Posted: Jul 16, 2011 10:18 am
Shiv wrote:cavarka9 wrote:As far as the issue of comparing hindus with the present standards, I atleast am comparing them to the standards of buddhists and jains, samkhya, yogis and the nasthikas of the same time period and lived amongst Hindus and well, hindus dont stand up that well, One could atleast claim that since christians and muslims didnt live besides these people and hence may not have known better(I disagree, but for the sake of the argument). But the hindus did live besides these people, did hear what they had to say and still did not do better?.
If these people are others, who else is Hindu?
Agreed with yogis and samkhya (new), they are theists, but samkhya (old) and nasthikas were not hindus. Neither are buddhists or jains.