Hindu joke

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Hindu jokes are a class of ethnic jokes based on the lifestyle of the Hindus and some of the common religious beliefs in Hinduism.

Some of the most common characteristics of these jokes include satire on the priests and ascetics, and jokes on Brahmins that stereotype their defects, ritualism and conceits. [1]

Tolerance and respect are key element of Indian-origin religions (also called Dharma religions). Hinduism and its offshoots Buddhism and Jainism, have no concept of blasphemy. In contrast, in West Asia - birth place of Abrahamic religions (such as Islam and Christianity, there was no room for such tolerance and respect for dissent where heretics and blasphemers had to pay with their lives.[2] Nāstika, meaning atheist or atheism, are valid and accepted streams of in Indian origin religions where Buddhism, Jainism, as well as Samkhya, Cārvāka and Ājīvika in Hinduism are considered atheist school of philosophy in the Indian religions.[3][4][5][6]

See also[]

  • Blasphemy laws
    • No punishment or concept of blasphemy in Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism
    • Death penalty in Christianity for blasphemy
    • Death penalty in Islam for blasphemy

References[]

  1. ^ Singh, Awadhesh (2014). Timeless Jokes - Ageless Wisdom. Allahbad: The Aatmic Science Foundation. ISBN 978-81-925300-6-2.
  2. ^ Why Hinduism never developed a concept of blasphemy, Rediff.com, 4 February , 2015.
  3. ^ For instance, the Atheist Society of India produces a monthly publications Nastika Yuga, which it translates as 'The Age of Atheism'. Archived 18 April 2007 at the Wayback Machine.
  4. ^ Nicholson, Andrew J. 2013. Unifying Hinduism: Philosophy and Identity in Indian Intellectual History. Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0231149877. ch. 9.
  5. ^ Francis Clooney (2008). "Restoring 'Hindu Theology' as a category in Indian intellectual discourse". In Gavin Flood (ed.). The Blackwell Companion to Hinduism. Blackwell Academic. pp. 451–455. ISBN 978-0-470-99868-7. "By Sāṃkhya reasoning, the material principle itself simply evolves into complex forms, and there is no need to hold that some spiritual power governs the material principle or its ultimate source."
  6. ^ Francis Clooney (2003). Flood, Gavin (ed.). Blackwell companion to Hinduism. Blackwell Publishing. ISBN 0-631-21535-2., pp=82, 224–49.
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