The cavalier and unrestrained manner of some of the views exchanged and the callous words used in this discussion on Ramsethu are painful for a 77yr old totally liberal minded patriotic person like me
the very word ism affixed by the English people to any beliefs (cleverly avoided for the name Christianity) smacks of fanatism. I declare, that is derived from the word asmi meaning- I am- which has an inbuilt ego. Until after foreign incursions and invasions the people of India knew their country only as Bharatha and except the Jains and followers of Budha, they generally followed Sanathana Dharms.
Even in the present day world, a bricklayer cannot do the work of a specialized software engineer or a doctor. Each person%u2019s work is cut out according to his/her inherent talents & abilites. Pray let us all get out of the obnoxious habit of dragging of religion and caste into any discussion.
You know Great Britain Has begun to protect most zealously Stonehenge as their most precious heritage, while no authentic proof is available as to when and by whom it was built (Celtish Druids or Neolithic tribes etc).
Are we so barbaric as to ignore our own great heritages while the whole world is talking about and praising Ramayana & Mahabharata?
The great saint Thyagaraja sang Rama Vandana, Sethu Bandhana.
Let us all ignore and forget about who said what and be united in preserving the Heritage of Bharath
RE:No evidence to prove existence of Ram
by Ramasubbu on Oct 04, 2007 01:33 PM Permalink
Let us prepare some laddus to make our gods happy in ram rajya while their devotees do slavery by cleaning toilets in AMERICA AND Europe. let all our gods enjoy laddus, peda , milk , while our kids die starving for basic square meal. Ram will certainly benefit BJP to gain votes, but it will not help our country's common man to feed their stomach
RE:No evidence to prove existence of Ram
by Ramasubbu on Oct 05, 2007 02:41 PM Permalink
Bharat Chakravarthy, after whose name this country is named (which bramins do not like, so they adopted british word " india"), he was most likely close to jainism, as maurya, pallava and Ashoka, samprati was following jainism.Most of kings before christ were jain, few of them later followed budhism. Hinduism didn't exists till 4th century A.D. and it became valid only after 8th century A.D. when most of jain , budhist temples were vandalised and converted. You uncover any god in south Indian temples you will either find jain idol or budha behind the scene. You don't have to believe this, just go and find out...with few temples, this is self experiment you can do easily.
