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Aacharya Shree Dharmendra Ji Maharaj of VHP on Gujrat Riots in Ahmedabad==Forcible conversion of Hindus in Pakistan==Islam problem in Belgium
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Please give me an honest answer:
Why did Jain break away from Hindu dhram and established Jain Religion?
Why did Sikh break away from Hindu faith and establish Sikh Religion?
Why did millions of Hindus converted to Buddhism? Today there are more Buddhists in the world than Hindus
Why are millions of Hindus converting to Christianity today in India?
Why did Hindu Rajputh tribes after tribes converted to Islam? …..this is what today Pakistani Punjab is all about
IN USA WHY DID NIKKI HALEY CHANGED HER RELIGION TO CHRISTAINITY AND JINDAL CHANGED HIS HINDU FAITH ALSO TO CHRISTIANITY? IN USA I KNOW THOUSANDS OF INDIAN HINDUS ARE CHANGING THEIR FAITH.
I know the answer to these questions…………BUT I WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU.
Iftekhar A. Hai, President
UMA Interfaith Alliance
www.umaia.net
Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2011 20:24:25 -0800
Subject: Re: Here is definition of word KAFIR published in American newspapers
From: skanda987@gmail.com
To: umah.hai@hotmail.com
CC: oberoi50@yahoo.com; patilrama@gmail.com
See my response embedded below.
On Sat, Dec 17, 2011 at 8:19 AM, Iftekhar Hai <umah.hai@hotmail.com> wrote:
You show elements of prejudice, bias and distorted Islamic knowledge that lead to the partition of India.
sv: Wow! It is the prejudice of the Hindus that led to the partition of India!!??
You think that the people here do not know the truth and history.
You say all religions are good, but are not willing to giving up Islaam.
I do expect such irrational discussion with most Muslims.
I cannot discuss irrationally. You cannot fool the Vedics anymore. The years of Islaam on this earth are numbered, I believe.
Such people live in Nathuram Godse who murdered Gandhi. Every religious community has them……….but such people are maybe 1 to 5 %.
sv: What you say about, e.g., thousands of Kashmiri Pandits living south of Delhi as refugees in their own country? You want them to praise Islaam?
They see the glass as half empty and I forever an optimist see it as half full…….but 99% of Indians are not like what you say and reveal. So much hatred………….
I am talking about bringing changes in the minds of Muslims —– reformations of those extremist radical elements in my community and you go “collectively accusing.”
sv: Just live in Pakistan or Saudi Arabia and teach them how to become tolerant. If you cannot succeed, then there is no reason to speak good of islaam to the victims of Islaam and the kafirs. Your lifelong challenge is there, we the Vedics do not go out to convert anyone. We never have.
sv: I know Islaam, I do not need any research to know it. All the Kashmiri Pandits know it too. The victims of the terror acts in Bhaarat also know what Islaam is.
sv: I think I have discussed enough thinking you were a rational person. I found it was a wrong impression. Koran will not help you or the world. So, find some other source for your good. (I am) Wishing for your intellectual health.
I see no reason to discuss because it is not going to help you or anyone.
The answers to what you say are all in my attachment and writings that I had emailed you. I DO NOT THINK THAT YOU ARE READING WHAT PART OF OUR RESEARCH IS.
Iftekhar A. Hai, President
UMA Interfaith Alliance
Dear Colleagues
Saadar Namaskar:
MY NEW YEAR RESOLVE!
I, the undersigned, Narain Kataria, hereby solemnly resolve and declare on the eve of the New Year:
Sd/-
Narain Kataria
INDIAN COMMUNISTS: MASTERS OF DECEIT
Dr.Babu Suseelan, Babu Suseelan via yahoogroups.com
The communist and Muslim fundamentalist nexus in India has been growing for some years and it has reached a major threatening force in Kerala and West Bengal. The communist party in Kerala and West Bengal works day and night in collusion with Jihadi terrorists for the ultimate destruction of Hindu society. The party has created a core group of terrorists to attack Hindu cultural institutions, spiritual leaders, destroy Hindu temples and tear apart the social fabric. The hard-core terrorist group is small, compact, and highly mobile that can strike quickly with great furry. The select group of fanatics are constantly whipped into a state of frenzied enthusiasm with anti-Hindu rhetoric and thought control. Each day for the fanatic group is a day for attack, and preparation and dress rehearsal for the day when they hope to come to power and wipe out Hindus from their own country. Every opportunity is used for infiltration, sabotage, murder, loot, intimidation penetration and subversion.
