[Advaita-l] [advaitin] Maha Rudra Yajnam in California, USA

[jaldhar at braincells.com]

On Tue, 28 Mar 2023, Aravinda Rao via Advaita-l wrote:

> A small suggestion may be considered. Usually at the time of havanam
> several families (husband and wife) would be sitting, offering oblation
> into the homa-kunda. Some temples restrict this to one community only,
> leaving a bad taste in others.

Once again we see how "Hindus" are the biggest enemies of Hinduism.  The 
sole criterion for who can perform which vidhi and how is shastra and 
parampara.  Those who think dharma leaves "a bad taste" can go to hell (as 
they actually will.)  Now dharma is flexible to some degree and there 
might be some leeway but the guiding spirit must be dharma not politics.


> I persuaded my local temple authorities (in
> Hyderabad) to allow people from all sections so that such discontent is
> avoided.

How naive must you be to think the "discontented" will be satisfied by 
your gestures?  Give those people an inch and they will take a mile.  And 
then 10, 100...


> And also the temple gets more resources.

The purpose of a mandir is to worship Bhagavan not to gather resources.

> This may be particularly important in view of the discrimination laws 
> which are promoted in the state of California.

Nope.  The 1st amendment of the US constitution guarantees freedom of 
religion and it is actually enforced unlike some places.  If anyone 
attempted to use this law to interfere with dharmic practices the courts 
would strike the law down immediately.  (Assuming the temples contested 
it.)

Here in the New York area there are large numbers of Orthodox Jews who 
nearly all send their children to yeshivas (Jewish pathashalas) where 
there is intensive study of Jewish scriptures in Hebrew and Yiddish.  In 
some of these schools children graduate without even knowing basic English 
or mathematics.  Every time the state tries to enforce its own standards 
there is a hue and cry and they are forced to back down.  It is not a 
question of whether Jewish children should know English (which is probably 
a good idea in an English speaking country!) but that Jews think outsiders 
should not interfere with their traditions.  But then Jews have a spine. 
Do Hindus?


> Someone can even deliberately create a situation.

Someone like you perhaps?  A single bullet has not even been fired and 
General Rao is ready to surrender.

-- 
Jaldhar H. Vyas <jaldhar at braincells.com>