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tjdee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-05 03:22 PM Original message |
Who can explain Hinduism to me like I'm five years old? |
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rooboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-05 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
1. Just go to your local video store... |
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Anarcho-Socialist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-05 03:30 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. LOL n/t |
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onager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-05 03:34 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. It started as a way to pacify the conquered Indians... |
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tjdee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-05 03:49 PM Response to Reply #1 |
13. Haha! Apu is how I know most of what I know! |
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Anarcho-Socialist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-05 03:29 PM Response to Original message |
2. It is mainly considered monotheistic |
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bobbieinok (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-05 03:36 PM Response to Reply #2 |
9. where does Kali come in?????? |
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Anarcho-Socialist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-05 05:17 PM Response to Reply #9 |
24. Kali is a consort to Shiva |
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tjdee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-05 03:55 PM Response to Reply #2 |
16. Thank you--that clarified a lot. |
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Anarcho-Socialist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-05 05:11 PM Response to Reply #16 |
23. You're right, they don't have a single "Bible" |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-05 03:31 PM Response to Original message |
4. yes |
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tjdee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-05 03:50 PM Response to Reply #4 |
14. Hmm...I wonder what that relationship is like. |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-05 04:29 PM Response to Reply #14 |
21. Maybe it was Brahman |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-05 03:14 PM Response to Reply #21 |
29. But Sri Lanka still has a lot of Buddhists |
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Maat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-05 12:17 AM Response to Reply #4 |
32. Check out the following church .. mine .. it has a very Hindu flavor: |
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Anarcho-Socialist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-05 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
5. Important Gods |
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clydefrand (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-05 03:34 PM Response to Original message |
6. I'm curious about your statement below. |
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tjdee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-05 03:47 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. I should have said enlightenment, perhaps. |
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Anarcho-Socialist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-05 05:22 PM Response to Reply #12 |
25. The ideal for Hindus |
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Sapphocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-05 06:53 PM Response to Reply #12 |
26. The word you want is Mahasamadhi. |
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lvx35 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-05 03:34 PM Response to Original message |
7. Hinduism is what a Hindu does. |
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tjdee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-05 04:01 PM Response to Reply #7 |
19. I think that's when I started to get confused. |
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lvx35 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-05 05:07 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. Don't miss the bhagavad gita though |
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LastLiberal in PalmSprings (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-05 03:37 PM Response to Original message |
10. Try this |
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tjdee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-05 04:04 PM Response to Reply #10 |
20. LOL! |
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bobbieinok (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-05 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
11. as undergrad took a course in world religions (late 50s) |
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tjdee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-05 04:00 PM Response to Reply #11 |
18. It's also the oldest, isn't it? |
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fhqwhgads (165 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-05 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
15. from a hindu atheist... |
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tjdee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-05 03:59 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Thanks for the input... |
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fhqwhgads (165 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-05 08:56 AM Response to Reply #17 |
27. in fact... |
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ElsewheresDaughter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-05 09:07 PM Response to Original message |
28. snatch the peeble from my hand crasshopper |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-05 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
30. It's literally thousands of years old |
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Astarho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-05 11:24 AM Response to Original message |
31. Hinduism evolved |
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