The communists also recruit pseudo secularists to serve in their front organizations. The value of fellow travelers and sympathizers lies in their status in society. They serve as behind the scene manipulators and misdirect innocent Hindus from their cultural ethos. They serve for communist front organizations such as Minority Rights Groups, Human Rights Watch, Civil Liberty Committees and Women’s league. By allowing them to be used as tools, fellow travelers and communist sympathizers have immeasurably advanced communist-jihadi anti Hindu agenda. They have a powerful influence in the “thought-molding” field. These fellow travelers can be seen as teachers, scriptwriters, news reporters, and news analysts. These fellow travelers exert considerable influence in Kerala and west Bengal in destroying Hindu society thereby injuring the nation. The success of their mission depends on capturing Hindu strongholds from within. To this end they employ a variety of techniques. They have long followed the practice of making full use of Hindu tolerance and pluralism. These fanatics use full use of free speech, agitation, free press and assembly. They also use illegal methods, such as underground operations, terrorism, selective killing and espionage.
Influenced by the communist-Jihadi thought control system, several innocent Hindus have been swept in to their tight net. These Hindu victims see only the exterior or false face of communism and Jihad. They are slow in understanding the terror, injustice and slavery perpetuated by the Jihadi-communist group. Time after time in almost unbelievable fashion, these deceived pseudo secular Hindus somehow or other under the influence of thought control, do their dirty work.
How can we, as Hindus protect their religious heritage, cultural tradition, value system and society from the communist-jihadi nexus?
First, Hindus should not fall for “fronts”. Second, Hindus should not allow Jihadi, communists, pseudo secularists to disarm and confuse innocent Hindus. Hindus should to be assertive, proud of their sacred heritage and learn to spot fellow travelers and isolate them.
Finally, practice Hindu rituals, preserve spiritual tradition, protect Hindu temples and promote Hindu unity. Hindus should use their political might to further the Hindu political power and Hindu way of life and not to allow Jihadis and communists to steal it from Hindus.
Denmark Experience
From: Satish Oberoi oberoi50@yahoo.com
Hi All,
Many of us must be having personal knowledge of what the Congress did in Assam and the North East- they allowed large scale settlement of Bangladeshies in exclusive and large shanties and then made laws to regularise these , all in the name of vote bank and democracy ( Yeah. Some neta even talked of the need to shed the milk of human kindness ! ). No one cares a damn about the national interest, as long as he remains in power to loot the people and the nation. And then , hand over the rest for his progeny to claim as his / her own . And then shout ” JAI HO…”!.Read the Danish experience on trans- national immigration.
Bala
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SALUTE to Denmark .. This could very well happen here on our Continent….
Susan MacAllen is a contributing editor for (FamilySecurityMatters.org) Salute the Danish Flag – it’s a Symbol of Western Freedom By Susan MacAllen
In 1978-9 I was living and studying in Denmark . But in 1978 – even in Copenhagen, one didn’t see Muslim immigrants.
The Danish population embraced visitors, celebrated the exotic, and went out of its way to protect each of its citizens. It was proud of its new brand of socialist liberalism one in development since the conservatives had lost power in 1929 – a system where no worker had to struggle to survive, where one ultimately could count upon the state as in, perhaps, no other western nation at the time.
The rest of Europe saw the Scandinavians as free-thinking, progressive and infinitely generous in their welfare policies. Denmark boasted low crime rates, devotion to the environment, a superior educational system and a history of humanitarianism.
