Hindu Wisdom - visitor emails

Dear Visitor,

Over the past several years I have received many heartfelt emails of appreciation and gratitude for the website. In this chapter I would like to share them with you. These messages have inspired me over the years to continue my efforts on updating the website with new information.

I have selected the following messages from the hundreds of emails that I have received since the inception of this site. To protect the senders' identity all the names have been withheld.

I will continue to include more selected emails as I receive them.

Dear Sushama,

I write only a very few words simply to express my DEEPEST and PROFOUNDEST THANKS to you for establishing this site and, thereby, making an absolutely inestimable contribution to the enlightenment of a sadly--nay, horrifyingly!--benighted world. I thank you and all the Powers that Be for the invaluable knowledge you bring to mankind through this truly admirable endeavour and I fervently hope and pray that more and more people will be thus illuminated and properly educated. This, in fact, is our only hope in a world dying from the exclusion of soul and spirit in our lives, from the deliberate suppression of the Ancient Wisdom and Science (now, thankfully, gradually being corroborated and confirmed by all the latest developments in science), from an long inherited but, hopefully not ineradicable, blindness to Reality and the Truth.

I tell people everywhere about your site........BUT the wall of "the need to disbelieve" is colossal. We will persevere.

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

- From Greece - April, 2005.

Hello Sushama Londhe,

I commend you on a well-written and cogent page that thoroughly explains in great detail your heritage. I was led to this site by an individual, as I am seeking to learn about India , the people, traditions, culture, religion, philosophy etc. All the western terms which may or may not adequately describe what exists.

I am an aspiring student of philosophy, but sadly, in academia it is only the European tradition that is emphasized. This site has provided a window that we can all look into, and I must say, I remain in great awe and admiration at what I am learning.

Best.

- Received Jan 5, 2008.

Good Afternoon.
Namaste

I have read your web site information and I am now much better informed about Hinduism in general. I do not have any contact with any Hindus and so my knowledge of them was very limited. It is through this site and your proposed book that different peoples will understand each other and live in peace.

I am delighted to be able to learn from your site. I have been practicing Yoga for a few months and am amazed at the enormity of the Hindu faith.

Kind Regards.
Om Shaaante Shaaante.

- Received December 4, 2006.

Dear Ms Londhe

I am writing this email to tell you how much impressed I am from your website ‘’ Hindu Wisdom’’.

I am also an Indian, from Delhi, I came to Germany two years back and the day I have come here I have been asked 20-30 times about the caste system in India. Earlier I couldn’t explain much because as you live in your country you don’t pay much attention to all those related to your country, but once you come out you are more or less responsible to make bad or good impression about your country.

I started reading your website day before yesterday only and I liked it so much because it is not just a viewpoint of one person but the collection of what people have been saying or writing from long time back. Well I haven’t read everything yet as I don’t get much time because of my strange schedules of working, but surely it’s a must read for all Indians. I knew that India has a rich cultural heritage but have started realising it recently only.

Thanks for doing this effort.

With best regards
Graduate student
Tübingen , Germany.

- Received January 8 2007

Hari om

I thank you from the bottom of my heart, my deepest sense of gratitude for your contribution towards humanity with your website. You have absolutely no idea the magnitude of your service.

May God give you the strength and inspiration to kindle a new renaissance, a Hindu awakening to free the world from the shackles of ignorance and misery. May your tribe grow like never before...I am simply short of words..

Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology
India .

- Received January 9 2007

Dear Madam,

I am glad finding your websites. It will be useful for study and understand the Wisdom, but not only the Hindu wisdom. The very Knowledge is reflection of the universal Wisdom, interpreting by special real language and other interpretation media.

What it means? I am born and educated in the surrounding of the Christianity, and this religion is like a branch or a spray on the tree, which is ancient Judaic base. The Learning both the Christianity and the Jewish religions are based on the limited texts, and there is not an universal Wisdom given to devotees.

I need complete my personal knowledge from other resources of the Wisdom. I am glad may to learn the knowledge of the India, e.g. Maha Bharat, that can enable me more understand some topics of Christian learning, I have born in this. What a pity, my knowledge of the English language is so unsatisfactory, I need use a dictionary so often!

And from the other site of seeing, the information about religion items from India is fragmentary in my country, despite that, there is several authors scientists religionists and historians in Czech Republic, which was have published several very good translations of Indian text, for ex. translation of the Bhagavad Gítá from Mr. Janicek. But this literature written in my Czech language is a small deal, like any crumbs from the whole thematic of real religion.

I am looking forward to learn your website.

I think, Hindu people often do not understand such obstacles can meet an European heir of the both Jewish and Christian culture, because there is active in the life both a strong materialism in the practice and a rigid faithfulness to the texts. Which is not mentioned in the texts, this are not exist, such means the rigid witness of the Tradition. For example, one of the central problems is:

There is only one word for the divine being, ´God´. Learning is not distinguishing the Creator, Preservator and Savior (both personal and national ones), and this Deity is ideally compared with idea of The Father. No other Deities are accepted. He is One only. Translation a text from both Christian or Judaist texts to Hindi language is very difficult and otherwise (vice versa). How to translate, for example the term Holy Spirit? I think, the closest word is the name Paramahamsa. But nobody knows this name, except specialists in the Hindu religion.

All comparisons may be very large scene, but I can express my pleasure only for to find your venerable website.

Good luck and my congratulations,

From Czech Republic.

- Received October 20, 2006.

