Europeans are Proudly Becoming Hindus

European Vedic Union which is runned by European Hindus 

Veda Union is a network which seeks to unite all European Veda chanting groups, no matter of their country of origin, language or religion, under one mother organization. European Union has united in political, monetary, as well as other secular areas. Veda Union seeks to unite Europe on spiritual level promoting unity, love and peace among all through teachings of the Vedas and recitation of sacred Vedic hymns.

The idea of Veda Union is to provide connections between different Veda chanting groups and organizations throughout Europe, promote and coordinate pan European or local projects, stimulate local activities of the groups and provide help and guidance to local organizations. As the name denotes, the union of mankind through the Veda is its primary goal.

Veda Union was founded by Vojko Kercan from Slovenia and Branimir Gonan from Croatia.

The project has officialy started after Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba accepted the letter of Veda Union founders.

Activities

Activities of Veda Union are:
Establishing connections between Veda chanting groups and organizations in Europe.
Providing help and guidance to local groups and organizations by publishing written and audio materials.
Promoting study programmes and curriculums based on the ancient way of learning the Veda mantras.
Organizing periodical workshops on the importance of the Veda and Veda chanting.
Establishing connections with qualified Veda teachers and seek their guidance and help.
Promoting and coordinating pan European or local projects.
Promoting public lectures and appearances of local groups and organizations in public.
Promoting study of Sanskrit language and ancient Vedic texts.

GERMAN ACTRESS - ''Claudia Ciesla'' Converted to Hinduism

Claudia Ciesla’s announcement of her interest in converting to Hinduism is a heartening sign. Hindu society should welcome her into our fold with affection and provide her a place of dignity in the 1 billion strong Hindu community. We must leave behind rigid orthodoxy in such cases to allow brand Hinduism to grow stronger in the West. There are many others like Claudia who are equally interested in converting to Hinduism but they fear retribution from the Church. There are others who shy away from the Hindu identity because of the negative stereotyping in the English language media. So, many of them live by Hindu philosophy and traditions but avoid the label and the stigma assocated with it. This is a great disadvantage for Hindu society. We musthave a systematic programme of brand building for Hinduism in western countries and provide social support to any person who sincerely wishes to convert to Hinduism, irrespective of the convert’s past background.

Buddhism is today the fastest growing religion in the West, according to survey reports. Buddhism, luckily, does not suffer from the image problem and its practices which are similar to Christian rituals have been of great appeal to disillusioned Christians. But, Hinduism is richer and more profound in terms of ritual and philosophy, so there is no reason why Hinduism should not aim to become the fastest growing and largest faith in the world.


SOURCE : Times of india