of light (which violates the very law of science actually), it takes nearly 8 years to travel around the solar system and nearly 25 billion years to reach the farthest points of this universe
if Muhammad could travel from medina to the place of Allah in a "winged horse(?????)", in one day, then Allahs place must not be far off from medina......... talk about "myths"....good..every faith seems to have myths
Allah (SWT) is a name. You might want to use title casing. -Sadiyah
