12-09-2006, 12:56 AM
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Compare it with India in 10th-13th centuries and thereafter. Hinduism because of its inherent tolerant spirit was going through a period of revival after the degradation to tantrism etc in the post Gupta period.
We are really fortunate that we had a figure like Adi Shankara at the right time. I can tell you with some confidence, that India is Hindu today is in no small measure due to this great saint and scholar. Adi Shankara made us spiritual yet again, gave us faith, put in a framework and system to accomodate all strands of thought. Then came Ramanuja, the Saivite Nayanars and Vaishnavite Alwars, who brought a belief in devotion to God in the laity. India at the advent of Islam in India was politically weak, but religiously strong and the general public had faith in their religious beliefs.
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You are arguing unnecessarily Kartik. Faith has nothing to do with the survival of Hinduism. Hindus survived because they fought. You are not to able to comprehend what a war and fighting it really means. You fail to understand that Islamic armies carried crescent over thousands of square miles even to Spain and converted these lands completely. This was done through sword. Had Hindus lost completely you would be reading a Kalma today. A defeated population has no God or choice to follow a God no matter they are followers of Hinduism or xyz.
Please research more.
-Digvijay
Compare it with India in 10th-13th centuries and thereafter. Hinduism because of its inherent tolerant spirit was going through a period of revival after the degradation to tantrism etc in the post Gupta period.
We are really fortunate that we had a figure like Adi Shankara at the right time. I can tell you with some confidence, that India is Hindu today is in no small measure due to this great saint and scholar. Adi Shankara made us spiritual yet again, gave us faith, put in a framework and system to accomodate all strands of thought. Then came Ramanuja, the Saivite Nayanars and Vaishnavite Alwars, who brought a belief in devotion to God in the laity. India at the advent of Islam in India was politically weak, but religiously strong and the general public had faith in their religious beliefs.
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You are arguing unnecessarily Kartik. Faith has nothing to do with the survival of Hinduism. Hindus survived because they fought. You are not to able to comprehend what a war and fighting it really means. You fail to understand that Islamic armies carried crescent over thousands of square miles even to Spain and converted these lands completely. This was done through sword. Had Hindus lost completely you would be reading a Kalma today. A defeated population has no God or choice to follow a God no matter they are followers of Hinduism or xyz.
Please research more.
-Digvijay