expressed here :
" ... the word " religion " itself is a Western construct, meaning as
it came to be practiced by people - looking for salvation, believing
what they were told, and launching on their conversion drives
everywhere they went with their gun and swords and recycled loot.
" Dharma is a totally different construct... the whole universe of
values and truths in and of which all beings are born, in and of which
they live, in and of which they depart, and in and of which they are
reborn. It is life and living itself, which exhorts us to do the
needful and the right, even while leaving us with the freedom and the
choice to do otherwise, as we please but with their respective
consequences.
" Dharma is life itself, and the way of living in accord to universal
values and truths."
ornamentalmind wrote:
> Yet, are those traditions in any way strictly monotheistic? Most that
> I am aware of do not make such a claim; although as you say some do.
>
> When it comes to the presentation of an argument, the terms used are
> often important as Vam knows. Making a claim for all cases in such a
> case is asking for rebuttal. Of course, that may have been his intent!
>
> On Sep 9, 4:16 am, Molly <mollyb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I would disagree in that there are mystical traditions to many eastern
> > and western religions that do none of those three.
> >
> > On Sep 9, 6:34 am, Vam <atewari2...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
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> > > Monotheistic Religions, as they are, do three things :
> > > 1 Assure salvation, the power for which is entirely with another
> > > 2 Demand Belief in a defined presentation of thought and ideology
> > > 3 Convert others to their fold through material lure, physical and
> > > mental fear and reward.
> >
> > > Atheistic disciplines, pantheistic and polytheistic ways of living do
> > > none of these.
> >
> > > They are therefore not religions as the people in the West and Middle
> > > East believe in and understand !
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