Guest guest Posted July 9, 2000 Report Share Posted July 9, 2000 It is amazing that on the one hand people talk about taking many births as a certainty and on the other hand, give so much importance to the religion in one (this) birth. After all, a 'neo-hindu' could be a christian (in this birth) who moves towards hinduism because of samskaras of having been a hindu for probably many more lifetimes than the pompous priest who wants to throw him out of the temple! It is amazing how immune the ego is to even a lifetime (or more) of religiousness, spirituality and in a big picture view of feigned humility (Humble to God but not towards God's creation!) of some of the so called pious religious temple heads and so on. Oh well ... MK ><Vrinda ><Vrinda >Sunday, July 09, 2000 11:42 PM >News from Jagannath Puri > > > > Separate temple for Neo-Hindus > > > > > > 0600 hrs (IST) July 7, Bhubaneshwar > > By Alaap Mishra, eIndia correspondent > > The debate surrounding the issue of conversion and reconversion has >assumed > > ludicrous if not frightening proportions, with the Vishwa Hindu Parishad >and > > the pandit Brahmins of the Mukti Mandal of Puri locking horns over the >issue > > that centers around the entry of reconverts into Hindu temples like the > > Jagannath temple. > > The Jagannath temple at Puri is open only to Hindus and after the recent > > reconversion of tribal Christians at Manoharpur to Hinduism; questions >were > > raised whether the reconverts would have the right to enter the Puri >temple. > > Swami Nischalananda Saraswati, the Shankaracharya of Puri who had >presided > > over the reconversion ceremony at Manoharpur had said that the issue was >left > > to the Mukti Mandap Pandit Sabha, which is the decision-making body of >the > > Puri temple. Perhaps, in an attempt to alleviate the situation and >provide >a > > solution to the issue, which appeared deadlocked, the Shankaracharya had > > suggested building Swastik temples, especially for the reconverts. > > The pundit Brahmins of the Mukti Mandap were not in favor of opening the > > doors of the temple to reconverts, as they believe that such Hindus >cannot >be > > considered "on par with persons born as Hindus." > > Following this statement from the Mukti Mandap, the ban on the entry of > > reconverts into the temple premises was more or less accepted by the >Hindu > > community in Puri. > > But the Vishwa Hindu Parishad, the self proclaimed messiahs and voice of >the > > Hindu community did not want the issue to rest just yet. Consequently, >the > > vice president of the VHP dropped a bombshell at Puri yesterday by >daring > > anyone to ban the entry of the reconverts. Addressing a massive two-day >Sant > > Sammelan in which Hindu saints from all over the country participated, >the > > VHP leader said, "Hindus have stayed in their own country as second >class > > citizens. Now that the saints have got together, a renaissance of >Hinduism >is > > on the cards. The tribals who had been converted under temptation or >duress > > to Christianity are being reconverted to Hinduism and the full Hindu >status > > will be assigned to them. Nobody can ban their entry to the Puri >temple." > > > > > ______________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 9, 2000 Report Share Posted July 9, 2000 Dear Vrinda Devi, I am confident that Sri Jagannath Mahaprabhu has his own ways. Many years back, it is recorded in Vaishnava literature that Sri Ramanujacharya also tried the same thing that the VHP is trying today. At that time, Sri Jagannath was kind enough to transport Ramanuja and thousands of his disciples over hundreds of miles overnight!! when they were sleeping (there were no aircraft those days! an impossible task for human hands). I wonder what Sri Jagannath has in store for the VHP. One thing is for sure. The lesson is going to be very hard as the year of cleansing has started 2000 has started and cleansing of Orissa is to be followed by the cleansing of all Hindu institutions like ISKCON, VHP etc as per the words of Sri Achyuta. This cannot be stopped. Hari Om Tat Sat Sanjay Rath - <Vrinda <Vrinda Sunday, July 09, 2000 11:42 PM News from Jagannath Puri > Separate temple for Neo-Hindus > > > 0600 hrs (IST) July 7, Bhubaneshwar > By Alaap Mishra, eIndia correspondent > The debate surrounding the issue of conversion and reconversion has assumed > ludicrous if not frightening proportions, with the Vishwa Hindu Parishad and > the pandit Brahmins of the Mukti Mandal of Puri locking horns over the issue > that centers around the entry of reconverts into Hindu temples like the > Jagannath temple. > The Jagannath temple at Puri is open only to Hindus and after the recent > reconversion of tribal Christians at Manoharpur to Hinduism; questions were > raised whether the reconverts would have the right to enter the Puri temple. > Swami Nischalananda Saraswati, the Shankaracharya of Puri who had presided > over the reconversion ceremony at Manoharpur had said that the issue was left > to the Mukti Mandap Pandit Sabha, which is the decision-making body of the > Puri temple. Perhaps, in an attempt to alleviate the situation and provide a > solution to the issue, which appeared deadlocked, the Shankaracharya had > suggested building Swastik temples, especially for the reconverts. > The pundit Brahmins of the Mukti Mandap were not in favor of opening the > doors of the temple to reconverts, as they believe that such Hindus cannot be > considered "on par with persons born as Hindus." > Following this statement from the Mukti Mandap, the ban on the entry of > reconverts into the temple premises was more or less accepted by the Hindu > community in Puri. > But the Vishwa Hindu Parishad, the self proclaimed messiahs and voice of the > Hindu community did not want the issue to rest just yet. Consequently, the > vice president of the VHP dropped a bombshell at Puri yesterday by daring > anyone to ban the entry of the reconverts. Addressing a massive two-day Sant > Sammelan in which Hindu saints from all over the country participated, the > VHP leader said, "Hindus have stayed in their own country as second class > citizens. Now that the saints have got together, a renaissance of Hinduism is > on the cards. The tribals who had been converted under temptation or duress > to Christianity are being reconverted to Hinduism and the full Hindu status > will be assigned to them. Nobody can ban their entry to the Puri temple." > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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