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Re: ARTICLE : Advice on Advaita Vedanta and Yoga
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To: soc-religion-hindu@uunet.uu.net
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Subject: Re: ARTICLE : Advice on Advaita Vedanta and Yoga
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From: l23@hopi.dtcc.edu (GERALD J. LA CORTE)
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Date: 25 Sep 1996 22:05:09 GMT
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Newsgroups: soc.religion.hindu
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Organization: Delaware Technical & Community College
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References: <ghenDy7ExG.8zF@netcom.com> <ghenDy9FuB.86E@netcom.com> <ghenDyAuqF.LEp@netcom.com>
: > As a rule of thumb, first, stick with certified Swamis.
: First converts, now the swamis need certificates too?
Jaldhar,
While your reply may have been in jest, its worth repling to just to clear
things up. I probably should have said "genuine Swamis". I believe I
mentioned and specified they should be associated with a Temple and they
should have appropriate clothing and the, later, they should try to find
out the Swami.
Could you imagine the bad karma that would be assumed by asking a Swami to
see their certificate!
Second you don't believe that converting to Hinduism is possible, so what
is the utility of carrying any certificate. I agree that converting to
general Hinduism is not possible, but converting to a specific order is.
How the knowledge of a non-Indian Hindu versus an Indian Hindu would
highly vary; I've known some Indians who didn't know much about their
religion while if one were to convert they would have to be and stay
fairly active.
Bests,
Jay
