A Diksha (in India) is really when a guru initiates a desciple into the worship of a given diety.... usually something like the main priest of a temple initiating a new servant to the Temple. So who is being initiated, and to which god? The web site makes it seem like a non-hindu belssing, preformed by some person?
I spent some time in India tho and it awoke a really great interest and love not only for the Hindu religion but india as a whole, who knows, it may be a life changing or gateway experience if you go, even if you're not Hindu.
The more experiences you can get with other faiths the better IMO. Its a chance to learn from others and possibly apply something to your practice.
A friend of mine in Raleigh was very into and never said anything remotely icky about it, other than she never wanted to receive which I thought was amusing since she went ever week.
She stopped going because they made her feel "guilty" about not receiving.
No to the Christian Revival thing, none of my friends would tolerate anything like that. From my vague understanding, it was Hindu based and somehow connected to auryevada (forgive my spelling if wrong, just woke up
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I spent some time in India tho and it awoke a really great interest and love not only for the Hindu religion but india as a whole, who knows, it may be a life changing or gateway experience if you go, even if you're not Hindu.
The more experiences you can get with other faiths the better IMO. Its a chance to learn from others and possibly apply something to your practice.
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She stopped going because they made her feel "guilty" about not receiving.
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