New PDF release: Hinduism as a Missionary Religion

By Arvind Sharma

ISBN-10: 1438432119

ISBN-13: 9781438432113

Reconsiders no matter if Hinduism will be thought of a missionary faith.

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Sri Ramakrisha . . had thus gone through the whole range of Hindu disciplines in the course of twelve years, from his eighteenth year to his thirtieth. 57 What are we to make of conversion from one religion to another in the light of these experiences of Ramakrishna? ”58 He then cites several statements of Ramakrishna, some of which are reproduced below. God has made different religions to suit different aspirants, times, and countries. All doctrines are only so many paths; but a path is by no means God Himself.

But does this make Hinduism a missionary religion in the same sense as Islam and Christianity? The reclaiming Hinduism is a Non-Missionary Religion 39 of members of one’s religion lost to other religions needs to be clearly distinguished from seeking fresh converts. When it is recognized that, what Swami Dayananda advocated was reconversion and not conversion the position of Swami Dayananda seems to represent less of a departure from than a refinement of the more general view that Hinduism is non-missionary.

This message was carried to the West by his disciple Swami Vivekananda. When he addressed the World Parliament of Religions in Chicago in 1893, his entire speech, which was much applauded, was shot through with references to the religious tolerance of the Hindus. Almost the entire address, which was brief, is a plea for religious toleration, as the following passages demonstrate. I am proud to belong to a religion which has taught the world both tolerance and universal acceptance. We believe not only in universal toleration, but we accept all religions as true.

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