Denmark was also most generous in its immigration policies – it offered the best welcome in Europe to the new immigrant: generous welfare payments from first arrival plus additional perks in transportation, housing and education. It was determined to set a world example for inclusiveness and multiculturalism. How could it have predicted that one day in 2005 a series of political cartoons in a newspaper would spark violence that would leave dozens dead in the streets -all because its commitment to multiculturalism would come back to bite?
By the 1990’s the growing urban Muslim population was obvious – and its unwillingness to integrate into Danish society was obvious. Years of immigrants had settled into Muslim-exclusive enclaves.
As the Muslim leadership became more vocal about what they considered the decadence of Denmark’s liberal way of life, the Danes – once so welcoming – began to feel slighted. Many Danes had begun to see Islam as incompatible with their long-standing values: belief in personal liberty and free speech, in equality for women, in tolerance for other ethnic groups, and a deep pride in Danish heritage and history.
An article by Daniel Pipes and Lars Hedegaard, in which they forecasted, accurately, that the growing immigrant problem in Denmark would explode. In the article they reported:
‘Muslim immigrants constitute 5 percent of the population but consume upwards of 40 percent of the welfare spending.’ ‘Muslims are only 4 percent of Denmark’s 5..4 million people but make up a majority of the country’s convicted rapists, an especially combustible issue given that practically all the female victims are non-Muslim. Similar, if lesser, disproportions are found in other crimes.’
‘Over time, as Muslim immigrants increase in numbers, they wish less to mix with the indigenous population. A recent survey finds that only 5 percent of young Muslim immigrants would readily marry a Dane.’ ‘Forced marriages – promising a newborn daughter in Denmark to a male cousin in the home country, then compelling her to marry him, sometimes on pain of death – are one problem’
‘Muslim leaders openly declare their goal of introducing Islamic law once Denmark’s Muslim population grows large enough – a not-that-remote prospect. If present trends persist, one sociologist estimates, every third inhabitant of Denmark in 40 years will be Muslim.’
It is easy to understand why a growing number of Danes would feel that Muslim immigrants show little respect for Danish values and laws. An example is the phenomenon common to other European countries and Canada: some Muslims in Denmark who opted to leave the Muslim faith have been murdered in the name of Islam, while others hide in fear for their lives. Jews are also threatened and harassed openly by Muslim leaders in Denmark, a country where once Christian citizens worked to smuggle out nearly all of their 7,000 Jews by night to Sweden – before the Nazis could invade. I think of my Danish friend Elsa – who. as a teenager. Had dreaded crossing the street to the bakery every morning under the eyes of occupying Nazi soldiers – and I wonder what she would say today.
In 2001, Denmark elected the most conservative government in some 70 years– one that had some decidedly non-generous ideas about liberal unfettered immigration. Today Denmark has the strictest immigration policies in Europe . ( Its effort to protect itself has been met with accusations of ‘racism’ by liberal media across Europe – even as other governments struggle to right the social problems wrought by years of too-lax immigration.)
If you wish to become Danish, you must attend three years of language classes. You must pass a test on Denmark’s history, culture, and a Danish language test .
Then, you must live in Denmark for 7 years before applying for citizenship.
You must demonstrate intent to work, and have a job waiting. If you wish to bring a spouse into Denmark, you must both be over 24 years of age, and you won’t find it so easy anymore to move your friends and family to Denmark with you.
You will not be allowed to build a mosque in Copenhagen. Although your children have a choice of some 30 Arabic culture and language schools in Denmark, they will be strongly encouraged to assimilate to Danish society in ways that past immigrants weren’t.
In 2006, the Danish minister for employment, Claus Hjort Frederiksen, spoke publicly of the burden of Muslim immigrants on the Danish welfare system, and it was horrifying:
the government’s welfare committee had calculated that if immigration from Third World countries were blocked, 75 percent of the cuts needed to sustain the huge welfare system in coming decades would be unnecessary. In other words, the welfare system, as it existed, was being exploited by immigrants to the point of eventually bankrupting the government. ‘We are simply forced to adopt a new policy on immigration’.
