Guest guest Posted November 22, 1999 Report Share Posted November 22, 1999 Recently there has been an uproar on conversion in this list. I was writing some thing in that regard, I thought of sharing with you. > > Madhava K. Turumella > Monday, November 22, 1999 7:58 PM > > 3) We are not alone in this world as Hindus. How will such a complex > nonlinear algebric differential society, compete for followers and genuine > > practioners against a) 1/0 based Islam b) Simple arithmetic of " Majority > rules minority " of Christian Democrats or c) Money talks- principle of new > > west. > [Madhava Replies:] IMHO, competition is a strong word to use. There > exists a tremendous flexibility in Hinduism. Everybody is encouraged to > have a personal God and a relationship with him. Other religions are > nothing but the story of a faith towards a personal God. As we talk about > Narayana, Siva, Brahma, Lalita, Lakshmi so on and so forth, they talk > about Jesus, Allah, Jehovah so on and so forth. > > Hindus are flexible because a true Hindu knows that there is no > difference. Of course, this flexibility has caused a lot of displeasure to > some people who felt that Hinduism is declining because of conversion blah > blah... Their fear is baseless. How can a true Hindu can ever be > converted? A person, who thinks that he had been a Hindu and getting > converted, will remain a Hindu for ever. By the conversion he may be > embracing another God. Mind you, Hindus do this in their regular life... > We are not surprised about a person who adores Lord Venkateswara, one day > wakes up and starts adoring Goddess Lalita. But we get surprised at > somebody who adores Lord Venkateswara and one day wakes up and starts > adoring Jesus. We get concerned and worried. Why! Because we think that > we lost a Hindu. Where as a true Hindu can never be lost, because > Hinduism by allows the followers the choice of a personal God. > > I would never recommend anybody to brand Hinduism. For me, Hinduism is > more than a religion, it is like an ocean, and all the so-called religions > are nothing but waves in Hinduism. Like the waves never can get separated > from the ocean, the world religions can never get a separate identity > beyond Hinduism. Hinduism is not a business. In business, people get > worried by loosing their money. If we have a business kind of > relationship with our religion, we feel the same way like a businessman > does... > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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