Multinational businessman and politician Ram Gidoomal talks about 'translating' the gospel in today's world.
Interview by Andy Crouch | posted 4/27/2007 08:29AM
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“Jesus as the BODHISATTVA (a being dedicated to assisting people to achieve nirvana [defined later]) who fulfilled his DHARMA (duties or right way of living) to pay for my karma (a force attached to a person because of the wrong he has done, which locks him into repeated testing until he gets it right) to NEGATE (to prove false or annul?) SAMSARA (the recurring cycle of birth, death and reincarnation that can only be escaped when all the karma accumulated from a person’s past lives has been resolved) and achieve NIRVANA (the state of being free from physical form, evil thoughts and suffering; an eternal existence of peace, happiness and awareness of truth, and becoming one with God).” I’m not sure if Mr. Gidoomal is teaching that reincarnation is false or that Jesus frees them from the cycle of reincarnation. I hope he’ll see that karma is myth, sin is wrong-doing and the consequence of sin is eternal separation from God after 1 mortal life, unless salvation is found in Jesus. Heb.9:27
Gary D. Robinson
Posted: April 30, 2007 3:56 PM
This is why I don't engage in reader response chains.
Joshua
Posted: April 30, 2007 1:22 PM
I am perturbed by some words like, "when they talk about sin I am going to think about karma.......I am going to accept Him on those terms "and "Jesus the bodhisattva who fulfilled his dharma to pay for my karma to negate samsara to achieve nirvana". First, one ought to receive Jesus on His terms not one's own and secondly the terms used are NOT equivalent of Biblical Truths because karma presupposes reincarnation and nirvana's meaning is very different from that of heaven or kingdom of God or eternal life. We should not preach false Gospel to win "converts".Honestly I suspect Mr.Gidoomal is a false convert. By the way I believe God doesn't need business people pay for the "boat trips".
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