History of jainism

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Re: History of jainism

@queer

this may be true today, but even as recently as 200 years ago, hinduism wasn’t as homogenized or standardized as it is today. present mainstream hinduism has assimilated many ideas and deities from various other elements in the subcontinent, else we would all be praying to indra and sacrificing horses (ashvamedha).** there is no mention of moksha or karma in the vedas.** these were developed into hinduism by those that compiled the upanishads. and at that time, there were more “religions”/schools of thought in india that at least coexisted side by side with vedic brahmanism, if not preceeded its arrival into the region. when it comes to ideas and philosophies, it is harder to distinguish given that 2000+ years have passed, but with deities this is more obvious.

for eg., in kerala, one of the most important temples is the temple of muthappan. literally, muthappan means “wise old man”. it is a hindu temple, and nowadays people try to say muthappan is shiva. but folklore on muthappan is completely distinct from shiva. and devotees bring fish and coconut toddy as offerings. you show this to mainstream hindus from north india, they’d get a heart attack. but technically this is hinduism now.

unlike quran/bible vedas doesn’t have ultimate guide on hindu life,you have to take bhagavadgita into consideration…
also hinduism is passed on in many forms like story tellings,folk songs through years not just books…
about moska/karma buddhism/jainism were not like 2000 years compare to hinduism,you have scriptures on them,infact gautama buddha met many sadhus during is journey to nirvana…

about the last part dude to be honest,there are many such kind of temples who are also known as village goddess(animals are sacrificed) who protect villages from evil spirits,they are every where in south india read sangam literature they have been worshipped since ancient times,about them been hindu gods there are many stories like this goddess are part of shakti mother of all gods
Also on mainstream hindus from north india give me a break the man nehru himself said you can find many of the Ancient hindu/vedic ritiuals preserved better in southern part of india, most of the temples in north don’t even use sanskrit for vedic mantras like here in south they chant everything in local languages,even to this day many vedic riutials like yagas are performed in truest form in south…
even classical music in south stayed close to bhakti moment where as hindustani had many changes
i think this has lot to do with brahmins down the south compare to their nothern part,but the lower caste are more close to tribal worshipping like village goddess btw this temples don’t a brahmin priest

we have both kind of hindus down south,who praticise in purest form as well as totally opposite to the texts