Commercialism/ To Oleji

[Guest guest]

Namaste Oleji,

 

Make of it, and other matters, whatever and however you will.

 

In India, there are systems to sustain spirituality, holy men,

temples, etc. In the West, people such as sanyasins and priests (for

example), do not have such community support. Some continue their

works by taking donations for example. Some "work" for temples or

shrines. Some temples, ashrams and other spiritual

organizations "sell" rudraksha and malas. Many are on the web too.

 

Another example: Donations for puja, is that not "trade"? (i.e. Our

temple does this for you, in return you make a donation of such and

such, so we can sustain/maintain our temple and our priests). Fair

exchange, is it not?

 

Have you read the scriptures? Maybe you can tell us what they say,

thanks.

 

Om Shanti Shanti Shanti Om

Love

Sy

 

, "alstrup"

<alstrup> wrote:

 

> Yes, I guess business is business when we are talking about trade,

> even with religious items. That is the nature of human beings. So

> there are warnings in scripture about these things, which I am

> taking very seriously, one example is Salagram Silas. Dont know

what

> scriptures say about trade with Rudraksha beads?

>

> What is nauseating here is veiled commercialism in the flowery

words

> of spirituality...

>

> Ole

>

>

> , "syzenith"

> <syzenith> wrote:

> > Salutations Sri SRDDAji,

> >

> > Thanks for response. While I've not doubted Oleji as a person of

> > integrity, some checking has been done about suppliers in Nepal.

> >

> > Many suppliers in Nepal boast that they are "major suppliers to

> Rudra

> > Centre" (this is what they always say). Most also call

> > themselves "wholesalers". Some are blatant fake artists too.

> >

> > They can't even describe who the buyers are or what they exactly

> look

> > like - most of the time it is guess work by looking at photos on

> Home

> > website. This guess-work was also wrong because of the timing of

> the

> > year they claimed someone from Rudra Centre bought from them.

> >

> > Ironically, Rudra Centre India home office has never bought

> anything

> > from these people. As we know, Home Office in India only

> purchases

> > from Direct Authentic Sources.

> >

> > Rudra Centre been asked "exactly where, how, how much and why"??

> > before.

> >

> > Just as religious items should not be bargained or haggled for,

> I'm

> > sure most will understand that in every industry (yes, even while

> > serving God), there are trade matters that aren't for

disclosure.

> >

> > Om Namah Shivaya

> > Sy

> >