‘The calculations of the welfare committee are terrifying and show how unsuccessful the integration of immigrants has been up to now,’ he said.
A large thorn in the side of Denmark’s imams is the Minister of Immigration and Integration, Rikke Hvilshoj.. She makes no bones about the new policy toward immigration,
‘The number of foreigners coming to the country makes a difference,’ Hvilshoj says, ‘There is an inverse correlation between how many come here and how well we can receive the foreigners that come.’
And on Muslim immigrants needing to demonstrate a willingness to blend in,
‘In my view, Denmark should be a country with room for different cultures and religions. Some values, however, are more important than others. We refuse to question democracy, equal rights, and freedom of speech.’
Hvilshoj has paid a price for her show of backbone.. Perhaps to test her resolve, the leading radical imam in Denmark, Ahmed Abdel Rahman Abu Laban, demanded that the government pay blood money to the family of a Muslim who was murdered in a suburb of Copenhagen, stating that the family’s thirst for revenge could be thwarted for money.. When Hvilshoj dismissed his demand, he argued that in Muslim culture the payment of retribution money was common, to which Hvilshoj replied that what is done in a Muslim country is not necessarily what is done in Denmark. The Muslim reply came soon after: her house was torched while she, her husband and children slept. All managed to escape unharmed, but she and her family were moved to a secret location and she and other ministers were assigned bodyguards for the first time – in a country where such murderous violence was once so scarce..
Her government has slid to the right, and her borders have tightened. Many believe that what happens in the next decade will determine whether Denmark survives as a bastion of good living, humane thinking and social responsibility, or whether it becomes a nation at civil war with supporters of Sharia law.
And meanwhile, Canadians clamor for stricter immigration policies, and demand an end to state welfare programs that allow many immigrants to live on the public dole. As we in Canada look at the enclaves of Muslims amongst us, and see those who enter our shores too easily, dare live on our taxes, yet refuse to embrace our culture, respect our traditions, participate in our legal system, obey our laws, speak our language, appreciate our history .. We would do well to look to Denmark, and say a prayer for her future and for our own.
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DISHONEST CHRISTIAN EVANGELISTS IN FAKE HINDU CULTURAL GARB
– Dr. BABU SUSEELAN
Babu Suseelan <babususeelan@hotmail.com>
For hundreds of years, Christian missionaries have been selling fake paradise in India. Missionaries promised “the eyes of the blind will be opened, the ears of the deaf unstopped, and the wilderness will burst out in fruitful beauty.” They falsely paraded the prophecy of the wolf with the lamb and the kid with the leopard and promised Biblical paradise. Missionary promises were couched in scholastic terms but their goal was political, social and economic exploitation and to liberate Hindus from their spiritual tradition and to enslave them with the rigid dogma. Christian colonialists did their utmost to conceal from the world the true nature of their deceptive techniques of these missionary tormentors. Colonial masters succeeded in muffling victims of conversion. The full dramatic story of deceptive missionary activities against Hindus has yet to be told, and the need for telling it is now more compelling than ever, not only to expose their games, but also to warn gullible victims.
Now Christian evangelists are devising various modern deceptive plans to convert unsuspecting and ignorant Hindus. They are on a crusade march to convert Hindus by unholy, dishonest means of deception, exploitation and fraud. The exploitation of peace loving, tolerant, innocent Hindus by cunning strategies and deceptive psychological programming is aimed at the destruction of the ancient spiritual culture and Hindu tradition. “Until Hindu culture is conquered, Hinduism remains. Hinduism is wedded to culture in indissoluble bonds till death does them apart. Hindu culture must be Christianized, if we were to win Hindus. Hindus must be won, if we were to win India.” says A Guide to Missionary Tactics. For several years missionaries have launched a cultural war against Hindus for domination, control and conversion. While several Christian cults adopted a decidedly heretical Christian doctrine, modern day evangelists continue to use dishonest and deceptive psychological techniques to execute their cabal.
