[Advaita-l] Conversion story

[Anbu sivam2]

To each according to his taste!

On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 7:32 AM, Michael Shepherd <
michael at shepherd87.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:

> May I correct that statement ? There is a whole spectrum of 'seekers after
> truth' between stoned Khatmandu weekenders and 'Moksa Mula'; and, let's
> say,
> Sri Vasudevacharya, the Sri Dayananda shishya who expounds the Upanishads
> and Gita and much else to the Australians, and writes learned books on
> Gaudapada etc..
>
> One doesn't have to 'abandon' to pursue; any more than a diamond dealer who
> adds gold dealing to his trade..
>
> Michael :)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: advaita-l-bounces at lists.advaita-vedanta.org
> [mailto:advaita-l-bounces at lists.advaita-vedanta.org]On Behalf Of Anbu
> sivam2
> Sent: 04 September 2009 12:05
> To: satisharigela at yahoo.com; A discussion group for Advaita Vedanta
> Subject: Re: [Advaita-l] Conversion story
>
>
>
> There are two types of people from the west.  Those who look at Hinduism
> and
> appreciate it are like movie goers.  They appreciate it but carry on as
> usual.
>
> The others who feel sense in it.  They decide to abandon what they had been
> born with and pursue what they found anew.  Many of them came and
> surredered
> to Gurus like Ramana and settled down never to return.  There are others
> who
> formed communities of their own in their own land just as the Hare Krishna
> people.  There are lots of Ramana Satsanghs or gatherings devoted to other
> gurus in the west.
>
> We have lot of movie goers in this forum but that is what can be expected.
>
> On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 5:50 AM, Satish Arigela
> <satisharigela at yahoo.com>wrote:
>
> > Namaste,
> >
> > -----
> > European proprietor of a nearby cenna factory and a friend of his
> > sought an interview with HH. HH pointed out to them that God
> > must have had a purpose in giving them birth in Christian families and
> > that it was their duty to seek spiritual progress along the
> > lines chalked out for them by the religion and not to waste time in
> > trying to find out relative value of the several faiths.
> > -----
> >
> > I appreciate this and thanks a lot for posting the exact paragraph. As we
> > can see, HH asked them to seek spiritual progress in their religion but
> > never said coming or converting into Hindufold will somehow hamper one's
> > spiritual progress.
> >
> > From the passage it looks like these 2 Europeans were sort of trying to
> > evaluate the relative value of faiths and not really interested in
> > praciticing Hindu rituals which seems to justify why AchArya asked them
> to
> > practice their faith without bothering us. Like i suspected.
> >
> > I am sorry if this following up troubled you, but I thought the initial
> > post gave a wrong impression and seems to discourage(**) non-Indians by
> > improper quoting of HH. Ofcourse our memories are imperfect and they can
> be
> > blurred over time. I will say no more on this.
> >
> > **given the present religio-politic scenario in the world...this may not
> be
> > good
> >
> > Best Regards
> > Satish
> >
> >
> >
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