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Friday, December 21, 2007

Cārvākas are not Hindus, mostly because that branch is dead, died out long back, and frankly was never a major force in terms of popularity.

Anonymous said...: Swami Vivekananda says that in modern day parlance one could *perhaps* say that a hindu is one who is a vEdAntin. There might be some sects which have to be called hindu, but still don't accept vEdAnta. But how do you know cArvAkas were never popular ( in any part of India )?

This post has an important generalization, I believe - explaining why many hindus aren't "hindus enough", explaining why hinduism in India is not really as stable a force as we want it to be.; 3:49 am
Vivek Kumar said...: Dear Sir,

Most of the world is living by their philosophy, even if most people haven't ever heard of them.

Who else but a Cārvāka could have come up with the concepts of Credit Cards, of Sub-prime Mortgage and suchlike? Heck, the very concept of money itself is probably a product of a Cārvākian mind.

With best regards,

Overlord; 3:42 pm
doubtinggaurav said...: Frog,

Yes something of the kind I was thinking. May be will write a post sometimes later.

Dear Overlord,

Be that it may, I am just talking about Hinduism. And money is Carvakian, don't tell me you are reading Argumentative Indian; 12:53 pm
Vivek Kumar said...: Aspiring Dictator,

Trust me, I put too high a value on the tiny sum of money you put in my account every month to be reading that kind of a book. (*)

(*) I'm assuming that you pay a few taxes, however unlikely that may be for an aspiring dictator to be known as doing.

Yours,
Overlord; 5:39 pm

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