Hindus, a minority

[FischerTal]

only one religion for me, army. if i had stayed in india, would definitely have joined. none of these religious idiots can spout their nonsense if not for the man at the border protecting their rights. 

 

 

Edited July 22, 2017 by FischerTal

[zen]

 

On 7/18/2017 at 12:19 PM, coffee_rules said:

We Indians are somehow made to feel ashamed to associate with a religion/culture/tradition by these commies. 

Unfortunately, the British tactic of undermining other cultures has left indelible marks on the region 

[Laaloo]

5 minutes ago, zen said:

 

Unfortunately, the British tactic of undermining other cultures has left indelible marks on the region 

Now they’re getting a taste of their own medicine by inbred Pakistani jihadis 

[Stradlater]

On 7/18/2017 at 12:42 AM, Muloghonto said:

No. Buddhism is representative of religions originating from India, both due to its relatively greater empirical truth factor and its greater global footprint-currently and historically.

 

What greater empirical truth? 

[sarcastic]

On 3/18/2020 at 1:59 AM, Stradlater said:

What greater empirical truth? 

He probably implies Buddha's emphasis on common sense and try to use conceptual reality as minimum as possible.
(Like Buddha does not talk about Atman (as in Hinduism) but instead talks about Anatta. Buddha deliberated avoid referring (himself as or) to existence of any God that needs complete faith and surrender. This is in contrast to most of world's religions. 

 

Buddha's teachings are similar to likes of Jiddu Krishnamurthi's teachings in 20th century who is a self proclaimed atheist. The Indian atheist site Nirmukta also rates Buddha very highly. They criticize a lot about Hinduism (and sometimes about Islam/Christianity) but hail Buddha as the greatest Indian ever. An article from their site is: http://nirmukta.com/2011/01/26/buddha-the-sensible-rationalist/. Buddha's teachings make him unique in some ways like that. 

[zen]

Meanwhile in Pak:

 

 

 

Hindus (and ppl of other religions originating in Ind) have to realize that India, along with Nepal, is the only place for them to keep their culture alive ... Don't waste the country fighting over politics and keeping convenience first 

[zen]

Another issue is that concept of "secularism" is not well understood and/or probably not well defined ... A secular state means that the government has no religion but the citizens can practice whatever they like including promoting their religion without troubling others ... At times, when ppl speak about religion, they are deemed as non-secular as if they are government with no religion

 

 

 

[coffee_rules]

On 3/19/2020 at 6:16 PM, sarcastic said:

He probably implies Buddha's emphasis on common sense and try to use conceptual reality as minimum as possible.
(Like Buddha does not talk about Atman (as in Hinduism) but instead talks about Anatta. Buddha deliberated avoid referring (himself as or) to existence of any God that needs complete faith and surrender. This is in contrast to most of world's religions. 

 

Buddha's teachings are similar to likes of Jiddu Krishnamurthi's teachings in 20th century who is a self proclaimed atheist. The Indian atheist site Nirmukta also rates Buddha very highly. They criticize a lot about Hinduism (and sometimes about Islam/Christianity) but hail Buddha as the greatest Indian ever. An article from their site is: http://nirmukta.com/2011/01/26/buddha-the-sensible-rationalist/. Buddha's teachings make him unique in some ways like that. 

Buddha and Buddhism is misappropriated by western thought. They intend to say Hinduism and Brahminism was casteist and bad and all of Buddha, Mahaveer, Sikhs denounced this casteism or caste system. Nothing is farther from such truth. 
 

Read this, the new wave of authors and thinkers like Elst and others are very clear about it.