"Many differences are only due... to the difference of the label ‘Hindu’ and ‘Buddhist’. For the follower of any of these traditions,the issue is not such labels, but where he received his teaching and through what kind of immediate transmission (parampara). The teachings may originate from his natural surroundings(i.e. family, community, or village) or from a teacher (guru parampara). Such immediate transmission is the only identifiable feature of what we tend to call ‘religious affiliation’. However, many such transmissions taken together may not constitute a meaningful unit. The term religious affiliation is therefore a misnomer.It reflects labels that are attached primarily by outsiders.”"
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F Staal, ‘The Himalayas and the Fall of Religion’, in Deborah E. Klimburg-Salter, ed., The Silk Route and the Diamond Path, Los Angeles, 1982, p. 41. in Harjot Oberoi - The Construction of Religious Boundaries_ Culture, Identity, and Diversity in the Sikh Tradition (1994, University of Chicago Press)
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