[Advaita-l] How to become a Hindu? comment to previous posts

[Sriram Krishnamurthy]

Krishnadas,
I know you this list for commercial purpose. Stop using terms like garbage.




On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 11:36 AM, Krishnadas <Krishnadas at antiquebooks.com.au
> wrote:

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> Arigela
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> Subject: Re: [Advaita-l] How to become a Hindu?
>
> >Christianity was founded by Lord Jesus Christ and Islam by Prophet
> Mohammed.
> >Before that which
> >religion they belonged?
>
> They belonged to various paths many of which resembled our own kind.
>
>
> >A Christian Gentleman was fascinated by Hinduism and wanted to convert
> >to Hinduism. He was told that he need not convert. He could be in his
> >religion and try to be a better Christian and try to find Spiritual
> >Guides in his religion itself.
>
> >The person can continue to perform rituals as per whatever religion he
> >represents (Christian, Muslim, etc.,) as long as it leads towards that
> >ultimate goal.  That is just not practical. The >suggestion amounts to
> >axing off one's own leg and it is self destructive.
>
> Just mistranslated(or misunderstood) suggestions only belong to a trash
> can.
> So for your own good get rid of this garbage. If you take this seriously we
> would be axing off our own legs.
>
> Whenever you take a statement from great people like HH do keep in mind
> that
> particular suggestion was given for that person and it is not a generic
> statement.
>
> The reason for that particular suggestion could be many.. like for
> example..
> HH might have discerned that the person was not sincerely interested and
> only curious. Or maybe he came with actually a malicious**(like a few
> indologists who take up Hinduism studies because they have an axe to grind)
> intent.
>
> ** Like for example Sarah Caldwell who actually took initiation from a
> shivAchArya not because she believed in saiddhAntika rituals ..but just to
> get an inner look/perspective so that it can be shown as without substance
> at a later time or to find out faults within the system and for
> psycho-analyzing the people involved for academic purposes.
>
> So HH probably looked through this Christian guy and advised him to stay
> away.
> It is both naive and unwise to apply this to everyone.
>
>
>
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