adda1234@bigpond.com (Arindam Banerjee) wrote in message news:<890e65ea.0312111455.666bc636@posting.google.com>...
mhopkins@cc.edu (Lydia Marie) wrote in message news:<825b6629.0312101212.2cf10d91@posting.google.com>...
adda1234@bigpond.com (Arindam Banerjee) wrote:
No, that is wrong. The Indian philosophical thought - Sanatana
dharma, or the way of life beyond the scope of time - is completely different from the modern and dominant Jewish thinking [...]
This frame of mind, of course, serves to lend additional credence
to the otherwise unbelievable notion that the Swastika actually originated in India.
The sign of the swastika relates to good health and well being, from
the Indian perspective.
This only a brahmin perspective. This might be true for brahmins who constitue
less than 5% of Indian population. We, Dalits (constitute more than
20% of Indian popualtion) have no relation to swastika. I do not know
its relation
to Indian Muslims, Indian Christians, Indian Sikhs, Indian Buddhists
etc.
Interestingly brahmins are fire worshippers. Fire is unavidable for
their rituals. In contrast, Dalits do not give importance to fire like Muslims and Chrstians, and Dalits do not have fire as essential thing
for their religious and spritual rituals and duties.
Please note, Mr Arindam Banerjee. You write about your religion, do
not give
distorted picture of India to others.
Brahmins/hindus have no right to talk about Dalits. Brahmins/hindus
are not representatives
of Dalits.
This frame of mind, of course, serves to lend additional credence
to the otherwise unbelievable notion that the Swastika actually originated in India.
The sign of the swastika relates to good health and well being, from
the Indian perspective.
Several "Native American" peoples also used it, and they've been here
for at least 12,000 years. Maybe it's something "instinctive", "hard-
wired" or "built-in" about right angles or something.
If the Indian use is Vedic wouldn't that mean it's ultimately Persian?
D.
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