Vannakkam: Maybe. Maybe not. I think it sort of depends on how she continues her practice of Hinduism. A lot of westerners lose some interest when they find out about some things, like the discipline, the yamas and niyamas, or even the menses custom or marital fidelity. Hopefully she'll learn this stuff and practice it.
So I say we wait and see.
Although Richard Gere claims to be a practising Buddhist, some of his lifestyle choices are questionable.
Aum Namasivaya
Yeah, him and Tiger Woods...
But that just puts them up there with the majority of Christian celebrities in the West, who also don't exactly live up to the general religious teachings of their religion. At least I don't hear people saying that one can't be a Buddhist unless they're ethnically Asian...
Vannakkam: You mean the Mel Gibson types. Still, I feel sorry for those with karma to be in the limelight. I think its a tough karma, and a tough life. Very few celebs come through it really well and sane. Better just to be some simple peasant somewhere with enough to eat, and enough free time to worship.
Aum Namasivaya
Oh, and another thing: Whenever some Christian tells you that some Hindus don't accept Western Hindus...remind them that some Christians (Google "Christian Identity") don't believe that non-Whites can be Christian, and believe that Jews are some kind of evil demon-race. (Heck, that's pretty close to some of what Mel Gibson seems to believe...at that...)
Namaste Eastern Mindji,
Julia seems to agree with you: "Golly, I've been so spoiled with my friends and family in this life. Next time I want to be just something quiet and supporting."
But of course for some people being in the limelight could be a blessing. They could do great things like charity and activism and inspire people. It all depends on how they use the popularity and being the focus of attention.
But I would still choose the peasant's life over the Hollywood life.
Jai Sri Krishna
anti-Semitism is something that Christians and Muslims have been historically very good at and even today.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rmg97rnz4xg
Hindus have given refuge to Jews. And Parsees when the Muslims invaded Iran, and the Bahai's in modern times. Not to mention Hindu kings defending Buddhist monks and constructing temples for them.
Racism is also a very Muslim thing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJhSejBDTPI
Zanzibar revolt, Blacks massacre Arabs for enslaving them
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqHi5...eature=related
Sudan today
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoAxr-ZZz_U
Still blacks have been converting to islam in flocks.
I agree with kallol, for the last 20 years as a white westerner I have attended countless Hindu ceremonies, never said Im Hindu but follow Sanathana Dharma. Like offering pearls to the swine, keep it to your self. The outsiders will never understand something even in our lifetimes we wouldn't fully understand. Maybe in several births they might become interested in the Vedas too.
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