04-15-2007, 11:24 PM
<!--QuoteBegin-Ashok Kumar+Apr 15 2007, 10:56 PM-->QUOTE(Ashok Kumar @ Apr 15 2007, 10:56 PM)<!--QuoteEBegin--><!--QuoteBegin-Bodhi+Apr 15 2007, 10:23 PM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Bodhi @ Apr 15 2007, 10:23 PM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->The day, when Jain literature will be studied in full, will be the day when several of lost links of our history will come to light. I am no scholar, and yet when I read any of the Jaina text, I get this feeling.Â
Of all pauranik literature of Bharat - Jainas have best preserved the most accurate historic and cultural treasure of Bharat - less poetically, more scientifically. Especially on Ayurveda and Mathematics, we shall have a wealth of information from Jaina literature. Need faithful, honest, indigenous scholarly research.
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This question is both to Bodhi and Shiv (sengotuvel):
Does/should the hindu narrative include Jaina, Bauddha and Sikh narrative or not?
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IMO it must.
In fact "Hindu narrative" must also include what has been done to it by Chrsitianity and Islam. The Hindu narrative naturally includes even the relationship between Judaism and Zoroastrianism and Hindus.
A narrative is a narrative. A story that tells ones view accurately without pulling any punches. There is no room for allowing YOUR story to be told and spread by a group who are obviously antagonistic to you. That has happened and our narrative must be reclaimed.
Every single Hindu has a narrative, or a story to tell (an autobiography of sorts) about himself and his beliefs. That is his narrative. The collective narratives of ALL Hindus is the Hindu narrative. The greater the number of Hindus who pitch in with their narrative the more form it gets and the more the consensus that can be reached about what binds rather than the story about what divided that has been spread about Hindus by others writing our narrative.
People like Vivekananda sensed the collective narrative by travelling and meeting people all over. Funnily enough, even Naipaul sensed it.
Of all pauranik literature of Bharat - Jainas have best preserved the most accurate historic and cultural treasure of Bharat - less poetically, more scientifically. Especially on Ayurveda and Mathematics, we shall have a wealth of information from Jaina literature. Need faithful, honest, indigenous scholarly research.
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This question is both to Bodhi and Shiv (sengotuvel):
Does/should the hindu narrative include Jaina, Bauddha and Sikh narrative or not?
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IMO it must.
In fact "Hindu narrative" must also include what has been done to it by Chrsitianity and Islam. The Hindu narrative naturally includes even the relationship between Judaism and Zoroastrianism and Hindus.
A narrative is a narrative. A story that tells ones view accurately without pulling any punches. There is no room for allowing YOUR story to be told and spread by a group who are obviously antagonistic to you. That has happened and our narrative must be reclaimed.
Every single Hindu has a narrative, or a story to tell (an autobiography of sorts) about himself and his beliefs. That is his narrative. The collective narratives of ALL Hindus is the Hindu narrative. The greater the number of Hindus who pitch in with their narrative the more form it gets and the more the consensus that can be reached about what binds rather than the story about what divided that has been spread about Hindus by others writing our narrative.
People like Vivekananda sensed the collective narrative by travelling and meeting people all over. Funnily enough, even Naipaul sensed it.