Theos-Talk Archives (May 2009 Message tt00744)

you have my vote
Cass




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From: return_journey <return_journey@yahoo.com>
To: theos-talk@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, 25 May, 2009 7:52:16 PM
Subject: Re: Theos-World Does Theosophy make a person more religious or less religious?





--- In theos-talk@yahoogro ups.com, MKR <mkr777@...> wrote:
Well said MKR....
One also should keep in mind that in the hindu religion.. generally one tends to do jaap ( recitng mantra or some deity's name) most of the time .. and so remains connected to his God all the time. An outward ritual or action doe not necessarily mean you are more religious. Similarly .. there may be Christians who rarely attend church .. but at a Humane and spiritual level are far more advanced compared to those who mechanically ... regularly attend church.

> Whatever is the excuse, the fact is attendance cannot be correlated to
> individual beliefs. I do not know how we can establish any correlation.
> MKR
> 
> On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 12:47 AM, Anand <AnandGholap@ ...> wrote:
> 
> >
> >
> > The Christian and Hindu ceremonies, which I mentioned, are performed in
> > early mornings. There is no other activity going on at the same time,
> > perhaps because to keep people free to attend these services. So time could
> > not be an excuse.
> > Best
> > Anand Gholap
> >
> > --- In theos-talk@yahoogro ups.com <theos-talk% 40yahoogroups. com>, MKR
> > <mkr777@> wrote:
> > >
> > > I have witnessed the International conventions and the attendance at any
> > of
> > > the temple functions is no indication of anything. A lot of activities go
> > on
> > > at that time and hence it all depends on what the attendees want to
> > attend
> > > during their stay.
> > >
> >
> > > MKR
> > >
> > >
> > > On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 11:45 PM, Anand <AnandGholap@ > wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Theosophy affects minds of it's students. Whatever the text of
> > Theosophy
> > > > may say, it is important to know practically how Theosophy affects it's
> > > > students. So, one of the most important question that arises is 'Does
> > > > Theosophy make a person more religious or less religious?'
> > > > I am writing here some interesting observations. Many years back when I
> > > > visited Adyar during Theosophical convention, I was curious about how
> > they
> > > > perform ceremony in Christian church at Adyar and another Hindu
> > ceremony in
> > > > it's respective temple. That time total 1100 people had registered for
> > > > convention. Out of these 1100, perhaps around 70 were foreginers. Many
> > of
> > > > these, I guess, were Christians; and remaining 1030, being from India,
> > we
> > > > can assume were Hindus.
> > > > Out of 1030 Hindu members, around 20 people attended Hindu
> > Congregational
> > > > worship. And out of 70 Christians around 40 attended the church.
> > > > What do these numbers indicate? Do they indicate that Hindus are not
> > > > interested in their Hindu religion?
> > > > Are Christians more sincere about Christianity than Hindus are of their
> > > > religion?
> > > > Another question is after coming to Theosophy, does a person become
> > more
> > > > religious or less religious? These are, I think, some of the most
> > important
> > > > questions.
> > > > Best
> > > > Anand Gholap
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
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> > >
> >
> > 
> >
> 
> 
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