Thread by @shrikanth_krish

In terms of Hinduism's outreach in the West, I can only think of three attempts in the past 150 yrs

a) Ramakrishna mission with its Advaita focus
b) Yoga practice (mainly through the disciples of Krishnamacharya
c) The westernized variant of Gaudiya Sampradaya - ISKCON

Besides these three concerted efforts, we have had thought entrepreneurs and remarkable individuals - like Paramahamsa Yogananda, Aurobindo..

But it is basically the three forces I mentioned

The latest of these three is perhaps ISKCON which took off in the 70s..

Since then there has been zero outreach in my view from India to the west.

Sure...we have had polemicists and political hindu types like Rajiv Malhotra...But they don't meet the other side halfway....they take on the cudgels....they are not quite missionaries...

Is that a good or a bad thing?

Where will the next Belur Math come from? There doesn't seem to be any interest at all.

The Ramakrishna Math represented a "modern" monastic order in late 19th cen, with a mission that was outward looking

But it did not inspire the more traditional maths afaik to take a similar course..

To me it is a tad unfortunate...that this outward looking zeal has practically died out in Hinduism, and Indian society...

And what's worse, one does not see any signs of revival

And much of the frustration at the dominance of "western indology" stems from this

That you don't really have any Hindu voice influencing the western cultural climate in any meaningful way

So all serious discussion of Hinduism in the West is actually done by western scholars