Post 93:<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->But it is easier to answere what we should NOT do. We must not react to Sikhs/Jains in the same way as some of them attack Hinduism. We must understand the situation, and act very carefully. We got to bring back the samarasata between all these faiths. Sikhs, Jains, Bauddha are not like muslims and Christos.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd--><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->What do we do then? Definitely not ignore or forget, certainly not attack back. Something, which will really start the inter-faith dialog amongst all these faiths... else we shall be playing into the designs of macaulian secularist-leftist-missionaries.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->Completely agree with this. There are separatists (Khalistanis), modern 'Buddhist' movements in India, p-secs, communists, and missionary-incited troublemakers who would like nothing better than that Hindus take these few voices of dissent (and yes, the voices are few, though the internet has the power to multiply these baiters to the point where they seem the majority) and assume they speak for all Jains,...
The worst thing we could do is to end all acceptance from our side based on these vocal yet non-representative whiners.
Therefore, even if we need not focus on their communities as such, we must leave ourselves open to them so that they know they will always be accepted either as respected co-religions or as part of the Hindu fold (however it is they identify themselves).
As Bodhi observed, if we break things off from our end and reciprocate in similar fashion, we will most definitely only be serving the objectives of the separatist forces.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->A Jain lady once told me to be sympathetic about a freak --> have pity on him, he has been born in an un-arya land, he will eventually grow up.. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->Nice.
The worst thing we could do is to end all acceptance from our side based on these vocal yet non-representative whiners.
Therefore, even if we need not focus on their communities as such, we must leave ourselves open to them so that they know they will always be accepted either as respected co-religions or as part of the Hindu fold (however it is they identify themselves).
As Bodhi observed, if we break things off from our end and reciprocate in similar fashion, we will most definitely only be serving the objectives of the separatist forces.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->A Jain lady once told me to be sympathetic about a freak --> have pity on him, he has been born in an un-arya land, he will eventually grow up.. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->Nice.