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Swiss-Tamil Krishna Society Mr. Antall Jozsef, Dear Mr. Antall Jozsef, HARE KRISHNA RELIGION. Please accept our heartfelt greetings and best wishes from the Tamil people in Switzerland. Kindly allow us to bring the following matter to your attention: We heard that the Hare Krishna religion has been labelled by some committee as a "destructive cult" and that intentions are expressed that this ancient religion of the Hindu tradition would be banned from your country. We are deeply shocked to hear such wrong and actually blasphemous accusations. In our home country, Sri Lanka, this religion has been practised since thousands of years, and we Tamil people had contact with devotees from the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) since their arrival in Sri Lanka. At present, due to very unfortunate circumstances, we had to leave our country and take refuge in Switzerland as political refugees. Bereft of our homeland, family and friends we feel quite isolated. Fortunately, by the grace of God, we have the opportunity to practice our religion -through the devotees of the Hare Krishna religion. Regularly we come to the Hare Krishna temple for our prayers, our mass(arati) and other religious functions. The Hare Krishna religion devotees are our priests who perform our marriages and other rituals. We are very much indebted to them since they give us great hope and solace in our situation - so far away from our dear homeland. We hope and pray that the Krishna devotees
are given full freedom to practice the religion of their choice
also in Hungary. In our present situation in the world there is
a great need, like never before, that true followers of religion
are able to live a pious life. We are counting on your kind help
and support. Your ever thankful, President. Muthulingam Nimalakumar. |
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