To Jyotsna about Sanatan Dharma (and the process of change)

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Jyotsna wrote:

 

>> Actually I was told that when some conquering general

>> and his army (was it Alexander the Great?) came as

>> far as the Indu River, they called the people on the

>> other side "Indus," which of course became Hindus.

 

 

 

 

Dear Jyotsna ~ I have read this too and the transformation from Indus to

Hindus does make sense if you think of how words change over time due to

colloquial use. This is a bit off topic, but each year the art group I belong to

holds an art fair on Labor Day Weekend. This fair was, at some point before I

joined the group designated the Art Fair in Big Ditch Park. Quite a mouthful,

and not lending to an easy to use acronym.

 

I was recently developing a letter to send out to early inquiries we get

about the fair, and I got really tired of writing that over and over. And nobody

in the local arts or residential community uses this term. It has become

transposed into the Big Ditch Art Fair (BDAF). : ) So I changed the letter,

and it was a lot easier. I am going to bring this up at one of our upcoming

meetings in terms of making the name change official because, and I am going to

use colloquial use to "argue" for the change.

 

I suspect there will be resistance from some, but most of the people who

would resist are no longer members of the group. (It is interesting how, when

one leadership team steps down and new officers are elected, invariably, many of

the previous officers leave the group. The new people have ideas; they want

the group to evolve. The "old guard" wants no change of any kind. Period. So

There. I have seen this happen many times, so now it is a bit funny to me. I

wonder if it happens in spiritual groups such as satsangs too.

 

Blessings ~ Linda