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Free Will and Destiny. I believe through the Hindu scriptures that your life has already a destiny. I have the copies of the life of A.C. Bhagtivedanta (the founder) and when he was young he was given something by a priest that said that he would open many temples around the world. Im sorry i do not remember what it is called. But if we have a destiny then surely it is only up to us which path we follow to get there. If there is a destiny in what we do in life, then what has happened to our Karma. Or is it that our Karma is that of the choices and things we do along the path we have chosen to reach our destiny? How far does our free will go in life? I know i have many ideas and i appologise for continuously posting with questions, but i am continously learning about my religion. Hare Krishna!

Hello, i was very recently preached by a very spiritual priest in vrindavan, on my last visit to India that every human born, is born a Hindu. He backed this theory up by saying that if you take every other religion you will find that they all perform some kind of ceromony when the child is born to welcome them into the religion. for example: Christians: Baptise Islamic: Chop off the hair and give the weight in money to charity. Jewish: Perform ceremony and then wear hats. Sikh: Where turbans. So the only religion that is left that leaves the child as it is at birth is Hinduism. So in this case every child who is born is a Hindue, but is merely converted to the families beliefs. I would like your views on this. I am only 16, but i am a strong believer. Hare Krishna!!