Dear Sushama

You have done a great work with this website (Hindu wisdom). Heart felt wishes for all your future ventures, the vast content you had put up in the site is as vast as our Hindu culture. Your work does come closer to what Swami Vivekananda had started for India and her culture. The coming Hindu generations everywhere will always remember this endeavor.

Thank you and best wishes.

From A Geriatric Physiotherapist - Received November 17, 2006.

To, Smt. Sushama Londhe

Namaskar,

First of all My Best Wishes on this festive occasion of Deepawali. We pray that the Almighty blesses you and your family with all that is noble and auspicious in life and hereafter.

I have been fortunate to be born in a Hindu family and to have imbibed good samskaras from elders in the family. Since childhood, I was curious to know why there has been such a big mismatch between our traditional knowledge and the formal education system that portrays a perverse picture about our history. Brainwashing young, impressionable Indian minds in the name of modern science by the former colonists and their Indian sycophants have coloured our education system and the media beyond recognition. It has been to such an extent that we have almost a negative impression of our rich heritage. As a school student, it was puzzling for me to encounter declarations on imbibing virtues like truthfulness, while interpreting history (as written in Mahabharata and other literary texts) totally contrary to the one taught in our school history books (Darwinism to Industrial Revolution).

Thanks to your in-depth research on Indian history and the free access to the literature that you have posted on this website, we have the wonderful opportunity to educate ourselves and share with like minded people the true greatness of our rich values and traditions. So, also bring to light, the real story of horrid repression and suffering of Indian and South American people and destruction of their rich and diverse cultures by the Europeans.

We are forever indebted for this service you have single handedly and selflessly done for posterity. God Bless you with strength and courage to continue on this quest for truth.

Best Regards.
Ph.D Student

From Portugal.

- Received October 20, 2006.

Namaste Ms. Sushama Londhe,

I was born Christian and lived a sincere Christian life, but with no direction. My life seemed to be in disarray with so many conflicts and questions in my beliefs. I was not at peace. Doctrines were brainwashed into me as a child: not to even read about other religions, much less learn of or convert to them!

But, as is often the case, past dogmas are so different that unless one lays these influences aside and seeks the wisdom imparted by the Vedas, revelation of truth can be hindered. Now I rejoice in the revelation of the truth, and I am truly grateful and proud of being Hindu. Conversion to Hinduism was only as difficult as my resistance was to the truth, but never, ever has it been regrettable. The Lord is so faithful and loving to have been patiently processing me and forming my character. The ending of ego is truly the realization of the Supreme. I am now a faithful follower of Hinduism with peace and love for God's work. I acknowledge with many thanks to our Creator for the words of wisdom in the Vedas and Gita, which I greatly cherish.

I have found your web-site to be of great help in my spiritual struggle and indeed they are of a great encouragement to me. This year I suffered from many painful trials and even thought God was not faithful. In such dark and miserable situations it is browsing through your web-site and understanding the treasures in Hinduism past and present that has helped me to understand that no matter what happens God will never leave me. He truly loves us all. I sincerely thank you for your efforts. I am greatly blessed by reading the in-depth articles that have comforted, consoled and guided me. Thank you for refreshing my soul.

I pray that God will continue to give you the strength and wisdom to work for peace and proclaiming Hinduism with pride.

United we shall preserve our unparalleled heritage so that we can pass the light to our children's children.

OM SHANTI

- received from Canada 6/7/06

Hello Ms. Londhe,

I was raised a Christian, but I consider myself a Hindu now. I am in love with Sanatana Dharma and have been for a long time.

Thank you so much for your website. I live in one of those "red" states in the central U.S, meaning I am surrounded by fundamentalist and evangelical Christians. Your site is like an oasis in the desert. It quenches my thirst. Many blessings to you for your hard, selfless work.

- Received from Kansas, USA – October 5 2005.

I love your web site. I appreciate the history you included.

What the Europeans have done to the Hindus and the rest of the non-white world (I' m White, I can say that) is an embarrassment to all humanity and I am glad I have rid myself of as much of the influence of the west and it's "religion" as possible. Sit back and watch. Much of the west is sick of "Christianity", a religion of greed and control, and seeking to reunite with the balances of nature and that which is of nature (like, the human body is okay, or pleasure is okay).

A dancing Lord Ganesha.

Lord Ganesha, in painting or bronze or stone or any form makes my heart sing with happiness.

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I pray the world is a better place for that and the influences of a culture as beautiful and as ancient as that of the Hindus is recognized and accepted by all. Also, I love the section on art.

Lord Ganesha, in painting or bronze or stone or any form makes my heart sing with happiness.

- Received in 2002

Dear Ms. Londhe,

Though a regular visitor to your site for quite some time now, this, perhaps, is the first time I am writing to you. A lot of us, though we may sincerely aspire to, fail to go beyond the thought to put something into action even after life provides umpteen opportunities and the time. It is in this light, that with great sincerity, I congratulate you for the distance you have covered, seemingly, undeterred in your aspiration.

Inspiration and what it can do, has what has over-awed this world and its peoples of human abilities. And this is what, in my considered opinion, led to the Hindu's contribution across the various planes of existence.

I am sure that the attempt to encapsulate all this, even in the face of facts lost to the ravages of time and the societal dynamics it brings along, while humbling, must have also acted as a fuel to your inspiration. In short, your effort is laudable.

I wish you are granted all the strength and support and that you may, for the benefit of this civilization, which today buckles under ignorance of its own abilities, cover far greater ground than what normally could be expected.

Your website has helped in providing me a great reference point in most of my discussions on Hinduism and all that it had, has and will contribute to life. I am in anticipation of a published version of this collection.

Please do let me know in whatever manner, I may be of help, through my limited orbit.

