{"id":14085,"date":"2016-08-01T05:58:07","date_gmt":"2016-08-01T00:28:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/globalpress.hinduismnow.org?p=14082&amp;preview_id=14082"},"modified":"2016-08-01T05:58:07","modified_gmt":"2016-08-01T00:28:07","slug":"hinduism-is-more-inclusive-and-not-exclusive-rss-chief-mohan-bhagwat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/?p=14085","title":{"rendered":"Hinduism is more inclusive and not exclusive: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat | The Indian Express"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Describing Hinduism as a way of life, RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat said \u201cit is more inclusive and not exclusive\u201d.\u00a0Addressing the concluding session of the three-day \u2018Sanskriti MahaShibir\u2019 organised by the UK-based charity Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh at Hertfordshire, about 50 km from here, Bhagwat spoke about the positive aspects of Hinduism which believed in the principle of Vasudeva Kutumbakam (the world is one family).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn a diverse world, every culture has to be respected and when all cultures are respected, the world will flourish,\u201d the RSS Chief told over 2,200 delegates from the UK and the Europe\u00a0who attended the MahaShibir.<\/p>\n<p>Describing Hinduism as a way of life, he said \u201cit is more inclusive and not exclusive.\u00a0He also spoke about the conflict between development and environment\u00a0and said\u00a0\u201cHinduism has answers to the question \u2018should environment be compromised\u00a0because of development\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Emphasising that exercise is essential for a healthy body and mind, Bhagwat said \u201chealthy society depends on leading a disciplined life, with proper eating habits and regular exercise.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During the three-day deliberations there were in-depth discussion among others on \u2018Sanskaar\u2019 (values of life), \u2018Sewa\u2019 (selfless service) and \u2018Sangathan\u2019 (community spirit).<\/p>\n<p>The MahaShibir was addressed among others by Swami Dayatmananda, Head of Ramakrishna Vedanta Centre UK, Swami Nirliptananda, Head of London Sewashram Sangh UK and Acharya Vidya Bhaskar, Omkarananda Ashram Switzerland.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Describing Hinduism as a way of life, RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat said \u201cit is more inclusive and not exclusive\u201d.\u00a0Addressing the concluding session of the three-day \u2018Sanskriti MahaShibir\u2019 organised by the UK-based charity Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh at Hertfordshire, about 50 km from here, Bhagwat spoke about the positive aspects of Hinduism which believed in the principle [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[1184,18],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14085"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14085"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14085\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14085"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}