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Radhanath Swami: A Few More Thoughts About Terror in Mumbai

[EDITORS NOTE: On December 26th I arrived in Mumbai and have been the fortunate guest of Radhanath Swami and the many wonderful Vaishnavas of the Radha Gopinath Temple. Having seen my previous article "Finding Selflessness Amidst Mumbai’s Sorrow", Radhanath Swami kindly shared some of his written thoughts about the Mumbai terrorist attacks. I'll share them with you below.

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It was a balmy autumn night in Mumbai. Over a hundred close friends were gathered for a reunion on a tenth floor rooftop garden near the sea. CONTINUE READING THIS ARTICLE »

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Finding Selflessness Amidst Mumbai’s Sorrow

When we see innocent people running our city streets, scrambling for shelter from acts of violence committed in God’s name, whether in Manhattan or Mumbai, it’s a good time to ask ourselves whether our religion is making us more divine or deranged. On the verge of 2009, it’s become all the more apparent that the first decade of the new millennium will, in many ways, be defined by the impact of religious terrorism on our nations, communities, families and minds. Times like these call for us to examine how our faith affects our reasoning. CONTINUE READING THIS ARTICLE »

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