03-03-2006, 02:35 PM
are the ISKON sect and its followers to be considered hindus??
just a question that popped into my mind, since Chaitanya was mentioned.
so far i know, they only rever Krishna/Vishnu, and not the entire gamut of hindu shastra.
i have similar questions about say ram krishna. he and his followers are Kali bhakts.
are devotees who identify with only one kind of hinduism (vaishnavism or shakti puja etc) or only one avatar of god (krishna or kali as in my examples) to be considered complete hindus?? should not the reverence to the vedas be paramount, over and above the worship of any one particular deity?
just a question that popped into my mind, since Chaitanya was mentioned.
so far i know, they only rever Krishna/Vishnu, and not the entire gamut of hindu shastra.
i have similar questions about say ram krishna. he and his followers are Kali bhakts.
are devotees who identify with only one kind of hinduism (vaishnavism or shakti puja etc) or only one avatar of god (krishna or kali as in my examples) to be considered complete hindus?? should not the reverence to the vedas be paramount, over and above the worship of any one particular deity?