sanat.kashyap

Dear friend,

Why you will go to temple twice. all you have to do is to, serve meals to one milk giving animal, dog, ant, crow and one human being/ any person who is follower hinduism(sanatan dharma).then wear garland of small rudrakshabeeds or small tulsi beeds.

Then read the dhyan shlok of lord vishnu. i.e. shantakaram bhujangshayanam..... and after that, if you have prepared birth chart, okay

ELSE

remember any one name of your choice from several sahastranam(if male choose from sahastranam of vishnu, shiv, ganesh etc. if female chhose from durgasahastranam,gayatri, kali etc ) as you first name and

followed by one name from names of rishis(seers)

as you sirname/last name. some names of our rishis are marich, vishwamitra, vashishth, vyas, dattatrey, kashyap, ...... if you want more names i can send you.

if you are in good numbers have your own temple and dont allow such people who dont see god in every human being.

one of the very first and foremost important hidden message of gita is that; if somehow due to duty somebody is killed by you only 5 elements of body disintegrate returns to nature cycle, but if you quarrel/ insult to almighty god you quarrel and insult the same. this is the biggest sin. and they have done this. god will definitely punish them.

there is no via media to follow the path of sanatan dharma but you only can go ahead. lord is witness for your love for him. he is seeing you from inside your heart.

FURTHER IF YOU WANT MANY MORE INFO DO WRITE I WILL BE HAPPY TO DO SO.

sanat@safe-mail.net

I had planned to go to my local temple for settling a time for my namakarana on Saturday, but now I am getting cold feet. I am feeling upset to find out that many Hindus hold that conversion cannot take place in their religion and also that in many temples only South Asian Hindus are even permitted to enter, and the priests enforce this policy, whether the entrants claim to be Hindu or not. To me this feels like Muslims forbidding non-Muslims entry into Mecca because it will somehow "dirty" it. Also some Hindus claiming that while God is universal "their" gods are special to them only.

 

I know many white Hindus have and do exist, such as George Harrison and many in the scientific and philosophical fields. Personally my interest really took off as a result of my passion for archaeology, which introduced me to ancient India. Actually it was the result of many factors at play but archaeology as my chosen field did play a role, especially the controversy over the Aryan invasion theory.

 

Also I do not want to "stand out". It is sad to say but racialism is still prevalent in our society and one term I hear used about white Hindus is "wannabes". I may not have been born and raised in India, and may have more liberal social mores as a result (although I do not drink or smoke, nor cheaply give away my body) - would this make me ineligible as a Hindu, especially as an unmarried and self-determined woman who does not feel called to be married?

 

All I know is that Durga has done more for me than anyone else, merely by chanting in her name I turned from a scared child into an adult. (That doesn't mean I still don't occasionally get nervous, as can be seen!) I try every day to bow before her and Krishna, and Lakshmi, and Ganesh, and meditate on their forms, which always brings a smile to my lips. They (realizing their Oneness) have granted me freedom in a way I did not know before. When I was a little girl I could not admire the saints of different religions - even different denominations - without that sinking drummed-in belief that despite their holiness they were all burning in hell for not putting the right words into their creed. Now I can see the true universalism in faith.

 

Do I have to undergo a namakarana? I know that even if I were rejected by the community I would still throw myself before God.

 

BTW, I realize namakarana is typically bestowed on infants, but on some research it seems to be also accepted as the means of accepting Hindu converts, if they are accepted.