Talk:Hinduism in Japan

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[edit] Bias

Can someone tell me where the "cow-worshiping snake charmers and peasants" quote came from? I have removed this reference as it is like putting words into someone else's mouth. Please cite such contentious assertions properly. It is extreme to suggest that all Japanese people think this way without having verifiable sources to back this up. Most Japanese are probably educated enough to have some awareness of these issues.

[edit] Reliable sources for the term dharmic religions?

Where are the reliable sources that use the term dharmic religions in the context of this article? Dharmic religions is a now deleted obscure neologism and should not be used throughout Wikipedia. Andries 15:55, 9 September 2007 (UTC)

It is not an obscure neologism. ≈ jossi ≈ (talk) 17:04, 9 September 2007 (UTC)
If it is not an obscure neologism then it would be easy to provide multiple reliable sources books, peer reviewed articles etc. I am waiting. I am also waiting for use of the phrase in the context of this article. Andries 17:07, 9 September 2007 (UTC)
I propose to use the alternative phrase Indian religions. The number of google scholar results for "Indian religions"+"Indian religion" is (45.600 + 84.200) while it is only (492+475) for "dharmic religions" +"dharmic religion". See Wikipedia:Deletion_review/Log/2007_September_8. Andries 19:46, 9 September 2007 (UTC)