How They Came to the West: Sunita Selvaraj Interview - The Becket Cook Show Ep. 179

[@BecketCook]

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[@missthunderstormable]

Happy birthday Becket! Sending love and blessings!

[@BecketCook]

Thank you! God Bless

[@bettycarmella1127]

Happy birthday!!🎉

[@Lilly2Gbtg]

What a great interview. Please have her back. She’s brilliant and winsome at the same time. 🙏🏻❤️✝️

[@hkroth12091229]

Excellent guest! She is obviously brilliant, but, unlike Jordan Peterson, she is down-to-earth , relatable, and has a great sense of humor. She is also a strong voice for the truth. Hope you have her back.

[@zoltanrudolf]

That’s not nice. JP has been a clinical psychologist for decades and a superstar for several years. How down to Earth should and could he be? He has a sense of humour, too. It would be great if he embraced Christ and was born again like so many of us. He is so close!

[@jaronfoojishan2388]

I'm a Malaysian too, and I've been watching your videos since the post-pandemic period, it's awesome that you're speaking to one of our fellow Christians from my country 😃

[@christofferraby4712]

Thank you Sunita!

[@gregshell8570]

This was so interesting, I could listen to her all day. I love her personality, so happy. Great show. I'll probably listen again.

[@bcnotpc659]

this was so interesting! I want to listen to her moreeeee

[@annlawrie4833]

Christianity is not a religion, it's a relationship.

[@classicstorm]

I used to believe the same but it’s definitely a religion…

[@Morning.Coffee]

@@annlawrie4833 , It's both. One is much deeper than the other though. 💕🤗

[@ektran4205]

buddhism is philosophy

[@diversityhobbit]

It's the True Religion. Nothing wrong with the word religion.

[@sharroon7574]

I was told this same thing in the 90's along with unconditional love, both are completely false.

[@deborahdensmore3976]

Thank you so much Sunita ~ I too would love a follow-up!😊❤🙏🥰

[@AB-mo9ku]

Hello Becket please have this lady on again. She has a wealth of knowledge that is necessary for the church in the West to understand. 🙏🏾

[@HeavenwardForever]

Oh goodness. Sunita is adorable and I love learning from her!

[@Faithhopelove1702]

Lovely person Sunita. I'll love to listen to her again. We will learn a lot maybe by narrowing down the topic. Looking forward to it. Thanks Becket and happy birthday.

[@javierdenardo2607]

Jordan Peterson hass been called by the Hiky Spirit but he still enjoys the limelight and must choose life

[@Morning.Coffee]

The term she presented, Cultural Intelligence, was very helpful for me, as a Christian.

[@Isaac-47517]

Ahhh, Happy Birthday Becket!!!

[@EsterRuth-o9j]

Beautiful guest! I loved her giggles and happiness.

[@muma6559]

yes, i enjoyed the interaction of both of them. There was so much understanding and acceptance. What a lovely way to communicate

[@GinnyNorton-r6d]

I believe it is Doreen Virtue who says people who have been traumatized are drawn to new age- I thought about this when your guest spoke about the West being intrigued with Eastern religions

[@r.m5883]

Ppl who are traumatized are drawn to Jesus too because Jesus heals…

[@GinnyNorton-r6d]

Amen❤

[@niritzagofsky7473]

Greetings from Israel, Becket and Sunita. My husband and I worked for three months in Kolkata late 2017/early 2018 to establish a small factory for producing digital audio players with audio Bibles and other types of Christian messages on them. We had an opportunity one day to attend a tent gathering of invited Hindus to hear the gospel. The preacher was native, dressed all in white garb as many of the attendees were, and there were flowers all around. He was teaching from the First Century Writings in a cultural context. It was a beautiful and enlightening experience for me, having myself come to faith on Atlantic Beach in NY via a lifeguard!

