Hindus feel that it is fine to incorporateBiblelessons in Oklahoma public schools as long as lessons from ancient Sanskrit scriptureBhagavad Gitaare also included.

Distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, who has read invocation in Oklahoma Senate in the past, in a statement in Nevada today, said thatBhagavad Gitawas a historically significant document, recognised throughout the world and was a treasure that should be taught in public school classrooms in Oklahoma. This sacred text was plainly the word of God spoken by BhagwanKrishna himself.

Various well-known Americans; including essayist-philosopher Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862), theoretical physicist credited with being the father of the atomic bomb J. Robert Oppenheimer (1904-1967), novelist-philosopher Aldous Huxley (1894-1963), essayist-poet Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882), theoretical physicist Albert Einstein (1879-1955), etc.; were reportedly influenced byBhagavad Gita. It had inspired, fascinated, touched and impacted millions of readers worldwide over the centuries; Zed, who is President of the Universal Society of Hinduism, noted.

This philosophical and intensely spiritual poemBhagavad Gitaconsiders the nature of action, religious and social duty, the human relationship to God, the means of liberation, and the nature of sacrifice, etc.; Rajan Zed adds.

Zed further said that awareness about other religions thus created by such instruction fromBhagavad Gitain now religiously-diverse Oklahoma public school classrooms would make students of the state well-nurtured, well-balanced, and enlightened citizens of tomorrow. Moreover, it would infuse morality and ethics in Oklahoma classrooms.

Hinduism is the oldest and third largest religion of the world with about 1.2 billion adherents and moksha (liberation) is its ultimate goal. There are about three million Hindus in the USA.

Oklahoma State Superintendent of Public Instruction has reportedly ordered public schools to incorporate Bible instruction.

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