Aryan Invasion/migration Theories & Debates -2

[Bodhi]

<!--QuoteBegin-Husky+Sep 17 2008, 06:03 PM-->QUOTE(Husky @ Sep 17 2008, 06:03 PM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->But why do I have to be put in a position where I have to choose between Rama/Krishna or the Vedas?
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Again, not sure what promted this inference from you. Where did the whole argument mention about choosing between the devinity of rAma/kR^iShNa and authority of veda-s? <i>Even if</i> one does not beleive in the avatAra-concept, do rAma/kR^iShNa/parashurAma/vArAha/... become any less venerable to him? Besides, like I said, avatAra-concept should be <i>acceptable</i> even if it originated post-veda. There are many post-vedic concepts we today find as core-values of mainstream sanAtana-dharma (e.g. vegetarianism). Problem comes when we try to retrofit such concepts forcefully back into veda-s (extreme sanAtanI-strain) or rejecting almost everything post-vedic as unacceptable (Arya-samAja-strain)

<!--QuoteBegin-Husky+Sep 17 2008, 06:03 PM-->QUOTE(Husky @ Sep 17 2008, 06:03 PM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->Life is too short to argue about things people are already in agreement with.
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