[@nancyvanderhorst6197]

Great interview. Would love to hear more from her in the future

[@yimeicheong4967]

I've been following your channel for some time, and it's so nice to see a fellow Malaysian interviewed

[@benaiahwright937]

Dang, that was really good 👍🏾 definitely bring her back

[@jayakare]

Such fun and interesting conversation! Being an Indian Christian myself i agree with this info 100% Would love to hear from Sunita about Swamy Vivekanada and his influence on the west

[@rebekahtemple250]

Wonderful!!! Learned so much. Thank you for having this guest. 😊

[@MJ-hs3jn]

Thoroughly enjoyed this interview. Pls bring her back😊

[@Carmen-wz3rc]

I love hearing the historical aspects this talk. I also love how she explains that we need to look at different religions internally ie their roots, the nature of the beliefs and not just cherry pick the bits we like.

[@VMR8648]

Your channel keeps getting more interesting!! Interesting guests, very good topics. God bless you and your work!! 🙏

[@BecketCook]

God Bless

[@anthonecoetzee9902]

Belated happy birthday wishes for you Becket, from Botswana🇧🇼 I enjoyed your guess, could listen to her for a long time. Knowledge is power.

[@BecketCook]

Thank you! God Bless

[@MHen-og1mp]

Thank you, Becket, for another wonderful episode! I learn so much from your show. Sunita was a delight! I love her enthusiasm and sense of humor! She's so intelligent and a great communicator as well. Yes, bring her back again!

[@mikewilkes-h9p]

Thank you Becket. I thank our Father for your channel and how you graciously speak the truth to Christians.

[@demep488]

Great video Beckett and Sunita. Thank you

[@ptlinatl3]

Happy birthday Beckett so thankful for you and celebrate your life today! 🎉how you use your channel and all that you’re learning to glorify God and encourage, exhort and challenge us! I actually just got back Saturday from a mission trip in Indonesia and witnessed all of this firsthand, especially in Bali where it is majority Hinduism. I had an interesting conversation with our cab driver who was Hindu. He was telling us about the daily sacrifices they make-you see them everywhere in front of the stores and buildings. And I told the cab driver “That’s the difference between Christianity & Hinduism- it’s interesting in your religion, you have to keep making sacrifices to your gods every day all the time. In my religion, our God made one final sacrifice for us!”

[@leenieledejo6849]

*son of God. Jesus died. Then was raised from the DEAD. God cannot die.

[@mottgirl13]

KL! Malaysia! That’s where I was from! Wow! Thank you for this!

[@LondonCalling12]

Great video as always - happy birthday! 🥳

[@BecketCook]

Thank you! God Bless

[@maureenwm]

Fantastic interview. As a Christian who has Hindu friends this was very eye opening. The only question I'd ask is how to evangelize to them especially since New Age has validated a lot of Hindu beliefs so they really feel that they are on the right path.

[@aericabison23]

@@maureenwm I think a good starting point is to address the issue of sin and moral perfection.

[@Zachs768]

@maureenwm as an Indian Christian I would say pray first. Then speak about the assurance/security of salvation through faith from God’s grace. Many Indians today are coming to the Lord through the example of our Lord Jesus that He became a man to suffer like us. A lot of nonChristian Indians sometimes just add Jesus to their other gods so stressing that our Lord is jealous and fidelity is only to Him.

[@CathySymak]

Awesome interview of your lovely guest👍

[@heavencanwait421]

Fascinating show. I’m going to have to listen again. Thank you. Has she written books? Her accent is so hard to understand at times.

[@Babster22]

You can always turn captions on.

[@El.savedbyJesus]

Definitely have her back again!

[@saritakujur9506]

Please go deeper on the subjects discussed in the interview. Sunita is vastly knowledgeable. Being an Indian Christian myself I think I'm gonna vouch for that. Have her back again please.

[@eunicecal4422]

Happy Birthday Becket! Love You❤🎉

[@siliaandresen2353]

Thank you for this conversation. It was so rich. I learned a lot. I would love to hear more!

