Missionaries, conversons etc.

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advaitin , " Srinivas Kotekal " <kots_p>

wrote:

>

> Dear vEdAntins,

>

> praNAm.

>

> Happen to receive this mail from one of my friend and thought to

> spread the word about the state of the affair regarding Sanatana

> Dharma.

>

> Regards,

> Srinivas.

>

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> " KLRAO " <klrao4u2002@>

> gopichandana

> Thu, 28 Jul 2005 00:40:52

> Church in Tirumala

>

>

> I came across this article in a local publication

> which publishes religious and spiritual articles)

> about plans going on in building a church in Tirumala

> (up in Tirumala and not Tirupati). In fact the article

> said already there are 7 churches in Tirupati. The CM

> of AP Mr. Y. Samuel Rajashekar Reddy (who converted to

> christianity ) is providing all the support for the

> same from the government, which manages the whole

> temple through T.T.D (the trust which manages all the

> temples at Tirumala and Tirupati).

 

Namaste,

 

You cannot lose what you don't have. A person who converts from one

Dharma to another wasn't really in the previous Dharma. Lets hope

the new Dharma will become theirs and lead them to liberation.

With regard to Missionaries, Southern India has so many Indian

Christians, going back a couple of thousand years, it is hardly a

missionary religion. Sikhism for example only goes back about 500

years and even Islam not much longer. So Christianity is an

Indigenous Indian Religion, and except for the exclusive belief in

Jesus would fit into Hinduism quite well.

 

Many Christians convert or become influenced by Hinduism, look at

this board and others.

 

Sankara regarded Religion as a low level of understanding but

necessary for the general population's path. Why worry how people

worship? Be glad they do worship and have a spiritual sadhan of some

sort. The only truth is Moksha anyway, and real religion is the

removing of the sense of Ego. It is a reversal process, hence the

word in Latin is Re-Ligio or bind back.......In the end there are as

many religions as there are people on the planet..........ONS...Tony.