Meeting the Clergy

[Guest guest]

Meeting the clergy in London

Dear Jay Mahashay,

Among your various superb performances to promote the central theme of

Hinduism, I believe, your recent interaction with the Clergy is the most

significant. The painful impact of September the 11th of 2001 will slowly

push the intelligentsia of the world to support " the Interfaith movement to

take Centre-stage " thereby facilitating all of us to focus our ears to the

fervent calls of the September the 11th of 1893 which created a stir and

celestial hopes in the minds of the religious leaders of the world.

How soon and how positive the real participation of other organised

faiths would be the big question. The list had already seen the ugly face of

the Vatican style interfaith dialogue recently. Let us not forget that the

same Pontiff of Vatican had the audacity and ignorance to call Lord Buddha

publicly as 'a man bereft of religion' and to issue a mission statement

'evangelisation of Asia is our project for the third milliennum as we did

for Europe and Africa in the preceding two milliennums'.

Also please recall the casual remark of the Duke of Edinburgh made on

Hinduism classes during the get together in London. In these adverse

climates, your interactions with others are really bright rays of hope to

the children of Swamiji all over the world. Let us hope a new victorious

David who can stand against the intolerances of all the gigantic organised

faiths will emerge out of you soon.

I am curious to know what picture of Hinduism might have the Murugan

Temple Leaders painted and impressed upon the Queen when she and the Duke

paid a visit to the Temple recently. There was a short TV coverage in

Singapore of the Queen's walking around the Hindu Temple in London.

We all send our sincere support and congratulations from Singapore for

your bold and noble attempts.

Yours lovingly

Prakash