Hindus have sent early greetings to Christian communities world over for upcoming Christmas.
Distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a release in Nevada (USA) today, expressed warmest greetings on the Christmas, wishing that it brought joy, happiness, blessings and cheer to all.
Rajan Zed, who is president of Universal Society of Hinduism, stressed that all religions should work together for a just and peaceful world. Dialogue would bring us mutual enrichment, he added.
Christianity is the largest religion of the world, while Hinduism with about one billion adherents, is the oldest and third largest religion. Christmas, which commemorates Christ’s nativity, is the most widely celebrated religious festival of the world, and falls on December 25
The Origin of Christianity
Happy Christmas Day !
In the name of Jesus, nobody can convert into Cristian from Hindu. Hinduism is one of the democratic and humanist religion in the world.Muslim and Christian religions took birth long after the creation of Hindu religion and its civilization. An extensive and erudite amalgam of Hindu knowledge brings together the scholarly and the spiritual. It reflects the culture of one of the oldest and the riches living civilizations of the world in all its glory and splendor. It is proved that Jesus was influenced on Vedic Hindu philosophy. And He had traveled again and again in this pious-land-Nepal & India. We can see a tomb of Jesus Christ kept in Kashmir. Christ traveled through what is now Nepal and India from 13-30 years seeking religions teachings. There are facts that suggest he read Vedic teachings in Kashi, Jagannath, Bihar and Nalanda. He went to Lumbini and visited mountains of Kumbakarna, Gaurishankar and Mt. Everest south of Tibet. It is mentioned in the Sanskrit language in a Puran (theology) book. It is also mentioned in this theology ‘The mother of Jesus was pregnant in younger age before her marriage.’
Hinduism is the mother of all religions. But we in Nepal are trying to dig up a well though there already is water in our rivers. ‘OM’ is a symbol of Vedic Knowledge. Hindus, Buddhist’s Mantra. It provides a fine example of Symbolism. Symbolism is needed in all fields of human knowledge like science, religion and politics. Spoken sounds of words are expressed as Alphabets and Numbers with Symbols by writing. ‘OM’ and ‘OM Mani Padme Hum’ is a language of Sanskrit. The Gayatri Mantra is a highly revered mantra in Hinduism- is applied from Baidik period which is written in Sanskrit: ‘Om ! Bhur Bhuvah Svah ! Tat Savitur VarenyamBhargo Devasya Dheemahi Dhiyo Yo Nah Prachodayaata’= ‘Let us meditate upon the glory of Ishwar (God), Who has created this Universe, Who is fit to be worshipped, Who is the remover of all sins and ignorance. May He enlighten our intellect?’ This Gayatri Mantra is useful for all religions and human being in the world. Hindu philosophy believes in rebirth. God Krishna said- ‘The soul remains one but the body changes in accordance with age manifesting in childhood, adulthood and old age. After a body decays our soul seeks another body.’
Aryaputra explains- Hinduism is the third largest religion of the world after Christianity and Islam and 97 per cent of all Hindus live in three Hindu-majority countries – India, Nepal and Mauritius, according to a study. India, which accounts for majority of world’s Hindus, is also home to almost all the major religions of the world, a Pew research said Tuesday. Why the 1 (one) billion Hindus of the world have not a single Hindu Country for their own?If the 32% stake holders Christian has about 30 declared Christian Countries (157 Christian-majority nations) in this world….The 23% stake holders Muslims have 57 declared Muslim Countries….The 7% stake holders Buddhists have 8 Buddhist Countries….The 0.2% stake holders Jews have 1 Jews Country. PTI Washington Wed Dec 19 2012. http://www.deccanherald.com/content/299523/hinduism-third-largest-religion-world.html Then why not declare, Nepal as a Hindu Kingdom in all over the world?
It is a matter of happiness that an Indian cultural analyst Samanwaya Nanda writes-‘ In India-Bhubaneswar: A total of 1,240 converted Christians, including a pastor, returned to Hinduism at a home coming programmed organized by the Dharma Jagran in Odisha and others back to Hindu fold. Similarly, Nepalese and Indian Hindus request the converted Hindus to return to their own mother religious home. Christians are much strict in discriminatory approaches. They do not like to mingle with the lower class or black community. Although Christian. India’s constitutional expert Ambedkar (Harijan) says- ‘Christians discriminate inside church. We are separated by a railing inside the church. Our children who have turned into Christians are discriminated as untouchables, which are also seen at schools, hostel and hotels.’
American former President Jefferson has said- ‘The Christian religion subjected many to inhumane torture in course of proselytizing them– many were imprisoned; many thrown into fire, and given mental torture. The Christian religion deceived and tricked half the population of the world to keep them in illusion. Other half were made naïve.’ Similarly, South African leader Nelson Mandela has said- ‘In Africa, previously the Christians had the bible we possessed the land. Today we have the bible while Christians possess the land.’
Let’s discuss about the facts of Hindu God. A famous researcher Stephen Knapp writes-‘An ancient Vishnu idol has been found during excavation in an old village in RussiaАавтТаТ╣s Volga region, raising questions about the prevalent view on the origin of ancient Russia. The idol found in Staraya (old) Maina village dates back to VII-X century AD. Staraya Maina village in Ulyanovsk region was a highly populated city 1700 years ago, much older than Kiev, so far believed to be the mother of all Russian cities. АавтТаТ╝We may consider it incredible, but we have ground to assert that Middle-Volga region was the original land of Ancient Rus. This is a hypothesis, but a hypothesis, which requires thorough research,АавтТаТ╜ Reader of Ulyanovsk State UniversityАавтТаТ╣s archaeology department Dr Alexander Kozhevin told state-run television Vesti . Dr Kozhevin, who has been conducting excavation in Staraya Maina for last seven years, said that every single square meter of the surroundings of the ancient town situated on the banks of Samara, a tributary of Volga, is studded with antiques.’
A scholar Chand K. Sharma says in online-’Hinduism does not make any discrimination in the society on the basis of color, race or gender. The meaning of Dharma (religion) is related to the service of society and environment. Every person is respected equally in individual capacity. Professions have been graded inter-se according to the contribution made towards the well being of society. Hindu society is the only society that propagated the slogan of ‘Vasudeva Kutambakum’ (world is a family) at the dawn of civilization, implying that entire universe is one large family where every one has to play the assigned role for the well being of all. The Hindus’ scriptures encouraged equality, freedom of mind and expression, self-discipline and righteous values for a just and equitable society to provide social justice. The Hindus society had and has adopting the principle of universal well-being, equality and brotherhood in her customs, traditions, rituals and festivals. So, please, all the supporters of Jesus try to respect the Hinduism and then Hindu and Christian can join hands each other for the sake of our own existence.
Thank you.
Dirgha Raj Prasai
Kathmandu