Eternal Law: Deen, Din, Daeana, Dharma, Tao
Posted 10-18-2015 at 09:53 PM by Continuum
[B]The Eternal Law[/B]
Deen, Din, Daeana, Dharma, Tao
The Madhab cannot be 'religion' as in the English definition of 'religion'.. No Way.
I'll expound the issue as follows;
[INDENT]1. Islam [noun] = Deen = Complete Way of Life
2. Religion [English] = Ninian Smart's 7 Dimension [[B]7D[/B]]
[/INDENT]How can we reconcile 1 and 2 above.
I believe the concept of 'Deen' [as what is actually mean to be in reality] is wrongly conceptualized by Islam when 'Deen' is taken as a 'Complete Way of Life' in the [U]general[/U] sense.
Defining Islam as "'Islam [noun] = Deen = Complete Way of Life" is very messy, not precise and vulnerable to be misinterpreted.
The proper and realistic of defining Islam [noun] [Islam-R] should be as follows;
Islam [noun] = Deen [proper] + Religion [[B]7D[/B]] + others aspect of life per Quran
The [B]7Ds[/B] are all represented in the Quran's 6,236 in various forms.
Therefore 'Religion' as per the English definition [per Smart's 7D] is within Islam itself.
What is Deen-proper?
Deen proper can be established from the wiki quote you posted below;
As mentioned above, how the [B][I]Dīn[/I][/B] came to be used in Islamic Arabia is uncertain. It not only uncertain, I am very certain the term 'Din' was [B]corrupted[/B] by Islam [in the mode it is used in the Quran] from its universal meaning.[INDENT][B][COLOR=red]Daena[/COLOR][/B] ([COLOR=red]din[/COLOR] in modern Persian) is the [B]eternal Law[/B], whose order was revealed to humanity through the Mathra-Spenta ("Holy Words"). Daena has been used to mean religion, faith, law, [B]even as a translation for the Hindu and Buddhist term [COLOR=red]Dharma[/COLOR], often interpreted as "duty" or social order, right conduct, or virtue.[/B] The metaphor of the 'path' of Daena is represented in Zoroastrianism by the muslin undershirt Sudra, the 'Good/Holy Path', and the 72-thread Kushti girdle, the "Pathfinder".
[URL]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daena[/URL]
[/INDENT]Note I have done very extensive research in the subject of Religion and Spirituality, thus I know what 'Daena' [Zoroastrianism] Dharma [Buddhism, Hinduism, Sikhism, Jainism] as the [B]Eternal Law[/B] is supposed to be. This [B]Eternal Law[/B] [in essence] is a VERY elusive concept which can be easily misinterpreted and most grasp merely the Forms most of the time. Note Dharma
[INDENT][B]Dharma[/B] ([URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_Sanskrit"][COLOR=#0066cc][dʱəɾmə][/COLOR][/URL]; [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanskrit_language"][COLOR=#0066cc]Sanskrit[/COLOR][/URL]: [URL="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A7%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AE#Sanskrit"][COLOR=#0066cc]धर्म[/COLOR][/URL] [I]dharma[/I], [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pali_language"][COLOR=#0066cc]Pali[/COLOR][/URL]: धम्म [I]dhamma[/I]) is a [B]key concept[/B] with multiple meanings in the [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_religions"][COLOR=#0066cc]Indian religions[/COLOR][/URL] Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism and JainismThere is [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Untranslatability"][COLOR=#0066cc]no single word translation[/COLOR][/URL] for [I]dharma[/I] in western languages.
[/INDENT]The [B]Eternal Law[/B] is Tao in Taoism.
[B]Eternal Law[/B] is universal for humanity and thus it would have been described in many in different religions. How well and precise the Eternal Law is described will depend on the spiritual maturity of the religion. Islam's 'Din' is very low in the scale.
This Eternal Law [Dharma, Tao, Daena, Din] is so difficult to interpret and put in words and this led Islam to corrupt it as described in the Quran which emphasized its form rather than the essence proper.
It is likely the more pristine 'Sufism' [not the crude sects] may grasp the idea of the Eternal Law more precisely.
The 'Deen' in Islam as generally understood via [B]Quran-Muhammad-Gabriel-Allah[/B] is the corrupted interpretation of the universal [B]'Eternal Law'[/B] which is described as 'Din' Daena, Dharma, Tao & by other names, in various religions and spirituality. It is this corruption by Islam that open the Pandora box for [U]SOME[/U] believers to open the Gates of Hell on Earth.
