[quote name='Swamy G' date='05 December 2010 - 11:27 PM' timestamp='1291571379' post='109680']
<snipped irrelevant response/reproach>[/quote]
That line was not meant for you. The line was obviously in the section labelled for the Romanian - the one known variously by handles like "Romani"/"Honsol"/"HareKrishna". And he's the one who asked me something concerning it: to explain why I 'claimed' it was intrinsically Hindu (i.e. religiously Hindu). But why the mark IS Hindu - i.e. why Hindus wear the mark - does not concern him.
So the rest of your response to my statement which was not directed at you can't apply.
[quote name='Swamy G' date='05 December 2010 - 11:27 PM' timestamp='1291571379' post='109680']
I disagree. One does not need to know the theory and origins to hand over traditions.[/quote]It is a religious observance. It is meaningful to know why the old Hindus consciously observe it - including useful to know for handing down - because
1. it is a very important aspect of their religion
2. and because otherwise, due to loss of knowledge, an important religious observance such as wearing our sacred marks - important in a way that the sacred threads are - deteriorates into "fashion" (=cultural hinduism). And fashion, as you know, is prone to becoming passé (=onset of secularism). But these things are inevitable I guess.
(Edited for length.)
Quote:Husky said: "Clearly, I am not poised to tell you why the pottu/bindi is Hindu - if that's what you were fishing for."
<snipped irrelevant response/reproach>[/quote]
That line was not meant for you. The line was obviously in the section labelled for the Romanian - the one known variously by handles like "Romani"/"Honsol"/"HareKrishna". And he's the one who asked me something concerning it: to explain why I 'claimed' it was intrinsically Hindu (i.e. religiously Hindu). But why the mark IS Hindu - i.e. why Hindus wear the mark - does not concern him.
So the rest of your response to my statement which was not directed at you can't apply.
[quote name='Swamy G' date='05 December 2010 - 11:27 PM' timestamp='1291571379' post='109680']
I disagree. One does not need to know the theory and origins to hand over traditions.[/quote]It is a religious observance. It is meaningful to know why the old Hindus consciously observe it - including useful to know for handing down - because
1. it is a very important aspect of their religion
2. and because otherwise, due to loss of knowledge, an important religious observance such as wearing our sacred marks - important in a way that the sacred threads are - deteriorates into "fashion" (=cultural hinduism). And fashion, as you know, is prone to becoming passé (=onset of secularism). But these things are inevitable I guess.
(Edited for length.)
Death to traitors.