[@RHB7]

Happy Birthday Becket!🎉 God bless you always brother.

[@godsloverevealed5003]

More, More, More....Sunitra is fabulous, genuine and fun, I want more. I love the perspective that Christianity as well as Judaism are Eastern "religions", because they originated in the Middle East. I kept thinking of Romans 1:18-23 throughout. Please have her back: More on The Partition, migration of Buddhism, how Christianity took root--just everything :) Thank you Beckett! Happy Birthday!!!

[@solideogloria3in1]

So much information here but so much more to know. Please do another episode on how eastern religions have infiltrated western culture and especially Christianity. Very good discussion. Very good guest. Thank you!

[@nancybaumgartner6774]

Great topic ! Beckett gets the best guests and is in a class by himself as a host.

[@elania8332]

Thank you so much for Interviewing such a knowledge woman of God!🙏 It's eye opening and hope you'll bring her back for more information🙏

[@Marilynschannel]

Feliz Cumpleanos y muchas bendiciones, brother Becket!

[@priscillahagan9215]

Happy birthday Beckett. You're a blessing.

[@Isaac-47517]

Beware of intermediaries. The intermediator between God and man is God Himself ; Jesus claimed, and demonstrated evidence that, He is God.

[@leenieledejo6849]

Why do you misquote Scripture? Here's what Paul actually wrote: "There is one God and one mediator between God and men: the man Christ Jesus" (1 Timothy 2:5) You are to get your theology *from* Scripture. Not fit your theology into Scripture by CHANGING WHAT IT SAYS!

[@Isaac-47517]

@leenieledejo6849 Jesus is identified as God a5 least 7 times in Scripture. Read all of it before you comment. TY.

[@Isaac-47517]

Jesus is identified as God a5 least 7 times in Scripture.

[@leenieledejo6849]

​@@Isaac-47517 YOU are the one who has left the New Testament to one side and believed in doctrines of man who make verses say what they DON'T SAY. It's insane to say "God is the mediator between men and God". If you want something even more clear-cut, look at all the times people affirm Jesus as the SON OF GOD and MESSIAH. Eg. John the Baptist, Martha, Nathaniel, God Himself (at the baptism and Transfiguration of Jesus when He says: "This is my SON") and Peter, whom Jesus calls BLESSED for getting his identity right: "When Jesus came into the coasts of Cæsarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying "Who do men say that I, the son of man, am?" And they said: "Some say that you are John the Baptist: some, Elijah; and others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets". He asked them: *But who do you say that I am* And Simon Peter answered and said: *You are the Christ, the Son of the living God* And Jesus answered and said unto him: *Blessed are you* Simon Bar-jona: for flesh and blood has not revealed it unto you, but my Father who is in heaven" (Matthew 16:13-17) You deny the CONCEPTION and BIRTH of Jesus (have you read the birth accounts in the Gospels? Are you saying they're "pretense"?). He cannot be God AND son of God. He is one or the other. He said himself that the Holy Spirit was "upon him" (Luke 4:18) and God indwelt him (John 14:10-11). These proclamations make NO sense if he was God. Neither do the introductions and numerous verses in Paul's epistles where he distinguishes God *AND* Jesus Christ. And he says Jesus is "sitting at the right hand of God". God cannot die. God cannot be tempted. Jesus was tempted. Jesus died (if he didn't then there was either no resurrection or it was a pretense) So you are calling Scripture untrustworthy or you're calling God "a liar". People say "it's heresy" to say Jesus wasn't God but 1st John 4:2-3 & 2 John verse 7 warn about denying Jesus came in the "sarx/sarki" i.e HUMAN/CARNAL NATURE. According to the following verses, you are not "of God" and "not born of God" (i.e not a Christian: John 1:12-13, Romans 8:9), you are "of the antichrist [spirit]", God "does not abide in you", you neither love the son [Jesus] nor the father [God], you do not "overcome the world", you "make God a liar" and you have "no [zoen] life in you". "Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God. And every spirit that confesseth not Jesus is not of God: and this is the [spirit] of the antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it cometh; and now it is in the world already. Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the son of God, God abideth in him, and he in God. Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is begotten of God: and whosoever loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him. And who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the son of God? This is he that came by water and blood, [even] Jesus Christ; not with the water only, but with the water and with the blood. He that believeth on the son of God hath the witness in him: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he hath not believed in the witness that God hath borne concerning his son. And the witness is this, that God gave unto us eternal life, and this life is in his son. He that hath the son hath the life; he that hath not the son of God hath not the life. (1st John 4:2-3, 15, 5:1, 5&6, 10-12)

