Nevada
(ANI):
Hindus
have
extended
warm
welcome
to
Oscar
winner
Hollywood
star
Julia
Roberts
(Pretty
Woman)
into
the
Hindu
fold.
September
issue
of
women"s
fashion
magazine
Elle,
on
which
Roberts,
42,
is
the
cover
girl,
said
"The
entire
Roberts-Moder
family,
goes
to
temple
together
to
chant
and
pray
and
celebrate.
I'm
definitely
a
practicing
Hindu," Roberts,
who
grew
up
with
a
Catholic
mother
and
Baptist
father.
And
since
in
Hindu
cosmology
souls
can
be
reincarnated
in
other
bodies,
where
does
she
see
herself
in
the
next
life?
"Golly,
I've
been
so
spoiled
with
my
friends
and
family
in
this
life,
Next
time
I
want
to
be
just
something
quiet
and
supporting." she
says.
Noted
Hindu
statesman
Rajan
Zed,
in
a
statement
in
Nevada
(USA)
today,
heartily
welcomed
Roberts
into
Hinduism.
She
would
appreciate
rich,
diverse
and
long
tradition
of
Hindu
philosophy;
and
its
interpretation
of
the
nature
of
reality,
he
added.
Zed,
who
is
President
of
Universal
Society
of
Hinduism,
further
said
that
if
Roberts
needed
any
help
in
deeper
Hinduism
exploration,
he
or
other
Hindu
scholars
would
be
glad
to
assist.
Rajan
Zed
suggested
Roberts
to
realize
the
Self.
Ancient
Hindu
scripture
Katha
Upanishad
points
out
that
when
wise
realize
the
Self,
they
go
beyond
sorrow.
Self
is
supreme
and
those
who
meditate
on
Self
are
freed
from
the
cycle
of
birth
and
death.
When
one
realizes
Self,
there
is
nothing
else
to
be
known.
According
to
reports,
Roberts
has
been
interested
in
yoga
for
quite
some
time.
She
was
in
Haryana
(India)
in
September
last
to
shoot
“Eat,
Pray,
Love"
in
an
ashram
(retreat).
In
January
2009,
she
sported
a
“bindi"
(vermillion
mark
on
forehead)
during
her
trip
to
India
when
she
also
visited
Taj
Mahal
with
husband
Danny
Moder.
She
has
a
production
company
called
“Red
Om
Films",
and
“Om"
in
Hinduism
is
the
mystical
syllable
containing
the
universe.
Roberts
lead
“Eat,
Pray,
Love"
(Ryan
Murphy)
is
releasing
in
USA
and
Canada
on
August
13.
Julia
Fiona
Roberts,
one
of
the
most
successful
Hollywood
actresses
besides
a
producer
and
fashion
model,
has
won
best
actress
Oscar
for
“Erin
Brockovich"
and
earned
Oscar
nominations
for
“Pretty
Woman"
and
“Steel
Magnolias".
Hinduism,
oldest
and
third
largest
religion
of
the
world,
has
about
one
billion
adherents
and
moksh
(liberation)
is
its
ultimate
goal.