so um one question that pops us to to our mind you've been doing uh increasing this awareness
about hinduism about human spiritual spiritualism for a long time so what i want to know is
the vision which with which you are trying to to drive this
what are the key challenges you are facing and are you are you moving at the right speed
at which you would like to move in in this direction in terms of achieving your vision
okay vinegar the question is relevant i'll be very honest and very frank
actually i have no idea how fast i'm going or how slow i'm going i have no idea no clue i am
just driven to do this thing because if you like i mean kind of strongly attracted to my mentor
who suggested the idea that religions are not dead religions need to evolve and kind of address the
issues of modern age and the issues that we face which sometimes are vilified as secular vision
or issues that we face with where you should find religious people stuck in a very traditional mode
these are the if you like the challenges that we face and i'm hoping that the deeper vision
that i'm promoting of not only only hinduism but of all religions will address the issues
or the issue like the needs of a modern society and my my my attention is really on the youth
of modern modern world for example the youth are stirring up they are trying to find if you like
ideas of spirituality in a different mode than the ones that were presented to them by their parents
so the youth are fed up and they're looking for a different vision of what religions are all about
and my attention is really drawn to the needs of these youngsters
in my own experience of presenting these ideas if you like esoteric ideas about religion
at various colleges or schools is very positive and very warm the western youth the western
thinking youth i feel very comfortable with the presentations i make and if you like the key
features i present are very simple i talked of talk of the idea of many pathways for exploring
what is meant by the word spiritual a deeper dimension to our being trying to explore it
using different modes different methods some are almost religious and some are and if you like
very secular and yet they are in a way refocusing our attention to the deeper dimension we possess
which is spiritual and the world is in in great need for this particular vision so that's
what i'm trying to promote to what extent i'm successful i have no clue i think time will tell
you see when you talk about the challenges i face the challenges are both on both sides on one side
i meet the humanist who are talking similar thing to what i am suggesting but they say mr
lakani we don't like the word spiritual just stick to humanism which is purely materially
oriented so we just want to believe that we are nothing but extension of the material kingdom
live with it deal with it there's nothing more to us so this is the challenge i get
if you like from the western thinking youth who are very strongly you know attached to the idea
that we are extension of the material kingdom so that's the challenge on one side the other
challenge i face is from the traditionalist because the vision that i'm promoting
in a way pushes them or nudges them to give up their very traditional approach to what religions
are all about and the moment i say look you must step out of this narrative which are colorful
storytelling which is exaggeration please step out your youngsters cannot relate to these exaggerated
stories anymore they move away from me so i if you like face challenges from the traditionalist
as well as a highly materialistic lobby in which with whom i have to interact all the
time
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