04-30-2007, 11:32 PM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--> if a Univ. professor from Michigan and Berkeley has converted to Hinduism, would his/hers views still be rejected?
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His views will start from time he became Hindu, so his view or experience will be limited. People like us, our narrative, our own experience and practices passed on to us from generations. For example, I learnt from my grand mother, before going to bed, recite Gayatri Mantra five times or when you have bad dreams, say OM and recite Gayatri Mantra. Or no food before Havan. So for converts they will never experience what we have learnt from our grand parents, it is our way of life. Our knowledge or experience came from grandparents not from books. Even before reading or writing I was able to recite Gayatri Mantra or Shanti Mantra.
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His views will start from time he became Hindu, so his view or experience will be limited. People like us, our narrative, our own experience and practices passed on to us from generations. For example, I learnt from my grand mother, before going to bed, recite Gayatri Mantra five times or when you have bad dreams, say OM and recite Gayatri Mantra. Or no food before Havan. So for converts they will never experience what we have learnt from our grand parents, it is our way of life. Our knowledge or experience came from grandparents not from books. Even before reading or writing I was able to recite Gayatri Mantra or Shanti Mantra.