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Eastern Mind
Vannakkam anupi:
1) I go to temple to worship. I do seva there. I pilgrimage to India, and elsewhere. I try to think good thoughts and remain pure in mind. I am a vegetarian. Currently, I do not do daily sadhana, meditation, or scriptural reading, although I have done in the past.
2) As far as I know there are no missionaries, other than ISKCON. Some of my friends were interested, and seeing images (Nataraja specifically, got me interested. Once reading a bit, the fact that Hinduism did not say it was the ONLY TRUE way really impressed me. Other things too, but that would be detailed.
3) No, but getting to know some wonderful Tamil people helped.I still have a few western habits like food half the time.
4) My children are all vegetarians and law abiding citizens, but none of them (they are all adults now) really caught on to Hinduism the way I did. They don't go to temple etc. I believe you really need a couple of deep inner experiences to be 'caught'.
5) No. I see no point once you have a basic understanding. My chosen path is more bhakti.
Hope this helps in your 'research'.
Aum Namasivaya
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