First Hindu Temple to be Built in China by BAPS (ritual, tradition)

[anders]

Originally Posted by penguino

UNINTERESTING? My god. The complex is beatiful. It is the most rearding part of delhi.

I've lost count of the number of holy places I've visited in India. This one was the only case that I found artificial and uninteresting. For a Delhi counterexample, despite its souvenir shop, the Birla Mandir gave me a more genuine feeling.

Im 100% sure you had assumptions of akshardham before you went to it.

Yes. I thought it would be very interesting from the few pictures I had seen and its scale etc., and reserved a whole day for it. So I was very disappointed.

[celina]

I'd like my thread to stay on topic. If you have anything else to discuss move somewhere else.

[Pariah]

Security may be a pain, but I think it should be mentioned that Muslim terrorists have begun to attack all of the sacred places in India (both Hindu and Muslim alike) - it is a necessity.

I'm sure anders sees it, but still wishes it could be different.

For the OP:
How many Swaminarayan worshipers are there in China?
Are the devotees of Chinese ethnicity or Indians living in China?

Lol, calm down their are like 6 different Swaminarayan sects. It happens with all religions, there just different interpretations. Nothing wrong with that. People are allowed have different interpretation and paths in Hinduism.

Which may be true, but you don't realize the amount of communalism amongst Hindus that doesn't evoke violence. Hinduism is by no means a unified religion in thought or in deed - philosophically, it stands on solid ground, but realistically, it's a house built on sand.

[TashaN]

Hi there, i just have one question, if you don't mind.

Originally Posted by Pariah

Security may be a pain, but I think it should be mentioned that Muslim terrorists have begun to attack all of the sacred places in India (both Hindu and Muslim alike) - it is a necessity.

Do you think only the Muslims are responsible for this violence or it's from both parties--the muslim and hindu extreme alike--attacking holy places either it was temples or mosques?


Thanks in advance.

[lilithu]

Originally Posted by Pariah

My Gods. It just goes to show how splintered our religion really is.

It was never "one religion" in the first place, so why start now?

[TashaN]

Originally Posted by lilithu

It was never "one religion" in the first place, so why start now?

One of the great lecturers in my life was a hindu, and he said the same excact thing, and he added that, only people is calling it a religion, while it's clearly not.

[Pariah]

Originally Posted by The Truth

Do you think only the Muslims are responsible for this violence or it's from both parties--the muslim and hindu extreme alike--attacking holy places either it was temples or mosques?

To say that Hindus do not have a small hand in terrorism would be to deny history, but it would equally stupid to say that Muslims have not committed the majority of the atrocities.

[Pariah]

Originally Posted by lilithu

It was never "one religion" in the first place, so why start now?

Because it would result in cultural unity which India is in dire need of. The lack of unity led to Islamic domination for 400 years and British domination, after Shivaji the Great returned Hindu supremacy to the subcontinent.

Both Celina and Mahesh believe a man is God, but disagree on the particulars of devotion of philosophical nuances. Have you seen the disagreements they've had? They are quite heated, despite belonging to same religion.

Unless there is a feeling of unity, that despite philosophical differences, we are Hindu, then India cannot progress culturally. The current economic scene is a farce in comparison to the gross amounts of communalism among people between the states, religions, castes, languages, etc.

India has not learned its lesson and its openness will be its downfall again.

[TashaN]

Originally Posted by Pariah

To say that Hindus do not have a small hand in terrorism would be to deny history, but it would equally stupid to say that Muslims have not committed the majority of the atrocities.

Well, that's moot.

[Pariah]

Originally Posted by The Truth

Well, that's moot.

What's that?