Good luck and awaiting your publication.

Regards,

- Received on October 24, 2006.

Dear Ms Londhe,

Namaskar!

I am always impressed at the tremendous output generated by our people. I have seen ordinary NRIs, who persevere and devote themselves to their hobby or profession with zeal, research and improvisation and excel in whatever they apply themselves to.

A friend referred me to your website and I have spent some time going through it.

I am impressed and can appreciate efforts put in by you. Easy reading plus lovely pictures make for a grand ambience.
I have saved the link for my future use and passed it on to like minded friends.

THANK YOU!

- Received from Lausanne, Switzerland – November 5, 2005.

Hi;

Thanks for the great web site...I was a Muslim but I think Islam does not have spirituality at all...Now I consider myself a Hindu..

I think Hinduism is the most spiritual religion in the world.. I especially like the Upanishads and the Bhagavad Gita...Keep up the good work...

- Received December 15, 2005.

Hola Sushama !

Your site is just great.

I'm a Nicaraguan yogini who is looking for the Vedic prayer "Loka Samasta Sukhino Bhawantu" in Sanskrit original but I cannot find anywhere.

Do you think you can help me? I wish you the best! Namaste.

- Received March 6, 2005.

I enjoyed reading your webpage. I was raised a Christian but I no longer consider myself one.

Hinduism appeals to me and I consider it the world's most reasonable religion.

I can no longer believe a religion, like Christianity, that tells us that the majority of the human race will end up being tortured for trillions and trillions of years essentially, because someone (Adam) ate a forbidden fruit a few thousand years ago! I now consider myself a Hindu. I'm not sure if Hindus will accept me as one of them but I will continue hoping that they do!

Om Shanti.

- Received in 1998.

Thai Lord Shiva.

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A wonderful work containing nearly about all about Hinduism !

This is unique. Exclusive work ever produced after Ved_Vyaas's Mahabharatam.

Dear Sushama,

Even if I search the entire website dictionary, I probably will be searching for the right word to pay a tribute to you for bringing out such a wonderful website - www.hinduwisdom.info.

Thank you, for enthralling me for I reached a pinnacle of happiness.

Respectfully.

Respected Ms Londhe,

Heartfelt congratulations on your tremendous boon to Hindu society the facts unveiled in such a concise methodical and truthful fashion. It is a relief to know the glorious past of Hinduism vis a vis the virulent anti Hindu propaganda and shame and pain agenda of the powers that be. These colonial and racist assaults on Hindus can only ever be permanently extirpated and incomparable psyche damage reversed through websites and information such as your endeavors, which must be arduous, and hours of painstaking though no doubt enlightening and uplifting research. My soul would never find peace with the present dishonorable state of affairs of Hindus..but for the rock solid fact filled and spiritually enthused foundation you have established. I must say I did find the former title Tribute far more befitting as it juxtaposed and offset against the unfair tirades and insults and calumny heaped on Hindu Dharma.

I just hope and pray that Dharma will come out victorious from this centuries long extensions and rounds of pounding assaults and attacks. Just remember India cannot be great until Indians are great. It will it be an impossible task to raise the character of the fallen Hindus who have largely become so selfish and self centric in their blind and mindless material and sensual mundane pursuits.

- Received October 18, 2006.

Om namah shivaya Om sairam

Dear, Ms. Sushama Londhe,

First of all let me bow to you. Namahste. I saw your web site incidentally. There are no words to express truly. It is a pride movement. Thanks is not a word to express my gratitude. How did u create that web site .so much knowledge collected? How much desire and respect you have. And I saw many people responding on it and saw there is desire & respect but not able to implement it may be because they may not know the history in the right manner it is. By seeing it every one will realize what they are and what they should be. I am sure you are blessed by this venture.

- received 6/ 11/06

I have been immersing my self more and more in this great religion. Raised a Christian, I now find there is little I believe in that faith. I respect Jesus, but I have little respect for Christians. Hinduism feels like my own skin.

I love your site. It's a gift from God for us Indiaphiles and Bible-belt Hindus.

- From USA.

Thanks for an enlightening day I had after reading your collection about Hinduism. May the Lord Ganesha bless you for the good work you are doing.

- Received in 1998.

Hi there Sushama Londhe, your website on Hinduism is incredible and awesome.

Your knowledge is amazing.

Do you know much about Kumari Kandam?

Kind Regards.

- received 6/17/06

Dear Ma'am,

Your website is exactly what I have been looking for, for a number of years now.

Yours is the first page that I have seen describing Indian music as "the hum of the atoms and the music of the spheres". I'd thought people who loved Dhrupad were extinct!

I wanted to say Thank You, and that maybe I could gather some knowledge to be able to contribute to your website. In particular, I'd like to be able to write about the Cosmic Microwave Background (which is what I work on) and how it is represented in a shlok that I heard from someone, which started with 'Naad sakal srishti' - since, in fact, the Early Universe did leave an imprint in the sky that seems to be harmonic.

I do maintain a webpage on India, although I cannot claim to possess a millionth of your knowledge, as I am a puny little grad student right now.

My Best Wishes, and I hope to be in touch with you and learn from you.

- Received Jan, 2003.

Something drew me to click on your site-- and what a bonanza I found! What great treasure!

I am a native Californian, born in San Francisco in 1945. Raised a Christian, I met a Hindu holy man in 1975. He changed my life, and he's touched the lives of all my family. I meditate with his successor, as do the rest of my family. I'd say I'm currently somewhere between Christianity and Hinduism, in a niche that fits me very well, and would probably have most Christian ministers pulling out their hair.

