04-06-2007, 04:03 PM
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Post 249 (Mudy):
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Tirupati lord goes to Dalit homes<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->This is very good news. Isn't it general practise with smaller temples' utsavams (sp?) already? At least, it is in some small villages: the local temple's deities go around all inhabited areas and everyone comes out to catch a glimpse of the auspicious vision.
A question about the HindustanTimes article pasted in #249. It says:
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->to carry the Lord to the Dalitwadas or Dalit villages.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->This is the pseculars introducing new terminology. 'Dalit' itself is a very new term. I've never heard the term Dalitwada used. Has anyone?
I doubt the pseculars at HindustanTimes have ever seen a Harijan or talked to them (except when they want to make headlines about some controversial issue, of course). Like the psecular media cares about anyone.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->The alienation was leading to religious conversions. We have to make them feel they are not second class citizens and bring them into the religious mainstream<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->Then there's some good that comes of the christoterrorism at least, even if it is only an unintended side-effect of the evangelicals: it's getting the rest of the Hindu populace to act faster to improve things for others, rather than the slower speed we might have adopted without the terrorist ideologies' presence. It's not that Hindus are complacent, but all that's worth doing is worth doing as fast as may be, and one certainly can't be slow when it comes to another person's (quality) of life.
But many Hindus and Hindu organisations started their attempts far earlier, even Kanchi Shankaracharya (although only his latest actions towards this were mentioned in the news). So it's a huge media whitewash when they like to paint all Hindu moves for improvement as due to 'the threat of conversions', because they've been steadily happening (but too slowly and not on a large enough scale) for a very very long time. But the media won't cover those events because there's not even a trace of a 'christian impetus' to insinuate in their cases.
Blow the Indian government, the media, the pseculars, christoislamics and communists. What ought to be done can't be done soon enough. I think Hindus should continue implementing our visions for improving our whole society regardless of how much the others stand in our way or whine about how Hinduism is 'evil' or 'communalist' or whatever. They'll always whine and lie and do their thing. We (Hindus) should continue to do ours. (<- The 'We' is awkward here as I haven't done anything useful towards this, <i>yet</i>.)
And whether the psecular media twists all such good events into 'Hindus are only doing this because of the conversions' or whatever shouldn't matter. There's the bigger issue of the welfare of fellow humans, who are moreover Hindus, at stake. Sincere motivations and actions - regardless of how much they are willfully misconstrued or presented - will nevertheless achieve the objective of ensuring happiness for all Hindus.
Post 249 (Mudy):
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Tirupati lord goes to Dalit homes<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->This is very good news. Isn't it general practise with smaller temples' utsavams (sp?) already? At least, it is in some small villages: the local temple's deities go around all inhabited areas and everyone comes out to catch a glimpse of the auspicious vision.
A question about the HindustanTimes article pasted in #249. It says:
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->to carry the Lord to the Dalitwadas or Dalit villages.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->This is the pseculars introducing new terminology. 'Dalit' itself is a very new term. I've never heard the term Dalitwada used. Has anyone?
I doubt the pseculars at HindustanTimes have ever seen a Harijan or talked to them (except when they want to make headlines about some controversial issue, of course). Like the psecular media cares about anyone.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->The alienation was leading to religious conversions. We have to make them feel they are not second class citizens and bring them into the religious mainstream<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->Then there's some good that comes of the christoterrorism at least, even if it is only an unintended side-effect of the evangelicals: it's getting the rest of the Hindu populace to act faster to improve things for others, rather than the slower speed we might have adopted without the terrorist ideologies' presence. It's not that Hindus are complacent, but all that's worth doing is worth doing as fast as may be, and one certainly can't be slow when it comes to another person's (quality) of life.
But many Hindus and Hindu organisations started their attempts far earlier, even Kanchi Shankaracharya (although only his latest actions towards this were mentioned in the news). So it's a huge media whitewash when they like to paint all Hindu moves for improvement as due to 'the threat of conversions', because they've been steadily happening (but too slowly and not on a large enough scale) for a very very long time. But the media won't cover those events because there's not even a trace of a 'christian impetus' to insinuate in their cases.
Blow the Indian government, the media, the pseculars, christoislamics and communists. What ought to be done can't be done soon enough. I think Hindus should continue implementing our visions for improving our whole society regardless of how much the others stand in our way or whine about how Hinduism is 'evil' or 'communalist' or whatever. They'll always whine and lie and do their thing. We (Hindus) should continue to do ours. (<- The 'We' is awkward here as I haven't done anything useful towards this, <i>yet</i>.)
And whether the psecular media twists all such good events into 'Hindus are only doing this because of the conversions' or whatever shouldn't matter. There's the bigger issue of the welfare of fellow humans, who are moreover Hindus, at stake. Sincere motivations and actions - regardless of how much they are willfully misconstrued or presented - will nevertheless achieve the objective of ensuring happiness for all Hindus.