[Assam] Evolving of Hinduism

[Chan Mahanta]

At 10:17 AM -0400 8/14/06, Mohan R. Palleti wrote:
>Chan:
>First of all congratulations for the laurels you brought on your
>photography skills.


*** Thanks Mohan.



>
>You may be right here, I may have chewed more than I can bite
.


*** No harm done. We all do that sometime.

Take care.

cm



>A Czar to dictate laws would be bad indeed. Haven’t given that much
>thought when I wrote in response to Umesh’s comment.
>
>It is my observation that the West treats Hindu’s more like pagan
>worshippers because as someone indicated to me when I was a Engineering
>student in the early eighties that most major religions are theological in
>nature. The word of God coming straight from God type
.. We the Hindu’s
>however do not have an origin for our religion. The word of God like the
>Geeta upadesha comes much later in chronology. Did you ever meet somebody
>who wanted to become a Hindu and did not know how to? Most people say that
>to be a Hindu, you have to be born a Hindu.. And since Hinduism does not
>proselytize. Sorry folks, try ISCON or some other baba
. We have
>Sankracharyas in India, how often do you see them denounce atrocities in
>the name of religion, or see them shaking hands with the President of
>America or anybody big outside the country. Whereas the Dalai Lama is more
>well educated, well versed with current affairs and also is a source of
>inspiration and leadership. On the other hand we have probably never heard
>of the other two Sankracharys’s in India. Only the one in the South is
>well known, but for different reasons
 We have heard his name tarnished
>with murder, woman, nepotism, misuse of funds
..If I am a Hindu, I would
>not folks like him to represent the religion.
>
>My idea of a certified priesthood is because not all Hindu’s can perform
>all the traditional rituals. Pooja’s don’t have to be in Sanskrit. God, if
>he exists should not be have a language barrier. For people who want to
>follow ancient traditions and perform the poojas in Sanskrit as their
>forefathers did, somebody needs to follow the tradition as a profession,
>which means he provides a service and earns his livelihood with it. In
>matters of death, marriage etc
.. there are specific rituals, I am sure
>not everybody would like to invest their time to learn them.
>
>
>
>Regarding castes and its existence


.
>Castes in India exists because we perpetuate it. The Government, the
>people, and the politicians
.
>These are all vote banks. Nobody wants to loose them, that
>
>
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