You site provides a number of directions in theoretical physics-- which I will explore at length. The split between the mathematical approaches to business and the softer more humanistic ones rages in academia. It was flaming when I was at the Biz School as a doctoral student.

I need to get back to work, but it was lovely finding your site. One other thing -- I loved your quotes from Mark Twain. He's my great, great, half grandfather, according to family legend. My mother's grandmother was his half sister.

I look forward to exploring your site-- take a look at mine. Should we link?

Respected Sushmaji

Sadar Pranam.

I am a fourth year student of Computer Science and Engg. at IIT Kharagpur. We people have recently formed a forum namely "Students' Forum for India's Heritage" (SFIH). Through this forum we aim to learn, practice and promote the ageless and universal values of Indian Heritage.

The central library of IIT Kharagpur is organizing a book fair from March 5th to March 8th. SFIH is planning to hold a stall over there dedicated to the myriad facets of Indian Heritage.

Apart from keeping books of legendaries like Sri Aurobindo and Swami Vivekananda, we people are planning to have some of the articles which deal with various subjects from the net, get them printed and Xeroxed and offer them to the people.

I came across your site some time ago and found it marvelous. The articles are really superb and show a high degree of research and scholarly work. We wish to use the articles from this site for the above mentioned purpose. We would be copying the entire articles as it is giving all the adequate reference of yours. For the sake of handiness, we would be making smaller sub-sections as different articles.

Our purpose over here is to promote the knowledge and we would be selling the articles at the cost price. I seek your permission regarding this.

I would also like to invite you to IIT Kharagpur as and when you visit India. We people invite speakers to give lecture on various aspects of Indian Heritage.

With deep regards

- From IIT Kharagpur

I am Australian of Indian descent and Christian upbringing.

I am interested in Hinduism, particularly in the Bhagawad-Gita and the methods mentioned therein whereby the individual may aspire to self-fulfillment, etc.

I have been searching the Web for sites that would hold subject matter of interest.

I am surprised to find that while the Bible and the Koran are freely available for download from countless sites, I cannot find any free sites from which to download Hindu material, I have used key words: Vedas, Upanishads, Puranas, Mahabharata, etc and all I find are commercial sites requiring money.

I wonder whether you can help me find free info about the above subjects.

Hello, just wanted to let you know that your site is much appreciated. I'm a 33 year old regular white guy, and you'd never guess from passing me on the street that so much of my being responds so strongly to Hinduism and India.

Although basically Christian, I personally see Jesus Christ as an Avatar, like Krishna. It is impossible to learn of Krishna and his actions and personality and not see the same qualities in Christ (and vice-versa.) It astounds me that Americans, by and large, not only fail to make the connection but never even try.

This site is helpful because anyone who wants to find God should never stop learning, and there is nothing more rich, complete and educational as Hinduism. Western Society has labeled Hindu texts as Mythology without even looking at them, which is perhaps the biggest error (or most diabolical censorship) perpetrated on anyone who cares about the history of this planet.

I do have a question though, if you would...

I have heard it said that Hindus believe people should follow the religion that they are given by their own culture. Is that basically true? And if so, does that mean that outside interest in Hinduism is discouraged?

I am often saddened by the lack of accessible material available to people such as myself who are interested in delving deep into Hindu Scripture and History.

I suppose I have rambled on enough, thank you for your time.

- Received August 16, 2005

I just checked out your site and it rocks! I'm Indian-American and just started getting interested in our culture, because I was brought up American and wasn't taught anything about the culture or religion. I was wondering if you could start offering the whole website on CD? The reason I think this is a good idea is for those who aren't always online.

Also in case you ever stop your site, we can still have access to all that information about our culture. Also you could probably fit all that into a nice book! If you decide to put the website on CD I'll be sure to buy one!

Later.

Received October 27, 2005.

Your web site is rich treasure of knowledge about India, Hinduism and the culture of India. I greatly enjoyed it and plan to return to it several times.

Baby Lord Krishna dancing.

May Lord Krishna bless you for this labour of love and service to India.

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May Lord Krishna bless you for this labour of love and service to India.

Dear Sushma jee,

Namaskar!

I am so delighted reading about Hinduism. I must give you 100% moral support to you for the lead role and having this web site launched. It is really good.

Only one suggestion that is if you are looking for a true representation of Hinduism then you must read and refer to Books written by a person, Sir John Woodroffe. One of the astonishing book he has written is "The Serpent Power". I think he has done better than many Hindus and touched the most of the aspects of Hinduism truly. He came to India as a civil servant of the Queen but he was transformed to Hinduism. He has written many books but very truly. Hope you will read his array of books and bring it to the attention of many like us.

Thanking you.

- From Perth, Australia.

Marvelous collections, intelligent interpretations and gorgeous illustrations, in a very natural way, are highly appreciated. A vibrant philosophy in association with nature will only survive. Your work would be inspiring to our young generations.

Thanks for your valuable time and devotion.

- from Canada.

Hello Sushama,

I've been following your site since the hosting at geocities. A superb work! I’m glad now that its hosted on a faster server and reaches broader audiences. As a gentile Hellene I pay respect where respect is due. I've enjoyed your site and learned many things about Bharat and Hinduism.

Your articles about the Christian cultural and political invasion of India are a direct kick in the teeth for quite a number of Western Anglo - Saxons whose beliefs are more than mediocre. So I'm pleased that India has preserved its vast culture and heritage through the millenniums, your site proves so and it is dedicated to the cause.

Salutations.

- Peace & Harmony. - USA.

