08-03-2005, 02:50 AM
"Why can't Buddhists, Sikhs, ISKCONites declare themselves as Hindus and join us?"
The problem is that they are not Hindus, the sikhs have been saying now for a long time time that their gurus founded a new religion (that rejected Hinduism and Islam), only Hindus bury their head in the sand and refuse to listen to them and insist that sikhs are hindus and that they are the sword arm of Hindus and other such nonsense. Out of the 3 groups u mentioned only ISKCON can be considered separatist, the other 2 groups (sikhs and buddhists) have their own separate religion.
The problem is that they are not Hindus, the sikhs have been saying now for a long time time that their gurus founded a new religion (that rejected Hinduism and Islam), only Hindus bury their head in the sand and refuse to listen to them and insist that sikhs are hindus and that they are the sword arm of Hindus and other such nonsense. Out of the 3 groups u mentioned only ISKCON can be considered separatist, the other 2 groups (sikhs and buddhists) have their own separate religion.