Guest guest Posted September 19, 2002 Report Share Posted September 19, 2002 Namaste everyone, Since my sampradaya gives me freedom to associate with other traditions and lineages, I really would like to learn the Puja arts. The Hindu community in Montreal (where I reside) is pretty closed to Westeners. I contacted every priests, brahmins and pandits by fax, mail, in person and email but nobody wanted to perform the namakarana- samskara rite of passage. I really feel I belong to Sanatana-Dharma, especially of the Shakta sect. What would be your advice to start to build satsang with fellow Hindus? Can namakarana-samskara be performed at distance? It's after reading " How to convert to Hinduism " by Sadguru Subramuniyaswami that I felt this urge to convert completely. I obtaines a letter of severance from the religious groups my parents baptized me in (which was a hard procedure in my case - it took about 6 months before the ending-). Being physically distant from my Guru-Mother is a great teaching. I get some cyber-satsang with fellow gurubhais and other disciples of my Parama-Guru, Sri Neem Karoli Baba but I would love to enter in bhava with fellow brothers ans sisters. What should be done next? Thanks a lot! With prem, Varuna always the my Guru's padukas P.S Please excuse the English mistakes, French is my native language. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 19, 2002 Report Share Posted September 19, 2002 Dear Friend: why should you convert at all? il n'est pas un necessite. *smile*Je ne sais pas francais tres bien so I am reverting back to english. No one can be " coverted " to Hinduism in the sense one converts to Islam or Christianity. Like judasm e do not convert But unlike Judaism by belief you can become a Hindu. So be a Hindu in mind. It is all in the mind. Kochu ----Original Message Follows---- " ruchirananda " <tulasi3 Any help from pujaris, priests, Yoginis and Yogis? Wed, 18 Sep 2002 22:08:29 -0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Originating-IP: 24.203.176.104 Received: from n10.grp.scd. ([66.218.66.65]) by mc4-f28.law16.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.5600); Thu, 19 Sep 2002 02:41:42 -0700 Received: from [66.218.66.97] by n10.grp.scd. with NNFMP; 19 Sep 2002 04:44:55 -0000 Received: (qmail 47914 invoked from network); 19 Sep 2002 04:44:53 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.217) by m14.grp.scd. with QMQP; 19 Sep 2002 04:44:53 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO n18.grp.scd.) (66.218.66.73) by mta2.grp.scd. with SMTP; 19 Sep 2002 04:44:53 -0000 Received: from [66.218.67.176] by n18.grp.scd. with NNFMP; 19 Sep 2002 04:44:53 -0000 Received: (EGP: mail-8_1_1_3); 18 Sep 2002 22:09:23 -0000 Received: (qmail 70671 invoked from network); 18 Sep 2002 22:08:31 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.218) by m3.grp.scd. with QMQP; 18 Sep 2002 22:08:31 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO n26.grp.scd.) (66.218.66.82) by mta3.grp.scd. with SMTP; 18 Sep 2002 22:08:31 -0000 Received: from [66.218.67.185] by n26.grp.scd. with NNFMP; 18 Sep 2002 22:08:31 -0000 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-4371823-525-1032410694-kochu1=hotmail.com X-eGroups-Return: tulasi3 X-Sender: tulasi3 X-Apparently- Message-ID: <amatgt+5hf5 (AT) eGroups (DOT) com> User-Agent: eGroups-EW/0.82 X-Mailer: Message Poster X--Profile: ruchirananda X-eGroups-Approved-By: sankarrukku <sankarrukku via web; 19 Sep 2002 04:44:51 -0000 Mailing-List: list ; contact -owner Delivered-mailing list Precedence: bulk List-Un: <- > Return-Path: sentto-4371823-525-1032410694-kochu1=hotmail.com X-OriginalArrivalTime: 19 Sep 2002 09:41:42.0765 (UTC) FILETIME=[C2E089D0:01C25FC0] Namaste everyone, Since my sampradaya gives me freedom to associate with other traditions and lineages, I really would like to learn the Puja arts. The Hindu community in Montreal (where I reside) is pretty closed to Westeners. I contacted every priests, brahmins and pandits by fax, mail, in person and email but nobody wanted to perform the namakarana- samskara rite of passage. I really feel I belong to Sanatana-Dharma, especially of the Shakta sect. What would be your advice to start to build satsang with fellow Hindus? Can namakarana-samskara be performed at distance? It's after reading " How to convert to Hinduism " by Sadguru Subramuniyaswami that I felt this urge to convert completely. I obtaines a letter of severance from the religious groups my parents baptized me in (which was a hard procedure in my case - it took about 6 months before the ending-). Being physically distant from my Guru-Mother is a great teaching. I get some cyber-satsang with fellow gurubhais and other disciples of my Parama-Guru, Sri Neem Karoli Baba but I would love to enter in bhava with fellow brothers ans sisters. What should be done next? Thanks a lot! With prem, Varuna always the my Guru's padukas P.S Please excuse the English mistakes, French is my native language. _______________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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