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Prince, Your post is intriguing. I'm not sure where you got the idea that: As far as I am aware, Hindus, in general, respect and revere Jesus Christ, as they tend to do any person who is considered spritually enlightened. Yes, there are even a few Muslim and Christian shrines in India which some...

Victor, I joined the forum a few days ago, and am glad to have been able to read about your profound experience. Thanks for the opportunity to be privy to it. If this isn't too personal a question, has this experience changed your outlook on life in any way? I know you seem to be a Christian...

Hi Brian and Phatboy, Thanks for the welcome. Phatboy: Yes, discussing religion can get provocative. I have visited a few of the discussion threads here, which seem to get quite serious, but so far haven't seen anything very explosive going on. So, there is hope that we won't 'nuke' each other...

Thanks for the information on dietary restrictions of Jews, Christians and Muslims. I knew a little about it, but not to this level of detail. I wonder what guided the classifications/restrictions that you mentioned in Jewish and Muslim diet. In Hinduism, there is a concept regarding the...

I can't give definitive scriptural references on this subject, but I can give you my cultural observations as a Hindu in India. In general, there are more non-vegetarian Hindus than vegetarians. Some families are traditionally vegetarian, while others are traditionally non-vegetarian. From...

Well, PersonaNonGrata, that's sad, if people don't accept you as you are. I have felt that way too, sometimes, that some people look down on me for the opposite reason - I am polite, and try to see things from different points of view - so they assume that I don't have personality. But I have...

Salam PersonaNonGrata, You seem to be in very high 'spirits'! Thanks for the welcome. :) The language of the gypsies is Romany. But I am only a gypsy sometimes in spirit - so the language of communication varies depending on the language in which I am musing; sometimes there is no spoken word -...

Hi, I found this place yesterday. I think it is just the kind of place that I can park my 'caravan', whenever I feel the need for a spiritual drink! I feel that I am a spiritual gypsy, wandering in search of my inner core - I believe all the answers to all my spiritual questions are within me...