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Hindu conversion
> > Now, a Vaishnava friend of mine also attempted to gain entrance into
> > the same temple (along with many others). He got rejected by a good
> > number of them, despite the fact that he was clothed as a Vaishnava,
> > practiced the lifestyle of a Vaishnava, practiced the religious life
> > of a Vaishnava, and spoke a number of Indian languages. Did I forget
> > to mention that he was born to Caucasian parents?
> Well, there's your answer. Your friend was refused purely on the grounds that
> he was born of Caucasian parents. There are traditional people who believe that
> people cannot be converted to Hinduism (they include Vaishnavism also). I
> personally don't agree with this.
When Adi Sankara came along, wasn't a large portin of India Buddhist?
Now, we don't see many Buddhists...does it not mean that there must have been
some kind of conversion?
Also, when Ramanuja came along, most of the people in India were Advaitins,
and so there must have been some kind of 'conversion' into Vaishnavism,too.
-kartik
