Let's stay focussed on compassion, tolerance and understanding

[Guest guest]

Namah Shivaya, Srinivas,

 

It is clear that you feel deep anger and a sense of betrayal towards some

who have claimed to act in the name of Christianity.

 

Did not Ramakrishna Paramahamsa himself say that different paths are needed

for everyone? He and Amma and many other Indian saints and sages have

recognized the divinity of Jesus Christ. Kabir, a Muslim, was accepted as a

student by a Hindu master, and went on to call himself " at once the child of

Allah and Ram " . Look at all he has contributed to the spirituality of India.

I am not going to deny for a moment that people have said and done hateful

things in the name of this religion or that religion - but by turning around

and saying that this religion or that religion is bad or inferior, we are

really doing no better than they did. Doing such things is only perpetuating

the divisiveness you claim that Hinduism rises above.

It should also be noted that Amma Herself simply says Her religion is love

and service.

 

Amma tours India in the winter and hugs hundreds of thousands of people in

each place She visits, including those who are destitute and may have had to

go without food for a couple of days to find the money to come and see Her.

She has a great deal of concern for the poor and needy, as you can see from

the vast array of humanitarian projects She has undertaken in India and Sri

Lanka and abroad. None of us in this group is in a position to make

arrangements for Her tours. We are only devotees; many of us are in North

America and will not even see Amma again ourselves until She returns here in

June or July. Why don't you go and see Amma yourself and ask Her in person

to help the poor people in Andhra Pradesh? I think that would be the most

effective way. You can get more information on this at inform

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Jai Ma,

Pranada

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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