tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6641738716446631837.post7177751597662618562..comments2023-08-27T12:35:12.308+02:00Comments on sanscrite cogitare, sanscrite loqui: Are some religious practices "immoral"?elisa freschihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17068583874519657894noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6641738716446631837.post-25035551186332180392012-04-03T03:54:10.177+02:002012-04-03T03:54:10.177+02:00"The emotions of śūdras, etc., are no evidenc..."The emotions of śūdras, etc., are no evidence in any case (sorry!)."<br /><br />Hihi! Well, of course, my emotions matter even less than those of shudras (I'm etcetera all right, two steps down).Philliphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07829053219715458764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6641738716446631837.post-56779470201019682532012-04-02T10:03:34.984+02:002012-04-02T10:03:34.984+02:00Jayanta surely presupposes a world where the Brahm...Jayanta surely presupposes a world where the Brahminical religion is the ruling one and can be tolerant towards the others. However, his attitude is much different in his Āgamaḍabara, where he faces the problem of religious pluralism from the point of view of its social impact (see this post: http://elisafreschi.blogspot.com/2012/04/social-and-theoretical-issues-while.html).<br /><br />As for the positive emotions, I think he would deal with them under the heading of the consensus of the best people, i.e., if a good person<br />has positive emotions towards X, this is an indirect evidence of X's validity. The emotions of śūdras, etc., are no evidence in any case (sorry!). As for the relativism you seem to foresee in your last lines, it is avoided due to the adherence to the Veda (I will post on it in the next days in order to answer more fully to this interesting imput).elisa freschihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17068583874519657894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6641738716446631837.post-61603179782330540962012-03-31T16:11:41.620+02:002012-03-31T16:11:41.620+02:00It sounds like Jayanta may be thinking of a world ...It sounds like Jayanta may be thinking of a world of closed religious systems that take no interest in one another. Evidently he does not consider the adherents of other religions to be damned, or even in error, since error can only be internal to a system. But what about a religion whose adherents hold that Jayanta and his co-religionists are in error, and are damned unless they are dissuaded from their error? Likewise, I wonder what he would think of positive feeling about an alien system, as oposed to disgust? Would he think it legitimate if a person is drawn towards another system, thinking it not disgusting, but beautiful? The question of truth seems not to enter. I wonder what the basis of the legitimacy of authority is, in his view? Must one accept as authoritative the traditional authirities of one's birth group?Philliphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07829053219715458764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6641738716446631837.post-51498335674857510592012-03-31T10:07:13.959+02:002012-03-31T10:07:13.959+02:00Why don't you start? What's your feeling a...Why don't you start? What's your feeling about it?elisa freschihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17068583874519657894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6641738716446631837.post-69060412918587421562012-03-31T03:02:26.649+02:002012-03-31T03:02:26.649+02:00Sure wish you people would start discussing this. ...Sure wish you people would start discussing this. Very interesting issue.Philliphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07829053219715458764noreply@blogger.com