My special friend Kate reminded me that seeing as we are going to India we should probably do some research into the cultures and religions that we will be coming into contact with, so that we can appreciate the country and the people.
Kate: "I came across this teaching in Hunduism that I thought you would like it too: it is in honour of Ganesh (god of wisdom) you know the elephant man with lots of arms
'wise men, holding wisdom highest,scorn delights,
As false as fair,
Daily live they as Deaths fingers twined already in their hair.
Truly richer than all riches, better than the best of gain,
Wisdome is, unsought, secure-once won,
None loseth her again.
Bringing Dark things into daylight,
Solving doubts that vex the mind,
Like an open eye is wisdom - he hath her not is blind.'"
What I liked: "Hinduism grants absolute and complete freedom of belief and worship. Hinduism conceives the whole world as a single family that deifies the one truth, and therefore it accepts all forms of beliefs and dismisses labels of distinct religions which would imply a division of identity. Hence, Hinduism is devoid of the concepts of apostasy, heresy and blasphemy. Prominent themes in Hindu beliefs include (but are not restricted to), Dharma (ethics/duties), Samsāra (the continuing cycle of birth, life, death and rebirth), Karma (action and subsequent reaction), Moksha (liberation from samsara), and the various Yogas (paths or practices)" sounds like goodness to me.
Here's my girl...
Maybe less of that in India!
