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While Bhagavad Gita is honoured in US Congress, Shatapatha Brahmana is being disowned in Chennai Christian School.
America’s First Ever Hindu Congresswoman Will Take the Oath of Office Over the Bhagavad Gita.
Hindu-American elected to US Congress for the first time.
PTI | WASHINGTON | Nov 8, 2012 :: Tulsi Gabbard on Wednesday created history by becoming the first Hindu-American to have entered the US House of Representatives, winning her Hawaii seat by trouncing her Republican rival in a one-sided contest.
An Iraq war veteran, 31-year-old Gabbard defeated K Crowley of the Republican Party with a handsome margin. Her victory has been cheered by the Hindu-American community across the country.
Though just 50 per cent of the votes had been counted when reports came in, Gabbard had taken a massive unassailable lead of 120,000 votes over her Republican rival in her bid to represent Hawaii’s 2nd Congressional District in the US House.
She is also the first female combat veterans to serve in the Congress.
“Although there are not very many Hindus in Hawaii, I never felt discriminated against. I never really gave it a second thought growing up that any other reality existed, or that it was not the same everywhere,” Tulsi said in a statement, soon after she took an inaccessible lead over her Republican challenger.
“On my last trip to the mainland I met a man who told me that his teenage daughter felt embarrassed about her faith, but after meeting me, she’s no longer feeling that way. He was so happy that my being elected to Congress would give hope to hundreds and thousands of young Hindus in America, that they can be open about their faith, and even run for office, without fear of being discriminated against or attacked because of their religion,” Gabbard said.
She was endorsed by US President Barack Obama, during the election campaign.
Proud of her Hindu religion, she is not Indian or of Indian heritage. Her father Mike Gabbard, is currently Hawaii State Senator and mother Carol Porter Gabbard is an educator and business owner.
At 21, she became the youngest person elected to the Hawaii Legislature. At 23, she was the state’s first elected official to voluntarily resign to go to war. At 28, she was the first woman to be presented with an award by the Kuwait Army National Guard.
Congratulations Tulsi:
Gabbard, whose first name refers to a tree ‘Tulsi’ sacred to Hindus, fully embraced Hinduism as a teenager, and follows the Vaishnava branch that believes in the Supreme Lord Vishnu, and his 10 primary incarnations. Her primary scripture is the centuries-old Bhagavad Gita, whose themes include selfless action, spirituality, war, and serving God and humanity.
“The Bhagavad Gita is often considered a guide as to how to make decisions in difficult situations, when the decision is often not clear cut,” Meghani said. “Hinduism’s innate pluralism recognizes that there are various ways to look at things, and its focus on dharma, or duty, guides those holding positions of power or authority.”
When she’s sworn in this January, she’ll take her oath of office over a Bhagavad Gita, a sacred text for followers of the Vaishnava branch of Hindu. According to HuffPo, Gabbard’s favorite verses include,
- “That which pervades the entire body you should know to be indestructible. No one is able to destroy that imperishable soul.” (2:17)
- ”The soul can never be cut into pieces by any weapon, nor can he be burned by fire, nor moistened by water, nor withered by the wind.”(2.23)
Gabbard hopes that her faith will help her to assist the US in fostering a better relationship with India, where a large portion of the population is Hindu.
It is notable that the whole family of Tulsi is attached with Hare Krishna Movement originated from ISKCON and her brothers and siters are named as Bhakti, Jay, Virndavan and Arya. Tulsi’s parents are also known as Krishmakatha and Devahuti.
Tulsi Gabbard confirmed her oath on Srimad Bhagavad Gita as first ever Hindu Congresswoman in US, when speaking at Bhoomi Puja of Fortworth Hindu Temple.
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Unmatched contradiction in Bharat (India).
Chennai schoolteacher ‘persecuted’ for Hindu prayer from sacrad ‘Shatapatha Brahmana’
TUESDAY, 06 NOVEMBER 2012 | KUMAR CHELLAPPAN | CHENNAI | THE POINEER :: In what is being seen as an assault on religious freedom, the management of an admittedly secular school in Chennai has suspended a teacher for reciting Hindu prayers during assembly.
Abirami, a chemistry teacher of the State Bank of India Officers’ Association Educational Trust School (SBIOA), recited the prayers in the school assembly on March 13, 2012 hoping to inspire the 330 students who were about to write the chemistry paper in the public examination.
“I recited the lines Om Mathru Devo Bhava, Om Pitru Devo Bhava, Om Acharya Devo Bhava, Om Vighneswaraya Namaha, Om Neela Saraswathiye Namaha which was repeated by the students. But before they could reach the stanza Om Vighneswaraya Namaha, school’s vice- principal Jayanti Sundar, a Christian who is also an evangelist, switched off the mike. I told her that prayers were not yet over and continued reciting the full prayer when she pushed me aside and asked another Christian teacher to lead the prayers. They put me under suspension on that day itself on charges of physically assaulting the vice-principal in front of the school students,” Abirami told The Pioneer.