For a long time, Hinduism has generally dictated the ethical standards by which Hindus live. However, a growing number of evangelists in India have rejected the ethical standards as impractical and moral principles as outdated. For evangelist crusaders-there is no distinction between right and wrong, good and bad and there is no ethical standards. Evangelists decide for themselves what is right and what is wrong. Their ideas and deceptive standards demonstrate that they have an inherent potential for reflecting immoral, unethical acts.
A case in point:
SWAMI SACHIDANANDA BHARATHI
NAVASRUSHTI INTERNATIONAL TRUST
DHARMA BHARATHI ASHRAM
MULANTHURITHY, ERNAKULAM, KERALA
www.navasrushtiinternationaltrust.org
Wow. That’s really impressive. I guess we had better get down on our knees right now, and start confessing everything, holding nothing back, as well as support the Hindu sounding organization! Right? Wrong!
At first, you may find it as a spiritual Hindu organization motivated to do good. Now read on and weigh the contents in accurate scale and you will know that it is an “ecumenical communion of the disciples of Lord Jesus Christ” Swami Sachidananda Bharathi in saffron dress is an evangelist and the Dharma Bharathi Ashram is an institution for indoctrination of gullible Hindus. This dishonest fake name is an attempt to develop a rapport with Hindus without divulging their own evil intention. The name of the organization looks wonderful on the outside, but on the inside is very manipulating. It is a desperate attempt to trick Hindus into joining the Christian Ashram. They are after Hindu mind and money. It is a sophisticated mind control and recruitment technique that has been refined over time. Evangelists need to operate using deception. Why? Because: if Hindus knew their true practices and beliefs beforehand, then they would not join. Evangelists need to hide the truth from Hindus until they think they are ready to accept the fake paradise.
It is a slick well-orchestrated public relations front which hides what the group is really like. They want to help the poor, support peace and revitalize environment. It is all fake selling points.
The ideas of deception are not an original idea of the Christian evangelist Swami Sachidananda. A Christian missionary wrote about the methodology of Christianizing Hindus in India some 80 years ago using a similar deception. The missionary wrote “If we are insistent in converting Hindus, let it be remembered that until we adopt Hindu cultural practices, it is difficult to lure Hindus for Jesus”. Christian evangelist Swami Sachidananda Bharathi and his organization are adding a new deceptive dimension based on the old missionary technique.
The deceptive tactics of the evangelist Swami Sachidananda Bharathi (formerly N.V. John) and other slick evangelists include misquoting Hindu verses, building Churches that look similar to temples, Ashrams, doing Christian ceremonies like Hindu festivals, and adopting Hindu names for conversion centers. They construct preaching centers which are outwardly as closely as akin to Hindu Ashrams. Christian evangelists continue the outward form of Hinduism while adding a new dimension based on the Bible.
The real intent is to implement the policy of psycho programming and mind manipulation to demand the voluntary participation of Hindus for conversion. The plan is to break the spirit or sap the vitality of Hindus, who continue to enjoy a spiritual life. It is a trick for exploitation and bondage as well as to crush Hindus. The evangelist strategy of enslavement and dehumanization is now turned into dishonest and deceptive strategy. It is an attempt to convince Hindus that they are not complete until they accept Jesus as the only God. Over the past 60 years, thousands of Hindus have been deceptively converted specifically by Christian evangelists with fake promises and deceptive tactics that masquerade Christian belief in the guise of Hindu spiritual practices. The Christian gospel is preached by “Christian Swamis” wearing saffron clothes and Rudraksha (Beads). These fake Christian swamis promote their rigid Christian faith by using a new Hindu name.
These dishonest Hindu sounding Christian organizations and fake Christian swamis have influenced secularists, intellectuals, social liberals and the media by psycho linguistic programming and deceptive propaganda. This method of proselytizing increases the number of contact people, who serve as conduits to the Hindus in social settings. Contrary to popular perception, it is not only emotionally unstable to Hindus who fall prey to evangelist efforts. In fact, all Hindus are susceptible. They often target college campuses, hospitals, housing colonies, senior residences, and poor Hindu neighborhoods. They deliberately misquote, mistranslate and misinterpret Hindu scriptures and puranas in an attempt to prove that Jesus was both an avatar and Hindu God.
