- BUDDHISM IN A NUTSHELL
- Narada Mahathera
raciously accepted the Christians amongst
them. The Hindus simply ask the Church to spare them the fate of Europe and Americas.
Satisfied with their religion, the Hindus do not like outsiders seeking to change their
religious and political demography through orchestrated mass-conversions. But the Pope
insists on mass-conversions. He leaves no incentive in being nice and accommodating. If
the Communists had been allowed to operate legally in the USA, they would have - through
their zeal and trickery and sophistry - changed the very nature of the United States. The
US did the right thing to preserve its inherent nature by banning the Communists outright.
But the Hindus are willing to live with Christians. They ask for only one thing: that the
Church not seek to eliminate Hinduism through conversions, thus changing India forever.
The existing Christians can live freely without trying to convert others. Isn't guarding
one's land, liberty and culture the most basic human right? The Pope talks about
"harvesting faith in Asia" as if the Hindus and others are mere crops, waiting
to be cut off and stored in the elevator. Some may like being portrayed as a flock of
cattle, but the Hindus dislike being shown as lifeless, immobile crops who can not protect
themselves. While attending an inter-faith meeting, the Pope talked about dialogue,
understanding, and solidarity between religions. The next day he reverted back to his
insistence on Christianity as the only true religion, and gave a call to convert Asia.
This is hypocrisy and duplicity at its worst. The Papal determination to eliminate
Hinduism and Indian culture by converting masses to Christianity is barely one step short
of medieval Talibanism. The medieval Islamites seek to eliminate the infidels through the
sword; the Pope seeks to achieve this through mass-conversions. The end result is same in
both cases. The Western press is not playing a positive role in this whole episode.
Invariably, the reports from the Associated Press and Reuters suffix the word
"hard-line" or "zealot" when describing Hindu groups which are
resisting the Pope's attempts to take over their religion. Pray tell, shouldn't the party
that says "only my way is correct" be described as hard-line, zealots and
fascists? Instead, Hindus who are ready to co-exist with others - without being gobbled up
by others - are maligned. In fact any group which claims exclusivity and believes that all
others are wrong, and which on top actively tries to eliminate the other groups forfeits
its claims to any special rights, privileges or tolerance from others. The dire need of
the hour is religious tolerance and co-existence. The religions may continue to believe in
themselves, but they should not seek to destroy others. Any organized offensive on a
religion will invite doom for everybody. We all must realize that God is too big to fit
into one religion.
Chapters [1]
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[11] [12] Appendix