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**radikal** · 07-02-2012, 03:53 AM

In MHO, instead of buying out the churches, Swaminarayan sects should have renovated the churches and turned them over to local community. In case the local community has thinned out from there, it could have still been maintained by the well-to-do. Thankfully, they have retained the images/pictures of Christ. I appreciate the people who brought up temples in foreign lands. The learned people must have carried the concept of formless and omnipresent god there which is the core in Hinduism. The temples and their maintainance, etc. show the tinge of vanity in our thinking. We have many temples uncared for here. If not today tomorrow the precincts may become objects of hate and vandalism. In these things vertical growth is preferable. I hope some people can remember the Babri Majid episode which is still holding fire. Every community has wrought havoc on Hindu temples and other sacred precincts here. Will it not be a good proposition if we do not allow others to accuse us. One way we are snapping our moorings here and at the same time marooning our people away somewhere.

Iyya,
Some how I get feeling that you think Indians are aliens in USA. Our children born in USA think of themselves as full blooded Americans. So this concept that you need to hide in the corners and merge your identity, and not stand out is totally alien to them. It might be older immigrant who are scared of their surroundings.
In general PIO's are well to do, and respected members of the community. As a madrasi you might be more of an alien in Mumbai, than in Washington dc. On certain days you might get harassed as Bhihari in Mumbai, than in San jose.

If you can not live with dignity, and without the fear, it is not worth living.

07-02-2012, 03:53 AM	#20
radikal Join Date Oct 2005 Age 54 Posts 4,523 Senior Member	In MHO, instead of buying out the churches, Swaminarayan sects should have renovated the churches and turned them over to local community. In case the local community has thinned out from there, it could have still been maintained by the well-to-do. Thankfully, they have retained the images/pictures of Christ. I appreciate the people who brought up temples in foreign lands. The learned people must have carried the concept of formless and omnipresent god there which is the core in Hinduism. The temples and their maintainance, etc. show the tinge of vanity in our thinking. We have many temples uncared for here. If not today tomorrow the precincts may become objects of hate and vandalism. In these things vertical growth is preferable. I hope some people can remember the Babri Majid episode which is still holding fire. Every community has wrought havoc on Hindu temples and other sacred precincts here. Will it not be a good proposition if we do not allow others to accuse us. One way we are snapping our moorings here and at the same time marooning our people away somewhere. Iyya, Some how I get feeling that you think Indians are aliens in USA. Our children born in USA think of themselves as full blooded Americans. So this concept that you need to hide in the corners and merge your identity, and not stand out is totally alien to them. It might be older immigrant who are scared of their surroundings. In general PIO's are well to do, and respected members of the community. As a madrasi you might be more of an alien in Mumbai, than in Washington dc. On certain days you might get harassed as Bhihari in Mumbai, than in San jose. If you can not live with dignity, and without the fear, it is not worth living.
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