[@htukram]

Thank you so much for this one. Sooo helpful! And happy birthday blessings.

[@juliademmin99]

Hey! Happy Birthday, Becket! God bless you!🎉❤

[@lt7378]

Thank you for this, Becket. The West is definitely embracing Eastern spirituality en masse. We all need to pray for a true Christian revival. May God have mercy on us .

[@JanSutton-j8t]

Happy Birthday Beckett! I enjoy your videos so much, you are awesome!

[@VMR8648]

32:57 - I recently watched a short film on China's churches and they interviewed a pastor from underground church and another pastor from a more "official public" church and they both said the government does not allow them to speak about End Times or anything on book of Revelations😳🤔 which I found very interesting. That is why the pastors from underground churches decide to stay underground, so they CAN teach and preach the entire Bible, including end times.

[@VMR8648]

I wish I remembered which channel posted this eye opening interview on China's churches.

[@aleighz1]

@@VMR8648 i doubt it was the video Sheep Among Wolves that you are speaking of, but it's really good too. you might want to check it out sometime. I believe the full length video is on KZbin. it's by FAI studios i think.

[@VMR8648]

I found it! It's called *Christianity Is On The Rise In China* made by Journeyman Pictures. Around minute 18:00 he talks about the restrictions on what they can talk about in open.

[@toksabuka3723]

Happy Birthday, Becket! Very informative discussion. Thanks for sharing.

[@LaneSims]

Happy birthday, Becket! What a blessing you are to the world! Also, what an awesome interview this was.

[@iindahammermueller9865]

Kudos Becket for bringing up Jordon and exodus teaching. Right.. no room for secular and sacred

[@thankfulmama1001]

Please have her on again! I would like to know more about the workdview differences.

[@bettycarmella1127]

This was such a great interview thank you both🙏🏽❤️

[@karenwong8555]

I'm a little late to this video but so glad I managed to catch a fellow Malaysian being interviewed on a topic that is so much a part of my country's culture. Please pray that the Lord will open the eyes of my fellow Malaysians and reveal the truth of the Gospel to them 🙏. Many of them are good people who are being deceived by false gods and religious beliefs. A very happy belated birthday to you, Becket. May the Lord continue to bless you and keep you.

[@heavencanwait421]

Before the nineties was the 60’s and 70’s and the Beatles. Who could forget George Harrison’s album, All things Must Pass.

[@aleighz1]

i have thoroughly enjoyed this conversation!!! Sunita Selvaraj is so intelligent and very well researched! I really appreciate her input on all of these - this is an interview I will be going back to to learn more. Wow! Excellent!!! Thank you so much, i'd love to hear more from her!! I am curious what the Toism ritual was going on in the church where her friend was. - i also wonder how she feels about the enneagram, etc. This has really gotten big in the church and I don't think it's a good thing. I also would love to hear her thoughts on the various cults in America, as she seems to know about them, but didnt't go in depth on them. some of the cults have more buddhism-like beliefs - Christian Science in particular. I'd be curious to know her thoughts surrounding how this came about. Thank you for having her on, and please bring her back soon! :)

[@janeann3331]

This episode was so good please have Sunita Selvaraj back on

[@debras3806]

Fascinating

[@paularandolph7253]

Wishing you a Very Happy & Blessed Birthday Becket!🎉🎂❤️🕊🙏

[@dianaphilip3600]

Thanks Beckett for this topic and guest. A deeper dive into eastern religions would be helpful.Hi Sunita... fellow Malaysian here. Where do you worship?

