"His Holiness' Nuncio to the United States, Archbishop Pietro Sambi, lights a traditional Hindu devotional lamp before the statues of Hindu deities."
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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.
Soooo, did you pray this Hindu verse?
Did your local house of worship offer this pagan prayer up?
Oh my gosh.
Not much longer to wait before the little horn proclaims his one world religion.
Pray to not be deceived.
I cannot imagine that the Pope has not already read and studied Hindru scriptures. He’s an educated man after all.
Hindru=Hindu.
Woo Hoo! It won’t be long now before we’ll be lifted outta’ here!
Maybe Moses should have participated in the golden calf festivities and stopped being so judgmental...
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Wow, this is disturbing.
What???? Why in the %*## did the Pope do that?
Nothing to see here. Please keep the line moving. Remove all watches and rings when you place your hand in the machine to be marked.
"Well, isn't that special."
On Good Friday? I guess any god will do when striving to please man and not God
I’m not Catholic; but I see nothing wrong with adding those lines in an address. There are several world religions that have admirable traits, thoughts and philosophies that can help us gain a better understanding of what we are to be.
Honestly, there is only 1 world-wide religion that I can think of that has nothing worthwhile to contribute to mankind - and it isn’t Satanism.... ok, ... make that 1 World-wide religion and one small cult.
Mods!
Hey now... it’s all good, so long as the Pope isn’t in, ‘the zone of infallability,’ it doesn’t count anyway, right?
This may very well be true but I don’t remember hearing about this at the time (almost a year ago) and given that the service commemorates martyrs of the catholic faith who perished at the hands of pagans - I would be very surprised if it were.
But if it is true I agree that it is disturbing given the context. Nevertheless a pope doing something foolish like this ( or kissing the koran ) affects not at all the truth of Catholicism.
The quote that was used is: “Lead me from the unreal to the real, from darkness to light, from death to immortality.”
Nothing in that specific line that conflicts with Christianity.
correction - almost two years ago.
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