I congratulated you for the magnificent production some months ago ( approx. 12 months) and must say my spiritual strength and resolve has surpassed every obstacle and younger day "glitches" since the fantastic refresher your production via the web.

My wish and perhaps a suggestion is to reproduce the tribute in CD's.

Thank you once again.

Do you have a published document of this web-site documents?

I love your website and recommend it to many people.

Yamuna river Goddess.

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I was just writing to say that I love your website - A Tribute to Hinduism.

It is so hard to find any information on ancient India anywhere on the internet, sadly it is a topic that has been long ignored. Even though Hindus have made more contributions to science, math, history, warfare, philosophy, than any other nation in the world.

Your website has such an enormous wealth of information, I recommend it and give links to it as often as I can. It is easily the best site on the internet on ancient Hindu history.

Keep up the good work!

Hello. I like the presentation (and contents) of your Tribute to Hinduism web site.

It inspired me to make the presentation of my Sanskrit dictionary index page.

- Received from France - June 2004

I do not know how to thank and congratulate Sushama Londhe for the great feast that she presents in Hindu Wisdom.

It has taken me over a fortnight to read or rather run through much of it. Yet I have not absorbed all that I have read.. But always this will serve me as a Reference Guide – and more so, as an inspiration to which I shall turn to, frequently.

I commend you for putting together a great site. I was 14 years old when my parents dragged me to USA in 1996. And ever since experiencing some cultural gap (or struggling culturally). It is indeed a great site.

It definitely gives Hindus the self pride and awareness of their rich culture. I have been exploring this site for some time now and I love it every minute of it.

Greetings:

I am not a Hindu but it gave me great pleasure to read your website when a highly respected friend recommended it, suggesting also that I read the Song of the Hindu which is quoted therein.

It was really good to read your extensive website and I have learnt much from it. I have referred it also to my friends at Oxford and others.

Two of my learned friends from universities to whom I referred your website have commented that the following paragraph in your introduction to Hindu culture is well put and gives a correct picture.

“India is the world's most ancient civilization. Nowhere on earth can you find such a rich and multi-layered tradition that has remained unbroken and largely unchanged for at least five thousand years. Bowing low before the onslaught of armies, and elements, India has survived every invasion, every natural disaster, every mortal disease and epidemic, the double helix of her genetic code transmitting its unmistakable imprint down five millennia to no less than a billion modern bearers. Indians have demonstrated greater cultural stamina than any other people on earth. The essential basis of Indian culture is Religion in the widest and most general sense of the world. An intuitive conviction that the Divine is immanent in everything permeated every phase of life”.

I endorse their view.

I have not gone through your website in its entirety. That will take time and I have every intention of finding that time to do so. But even now from what I have seen so far, I am convinced that your website is most interesting and knowledgeable – and a boon to every researcher .

I happened to browse through "A tribute..".

Amazing. I am overwhelmed to see the dedication and knowledge that characterize the website. A great service from you to Hindu Dharma.

Thanks and good wishes.

Your site is amazing. The vast information is presented in a very lucid and beautiful manner.

Please accept my congratulations.

Lord Agni - God of fire.

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I happen to see Matrix Revolutions last night and there it was the Sanskrit shalokas sung in choir format when the movie ends.

I do not have much knowledge of Sanskrit but despite that I did not fail to recognize the shalokas and my wife said it was the sahlokas which we found on your web site right on the first page!

Thanks again for the great web site!

You have taken on a great task and I wish you all success. I liked your web site a lot. Especially the verses from the Upanishads. My humble suggestion is that you also write the actual verses " Asitoma Sadgamaya..." before translating it to English, while also providing the exact location where this verse can be found in the Upanishads, for reader reference.

I shall surely recommend your website to my family and friends and acquaintances, so that they know people do care.

In my opinion a lot of Hindus feel threatened, and most of us have reason to feel this way.

I would like to express great delight by having reading your website.

I think you've done a wonderful job thus far on enlightening the masses about our great culture. Please refer me to more info if possible.

Namaste

Thank you for the joy your great website gives to my family and me.

Every time we see it, it is updated, and ever-fresh with new material - and always dynamic and vibrant, like Hinduism itself, which as the inspiring Song that you quote, says:

Hinduism is a movement, not a position; a growing tradition and not a fixed revelation

A Hindu must grow and evolve, with all that was good in the past, with all that is good in the present, and with all goodness that future ages shall bring

Thank you indeed for this truly inspiring website.

With Respect

Truly awe-inspiring and a masterpiece. Hinduism will live on and great productions like your tribute deserves only the best.

The greatness of Hinduism and it's philosophies will live forever in spite of all attempts to humiliate, ridicule and desecrate through political or financial agendas.

A big thank you.

Hello Sushama,

I am very interested in making a documentary film series based on the information that you have gathered.

I am located in New York City. Please get in touch with me so we can speak further.

Hello

I went through the site. It is very good. I came to Spiritualism, after I suffered a personal tragedy. Than I read Bhagwad Gita and I found a path, so clear, so Simple and that gave me direction, when none existed.

I was watching some Christian channels like CBN and was horrified to find the hate they preach against Hindus. I was appalled that some of the people on the show were Indians. Hindus cannot preach hate as they believe in diversity & tolerance. Please advise us how can we counter these people.

I happened to come across the link for your website on a communist forum board where one of the members had pasted a link to your website

Your website is amazing and has loads of information which will take me many days to go through.

Ironically Today when I came across this site and was feeling all good about myself and thinking how great Hinduism was I come to know on the news that Sonia Gandhi (an Italian) has as been declared as the prime minister of India.

