Sanathana Dharma - will this continue its record of longivity?

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Re: Sanathana Dharma - will this continue its record of longivity?

@lethal_kamikaze

Peace all,

If the principles are inherent to the cosmos, than these cosmos, I guess have ability or power to teach the same principles to other then Hindus too. I wonder why these cosmos just sticked to the ‘hindus’?

mdroshan, I believe being an oldest book/scripture doesn’t means it is the correct book which should be followed. However, to gain better knowledge of right and wrong, one must fully read and understand his/her (oldest) book/scripture that what it is actually talking about, what that book/scripture tells us. Nevertheless similarities between different books/scriptures must be highlighted rather then differences, but unfortunately, we prefer to discuss differences rather then similarities and I guess this is the reason we are far far behind from being called/seen as humanity.

Please note that Imam Mahdi is not a Prophet but he is an Imam. There is a huge difference between a Prophet & Imam. Furthermore, He will not going to teach something new but will re-teach the same ‘Islam’, which will completely forgotten by the Muslim Ummah.

I recommend you to read a book ‘Muhammad in the VEDAS and the PURANAS’, written by Dr. Ved Prakash Upaddhayaya who is a Research scholar in Sanskrit at Prayag University. If you need a soft copy then feel free to pm me your email, will send it to you definitely

I am not saying Hinduism has the correct answer to everything (or even most things). What I am saying is that if the Imam Mahdi (pbuh) were to appear and Hindus begin to follow him, they will accept whatever he preaches no matter if he contradicts some Hindu text - meaning Hindus are flexible enough to adjust to new teachings from new Spiritual Teachers.

However, if the Imam contradicts something in the Bible, many Christians will refuse to follow him. If he contradicts something in the Koran - many Muslims (most Muslims?) will not believe in him anymore.

As for whether he will teach anything new, I think we should leave it up to him. He is not bound by any book as to what he should do. I am sure he will do whatever is best for humanity.

However, it is my personal belief that he will come as a teacher with new teachings. Hindus believe (or at least I do) that Avatars such as him come periodically to the world with new teachings to expand upon existing one. It is like Quantum mechanics expanding upon Newtonian mechanics - it does not contradict old religion doctrines, just gives more detailed information.

For example, if the Imam Mahdi says reincarnation is a fact, how many Muslims or Christians will follow him? (I am not saying he will, maybe he will say reincarnation is totally false, who knows?).