Re: Respecting other religions - difference amongst muslims
Muslims are about 40% in my Home town and they celebrate , Sri Rama navami, ganesh chaviti, and on our New year Day (Ugadhi) they stand in temple queue for darshan, i will post the pictures of the women wearing burqa and standing in temple 'Q' for Darshan (i have to search for photos in old news papers)
then they have deviated far away from their religion. They will come to know about it if they start readng their scriptures!
Re: Respecting other religions - difference amongst muslims
then they have deviated far away from their religion. They will come to know about it if they start readng their scriptures!
According to this if muslims respect other religious practitioners (as to their belief) then they are not muslims?
On the other hand if they don't, then they are a intolerant bunch.
Wonder what muslims should do acc to you
Re: Respecting other religions - difference amongst muslims
Hello StirCrasy This is indeed very good observation. The Gita, and Vedas in general, have been highly inflienced by the Avista of the religion of light: Zoroastrianism. As such, I have no doubt that its teachings would have many similarities to Semitic faiths which share this common origin.
Ofcourse there are as you say a lot of similarities between Aevsta and Rg Veda but Rg Veda came earlier than Avesta. There are a number of theories about the age of either but even the oldest claim Avestan age is younger than the youngest claim of the Rg Veda (the latter in that case is claimed to have preceded by a few centuries (Rig Veda 1100 to 1700 BC).
The Rig Veda is actually even older than that - new research is just being done since so far most of the Hindu history has been based what people like Max Mueler with their very limited understanding of the Hinduism said. Plus things like the discovery of the submerged city of Dwarka in the 80's and further astronomical corelations are comprehensively proving that the Aryan invasion theory is WRONG and that the great Vedas and the Sanathana Dharma are much more ancient!
Re: Respecting other religions - difference amongst muslims
According to this if muslims respect other religious practitioners (as to their belief) then they are not muslims?
Going to "pagan" places of worship and bowing before their gods is not advised by quran. It is against it.
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Neither will I ever accept that there is something called heaven/hell after death as preached by islam. But still i don't consider myself intolerant. Anyone can believe anything they want!
Re: Respecting other religions - difference amongst muslims
Ofcourse there are as you say a lot of similarities between Aevsta and Rg Veda but Rg Veda came earlier than Avesta. There are a number of theories about the age of either but even the oldest claim Avestan age is younger than the youngest claim of the Rg Veda (the latter in that case is claimed to have preceded by a few centuries (Rig Veda 1100 to 1700 BC).
The Rig Veda is actually even older than that - new research is just being done since so far most of the Hindu history has been based what people like Max Mueler with their very limited understanding of the Hinduism said. Plus things like the discovery of the submerged city of Dwarka in the 80's and further astronomical corelations are comprehensively proving that the Aryan invasion theory is WRONG and that the great Vedas and the Sanathana Dharma are much more ancient!
Indeed, but there could me something even older than the two; and from what I understand about Ugarit and Suamrian texts, that may very well be the case. I too am not exactly sure of the invasion theory...
Re: Respecting other religions - difference amongst muslims
Stricrasy,
Why are you proud for being a Hindu Brahmin? You didn't do anything to make it happen. Your parents did and what they did to make you a Hindu Brahmin wasn't exactly unpleasant, at least I hope it wasn't.
Re: Respecting other religions - difference amongst muslims
Stricrasy,
Why are you proud for being a Hindu Brahmin? You didn't do anything to make it happen. Your parents did and what they did to make you a Hindu Brahmin wasn't exactly unpleasant, at least I hope it wasn't.
??? I shouldn't be getting involved in this, but why would you say something like that?
Re: Respecting other religions - difference amongst muslims
Stricrasy,
Why are you proud for being a Hindu Brahmin? You didn't do anything to make it happen. Your parents did and what they did to make you a Hindu Brahmin wasn't exactly unpleasant, at least I hope it wasn't.
There goes the thread down the toilet! What's going to prevent him from asking you if you were born of immaculate conception or worse?
I hope you meant it as a joke and if so may be clarify
Re: Respecting other religions - difference amongst muslims
Stricrasy,
Why are you proud for being a Hindu Brahmin? You didn't do anything to make it happen. Your parents did and what they did to make you a Hindu Brahmin wasn't exactly unpleasant, at least I hope it wasn't.
My first reaction was to chide you for the flippant remarks but I want to give you the benefit of doubt that you tried a joke and ended up with a silly one.
As you probably have heard birth is part of the karmic cycle and first, to be borne in the right household such as mine to my parents means that I have accumulated a lot good karma...so that is the first thing to be proud about.
To be then educated as a good Brahmin through examples of piety, humilty, knowledge, Bhakthi and and respect - that is the upbringing I am proud of.
To then be able freely think, learn, work on things I like, to be with people I like, to be able to influence others with goodness and be able to provide help and assistance....yup proud living
And to do all this knowing that my Vedic base, to now be able to read and understand some parts of it and be able to pronounce the slokhas, the mantras and the jabhas ...the way they are supposed to and thus be able to glimpse into the power of clarity and crystaline knowledge embedded in each of them.....how else could I get that experience but for my Hindi Brahmin birth, upbringing and practice? You don'y have to be born a Brahmin to get to this point but it sure helps.
I wish hope and pray everyone will get a chance to experience this ...if not in this birth, in the forthcoming ones!
Jai Hind!
Sri Rama Jayam!
Aum Namo Bhagavade Vasudevaya!