A nation of 750million Hindus cannot produce one Hindu to lead a country.

Fate it seems is not without a sense of irony

An excellent site with a lot of dedication and hard work which obviously shows how our religion is close to your heart.

A great effort which has left me totally speechless!

Regards,

Hi there,

I am a regular rediff.com reader and noticed a reference to the web site in an article. I just spent about 1/2 hour browsing your web site and realize that there is a lot of information in there.

I am impressed with the contents and would like to recommend it to my friends.

- From Singapore

Dear Sushamaaji,
Vanakkam (Namaskaar)

I really enjoyed your web page and the articles in it. The Quotes from scientist impressed me a lot.

I am a Technocrat but interested in Journalism. The younger generation of the Hindu community who live abroad (North America & Europe, Australia) do not get much opportunity understand the concepts of Vedanta and Hinduism and the treasure of Science knowledge that existed during the Vedic time. ...

We also seek your permission to use some of the articles from web page quoting reference to your web page and also the writer of the article. Many cannot read in English as such we may have to translate them into Tamil.

Lord Mahakala - Cosmic Time.

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Great website....I found it while searching on the connection between Stephen Hawking's black hole & dark matter theories ...and Shiva's navel.

from USA.

Hello Sushama,

What a fantastic web site!!!!!
I have been developing an interest in the Vedas for a while and your web site is an incredible resource.

In a word.....Thank you!!!!

Sushma,

I loved your site, its a revelation to read what is in there. I hope you continue the work you have been doing .

Lets hope that someday the world understands they all come from the same moral and ethical precepts, that we are all in essence the same. The things we follow and/or believe in, are essentially from the same source. I hope there is some kind of movement or organization which is exploring these sites to bring this proof to the world.

Dear Sushamaji:

I am deeply impressed by your individual efforts to bring very useful information on the web. Thanks.

Regards.

Namaste!

Your site is wonderful, especially for a beginner--that's me. I'm a retired librarian who has been attending Gita classes at a local Hindu Temple, and for the first time last night I stepped up during Arati to receive the blessed water and some food.

I was looking for Sanskrit transliterations of the prayers before and after our study sessions (they end with Shanti, Shanti, Shanti) and the chanting that everyone does at some point during Arati--I believe that it's immediately after the actual ceremony, but I'm not sure. The statue that is being revered is of Shiva, if that makes a difference. I am dazzled by all that is happening, so I might be confused.

Can you direct me to a part of your site that might have that information. If not, I'll continue to search the web and some books I have. When Swamiji, who is conducting the sessions, comes back in two weeks from a "sabbatical" in India, I will ask him for help with this.

Thanks again for your truly amazing site!

Dear Sushama,

Congratulations!!! Someone referred me the site. Wonderful.

I think we need more people like you to project the Hinduism in true sense. Best regards,

I had occasion to go through the site and found it informative and interesting. It has factual information and lots of articles not available in mainstream publications.

- From Indian Institute of Management - Bangalore.

Dear Sushama,

Greetings! and Salutations!

I have often visited Your web site, and am Really Very Impressed. Please accept My Appreciation for putting up such an Informative Web site. The Truths about Our Great Dharma have to be Known to All, especially the coming Generation.

I Encourage You to keep up this Great and Noble Work. And in My Own Way, I'd be glad to Help.

Dear Sushama,

It is a magnificent work of art, I know a whole lot of sweat, blood and tears have gone into writing it.

It is good to see intellectuals such as your self undertake this immense works of genius and see to it that our beloved religion, Hinduism and alive and kicking.

Best wishes,

Thanks for cresting an excellent site about Hinduism? Sanatan Dharma.

I hope by reading its contents and articles one can easily understand basic philosophy of the ancient religion on Earth.

Keep doing good work!!!

Prambanam temple, Indonesia.

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Hello Sushmaji:

You have done a wonderful job in compiling the great works of Hindu art. I applaud your great efforts & hard work.

I will refer it to young generation and also to my own children who after studying in American schools are brain washed and know very little of Hinduism. They will be convinced with this presentation, the authoritative sources to go over. Virtually Indians have been flooded with Christian and Muslim writings and their propaganda to erase Hinduism.

Keep up the good work. All the best!

Sushama:

I'm very delighted by going through your site. It's really fantastic. I was happy to see your site as well. I'm sure I'll be spreading the word around and if there is any help you need from us, let us know.

Thanks a lot for guiding us to this site.

Hello Sushamaji

I see your site with great interest and have found it very educational.

I am a Lecturer here in the UK and if I can be of any assistance do let me know.

Dear Sushamaji, Congratulations!

You have produced a wonderful website. My son sent the link to me from Ottawa, Canada. I love it.

Hi

Namashkar & Vande Mataram

Congratulations for your brilliant sites. It's resourceful, breathtaking and very informative and I am pleased to include your site in the links in my future web page.

Lord Shiva and family - from Bihar.

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Dear Sushama,

I was at your site today from my office in Braunschweig, Germany and I am here for a short visit from India. Your effort in creating the site for our ancient religion is highly appreciated.

Please continue this effort.

Congratulations for a great job!

I too came to the US 30 years ago, and now spend all my time and resources to research and upgrade the quality of portrayal of Indian civilization in the US - and to some extent in India.

Madam Sushma,

I visit your website almost twice a week and spend hours and hours.
I feel so pleasant and sentimental and I can not explain in words your great work.

GOD BLESS YOU.

I always listen to Annamaacharya keerthanas while reading the most valuable info on your site.

You are really great!!!
God Bless you madam!!!

