Category: With Others

Part Four: Our Enemy’s Enemy is our Friend. Preface Prior to this article, I had written a three-part series following an extended dialogue with a young Christian whose father I had known even before he was born. After reading those articles and continuing our exchange, he raised a thoughtful question: To what extent are Christian…

Bringing the Three Parts Together The reflections presented across these three parts began with a specific and immediate concern—an experience of hostility, a question about its causes, and a search for possible ways forward. What initially appeared as a localized issue gradually opened into a wider inquiry into the relationship between religion, politics, and identity.…

This reflection began as a response to a message shared by an evangelical Christian, who sent a video highlighting instances of hostility faced by Christian communities in parts of North India. Along with the video, he raised a question: how can such hostility come to an end? He also wondered whether this reflects a broader…

Krishna and Christ Dear Sir, I am quite astonished to see my brothers and sisters are able to accept Yesu Krist in this country. I would be happy if you could send all the possible materials regarding Yesu krist in and of Bhagavad Gita; the sacred song of Hindus. I would like to explore more…

Issues [often] Confronting us. Sri A. Abraham Joshi asked a good question about my philosophy of mandali, so I chose this forum to articulate it, since this question about our bhakti confronts us again and again. I have nothing to say about the Christian Church. They need it for their identity and to meet all…

To begin with a positive note, I agree with the author that it should be ‘Shu’ and not ‘Su’.  This could be a typo error which I failed to notice. Next is the mistake that the author has pointed out, he technically separated the word  as Shukla + Ambara+ dharam.  But my purpose of sending…

We all heard about others creating hurdles/obstacles for others.  Several times we also create obstacles for ourselves.  In Hinduism even God creates ‘obstacle’ as the Lord of Vigna viz., Vigna + Ishwar [Ganapathi] creates obstacle for so many reaching heaven so that it won’t be overcrowded.  But have you ever heard about a Hindu ‘Convert’…

Identity questions for Hindus   Hello Swamiji,I had been having some interesting conversations with a close friend of mine (PGK) – …. (who is now in Denmark).  He had some very serious questions about Hindu identity and (I) tried answering to the best of my knowledge. His main question was “how is Hinduism defined”? (Is…