Hindu Prayer in the Senate
2007 July 15
On Thursday, July 12 the first Hindu prayer was prayed to commence Senate activity. Rajan Zed, the first Hindu to offer Senate prayer, began: “We meditate on the transcendental glory of the Deity Supreme, who is inside the heart of the Earth, inside the life of the sky and inside the soul of the heaven. May He stimulate and illuminate our minds.”
Rajan was invited by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, who commented: “I think it speaks well of our country that someone representing the faith of about a billion people comes here and can speak in communication with our heavenly Father regarding peace.”
I want to thank to those protestors. They gave greater visibility to Hinduism. Hindu prayer in the senate is all over the news and all over the blogs.
Most people in the west are still ignorant of Hinduism. Media never ever talk about Hinduism. So incidents like this will open up serious discussions about Hinduism all over the media and in academic circles………
To the Protestors, I want to offer my gratitude for making a very big issue about this prayer……
Knowingly or unknowingly they are making more people interested in Hinduism ….I hope they will keep this up. .