Comments on: Hinduism – NOT “monotheism in disguise”

By: Tridib Deb

Tridib Deb — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 10:05:28 +0000

Well-written exposition of the sublime features of the Hindu faith and where it stands in comparison with other systems of spirituality, particularly those practised in the West and/or are of Abrahamic origin. In a nutshell, the sages of the Vedas have always strived to present an inclusive view of God/Divine Reality and in their quest have repeatedly stressed the importance of seeing God/Divine Reality through lenses of varying powers and functions. In today’s world, which is so much ravaged by hatred based on one’s view and understanding of God, as opposed to one’s investigative and introspective realisation, comprehension of the fact that God/Divine Reality is not time and space bound and can be pursued from diffrent standpoints depending on one’s understanding will certainly usher in an environment of co-operation, progress and scientific achievements.

Moreover, in light of all unholy developments of the recent past, ranging from terrorist attacks to whimsical destruction of natural environment, we humans need to understand the above truth so as to prevent the process of secular and spiritual descension, as, after all, more men have been killed or subjugated in perpetual intellectual slavery in the name of God than anything else on earth and, given the very informative nature of the author’s exposition herein and his attempts to clear some misconceptions about Hinduism, he deserves much applaud and thanks.

By: Bryan Elliott

Bryan Elliott — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 05:52:01 +0000

Um. That’s a very long and drawn out response to a misunderstanding; Dawkins never asserts that Hinduism is monotheistic.

His point was that, in Britain, the tax exempt status for religion only applies to monotheisms. He stated that Hinduism may want to attack that position, help atheism get the status removed from religious institution – but that it would probably be more expedient to “pretend” to be a monotheism in the same way that Christianity is – making the secondary point that some versions of Christianity are technically polytheisms.

Ten points for going out of your way to rebut your own misconception, though.

By: Patriot

Patriot — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 04:02:59 +0000

@Pankaj
You should read Scott Adams’ Debris of God. Very interesting and addresses the issues that Richard Dawkins wont.

By: pankaj gupta

pankaj gupta — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 19:02:41 +0000

Richard Dawkins as usual doesn’t have enough strength to confront uniqueness of Hinduism. The concept of God in Hinduism beats the hell out of even ultra or super ultra modern thinkers. The proof lies in what Schopenhauer has to say about Hinduism. It is easy to confront monotheism, but the idea of “all thing being part of God” and all that exists is God only, is too good to be confronted. Hence the best anybody writing on God can do is to ignore the Hindu philosophy of God. I doubt if you ask Richard Dawkins specific question on Hindu concept of God and how he can handle that, he will do anything other than ignore it.

By: B Shantanu

B Shantanu — Sun, 29 Apr 2007 08:55:58 +0000

Thank you Ritwik.