Their deliberate and dishonest de-legitimization of Hinduism, in concert with misleading exploitation of Hindu symbols, religious artifacts and even traditional music serve to confuse the potential convert, making him/her more vulnerable.
Secular Hindus, social liberals and the media have been very slow in catching on to the fact that the evangelists are in a war, -a war that is cultural, religious and political.
Hindu spirituality involves experience and understanding of life, space, time and the universe. It is beyond that which can be managed by a closed, rigid, dualistic dogma. However, based on its pitiful and absurd understanding of spiritual life, the evangelists call everything outside of its own dogma “superstitions” and subject Hindus to brainwashing and deceptive conversion. Those unwilling to abandon spiritual practices are insulted and bombarded with shameless, wicked psycho linguistic programming.
Hindu culture is significant because it reaffirms for us that we once organized complex civilizations all over the continent. We can take these traditions and generate more advanced ideas for peaceful human survival with freedom and dignity. Let all Hindus join to be free to create, and let a Hindu spiritual revolution be born.
Hindus must vow an iron vow that we will never either tolerate or allow any deceptive mind manipulation of Hindus. This means that no Hindu should participate in such fake organizations. The task is for the lion-hearted Hindus. It requires discipline, commitment and devotion to Hindu culture and society on several levels. Hindus should extricate themselves from the pseudo secular, colonized mind. A colonized mind is always on the verge of submission, the destruction of the creativity, and the suicide of minds. A creative Hindu mind can expose these evangelist wolf dressed in sheep’s skin and preaching dogmatic faith in Hindu cultural garb.
– Dr. BABU SUSEELAN
From Tilak Shrestha
Dear Suresh Vyas Jee
Namaste
Thanks for your kind posting of the letter in the Skanda, appreciated.
Please correct my e-mail: tilakbs@hotmail.com
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Perhaps you may like to post attached articles also. Also please note the excerpt out of the article ‘Jesuit Oath.’
“THE JESUIT OATH” By Carlos Didler http://members.aol.com/gregscv/jesuit.htm
Landmark Independent Baptist Church http://members.aol.com/libcfl/
“I furthermore promise and declare that I will, when opportunity presents, make and wage relentless war, secretly or openly, against all heretics, Protestants and Liberals, as I am directed to do, to extirpate and exterminate them from the face of the whole earth; and that I will spare neither age, sex or condition; and that I will hang, waste, boil, flay, strangle and bury alive these infamous heretics, rip up the stomachs and wombs of their women and crush their infants’ heads against the walls, in order to annihilate forever their execrable race. That when the same cannot be done openly, I will secretly use the poisoned cup, the Strangulating cord, the steel of the poniard or the leaden bullet, regardless of the honor, rank, dignity, or authority of the person or persons, whatever may be their condition in life, either public or private, as I at any time may be directed so to do by any agent of the Pope or Superior of the Brotherhood of the Holy Faith, of the Society of Jesus.”
Thanks, Tilak
Truth_Christianity2
From: Tilak Shrestha tilak@hotmail.com
Dear Thomas Jee and Pradeep Jee
Namaste
Merry Christmas
My apology for the slow response. I wonder how did you come to conclusion that I am attacking Christianity? I am merely a messenger and putting forth the Christian doctrine as it is. Following central doctrines are Christian, not mine. Correct? If you disagree please do question Bible or Christianity, not me.
A. Jesus is the only way to heaven. All Christians go to Heaven, no matter how evil. All others go to Hell, no matter how virtuous.
John 14:6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
Acts 4:12 Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.
Timothy 2:5 For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus
John 3:16-18 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son. Whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. But he who does not believe is condemned already.
It means all your non-Christian ancestors are in hell. Do you agree? Can the doctrine be true?
Consider the views:
Tilak: Your ancestors were virtuous and are in Heaven.
