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NJ Hindus awaken to Hinduism’s science, denigration and ‘digestion’ at 10th March Hinduism Summit
Bridgewater, NJ. Over 150 Hindus from the NJ-NY-PA tri-state area attended the Hinduism Summit (Dharmajagruti Sabha) held in Balaji Temple Community Hall in Bridgewater on Saturday, 10th
March. The audience listened raptly as the speakers addressed the
threats to Hinduism from direct assaults, denigration and ‘digestion’,
and provided practical solutions and guidance on the Hindu spiritual way
of life. Many attendees commended the organizers, Balaji Temple and
Forum for Hindu Awakening, on the event’s quality and educational value.
Some offered to host similar events in their temples, while others want
to promote the event’s video recording, yet others would like to join
hands to understand, live and preserve Hinduism.
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| Inauguration of Hinduism Summit by lighting a wick lamp |
The Hinduism Summit commenced in a traditional Hindu way, with blowing of a conch, Vedic
recitations and the speakers lighting a wick oil lamp. During the
presentations, Hindu activist and avid reader of Hindu Janajagruti
Samiti, Jitendra Oulkar warned about the adverse impacts of denigration
that most people are unaware of. He urged, “Do not condone the spiritual
pollution caused by denigration in the name of freedom of expression,
just as you do not condone noise or air pollution !”
The
next speaker, Shilpa Kudtarkar presented Spiritual Science Research
Foundation’s research performed with dowsing, Polycontrast Interference
Photography and DDFAO that respectively indicate the relative strength
of subtle energies obstructing Dharma, highly positive vibrations from a
Hindu Saint’s handwriting and prayer’s beneficial impact on the
chakras. She emphasized the importance of spiritual practice (saadhana) and Saints’ blessings to effectively counter the threats faced by Hinduism.
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| Rajiv Malhotra at the Hinduism Summit |
Rajiv
Malhotra, Indian American researcher and the main speaker at this
Summit spoke on the subjects of his latest books, 'Breaking India -
Western Interventions in Dravidian and Dalit Faultlines' and 'Being
Different - An Indian Challenge to Western Universalism'. Malhotra
outlined his research findings that alarmingly point towards India’s
balkanization by a nexus between the Christian missionaries and
communist groups operative in India, and the academic and funding
institutions operative in USA and Europe. As well, he explained the
importance of stressing the ‘non-portability’ and ‘non-translatability’
of Dharmik concepts, to prevent their appropriation by Western
individuals and institutions. In Malhotra’s words, “You are either being
different or being digested !”
Bhavna
Shinde Hurley, spokesperson of Forum for Hindu Awakening, concluded the
presentations with a speech on ‘Understanding, living and preserving
Hinduism’. She explained how the various presentations were
interconnected – the greater strength of subtle distressing energies
relative to that of a spiritually average individual is often seen in
the gross. For one successful attempt at stopping some denigration,
there are tens of new denigrations; for one selfless Hindu researcher
like Rajiv Malhotra, there are hundreds of scholars of Hinduism actively
undermining Hinduism in academic circles ! Amidst applause, Bhavna
encouraged the audience to offer some time daily towards learning about
Hinduism and issues it is facing, and to complement these efforts with saadhana for greater success in overcoming the issues.
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| From Left: Jitendra Oulkar, Shilpa Kudtarkar of SSRF, Breaking India author Rajiv Malhotra, and Bhavna Shinde Hurley of Forum for Hindu Awakening |
This event, 13th
in the series of Hinduism Summits held in North America, Europe and
Australia since mid-2009, concluded with passing of a resolution
requesting Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to evaluate how the US can
use its leverage as Bangladesh’s 3rd largest trading partner to
influence the Bangladeshi government to stop human rights abuses against
its Hindu citizens. This was followed by a lively hour long discussion
between the speakers and attendees. It addressed thought provoking
questions like, ‘Do we need a Hindu nation ?’ ‘How to
raise our children from the age of 5 itself to understand Hinduism’s
importance ?’, ‘By including the Buddha as a Hindu Avatar, has Hinduism
too, digested Buddhism ?’, ‘What is the significance of two consorts of
Deity Balaji ?’ The attendees spent the rest of the evening over the
exhibition of posters and books on Hindu spirituality, history and
science, and Rajiv Malhotra’s research.
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Namaskar, we are trying to get the video uploaded and will provide the links soon. You can check the below links from previous Dharmajagruti Sabha for FHA speech,
http://youtu.be/sZJ3tGiYD5Q
Also subscribe to the hinduawakening channel,
http://www.youtube.com/hinduawakening
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