Your site is very good. it is surely a result of dedicated research and tremendous efforts.

Your efforts have not gone unnoticed. I am actively recommending the site to my friends and acquaintances. The content being great, you can be assured that the site will gain in popularity on the basis of its valuable research alone.

Keep up the good work.

This site is really great. I will add a link soon, when the new version of my homepage will be online.

I live in the Netherlands. Namaskaar,

- From Netherlands.

Hi Sushama,

This is a great site you have got here. I enjoyed reading it and it was very informative. I would like to give you a suggestion about one more Issue that haunts India right now.

The issue is Aryan-Dravadian Divide. British have very conveniently put in this divide amongst us, saying that North Indians are Tall, Broad Shouldered and Fair Skinned Aryans and South Indian are short, stocky and dark skinned Dravidians. They are supposed to be of two different races. Also the description of the two race has bought a inferiority complex in south Indians and Superiority complex in North Indians. And if this thing is not checked it is going to fragment our country. Our people need to be awakened to the truth that there was no Aryan Invasion. But Arya's were Indians who went out and spread our culture everywhere.

Anyway, congratulations for the excellent content that you have here.

Warm regards,

Congratulations. You have done fantastic work!! I am really happy that some one has done this.

I will do my best to popularize your site.

With regards.

Hi Sushama,

It is really heart burning to see the work of these Missionaries. it is great work done by you. wish I could be of any help.

Dear Sushama

I run into your very impressive web site and intend to read through it. However I have a simple and short (I hope) question to ask you and this is in relation to some work that I do that involves Hinduism and children.

Myself I am Jewish (although non-orthodox) and practice Yoga for many years. My question is this: Approached by a young child (10-12 yrs) what a typical Hindu father will tell his child in response to question such as: "who created the world?" will he refer to a God or Gods? Will he refer to particular Book? to a particular Event? or there is no such "typical answer".

Thank you and God bless you...

- Received from Israel.

Hi, I'm from Sri Lanka. I visited your site. And all I got say to is - It's Magnificent. Keep it up

- Received from Sri Lanka.

Where do the Balts fit in this? There has been numerous reports that Lithuanian is just as old or even older than Sanskrit and that the Balts were really a colony of Hindus that went as far as the shores of the Baltic. There is even evidence that the ancient Balts were the ancestors of all Europeans and originators of western civilization. There is also proof of an ancient script around the first or second millenium BC written in Lithuanian. In the Vedas it says that there has been a migration from India to the Baltic. I was just thinking were the Balts originally Hindus or even the original Hindus.

I'm just wondering. Keep up the good work on your website.

Dear Sushama,

I have been extremely pleased to see that you captured the essence of Hinduism in a very articulate form of what it takes to do such a horrendous job and in fact with so many revisions on the contents of this site. It is truly a pleasure for me to go through new items and re-read some old ones to invigorate my soul with an Indian mind and body.

In the cyber world you have truly attained Moksha.

I wish our young citizens of India visit this site and imbibe its contents to learn more about our heritage and wisdom left behind for us by our Seers/Rishis/Munis of the Vedic age. It saddens me to see, experience and witness in my numerous visit that the new generation of our old country from which I migrated to U.S. over forty years ago, has lost interest and yearning to know of our values and cultural heritage we have been left behind since the Vedic period. Only time will tell how we can preserve what so little has been preserved of the Vedic knowledge left for the generations of the future. In India , Sanskrit is almost forgotten by most, if not all, and spirituality seems to be on the exponential decline. It is a shame on our Indian institutions for lack of vision and financial support!

My hearty congratulations to you again for such a great job. God bless you and your family for such a great dedication and effort for the Hindu cause.

Respectfully,

A Professor from Pomona , California
Received 6/7/07

Hi,

You are great!!! Your collection is extraordinary and has given me new direction, new perspective.

Sushama Namaste,

I was trying to get some good info on Quotes from Google and your web site came up. I must say, web site has lots of good info. Presentation is nice too.

How often do you update the website? Any plans to add actual text from our great literature?

With regards,

Namaste,

I have been recommending this site to virtually everyone I know or don't know!!! And am waiting anxiously for the next update.

Dear Sushama,

I am a regular visitor to your website and really appreciate the wealth of information that you have in your website.

Each time I visit, I have thought of one suggestion and for unknown reasons, I have kept postponing writing to you.

The main page contains a link to 'contents' both at the top and the bottom - but they are not clearly visible and a lot of friends who I have referred this site has mentioned it to me. If the 'contents' link was increased in font and centered in the screen for better visibility, it would really help. I am sure this will help the overall aesthetic appeal of the website.

Keep up the good work.

Dear Sushamaji,

Namaste! First of all let me congratulate you for the wonderful website, 'Hindu Wisdom'. I just downloaded the whole site with the help of a download manager.

Frankly, the website is almost perfect in all respects, presentation, contents etc. Please accept my deepest regards for this one-man crusade (to put it in your own words!)

Deva-Shakti.

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I have been frequent visitor to your site and scan guestbook also. There is no entry after 4/15;so, out of curiosity, I clicked post entry and found no response.

Please look into your site and remove the problem. With Warm Wishes,

Dear Sushma ji,
Pranaam.

Sushma ji, I have been a visitor at your site from long, and I admire your work a lot.

I am a young Hindu student. I am 20 years old. I have learnt not much but enough of the greatness of Hinduism which confirms my belief that Hinduism is indeed greater than just a mere religion, and it has the potential in it to solve many of the Human maladies and many environmental, economic, social problems which the world is facing today, if it is revived. Your site specially the Quotes section is superb.