Wow.. I just notice that is some scholarship on interfaith.
Deen, Din, Daeana, Dharma, Tao
The Madhab cannot be 'religion' as in the English definition of 'religion'.. No Way.
I'll expound the issue as follows;
[INDENT]1. Islam [noun] = Deen = Complete Way of Life
2. Religion [English] = Ninian Smart's 7 Dimension [[B]7D[/B]]
[/INDENT]How can we reconcile 1 and 2 above.
I believe the concept of 'Deen' [as what is actually mean to be in reality] is wrongly conceptualized by Islam when 'Deen' is taken as a 'Complete Way of Life' in the [U]general[/U] sense.
Defining Islam as "'Islam [noun] = Deen = Complete Way of Life" is very messy, not precise and vulnerable to be misinterpreted.
The proper and realistic of defining Islam [noun] [Islam-R] should be as follows;
Islam [noun] = Deen [proper] + Religion [[B]7D[/B]] + others aspect of life per Quran
The [B]7Ds[/B] are all represented in the Quran's 6,236 in various forms.
Therefore 'Religion' as per the English definition [per Smart's 7D] is within Islam itself.
What is Deen-proper?
Deen proper can be established from the wiki quote you posted below;
As mentioned above, how the [B][I]Dīn[/I][/B] came to be used in Islamic Arabia is uncertain. It not only uncertain, I am very certain the term 'Din' was [B]corrupted[/B] by Islam [in the mode it is used in the Quran] from its universal meaning.[INDENT][B][COLOR=red]Daena[/COLOR][/B] ([COLOR=red]din[/COLOR] in modern Persian) is the [B]eternal Law[/B], whose order was revealed to humanity through the Mathra-Spenta ("Holy Words"). Daena has been used to mean religion, faith, law, [B]even as a translation for the Hindu and Buddhist term [COLOR=red]Dharma[/COLOR], often interpreted as "duty" or social order, right conduct, or virtue.[/B] The metaphor of the 'path' of Daena is represented in Zoroastrianism by the muslin undershirt Sudra, the 'Good/Holy Path', and the 72-thread Kushti girdle, the "Pathfinder".
[URL]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daena[/URL]
[/INDENT]Note I have done very extensive research in the subject of Religion and Spirituality, thus I know what 'Daena' [Zoroastrianism] Dharma [Buddhism, Hinduism, Sikhism, Jainism] as the [B]Eternal Law[/B] is supposed to be. This [B]Eternal Law[/B] [in essence] is a VERY elusive concept which can be easily misinterpreted and most grasp merely the Forms most of the time. Note Dharma
[INDENT][B]Dharma[/B] ([URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_Sanskrit"][COLOR=#0066cc][dʱəɾmə][/COLOR][/URL]; [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanskrit_language"][COLOR=#0066cc]Sanskrit[/COLOR][/URL]: [URL="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A7%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AE#Sanskrit"][COLOR=#0066cc]धर्म[/COLOR][/URL] [I]dharma[/I], [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pali_language"][COLOR=#0066cc]Pali[/COLOR][/URL]: धम्म [I]dhamma[/I]) is a [B]key concept[/B] with multiple meanings in the [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_religions"][COLOR=#0066cc]Indian religions[/COLOR][/URL] Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism and JainismThere is [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Untranslatability"][COLOR=#0066cc]no single word translation[/COLOR][/URL] for [I]dharma[/I] in western languages.
[/INDENT]The [B]Eternal Law[/B] is Tao in Taoism.
[B]Eternal Law[/B] is universal for humanity and thus it would have been described in many in different religions. How well and precise the Eternal Law is described will depend on the spiritual maturity of the religion. Islam's 'Din' is very low in the scale.
This Eternal Law [Dharma, Tao, Daena, Din] is so difficult to interpret and put in words and this led Islam to corrupt it as described in the Quran which emphasized its form rather than the essence proper.
It is likely the more pristine 'Sufism' [not the crude sects] may grasp the idea of the Eternal Law more precisely.
The 'Deen' in Islam as generally understood via [B]Quran-Muhammad-Gabriel-Allah[/B] is the corrupted interpretation of the universal [B]'Eternal Law'[/B] which is described as 'Din' Daena, Dharma, Tao & by other names, in various religions and spirituality. It is this corruption by Islam that open the Pandora box for [U]SOME[/U] believers to open the Gates of Hell on Earth.
Wow.. I just notice that is some scholarship on interfaith.
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