Google Hangout Video Edit #2 :: Conversion in the Hindu context means affirming core tenets without comprise, including some poison pills that prevent digestion. Think of the following Hindu practices as formal devices to become Hindu: initiation by guru with shaktipat/mantra, formal membership into parampara and pledge to guru, thread ceremony, lifelong commitment to specific lifestyle changes, etc :: —Rajiv Malhotra
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