Following the work of the Bouchard-Taylor Commission on reasonable limits placed on the exercise of fundamental rights, "it pleases me to share a experience this year in Varanasi (India), the approach of Christmas. Along with colleagues from diverse backgrounds, so I lived in a mansion (Amar Bhawan) held by an engineer and Hindu religious leader, Lock Badhra Mishra said Mahantji and made famous by his efforts to clean up the Ganges. Mahantji is also head of the great temple of Sankat Mochan, where Hindu rituals are repeated many decades.
Before crossing gates Amar Bhawan - the "Manor of eternity" - any candidate for the residence is a whiff of rules Hindu imposed wishing to live there. Meats, eggs, drugs, alcohol, cigarettes, music unregistered, and some attitudes towards the Indians are subject to strict regulation. Many visitors who turn back and choose a place free from such prohibitions. Others, like me, chose to obey all these rules in respect of the Hindu Brahmin tradition.
After a few months pleasantly experienced Amar Bhawan, the "holiday season" is looming in December for a majority residents. Two options were available to us, who did wish to add water spirits on the menu for our festivities: to celebrate Christmas and New Year outdoors with mutual friends, or to apply, without assuming its satisfaction that we Mahantji a privilege temporarily, until the ending festivities. An accommodation request was made by a California theologian responsible for representing us. In memory of Mahantji, such accommodation does not then he had been asked. Surprised, he gave them all the same result by altering the code of conduct temporarily Amar Bhawan, pleasure residents. A large group of friends in India (Brahmins and others) joignèrent us, some of them for allowing himself the opportunity to waive the code themselves Brahmanical places. According to Govinda Baba, a sadhu accustomed places, the Christmas of 2007 was one of the most successful in history of Amar Bhawan. It has certainly allowed individuals atheists, religious, Hindus and non Hindus congregate in an area comfortable, friendly atmosphere, festive spirit of reconciliation and free from sectarianism. It has also been the site of eclectic conversations and, ultimately, joyful, surrounding among other fashionable women's clothing eastern and western ...
