On 1 August 2010 15:11, U. G. Barad <[email protected]> wrote: > I found this article to be thought-provoking. I hope others share my > opinion. > > Best regards, > > U. G. Barad > > > A Hindu America? > > "[Lisa Miller] tells us that an astounding number of Americans now believe > in reincarnation. This conceptual, indeed cosmological, importation from > Hinduism is seeping indelibly into the American psyche. > Even a percentage of self-identified Christians have little difficulty > incorporating this Hindu notion. Similarly, the word and concept of 'karma' > is so commonly parlayed in everyday conversation that its Hindu origins no > longer even register, as the concept finds its way across wide ranges of > socio-economic circles and in all sorts of milieus." > Biernacki speculates that Hinduism - Hinduisms - is uniquely able to be > "glocal" - present across the globe, but yet still local in a multitude of > particular identities. Alas: before our present era of over-centralization, > the Catholic Church too excelled at being glocal! > > > http://www.americamagazine.org/blog/entry.cfm?blog_id=2&entry_id=3138 > > QUESTION: Are only Hindus allow to reincarnate, or is it that every human can reinacrnate? Dr. Barad, what does your inner self tell you, what were you before you became Barad.
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