Hello, I had the opportunity to visit your temple a few weeks ago and join in a tour with Dr. Sane. Thank you very much for your hospitality; I thoroughly enjoyed learning about the temple.
Much of my project is concerned with the Hindu culture; and in what ways – and to what extent – my culture differs from the Hindu culture (specifically, the Hindu culture of MN).
If someone would be willing to answer any of these questions, I would be most thankful:
1) In America, we tend to emphasize freedom, democracy, and individualism; in what ways is the Hindu culture similar to or different from this? From my own observations it would seem that Hindus value family and society more than the individual.
2) How do Hindus respond to those in positions of higher power? For example, in a Western business, though there is typically a hierarchy, each employee’s opinion or thoughts have somewhat equal standing; how might this differ with Hindus?
3) What might be significantly different from the Hindu culture in MN to that of Hindus elsewhere (i.e., Caribbean, Asia, etc…)?
Thank You