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Dear astro dinesh, here are the particulars of my son praveen . When is he going to a get a job?He is at present in London,done his MSmicro electronics fromUK. Date of birth Time of birth: 18.25 Place of birth:Ambaji peta, 16.35N,82.01E SexMale Present Place of living:London. When is he going to settle?

Dear Melvin, Oh. I am sorry for the typo. Post no 31 should have started with "Dear Tenali Ram." Then, This is how it would look like. I am sorry. I didn't mean you. In fact I supported ur feelings. Now please read my post as under: "Dear Tenali Ram, I wish melvin is right. But even assuming that this is merely a debate, won't you be careful with your language and usage of words? I am sure there are far refined ways to extract answers thro' this forum, or there are many avenues available outside this forum to make use of his cheap language." I also wonder how Tenali Ram is conveniently absent after starting this thread. Is he enjoying the fun?

I wish melvin is right. But even assuming that this is merely a debate, won't you be careful with your language and usage of words? I am sure there are far refined ways to extract answers thro' this forum, or there are many avenues available outside this forum to make use of his cheap language.

Dear"The Sage Nabooru", Since you are in US, why dont you Visit any ISKCON temple there?. You find mostly, white Hindus there. still they practice Hinduism. I think that will serve the purpose. Good luck. -Prasad.

Congrats Kishore. I am with you.

Dear Tenali Ram, Post no 3 of Jahnava nitai das is right. Don't misuse the forum. How do you feel if some body adresses your parents/ kith and kin as blokes? it is sacrilege!! A person with such a bent of is deemed unfit, to receive answers. There is a proper way to question.

As you say, every human has a right to his operate his personal/private affairs....only as long as they donot harm the society. so let it remain a "strictly private affair". pl.

Dear JP, All your quotations mentioned marriage between opposite sexes. Not from the same sex. Gay marriages may be legal one day. But are they moral? The scriptures quote morality, and dharma the real path to live. Don't interpret them to your convenience. In the same analogy, if one takes to drugs, whats is the harm? it is a private affaair. isn't it? Unable to cope up with the growing trend, the governments may one day make it legal. The same may be the case with Gay marriages. It may be legal, and purely personal. In Hindu tradition Marriage between opposite sexes, that too not related suggesting to incest, is not only for sex, but meeting of two families, for a healthy progeny. In gay marriages is it possible? Krishna said, that he is the Kama, which is not against religious principles. Is gay marriage a natural one? Is it according to dharma? So in which religion this is permitted Sir? What you espouse may be legal, but not moral.

Dear Ram, Even assuming that you started this topic for fun, kindly note that post nos 19 &20 of Ranjeetmore, and suvarchas have fully clarified your doubts. It is not uncommon for saints to be burried alive, and still answer the prayers of devotees. Raghvendraswamy is one. In early 1970s One Sri basheerbaba also entered the jeeva samadhi. Till a decade back, Balayogi of Mummidivaram in AP, used to give darshan once a year to his devotees, though he was physically burried alive. Shirdi Sai stil answers from his samadhi, even after leaving his mortal soul. Just because some chronicler quoted it as absurd, don't suspect and loose faith in hinduism. It's Great.

It is "prasantha chitta".

"They may be outdated, like your parents." What do you mean by this ? I mean the traditions may be out dated,like your parents' opinions.. But, still you respect your parents, and they follow the smrutis. Then respect their opinions. But still you can decide on your life partner." It seems you say one thing and its contrary in your point of view.. Sorry, but I connot understand You can respect your parents' opinions, and on the other hand you can also get married to the girl of your choice. The objection comes when you have to observe the Ganesh chauth, and other hindu rituals. No where, me or I suppose your parents object to the marriage. It is only after marriage, that certain hindu rituals, done by a non conformist to hinduism ,may not find approval with your parents.Thats all. Yes, you can go ahead with the marriage,and convince your parents later on if you think you can. I assure you, I won't interfer once again. good luck

My answer is, A Hindu marrying a catholic will not become a catholic. Even the catholic church has their own rituals to accept you in to christianity. That you live a happier life with you beloved is sure. No where did I say that you become a catholoic. So when even the other faith doesn't accept you as their member, how can the girl be accepted as a hindu? Simple common sense dear! You are accepted as a couple, that's all. Point 3: Just because you are born and brought up in a foreign country doesn't mean that you should not follow Hinduism, and its rich culural heriage. Some tradtions look superstitious in these days. They may be outdated, like your parents. But, still you respect your parents, and they follow the smrutis. Then respect their opinions. But still you can decide on your life partner. Reg point 3&4. Is it needless to convince your parents? Their objection is not to the marriage, but to observing the ganesh chauth, and cremation procedures. They say you are in eligible. They are right. Let the girl be converted in to hinduism, then may be your actions of continuing the ganesh puja, and attending to cremation , be accepted. Every parent, besides wishing for the welfare of their progeny, also wishes that their progeny carries their rich family traditions, and the hindu cultural heriage ,to be passed on to the the next generations. I think this will suffice for now.

Again sorry for the intrusion. It is natural that Arjun finds similarities with Sant, 'cause both think they are right in interpreting scriptures/Dharma to their like. At the cost of sounding bitter, I find this is the problem of Arjun 's own. He wants to marry a girl from christianity, and wants to be accepted by his parents as Hindu. Society people may accept, 'cause it doesn't affect their personal life or family. Instead of debating, and trying to show the forum's opinion to your parents, why don't you try to convince your parents? Or simply get married. Who stops you. Why should Manudharma/Hindu Dharma say any thing about it, as if you are going to follow? Dharma / sciptures will not be written to your taste. They are meant for the overall welfare of the society. Keep it in mind. And for your information, though you didn't ask, I say that I am an Indian, Hindu, and staying not in a foreignland, but in India, A.P.

I am sorry for the intrusion. you people conveniently kept arguing that it is superstition,, no where it is written etc... When the vedas were brought into written form, even then Christianity was not born, hence you don't find any mention about catholics and so on in the vedas. If some body wants to marry some onefrom another religion, it is legal. go ahead. Don't take shelter under the guise that it is not writtten in the vedas. Manu dharma sastra is for Hindus only. Inter religious marriages were not dealt, by Manu. Yes, Your parents(his) are right. They are not superstitious. If the final rites like cremation are to be as per sastra, a person of a different faith should not do it. It is not as per Dharma. So choose between the girl, and hinduism. You can't have both.I mean you can't practice both religions.

yes. It is impracticable. We are a Hindu state, we quote from Manu dharma, but we follow the legal sysytem of the British. No changes. So what happens to te 2nd/3rd spouse, when it is illegal as per Hindu law, but not illegal as per Muslim law? Won't it spur people to adopt Islam?