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It is no good to tell the Western people of our aspect of religion
but rather we should try to give expositions that benefit them i.e.
from the Bible. That has a greater impact than speaking about
Hinduism. Never try to convert people into your way of thinking but
let them decide themselves.
Rajinder Nijjhar.
> Rajinder Nijjhar (gnostic@zetnet.co.uk) wrote:
> : In message <ghenE6vtKH.y1@netcom.com>
> : trivedi@yukawa.uchicago.edu (Anil Trivedi) writes:
> : Tell them the exposition of Christianity from your eastern point of
> : view. If you need material, I can supply you on the Royal Kingdom of
> : God in which I have explained those who take to sword shall die
by the sword.
> : Rajinder Nijjhar
> : > I have to give about five lectures on various subjects which
> : > may encompass Hindu religion, society, history, and politics.
> : > The audience will consist of 20-25 Americans, educated and
> : > from all walks of life, who do not know much about Hindus and
> : > Hinduism but have an interest.
> : > Of course, I have a plan, :-) but my intention in making this
> : > post is to ask *your* advice on what to include in such a
> : > survey.
> : > If you have an opinion about how Hinduism should be presented
> : > to the wider world, or if you have a list of favorite books
> : > or videos which should be used in such a setting, please tell
> : > me. If you have lectured to a Western audience, please tell me
> : > what your experience was. If you are an American with interest
> : > in or knowledge about Hinduism, your perspective is of course
> : > uniquely valuable.
> I focus on:
> a) Hinduism is a way, that can not only be talked about
> but also lived. As that done by Gandhi.
> b) It is an approach, which seeks to
> Find a balance between desires and actual needs.
> For instance, you might not need a lamborgini, but
> will desire for it due to all sorts of pressures.
> The Hindu way tells us to how to come at terms
> with these excessive desires by the process of "shaman"
> (burning away) and not by "daman" (suppression). So
> that the desires dissolve off.
> c) It is an approach, where divinity has feminine as well
> as masculine aspects.
> d) The importance of nature, for reasons of ecology as
> well as spirituality.
> e) Karuna, ahimsa, and seva.
> f) Nyaya, satya and prema.
> I would conciously try to not needlessly intellectualise
> the discourse. Quite often, in such situations, we are not
> sure as to what we are talking about.
> --
> Nachiketa Tiwari
> --
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> Mail posts to: ghen@netcom.com : http://www.hindunet.org/srh_home/
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