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Written by Śri Hariharananda Śivadasa Bharathi Swami
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 Over the weekend, I read the transcript of a speech made by Arvind Sharma (Birks Professor of Comparative Religion at McGill University) to the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom after being asked to provide a Hindu perspective regarding the relationship of Hindu nationalism to religious freedom in India. In his remarks, Professor Sharma made some key points about the seminal differences between the Western concept of religion versus the Eastern concept of religion, especially in regards to the effect this difference has on the practice of proselytization and conversion in Eastern countries and in India, in particular.
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Spreading Ashes on Public Waterways |
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Written by Administrator
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(HPI) TORONTO, CANADA, October 14, 2010: Final rites for a loved one are a serious enough business without the added fear of breaking the law to follow custom. So Canada’s Hindu community has begun releasing a set of guidelines that allow the ancient practice of spreading ashes on water without running afoul of modern environmental concerns. “There was so much guilt that I experienced myself 14 years ago, when I spread my father’s ashes in Lake Ontario,” recalls Pandit Roopnauth Sharma, 58, who is leading the effort. “I didn’t know if it was legal. I was uncomfortable. People are always looking over their shoulder.”
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American Pastor Calls Yoga 'Demonic' |
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Written by Administrator
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(HPI) SEATTLE, WA, USA, October 18, 2010: Mars Hill Church pastor Mark Driscoll’s statement that yoga is an agent of Hinduism, and hence demonic, has many yoga gurus and practitioners confused.
Adding fuel to the fire, The Seattle Times newspaper last week quoted R Albert Mohler Jr, president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Kentucky, as saying that yoga was against Christianity. Some see the statements as acknowledgement of the popularity of yoga, which has been growing as rapidly as mainstream religions once did.
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