Nietches …Yes. The only reason English is spoken worldwide is because the British pillaged 25% of the world’s landmass and had an ocean-wide empire. But what’s your point?
Well, conquering has been done by many…its in our nature to conquer. And my point, initially, was to say that anyone taking something from another person’s country will adapt it to suit. This includes Yoga.
Nietches…No, we don’t have to get “used” to it. This is a freaking culture we are talking about, not a language. If there’s ignorance about it, we have to fix that. Spreading one’s cultural practices is nothing more than the spreading tolerance and harmony.
For example, Westerners going around practicing diluted Yoga and being racist towards Indians is a problem that it is all too often seen on these forums; you can’t expect us to get “used” to that; it must be corrected. Need I remind you what has happened to India for the past 1000+ years when it wanted to mind its own business?
Kareng, if you saw me using improper English in my posts, I too would expect you to reprimand me for my horrible conventions.
No Nietches, you will have to get used to it. It is in human nature to take something and adapt it to suit. It doesn’t mean that In India, it will not go on. You cannot hope for more than that.
Yes fixing ignorance is a good idea but it cannot be done with hatred and bitterness. These things will create more hatred against India and Indians
It is better to be a great ambassador.
It is better to think of constructive ways to enable better understanding of the Hindu culture.
Hindus, IMHO, have to lowest profile of long standing foreigners in Britain. They run businesses, educate their children, and celebrate their festivals, all without a fuss. They are great ambassadors. However, they do not step out to educate the British people about their own culture unless asked. And yes, Britain is guilty of imposing its ways in other people’s lands, historically, but those days have passed and we wouldn’t be able to now. You know this. I am excluding religious fanatics who will always want to impose their beliefs on others.
I don’t see racists on this site. I see some ill-informed people. If you want to educate them, do it cleverly not in this ‘chav’ manner which is not you and lets you down.
Your English is good Nietches, better than the average Englishman.
Nietches… No one is saying they can’t be a part of it; all we ask is that you show us some greater respect and understanding for our culture, our present condition, and our ways. Going around saying that “Yoga isn’t Hindu” or that “Yoga predates Hinduism” is insulting and demeaning to every single Indian Hindu on the planet.
Again, you cannot change this Nietches, the West will take Hindu Yoga and adapt to suit. This is why I say a legitimate board should be set up to monitor.
Nietxches… They don’t Kareng, and that’s the sad truth. Most educated Westerners are intellectually dogmatic and erroneously see India/Hinduism as a pathetic and dying civilization ruled by religious dogma.
Not with respect to this context, no. We are not ignorant in these matters; when we say Westerners don’t deserve to learn our ways, we say it with a deep understanding of history and Western society.
For over 300 years, we Hindus have attempted to spread our ways to create understanding; the result has been more ignorance and hatred.
The truth is that the West can never become spiritual or enlightened unless it lets go of its destructive ways, beginning with Christianity and white supremacy and down to economic systems such as capitalism. But we all know that Hell may as well freeze over before such a thing ever happens.
Actually Nietzches you are right…educated is the wrong word because even the totally uneducated can welcome a foreigner into their home and feed them.
No, Christianity does not stop a person from becoming enlightened.
I don’t think India is viewed as a pathetic dying civilisation. India is rising, not sinking but the price it will pay for its economic growth remains to be seen….if it goes the way the West has then religions will be less popular in time. And who are you mixing with to give you the impression that people think India is pathetic etc?..I haven’t come across this yet. We have our share of racism here but it tends to be rock bottom stuff from most ignorant but otherwise things are not portrayed in the manner you think.
I don’t believe the Hindus have tried to spread their word, at all. As I said, they are extremely low profile in Britain. What word do they want to spread, what is their message? Do you mean about their culture and ways, if so, they haven’t done that in my lifetime that I can recall???
