Dialoguing and Debating is one of the best methods to reach educated Hindus. But care should be taken to see that it will not lead to arguments. Open discussions will answer the questions of a Hindu and enable him to find out the truth.
Many believers are burdened to reach their neighbours. But they don’t know how to present the gospel to them. Here are a few ways and approaches to present the gospel effectively to them.
The founder of Transcendental Meditation was Mahesh Brasad Warma from central India. He graduated from Allahabad University in Physics in 1940. Then he became the disciple of Guru Dev, who taught him the techniques of meditation from Hindu scriptures
Wrong view about God: TM is based on the belief that God is an impersonal being and TM claims that God is all, and all is God. Maharishi makes God a part of the creation, thus making his followers worship ‘the created things rather than the creator
The New Year day: The first day of the month of the Hindu lunar year is usually celebrated as their New Year day. It is the first day of the first month called Chaitra which comes in April. In this year, the New Year day is 14th April 1995 which is a government holiday.
There are about 725 million Hindus in the world and about 675 million Hindus in India.
In the total population of the world, 13.5 percent people are Hindus. They are more than the total number of Protestants in the world (10.3%).
In the world, there are three Hindu countries. They are India, Nepal and Mauritius. Among these countries, India is a secular country open for the gospel. Nepal is gradually opening for the gospel and Mauritius is a country closed for missionary activities.
The View of God: The following are some of the views of God among the Hindus.
Animism: Animism is worshipping and offering sacrifice to nature. Many Hindus worship nature gods like heaven, thunder, and fire. Even now some Hindus worship nature gods and they are animists.
Monism: Monism is the belief in one god. The belief that there is only one God in this world also was accepted and practised by Hindus.
The Hindus believe that there are two important factors which affect their salvation. They are reincarnation and Karma.
Avatar literally means ‘descent’ and avatar is the coming down of Vishnu to the world for a particular purpose. So avatar is nothing but incarnation. The Bible talks about the incarnation of Jesus Christ. Here are some differences between avatars of Vishnu and the avatar (incarnation) of Jesus Christ.
In Bhagavata Purana, the most popular and important Purana, Vishnu is described to have descended nine times and took nine avatars or incarnations. It also says that he will come again at the end of Kalki age to take the tenth avatar.