Christianity: Your ancestors were not Christians, thus are in Hell.
Who is your brother? Who is insulting you and your ancestors?
Another central doctrine of Christianity is ‘sins are transferable.’ Adam and Eve commit sin, and all humanity is sinful. Babies are born in sin. People commit crime and Jesus pays for it. Jesus pays for crimes committed only by Christians and that include crimes to be committed in future.
Truth: ‘Sins are not transferable.’ Each of us has to face consequences of our deeds.
Do you agree with Christian doctrine? Can the doctrine be true?
B. Nepal is a small and poor nation. But the poverty is of money, not of spirit. Nepal is the nation on high Himalayas, abode of Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati. Nepal-Himalaya is lived and blessed by Rishis like Gorakh Nath, Ne, Marichi, Angira, Pulah, Vrigu, Atrya and others. It is the land where King Janak ruled, Queen Sita and Tathagata Buddha were born. Nepalese princess and queen of Tibet Bhrikuti spread Buddhism in Tibet, then to China and beyond.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhrikuti
The Nepali artist and architect Balabahu transformed the Chinese arts and architecture. He is given the title of ‘Araniko’ by the Chinese Emperor himself.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Araniko
When all the India was under the pale of foreigners we Nepalese beat all the foreign invasions including British Empire. The Nepali spirit leaves on even today:
A. Queen honors Gurkha who killed 30 Talibans in Afghanistan
B. Indian government confers Nepali youth with high decorations for bravery by fighting off 40 robbers and rescuing a girl about to be raped.
You are correct to think that I know, respect and proud of my ancestors. I wish you could do the same. You agree with Christianity that all your virtuous but non-Christian ancestors are in Hell, do not you? What a shame.
C. You wrote ‘Veda is not correct’ as a defense of Bible. You are wrong. Truthful of Veda has no relation on un-truth of Bible. It is only a sorry ‘red herring’ on your part to defend the Bible. Veda cannot be wrong. Veda is the collection of the knowledge base as known to the people living in the Sharaswati river basin. It has mathematics, medicine, architect, philosophies, history, geography and others as known then. A theory or an idea may be wrong, but the collection cannot be wrong. Library is a collection of books. A book or a theory within may be wrong. But the library cannot be wrong. I am sure there are many issues in Vedas, some correct, some not so. Vedas them self differentiate between widely accepted views (Shruti) and individual views (Smriti). Please give me quotes from Bible and let me give my opinion. Veda is not written by Barbarians. However, who cares about the author? It is the content that matters. Here are a few quotes from Veda. Which ones you have objection to?
Satyam ewa jayate. Truth always triumphs.
Vashundhaiva kutumbakam. World is a family.
Sarve api sukhino santu. Let all be happy.
Yeto Dharma stato jaya. Victory is where virtue is.
Sarva Dharma sambhava Many paths to the summit
Om mani padme hum. Goodness comes out of goodness.
Om shantih, shantih, shantihi. Divine peace, peace, and peace.
D. There are many version of Jesus all the way from never existed to Jewish Rabbi. I do appreciate his teaching of love to all, a Bhakti margi. There are scholars who forward information on him. According to them his biological father was ‘Panthera’, a Roman soldier. In his teens he ran away to and then again returned to India after being crucified by Romans. Evidently he did not die on the cross. I did not ask why he could not save himself. I state others sins cannot be paid by him. He neither claimed to do so. Otherwise he would have been saying all along that he came to pay for others sins, including sins of Romans. The conversation between Jesus and others, including ordinary people, Jewish priests or Roman governor would have been quite different. Would not that be?
E. Contrary to your assertion Hinduism has one divinity and Christianity has many. I do not know how many Gods there are? Do you know? Have you seen even a single one? Thus, to talk about Monotheism being better than polytheism is nonsense. However, Hinduism considers one divinity ‘Ishwar’, which manifest as many Devi/Devata as per the human needs. Bible starts with the assumption that there are many Gods, each limited by territory. Like God of Delhi or God of Bihar, a geographical issue or local nationalism. Ancient people there used to worship all of them. Moses wanted worshiping only one of them. That is, it is not an understanding that there is only one divinity. Rather it is choosing to worship a single God out of many. That is done to militarize the Jewish tribe. Military can have only one commander. Bible is not really a scripture about spirituality, but subjective political history of Jewish people.
