Ask a Hindu/Ask an Indian

[CartesianFart]

Yeah its proabaly his daughter? Is the guy Sikh? If so bewarae...he's liable to castrate you with his ceremonial dagger if you go near her....

He doesn't wear a turban or whatever those things called,but we sure do get alot of Sikhs in our "neck of the woods."Those Sikhs are the funny bunch.Trust me,i should know since i worked with one before.

 

[punkbass2000]

If this was 100% true and accurate, why are there so many different theories in science about the same things?

Typically this is because the observations are either inconclusive, disputed or not directly-observable.

 

[Xanikk999]

I hear from some people Hinduism is actually monethiestic, all the gods are an essence of one. And others say its polythiestic.

Which is it?

 

[aneeshm]

Heh and 99% of the statistics on the internet without citations are also fake. I would say that is a relatively rare occurance and dowry harassment is all too real.

This issue came up when formulating the new law relating to women. This was one of the statistics cited by an interviewer when cross-examining the minister in charge of the bill.

This statistic is all too real. Deal with it.

 

[aneeshm]

I hear from some people Hinduism is actually monethiestic, all the gods are an essence of one. And others say its polythiestic.

Which is it?

There is the religious Hinduism, which has sects which are polytheistic and monotheistic. Then there is the philosophical Hinduism, which underlies both the poly and mono theist religious sects, which has different philosophies to explain the God(s), and the philosophies can be as varies as a atheistic ones to monist ones to qualified monist ones to ritualist ones.

 

[2Pac]

Hey Homie, your not the only Indian. I'm one too, but i was born and i live in the USA. And also, im Jain. I'm sure you know about them.

 

[GenMarshall]

Of course! Does it affect in the smallest amount the efficacy of meditation if the object of meditatio is an image of Jesus instead of an image of the Lord Krishna? Does it matter if, in your artistic and literary tradition, you have a different way of representing a certain emotion or concept?

So it's realy almost the same thing on how the Eastern Orthodox Christians use their Icons of Jesus. To me it does not matter on what artistic way on how to represent emotions and concepts.

There is a simple way to reconcile Hinduism and Christianity divide the bible up into four parts (and expand each part until it is exhaustive) - the historic and epic (which will become an itihaas, or "history", in the form of a new epic, maybe with the name like the "Yeshu Katha"), the ritualist (which will become the Yeshu Agama, dealing explicitly and only with the ritualist portions of Christianity, such as all the details of Church construction, the details of how to worship, how to pray, rules for the clergy, all the ground-level implementation stuff), the devotional (which will sing the praises of Jesus through the means of small stories about his life, called the "Yeshu Purana"), and the philosophical (which will contain a complete theology and philosophical base for the other three works, and will be remorselessly logical).

That is pretty much on how I divide up the Canocal Bible. Though not sure what to do about the Gnostic Gospels like the Gospel of Thomas since it does contain Eastern thinking derived from Hinduism and Buddhism.

Not sure about the meat thing (Though Catholics only abstain from read meat on Ash Wendsday and Fridays that fall in the Lent season.) and the Caste system. Is the practace of not eating the meat from the cow compuslitory?
As for the Caste, does one have to agree with it (I recalled my World Religion Professor saying that Buddha disagreed with the Caste system)?

Language does not matter. The vast bulk of literature on these topics, however, is in the Indian languages, most of it in Sanskrit. English translations of the most important works should be easily available, however, so that should not be a concern.

So I can basicaly use eather English or Japanese

It's a bit more complex than that. The detailed but simple explanation can be found here here. Go to Volume One->Karma Yoga, and (sequentially) read all the topics there.

Thanks, I do want to incorporate the Karma Yoga into my own faith.

 

[Fox Mccloud]

As a Hindu, what are your views on Sati?

 

[Will9]

How do Indians fell about LordShiva (not to be confused with Lord Shiva)?

 

[Fugitive Sisyphus]

Does the food in India taste like the food in Indian Resturants in other countries?

 

[Xanikk999]

Is the cow still considered holy in india?

Is the average indian superstitious?

 

[Will9]

Also, if all animals are really just humans that had a bad Karma when they died. Why is the cow holy if it has a bad soul?

 

[GenMarshall]

What is the key difference between Hinduism and Buddhism? Just curious on which would be best for me to integrate one of them into my faith.

 

[Fox Mccloud]

What is the key difference between Hinduism and Buddhism? Just curious on which would be best for me to integrate one of them into my faith.

???? Aren't you Catholic?

 

[GenMarshall]

???? Aren't you Catholic?

I am, but just incase the Catholic Church does something that irks me. I'd have something to fall back on.

 

[Fox Mccloud]

I am, but just incase the Catholic Church does something that irks me. I'd have something to fall back on.

Alright, so what's the Catholic Church's position on using other beliefs?

 

[GenMarshall]

Alright, so what's the Catholic Church's position on using other beliefs?

I'm only adopting philosophies, nothing more at this point.

 

[Eran of Arcadia]

Actually, they never admit it, but syncretism is a long-standing Catholic tradition. And why should Eastern religions be any less worthy in this regard than Eurasian polytheism?

 

[punkbass2000]

What is the key difference between Hinduism and Buddhism? Just curious on which would be best for me to integrate one of them into my faith.

Though there are many distinctions between the two(and many which have evolved over the millennia), but the most fundamental may be that of the atman/anatman dichotomy.

Hinduism propagates the Brahmin (probably most similar to the Christian God, though not really the same) but also Atman, or self (what a Christian would call the "soul", more or less). Buddhidm denies this separation whole-heartedly. This was arguably the Buddha's initial realization.

 

[MjM]

Would you agree with this statement :

India is still a 3rd world country (in most places) today?