04-18-2010, 05:56 PM
[quote name='Bharatvarsh2' date='04 April 2010 - 05:21 AM' timestamp='1270338239' post='105626']
I bet not one of those idiots knows Sanskrit or Tamil and rely on motivated translations for their half baked knowledge (like the article on how brahmins supposedly "destroyed" the bhagavata "revolution").
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It is said that Ramanujacharya meditating in the forest was like the crucifixion of Jesus. I do not like abrahamic concepts in our culture. Ours is a great and pure philosophy, uncontaminated by all the man-made stuff. Whether you are advaitin, shaivite, vaishnavite, dvaitin, it doesn't matter, you are all at a more elevated position than those practicing christianity.
And no, you are mistaken if you think pancha samskaram was borrowed from baptism. The practice of Bhakti and Vaishnavism is older than Christianity. Two proofs: 1) Heliodorus Column, where a greek pledges that he has become a Vaishnava, erected in 113 BC, 2) Megasthenes visit to India in 3rd Century BC, where He acknowledges Vaishnavism. Plus, the Mora Well inscriptions.
All this Predates Christianity. Ramanujacharya did not 'introduce' Pancha Samskaram as a copy of baptism. It was already in practice. He converted many people into vaishnavite faith and also made this whole concept known to the general masses. It was relatively obscure till then.
Vaishnavism is independent to Christianity. All things considered, Vaishnavism probably influenced Christianity.
I bet not one of those idiots knows Sanskrit or Tamil and rely on motivated translations for their half baked knowledge (like the article on how brahmins supposedly "destroyed" the bhagavata "revolution").
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It is said that Ramanujacharya meditating in the forest was like the crucifixion of Jesus. I do not like abrahamic concepts in our culture. Ours is a great and pure philosophy, uncontaminated by all the man-made stuff. Whether you are advaitin, shaivite, vaishnavite, dvaitin, it doesn't matter, you are all at a more elevated position than those practicing christianity.
And no, you are mistaken if you think pancha samskaram was borrowed from baptism. The practice of Bhakti and Vaishnavism is older than Christianity. Two proofs: 1) Heliodorus Column, where a greek pledges that he has become a Vaishnava, erected in 113 BC, 2) Megasthenes visit to India in 3rd Century BC, where He acknowledges Vaishnavism. Plus, the Mora Well inscriptions.
All this Predates Christianity. Ramanujacharya did not 'introduce' Pancha Samskaram as a copy of baptism. It was already in practice. He converted many people into vaishnavite faith and also made this whole concept known to the general masses. It was relatively obscure till then.
Vaishnavism is independent to Christianity. All things considered, Vaishnavism probably influenced Christianity.