[Advaita-l] Re: Buddhism Related Discussions

[Abhishek RK]

Namaste,

On 8/16/06, Jaldhar H. Vyas <jaldhar at braincells.com> wrote:
>
> > On the jaina-s, what you say is probably true of Gujarat, but people
> > from Bengal, Orissa & Bihar would not agree (even though Bihar was the
> > birthplace of mahavIra jina), and a Nepali would emphatically reject
> > it.
>
> So it would seem more profitable not to consider Indian (or South Asian,
> or Hindu or Eastern...) culture as a monolith.


Who is considering it a monolith?


> > > As a southerner, why should I bother about your views anymore than
> > those of a Bengali or a Nepali?
> >
>
> Because we are all one culture? ;-)


What is this supposed to mean?

Regards,
Abhishek

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