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Re: First Hindu chaplain in US military is 'groundbreaking' - ketchim - 12-18-2011
Snoopster . unnastan they have been around for quite some time !
![[Image: ramabai1.jpg]](http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00routesdata/1800_1899/women/ramabai/ramabai1.jpg)
Re: First Hindu chaplain in US military is 'groundbreaking' - ketchim - 12-18-2011
Cover of Pandita Ramabai Sarasvati's book
" The High-Caste Hindu Woman and Society ....." (1888)
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Re: First Hindu chaplain in US military is 'groundbreaking' - ketchim - 12-18-2011
[quote author=Snoopster link=topic=60795.msg385683#msg385683 date=1324238731]
perhaps my more religious minded Hindu friends here can enlighten me. ::confused::
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dude....like me with kakabelly , black prince and googs :
You will wait " til de cows come home "
pun intended ::lol:: ::lol::
Re: First Hindu chaplain in US military is 'groundbreaking' - Snoopster - 12-18-2011
I see. My understanding was that only male brahmins were allowed to perform rituals and hence become pundits.
Re: First Hindu chaplain in US military is 'groundbreaking' - Kwami - 12-18-2011
This woman is a pandita in the arya samaj cult and has no affiliation with hinduism
Re: First Hindu chaplain in US military is 'groundbreaking' - Snoopster - 12-18-2011
[quote author=Kwami link=topic=60795.msg385696#msg385696 date=1324241199]
This woman is a pandita in the arya samaj cult and has no affiliation with hinduism
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So how many "sects" are there in Hinduism? Or is that yet another oxymoron?
Re: First Hindu chaplain in US military is 'groundbreaking' - Kwami - 12-18-2011
arya samaj like budhaism are not part of hinduism
Re: First Hindu chaplain in US military is 'groundbreaking' - Snoopster - 12-18-2011
Never heard of a religion called Arya Samaj before. I have however met folks who claim to be members of an Arya Samaj Hindu temple and they were sure they were all Hindus. I'm totally confused. ::confused::
Time to contact Professors Google and Wikipedia. ::lol::
Re: First Hindu chaplain in US military is 'groundbreaking' - Artemisback - 12-18-2011
[quote author=Kwami link=topic=60795.msg385702#msg385702 date=1324242366]
arya samaj like budhaism are not part of hinduism
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they are not part of santanah dharmic in the literal sense, however they both derived from it.
Re: First Hindu chaplain in US military is 'groundbreaking' - Kwami - 12-18-2011
Have they improved on hinduism ?