Vedic Culture Online (was Going to Gujarata?)

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achintya, "M. Tandy" <mpt@u...> wrote:

 

> By the way, here are a couple of other interesting links that

> each contain an amazing amount of traditional Indian lore:

>

> http://www.reetirivaz.com/righ3.asp

>

> http://www.indiancultureonline.com/Mystica/

 

These are nice web sites. In fact, I have always wanted to put up

something similar -- a website that discusses Vedic customs.

Specifically, I wanted to discuss the basic rules and regulations

that devotees are required to follow (quoting from Srila Prabhupada,

Nectar of Instruction, Nectar of Devotion), as well as the many other

rules and customs that are observed by traditional Vaishnavas. It

should discuss thinks like eating, dressing, greeting, worship, and

all other aspects of our day-to-day Vedic culture.

 

For example, many Westerners (and these days, Westernized Indians),

don't understand that one should offer greetings by putting one's

hands together and saying "Namaste" or chanting the Lord's Holy

Names. The American custom of shaking hands, especially when it is

initiated by a man towards a woman, is considered distasteful and

seen as unwelcome contact by traditional women. Like that, there are

so many things that devotees taking up Vedic culture might be curious

to know about. That kind of subject matter might make for a great

website, if anyone here were interested in putting up such a site...

they could even use Achintya's web space to do it.

 

yours,

 

- K