01-05-2009, 07:35 PM
Husky:
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->So you're *still* left with only 1 data point: the Shaiva text/Shaiva traditions regarding this. (And if that is taken as true, then the other bit can be taken as equally true: that the Digambara Jainas initiated the strife.)<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Agreed. We do not have much info to work with. I also agree that Jainas monks instigated a lot of this.
You are right, there is no religious sanction to commit atrocities in the Indic religious sects. Check out the yahoo groups: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ponniyinselvan/
The group is good, and discusses history but now and then some contemporary issues get discussed - which is not encouraged. Search for "Muslim Invaders vs Chola Invaders", you will see what I mean. And it is really not a pseduo-secular group either.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->So you're *still* left with only 1 data point: the Shaiva text/Shaiva traditions regarding this. (And if that is taken as true, then the other bit can be taken as equally true: that the Digambara Jainas initiated the strife.)<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Agreed. We do not have much info to work with. I also agree that Jainas monks instigated a lot of this.
You are right, there is no religious sanction to commit atrocities in the Indic religious sects. Check out the yahoo groups: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ponniyinselvan/
The group is good, and discusses history but now and then some contemporary issues get discussed - which is not encouraged. Search for "Muslim Invaders vs Chola Invaders", you will see what I mean. And it is really not a pseduo-secular group either.