{"id":2644,"date":"2023-12-07T17:31:29","date_gmt":"2023-12-07T10:31:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.110cities.net\/?post_type=buddhistprayerguide&#038;p=2644"},"modified":"2023-12-07T17:31:29","modified_gmt":"2023-12-07T10:31:29","slug":"india","status":"publish","type":"buddhistprayerguide","link":"https:\/\/110cities.com\/ne\/buddhistprayerguide\/india\/","title":{"rendered":"\u092d\u093e\u0930\u0924"},"featured_media":2645,"template":"","class_list":["post-2644","buddhistprayerguide","type-buddhistprayerguide","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/110cities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/India.jpg","ams_acf":[{"key":"guidedate","label":"Date","value":" January 31"},{"key":"bible_verse","label":"Bible Verse","value":"See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the elemental spiritual forces of this world rather than on Christ."},{"key":"bible_ref","label":"Bible Ref","value":"Colossians 2:8 (NIV)"},{"key":"articlecontent","label":"Content","value":"<p>Buddha was born in Nepal but achieved enlightenment in India. In the midst of a morally strict Hindu society, he preached \u201cthe Middle Way\u201d in an effort to find common ground between the extreme ascetic wing of Hinduism and the more common practices that resulted in greed and exploitation on the other.<\/p>\n<p>Some have called Buddhism a reform movement of Hinduism. Now, over 2,600 years later, Hindus in India are finding Buddha\u2019s teaching attractive and are converting again. This is caused by the caste system that still governs the society.<\/p>\n<p>The Dalits, also known as the Scheduled Castes, and the Adivasis\/indigenous people, also known as the Scheduled Tribes, comprise 25% of the population. These groups have been oppressed for thousands of years due to the caste system. Women and children suffer the most. Estimates are that 35 million children are orphans, 11 million are abandoned (90% of these are girls), and 3 million live on the streets.<\/p>\n<p>The Church in India is highly diverse. Orthodox churches trace their heritage to the Apostle Thomas. Catholics represent the largest group in India with 20 million believers and are respected for their work with the poor. In the last 15 years evangelical and Pentecostal denominations have seen explosive growth.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, persecution of the Christian church has been steadily increasing in recent years. In parts of India, Hindu mobs have burned churches and killed Jesus followers. There have been few repercussions, however, since 80% of believers are from the lower castes.<\/p>\n"},{"key":"video_link","label":"Video Link","value":""},{"key":"ways_to_pray","label":"Ways To Pray","value":"<ul>\n<li>Pray that the Dalits and other \u2018lower castes\u2019 would come to realize that Jesus accepts all people.<\/li>\n<li>Pray that church leaders, especially in rural areas, are able to stand against Hindu persecution.<\/li>\n<li>Pray for training for pastors, teachers, evangelists, and missionaries.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n"},{"key":"bottomquote","label":"Quote","value":"Some have called Buddhism a reform movement of Hinduism. Now, over 2,600 years later, Hindus in India are finding Buddha\u2019s teaching attractive and are converting again. "}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/110cities.com\/ne\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/buddhistprayerguide\/2644","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/110cities.com\/ne\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/buddhistprayerguide"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/110cities.com\/ne\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/buddhistprayerguide"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/110cities.com\/ne\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/110cities.com\/ne\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2644"}],"curies":[{"name":"\u0921\u092c\u094d\u0932\u094d\u092f\u0942\u092a\u0940","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}