Sri Raamajayam Dear Sri.Suresh Kumar, You have raised a very valid point. Yes, it is indeed desirable to have religious establishments(temple staff) familiar in local languages to not only inspire local Indian population, but dispel "cult notions" in the wider community as well, to showcase how beautifully our Vaidhika Matham and belief can peacefully coexist with other religions and communinities. As a first step, probably the temple administrations, can try to keep some pamphlets ready near the temple entrances, which explains basic questions like "What is Sanathana Dharma? What are the different philosphies/interpretations of the Vedas, probably detailing the faith followed at the particular temple? Why a temple is needed? What are the various Gods and rituals inside the temple, and why they are performed? How the temple takes part in local events? There could language lessons offered to temple staff or have a translator service(or spokesperson) subsequently. Also it is AdiyEn's desire that all temples contribute a portion of their income to Divya DEsams and PAtasAlas, since they are the very roots to our faith and practice. AdiyEn Sri RAmAnuja DAsan, Sudarsana Dasosmi -----Original Message----- From: L. Suresh Kumar-LSK [mailto:lskumar@xxxx] Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 11:47 PM To: srirangasri@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [SriRangaSri] food for thought namaskaarams let me share some thoughts with you all. please read my email in full and then reply. ref http://www.egroups.com/messages/srirangasri/ while its all great and nice to discuss hindu philosophy via emails and like the topics seen on this forum, there are some important areas which need attention as well. i guess (just a guesss) there may not be many hindus on this list who are born and raised outside India - in the ages under 35 or so. how do we target this audience ? while there are many priests in the many temples in usa/canada and elsewhere nations, not many of them are fluent in english and in other foreign languages like french / german / spanish. english fluency, to a great part, is badly missing and needs a lot of work here. the real danger lies in educated priests unable to present the many facets of hinduism to the local people in their language or to answer questions or to defend the religion against mounting criticism on hinduism and hindu scriptures. when we have functions in our temples, especially abroad, we need to have our priests explain what is what about these functions, in simple english to both the kids and adults who are born and raised outside India. this need is very very acute. all these can be done in parallel and this need not clash with one another. i hope such needs would be considered in parallel. thank you all - Suresh - http://www.egroups.com/messages/lsk/ To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: Srirangasri-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxx Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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