Sanatana Dharma - Aka Hinduism (2nd Bin)

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<!--emo&--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo--> gangajali ji ,what can i say thank you for patiently explaining the various links requested .

Sunder ji yes definetly the purpose of the thread is to find out ,why our ancestors did what they did , agreed we are not aiming for an utopian world but somewhow the stance i would like to go along is the compassionate and god realized sages would have set in place a very harmonious system.

<!--emo&--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo--> often in the discussion i see that you hold sankara's position to be very high , i might not be capable of questioning sankara but somewhere deep down ,like gangajali ji said could it not have been the discrepancies in the words of a young sankara ,cause the only person of authority running contrary to the above model is sankara's intrepretation.

Which also throws in a question , should not some of the customs be adapted with time , will it not serve hinduism better , there might be universal truths and principles which are valid over all the ages, even if it is proved the ancestors did follow something ,is it necessary to be followed today.

agreed it might be the identification with the deha which gives rise to the above thoughts ,but being in the world some amount of identification will take place for the day to day activities to take place ,without which even a defence of hinduism is not possible , <!--emo&--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo--> if the enemy is not perceived as the enemy but as narayana how will a man even strike him.

I guess this topic can be argued for ages , maybe only a context wise intrepretation will serve the purpose ,maybe thats what i would like to beleive <!--emo&--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo--> .