I am proud of you Sushma ji. You are doing a great job to preserve this great culture of the Rishis and avathars. You will no doubt be blessed for your great efforts.

- Received in 2002

Congratulations! Sushama.

The site has forest of factual notes and wealth of information on Hinduism. My heart felt thanks goes to your good self for the time, effort and money spent on providing this service not only to Hindus but to our other brothers and sisters who have not fathomed the depth of Hinduism.

My prayers to Almighty God to bless you and give you all powers to carry out this mammoth task that you have undertaken.

My appeal to others, please give her all the support and help.

Dear Sushama,

Namaste. I saw your website. It is nothing but excellent.

You gave an enormous amount of information in it. The organization is superb.

Dear Sushamaji,

Being a second generation Indian born in Fiji I have found your website of immense value.

Though we kept our religion due to our being Arya Samajist still your Website gives a total overview of the Sanatan Dharma which must be known by all for world peace and harmony.

The chapter on Swami Dayanand Saraswati need to be expanded to give a proper recognition to the wonderful work done by the Arya Samajist for the last 100 years or so in the field of education, women education, reconversion, relief work, speaking against Gurudom which is a curse in Indian Society. Never before was there a need to caution people of the ills of modern Swamis who trot the world creating rich chelas and then building air conditioned palatial homes back in India and ride in air conditioned cars while the millions suffer and become prey to conversion by Christians and Moslems on the offer of food, clothing, education, etc. No wonder Mother Theresa was judged in a recent survey by a national paper in India as the person who contributed much to the welfare of India after independence. Even Nehru came second.

Keep up the good work and fill the need of not only recording but also of steering the future course of Hinduism for the betterment of Humanity.

Dear and Respected Sushma Behn,

It is a joy to read and re-read your website - Hindu Wisdom.

The comprehensive presentation on your website gives comfort, solace and reassurance, and more so, knowledge.

Smt. Sushama,

I received an email regarding your new website, and visited it with some optimism.

I was thoroughly impressed and extremely pleasantly surprised at the extent and depth of your research, and how it was presented in such a user-friendly website. With such a great resource, people researching and studying Hinduism and India will benefit immensely.

I am a young Hindu residing in Florida, USA and am very interested in the study of my country, religion and it's culture. I have, however, in and out of my current high-school education, found that most resources, especially those from the western world, contain a strong anti-India bias, and do not even mention the past glory of India's prowess.

Most of the credit for India's achievements have been given to China, Europe and the Muslim world, and western scholars do not seem to realize that India was the source of all these great achievements.

Therefore I respect any attempt to change this harsh colonial viewpoint, and bring to light t the greatness of India; the greatness it will regain in the future.

I would once again like to thank you for the immense respect I have for you for bringing to the world this wonderful resource.

Lord Ganesha, Eastern Java.

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Namaste.

As I have said before, your website is one of the best sources for Hinduism. You have done a superb job in not only collecting the information but also in analyzing it very well also.

Your new design is more user friendly and appealing than ever. I thank you for all the work you are doing and wish you continued success in propagating principles of Hinduism and the greatness of India.

Sushama,

I marvel your efforts for keeping this site updated. I find something new and dear to my heart to read and enjoy this site of our heritage.

The entry with Ganesha's picture is the best of all. In fact, if I could say this: It is because of reverence and devotion of Ganesha all over of India- north to south, east to west- we have sustained all the political and religious upheavals and sufferings through numerous centuries of the past. Lord Ganesha will guide us- his devotees - in many unknown ways for times to come ad infinatum!

I was in Brazil with my family during Christmas holidays. There I saw and brought with me a small Brazilian artist hand-made Ganesha Murti in there flee market at Rio. We could not believe it! Your site provides the right type of dedication to our Vedic culture that has been long due- especially for passing the information to our new generation of Indian Diaspora born in the U.S. in these culturally tumultuous times of ours.

Best Personal regards,

Hello,

I've been searching so long for such helpful information, thank you.

Throw you the Gods are speaking, might peace and prosperity be with you!

Thank you very much!

Dear Sushama,

What an excellent site and exhaustive contents. It is an encyclopedia on Hinduism and India. Great work. I am basically a writer. I have written a few articles (well researched) on Indian art through ages. A series that is still in the making. Would you be interested in seeing if it is fit to publish on your site?

Thank you.
All the best. Keep up the good work.

- Received August 24' 2005

Dear Madam

I am based in India I have just finished doing my MBBS and am a qualified Doctor now.

Recently, I have been exchanging emails with a like-minded person over a wide range of issues. During our talks, I became acutely aware of the need to be acquainted with my own roots and "religion". Hinduism has never been a religion. It is I believe, a stream of thought that has been practiced since millennia. In the recent attacks on Hinduism as majortianism by the "secular media" and the feeble rebuttal by the people in power reinforced the commitment to know more about the same. What all Hinduism stands for? What exactly is spirituality? These are some of the questions that were raised in my mind and hence the quest to know the same online.

I chanced on your web site through a search engine after browsing through other web sites. The link mentioned for Mr. Rajeev Srinivasn is proof enough for the excellence of the same. I have high regards for him since he writes for the core Hindutva. I have been following his articles on rediff.com.

Keep the good work on, Madam. I suggest that you incorporate RSS feeds (XML) so that anytime this web site is updated, the subscribers can be intimated at the same instant the material is uploaded. JAI HIND.

Hi! Sushama,

Very often I read Maayboli. This time I found your web page. Though I did not go through ( which I wil) all categories whatever I read made me to write to you without pause. It is a great work.