First Hindu chaplain in US military is 'groundbreaking'

Snoopster . unnastan they have been around for quite some time !

                   

Cover of Pandita Ramabai Sarasvati's book

" The High-Caste Hindu Woman and Society ....." (1888)

                         

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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::

I see.  My understanding was that only male brahmins were allowed to perform rituals and hence become pundits.

This woman is a pandita in the arya samaj cult and has no  affiliation with hinduism

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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?

arya samaj  like budhaism are not part of hinduism

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::

[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.

Have they improved on hinduism ?