She said that though the school was launched by the State Bank of India Officers Association, it has turned out to be a Christian management school. “Only Christian prayers are allowed in the school assembly though majority of the students are from the Hindu community. It was only on the day of the chemistry examination that I took part in the school assembly and recited the prayer. My intention was to recite prayers for the benefit of students belonging to all religions,” said Abirami.
Though she has been under suspension for the entire academic year 2012, the management is yet to complete the disciplinary proceedings which in itself are a violation of education department rules. “The internal disciplinary proceedings against her are under progress. Ours is a secular school and all the charges levelled against us are baseless. Abirami is trying to divert the attention of the general public by inciting religious sentiments,” PC Selvarani, the school principal, said. She alleged that Abirami was trying to spoil the minds of the students. But she refused to divulge the reasons behind the suspension and disciplinary proceedings against Abirami.
Students who took part in the March 13 school assembly said Abirami did not in any way violate the school discipline. “Abirami offered prayers for all religions equally. While she was offering the prayers, vice-principal Jayanthi Sunder tried to snatch the microphone from her hands. Consequently, Abirami resisted this act and did not force Jayanthi Sunder physically in any form. I could deduce no reason for her suspension,” said S Vidhyalakshmi, a student who was present in the assembly on the fateful day.
Some of the students backed Abirami’s claim that only Christian prayers are recited in the school assembly everyday. “Only Christian teachers are allowed to lead the assembly and recite the prayers. This has baffled us,” one of the students who did not want to be quoted said.
B Haran, a political commentator, described as outrageous the action of the school authorities. “This is a classic case of minorities serving their religion wherever they are. They infiltrate a secular institution, take control of management and convert it into a minority institution. This is what has happened exactly in this case. The SBOA is now controlled by the Church. That is Indian Secularism for you,” said Haran.
V Sundaram, all India general secretary (ideology), Janata Party, called the bluff on the school management. A former IAS officer withy more than three decades of administrative experience, Sundaram termed the action of the school management as a violation of the freedom of religion. “If we interpret true secularism, the court itself can take suo moto note of the news and initiate action against the school,” he said. [Read full story here].
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Chennai news is shocking !Most Christians contribute part of their income to Church. Many European Churches send the money to India for converting purposes. . Millions of Euros are coming from Spanish Churches to India, unemployment rare in Spain is over 25% !
Catholics in Germany HAS to give 9% of their incomes to Church.
How much are we contributing to Hindu causes ?
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How shameful ! O hindus, how long will you remain in this slumber ? Hindu prayers being restricted in hindu-majority india ?! These Christian evangelists are bloody dogs, no doubt, but what about you, O CHILDREN OF GREAT SAGES ? ARENT YOU MY FELLOW HINDUS STUPID COWARDS ? Who is going to break the neck of that bloody bitch of a vice-principal and cut the tongue of that whore of a principal ? Even in christian-majority USA this wouldnt happen, but it happened in our very own Tamilnadu, the land of Ramanujacharya. Tamilnadu is a fertile ground for christian proselytism, thanks to the Hindu Tamils being completely demoralised by the atheistic dravidian movement. O COWARDLY HINDUS ! IF YOU CANT PROTEST THIS INCIDENT VIOLENTLY, THEN STOP CROWDING THE TEMPLES OF TIRUPATI BALAJI AND MEENAKSHI DEVI ! STOP CALLING YOURSELF HINDUS ! Enough is enough ! Stop visiting shrines to Balaji and Sai Baba to pray before job interviews, exams or seek money, cars and houses. Instead, organize yourselves and take to the streets of chennai with the shouts of ” Jai Venkateshwar” , “Jai Sri Rama ” and ” Har Har Mahadeva” . Carry swords and torches, do hartal, block roads and demand the immediate arrest of the principal and vice-principal of that school. Such things were done by the muslims to protest the anti-islam film made in far-off USA . BUT OH …….. I FORGOT THAT WE HINDUS ARE SECULAR AND PLURALIST. HOW CAN WE BE SO VIOLENT ? WE WILL CONTINUE GETTING KICKS AND SLAPS, BUT WE MUST NOT RESIST, SINCE WE ARE FOLLOWERS OF MAHATMA GANDHI ! THE WHOLE WORLD COME AND SEE HOW TOLERANT AND SECULAR WE ARE ! OUR NUMBERS ARE DWINDLING IN OUR ONLY MOTHERLAND, BUT STILL WE MUST GRACIOUSLY HAND OVER THE ENTIRE COUNTRY TO THE BANGLADESHI MUSLIMS AND ALLOW THE CHRISTIANS TO CONVERT US AND MOCK OUR RELIGION LIKE THIS. WE MUST BE SEEEEECUUUUUULAAAAAAAAAAAARRR !!!!!
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