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Posted on 02/08/2011 7:12:21 AM PST by Gamecock
HINDUS HAVE applauded Pope Benedict for including verse from ancient Hindu scripture Upanishads in the Good Friday Meditations and Prayers led by him at Roman Colosseum.
Acclaimed Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, said that it was a remarkable gesture from Pope and invited him to study more ancient Hindu scriptures, which were very rich in philosophical thought. He or other Hindu scholars would gladly provide the help and resources in this regard, if asked, Zed added.
Zed, who is president of Universal Society of Hinduism, also commended His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI for inclusion of a verse from India’s Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore’s Gitanjali and reference to peace icon Mahatma Gandhi in these prayers.
This year’s 'Way of the Cross at the Colesseum' Meditations and Prayers on Good Friday, led by Pope, included well-known verse from Brahadaranyakopanishad (“Lead me from the unreal to the real, from darkness to light, from death to immortality”), line from Tagore’s Gitanjali (“Give me the strength to make my love fruitful in service”) and reference to Mahatma Gandhi.
Rajan Zed stressed that all religions should work together for a just and peaceful world. Dialogue would bring us mutual enrichment, he added.
Pope Benedict heads the Roman Catholic Church, which is the largest of the Christian denominations. Hinduism, oldest and third largest religion of the world, has about one billion adherents and moksha (liberation) is its ultimate goal.
Well, sir, what do you make of my findings in post #24?
See post #24 above.
It has been said that the book (green) that Pope John Paul II kissed was not the Koran, but was the Book of Gospels for the Orthodox Church or some other Eastern Rite Church.
I think what my furor Pope thinks.
Might I suggest you take this up with the man upstairs. Me, I prefer to follow the commandments he has given us. You are aware of this commandment, are you not?
Matthew 28:19-20 (King James Version)
19Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
20Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
lol ... good one!
I would actually argue that the pics of the bishops visiting the Hindu shrines is actually WORSE than what actually happened in 2009 with the Good Friday meditations, where the Indian bishop who composed them QUOTED from the ancient Indian texts, not prayed them.
So it’s just an urban legend that he kissed the koran?
God forbid anyone wear a wedding ring - pagan influence co-opted by Christians! /sarc
No, the pic exists, but the argument is over whether the book was the Koran or not.
Nice work, Pyro.
Some raise a good point. What made you post a two year old article today?
Then there's the Bhagavad Gita ~ it has a series of proverbs that look remarkably like Proverbs.
Simply amazing ~ from the same Revelation? Or simply a koinkydink?
They claim they've had the Messiah at least three times ~ first as The Great Fish, then as an avatar of Shiva and then as Krishna.
It is easy to dismiss Hinduism as pagan ~ on the other hand it's less easy to dismiss the revealed truths.
Whew! That's good to know.
Seriously - my guess is that it was a foolish act of "Ecumenism" - sadly not the only one we've had to endure, and maybe not even the worst example. If you really want to get your anti-Catholic juices going have a look at Franciscan Day of Prayer for Peace a couple of decades back.
Jimmy Aikin has a pretty good summary of the koran issue here.
Believe me you won't shock me by informing me of foolish or even heretical things done by leadership in the church. Christ warned us that there would be wolves in the church so we shouldn't be surprised.
Believe me it pains us Catholics more than anyone that there are so many bishops that appear to fit this description. Fortunately the trend is good - it does seem to be getting better, which started under the "koran kissing" JPII.
Now a question for you: By external appearances (no one can know the mind except God) would you say that John Paul II lived a life devoted to Christ?
I haven’t been able to find a direct link about the green book......supposedly Eastern Catholic book of the Gospels. I just haven’t looked for it.
Someone wrote on a thread that at that ceremony there were a lot of Books of the Gospels.
I really don’t have proof, but have not done a deep search for additional information on it.
“But then I remember Paul who used the pagan statue of the unknown God to teach pagans about the One God.”
Right - Paul used their “statue of the unknown God” as a sermon illustration.
“The verse itself does not say anything incompatible with Christianity, at least when it’s quoted out of context.”
True enough. But the context is “this is hindu scripture”.
If this guy is just some rogue priest, then fine. There are a lot of those. But has he been reprimanded in any way?
Well he has a chair.
Catholic humor .... :-)
It is new to me that the identity of the book is disputed.
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