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QUICK FACTS AND QUOTES ABOUT HINDU HERITAGE MONTH:
* First celebration of Hindu Heritage was in October 2013;
* October is designated Hindu Heritage month because it is the birth month of Mahatma Gandhi;
* October is often when major Hindu holidays such as Navaratri and Diwali are celebrated'
* It is a global movement highlighting Vedic traditions, teachings and the many contributions Hinduism has made to the world;
* More and more people in the West are drawn to this ancient faith. Here's why:
"Hindu philosophy is free from the missionary compulsion to bring the whole world into its fold in a kind of spiritual colonialism and cultural invasion. This latter form of conversion, which has gone on in India for centuries, ever since Muslims and Christians discovered the subcontinent, has seriously disrupted communities, turned son against father, wife against husband, friend against friend. Coupled with the enticement of material gain and destruction of ancient traditions, it has destroyed lives. The Hindu form of preaching does none of this, and ironically this nonintrusive attitude itself is bringing many toward Hinduism.” - Sivaya Subramuniya
* First celebration of Hindu Heritage was in October 2013;
* October is designated Hindu Heritage month because it is the birth month of Mahatma Gandhi;
* October is often when major Hindu holidays such as Navaratri and Diwali are celebrated'
* It is a global movement highlighting Vedic traditions, teachings and the many contributions Hinduism has made to the world;
* More and more people in the West are drawn to this ancient faith. Here's why:
"Hindu philosophy is free from the missionary compulsion to bring the whole world into its fold in a kind of spiritual colonialism and cultural invasion. This latter form of conversion, which has gone on in India for centuries, ever since Muslims and Christians discovered the subcontinent, has seriously disrupted communities, turned son against father, wife against husband, friend against friend. Coupled with the enticement of material gain and destruction of ancient traditions, it has destroyed lives. The Hindu form of preaching does none of this, and ironically this nonintrusive attitude itself is bringing many toward Hinduism.” - Sivaya Subramuniya
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