F. Hinduism is a collection of Dharmas. A Dharma is about truth ‘Satya’ and spiritual practice ‘Yoga.’ In essence the path to Heaven is through practice of ‘Good heart’ within and ‘Good deed’ outside. Please read the article ‘Dharma and religion’, ‘Karma’ and ‘Way of knowledge’ for more explanations. Dharma is not religion. Religions like Christianity is about social control through brain washing. They are not comparable. Hindu mythology carries messages within, not just stories like Iliad. Please read the explanation on ‘rebirth’ and law of Karma in the article ‘Karma.’ It is not really about ‘believing’ many births, but about careful thinking and charting out assumptions vs. explanations. ‘Brahman’ is not a person, but the ultimate reality. What you see around is ‘Samsar’ a created reality, a projection of Brahman. It cannot be understood intellectually, but may be realized through meditation. These issues may be a little above your understanding. So first read about and meditate before giving your opinion. Pouring Ghee on statue is culture, not spirituality. It is not like eating flesh and drinking blood of Jesus. Caste system is not about Dharma or Gods, but about social evolution. It is about jobs specialization and motivation, not Dharma. Our Gods love all regardless of caste or creed.
G. Christianity does not allow free thinking. That is why Church burned alive Professor Giordano Bruno for saying ‘Earth moves around the Sun’, and Church\Pope instituted inquisition. They burned books and libraries. Later Europeans had to go searching for their own heritage in foreign libraries. Do you call ‘Inquisition’ freedom of thinking?
http://www.exposingchristianity.com/Inquisition.html
Of course, Pradeep Jee reads European history doing ‘Shirshasan’ or standing on the head. Otherwise, he might have noticed that pre-Christian Europeans tolerated any religious groups including Christians. Europe had such a great philosophical and cultural tradition with illustrious individual like Socrates, Aristotle, Euclid, Plato, Pythagoras and others. You have heard of ‘Pax Romana’, have not you?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pax_Romana
Guess what happened once Church came to power? Christianity destroyed all and dragged Europe down to the ‘Dark Age.’ They killed off the people of pre-Christian religions. The religious wars killed millions.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Ages_%28historiography%29
The ‘Renaissance’ is basically Europeans coming together and getting rid of Christian hold. They instituted ‘Secularism’ not to let Christianity play murders again, and kept Pope within Vatican like the ‘small pox’ virus within the research institute. The current progress of Europe is not because of but in spite of Christianity. And that happened only after displacing the ‘Dark age’ of Christianity with the ‘age of Reason.’
H. Aryans did not come from Europe or Iran. On the contrary, Aryans migrated from India to Iran and Europe. Here are a few links to enlighten yourself. I am also attaching a note ‘Origin of Hinduism’ from the book ‘Vedic Aryans and the origin of civilization’, 2001, by Navaratna Rajaram and David Frawley. Know your roots and be proud.
1. Archaeology in India.
http://www.archaeologyonline.net/artifacts/aryan-harappan-myth.html
2. Indus Sarasvati civilization and Aryan question.
http://micheldanino.voiceofdharma.com/indus.html
3. Aryan Invasion Theory Links:
http://www.hindunet.org/hindu_history/ancient/aryan/aryan_link.html
4. “Saraswati – The ancient river lost in the desert.” A. V. Sankaran.
http://www.ias.ac.in/currsci/oct25/articles20.htm
5. “Scientists prove existence of mythical Saraswati river.” The Times of India. May 2, 2001.
http://www.hvk.org/articles/0501/6.html
6. “The Saraswati: Where lies the mystery.” Saswati Pai K. GIS Development.
http://www.gsbkerala.com/saraswati.htm
Sincerely,
Tilak Shrestha, Ph.D.