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| Aug 20, 2014 at 5:04 | comment | added | Swami Vishwananda | 1) There is no polytheism in Hinduism. All followers of the Vedas (Hinduism), whether advaita, vishishadvaita, or dvaita (monotheists) accept projection and cycles because it's in the Vedas. 2) Yes, some agnostic systems may differ. You are reading or been influenced too much of Prof. Wendy Doniger and her neo-orientalist disciples if you think there is polytheism in Hinduism. Try reading "Invading the Sacred; An Analysis of Hinduism Studies in America" to understand how Hinduism has been distorted in the West by academics. It's available as a free download at rajivmalhotra.com/books | |
| Aug 19, 2014 at 12:27 | comment | added | AndrewC | @pandita I see - thanks for clarifying your point. | |
| Aug 19, 2014 at 12:23 | comment | added | pandita | @AndrewC I don't dispute that these theories exist in eastern philosphy. I only had issues with presenting eastern philosophies as coherently pointing to cycles and a monistic/pantheistic world view as displayed by Swami. Eastern philosophy from my understanding is much more diverse and includes a variety of believe systems. | |
| Aug 19, 2014 at 12:14 | comment | added | AndrewC | @pandita There are cosmological theories that propose cycles of big bangs & big crunches ad infinitum. | |
| Aug 19, 2014 at 12:01 | comment | added | pandita | In terms of polytheistic systems in eastern philosphy, hinduism comes to mind. Hinduism seems to be extremely rich and to incorporate many different world views in it self. I also believe that an agnostic world view by definition would disagree with your statements about projection and cycles. | |
| Aug 19, 2014 at 10:19 | comment | added | Swami Vishwananda | All eastern philosophies, whether monistic, qualified monistic (close to pantheism), or dualistic (monotheism), all agree on projection and all agree on cycles. There is no polytheism in eastern religions. There are atheistic/agnostic traditions in eastern philosophy. | |
| Aug 19, 2014 at 8:06 | comment | added | pandita | From what I read, eastern philosophy is very broad and rich. Besides monotheistic/pantheistic views there are also polytheistic, atheistic and agnostic world views, I've been told. | |
| Aug 18, 2014 at 15:39 | history | answered | Swami Vishwananda | CC BY-SA 3.0 |