[@alicelowder1050]

Happy birthday Becket. Loved this show, gotta listen twice. SO MUCH INFO. and it's baseline to this lady.

[@Elijah24553]

I haven’t watched the video yet because I’m watching something with my sister, but people are saying it’s your birthday, so happy birthday becket!!! 🥳🎊🎉

[@sarahjones79]

BRILLIANT TOPIC!!!! Exposing the sinking of the West 🙏🏻 Happy Birthday ❤️

[@mottgirl13]

It was a great conversation.. and I have had many failed conversations with my Malaysian friends (Muslim, Bahai, taoists, Buddhists) and would love to know how to better approach it.. I know abit of each.. but if they were already so entrenched in their own religion, what would entice them to consider God’s grace?

[@leenieledejo6849]

Reading the sermon on the Mount (Matthew chapters 5 thru 7) often has a huge impact. I have read testimonies from Muslims where "love your enemies" is what sparked their curiosity to learn more.

[@susancrittenden1559]

I'd love a follow up! In 1971, my college English professor led us to a TM introductory lecture. I was 18. I spent 3 years with the guru, and became separated from humanity. I had left my Catholic faith, but finally now, I know neither one led me to the real God. Catholic doctrine tries.

[@nildameers3772]

Read the Bible for yourself and ask God to reveal himself to you

[@lloyannehurd]

Khun Chavoret Januboon, in his book about himself “The Last Executioner of Thailand” writes that he consulted with a Buddhist priest concerning the death penalties that he carried out. The Buddhist priest told him that it was best that the convicts died before they could sin further and therefore be reincarnated at a lower level than they would be if they died at this point. The death penalty was reinstated in Thailand after a temporary halt.

[@susanbalensky3233]

Great discussion

[@cristidormiendo5743]

Happy Birthday Beckett!! God Bless you brother!

[@rileyra2009]

The amount of excitement I get when Beckett has a new guest on his show is astounding

[@BecketCook]

God Bless

[@Diligent-dp7gi]

THIS was so interesting and informative. THANK YOU, Sunita Selvaraj : )

[@BecketCook]

God Bless

[@susangray7436]

I would like to have had her be more specific about the Taoist rituals that were being done in the Christian Church. Most of us are ignorant and wouldn’t even recognize that it was from that religion. I didn’t know that Yoga was a religious practice.

[@susandelaney9669]

Becket is the best!

[@maryellensherman2720]

Thank you so much, Becket! Great talking points for my yoga friends. Happy Birthday to you! You are such an inspiration to me, and those I have driven to you, re our children with SSA. You give us hope! Praying more and more.

[@BecketCook]

God Bless

[@lysa6377]

Happy birthday Becket. I really like your channel, great guests. Sunita was a delightful, and knowledgeable guest. Great overview of a very big topic.

[@truthwatch2858]

Happy Birthday Becket, Blessings ✝️

[@JenniferJohnson-fh8fx]

I loved listening to her and I would love to hear more. I am very ignorant of these other religions and their origins.

[@caidenyama2422]

Becket, you continue to inspire me. Love you my brother in Christ.

[@momofmicah2114]

Loved your episode on yoga

[@andrew5680]

Hey Becket. I think it would be cool to consider having Ross Johnston on as a guest. Love your content

[@andrew5680]

Ross Johnston grew up with 2 moms and became a believer, he’s on fire for God. He seems very down to earth and I think he’s in CA still

[@micheletisdale7467]

He interviewed him 9 months ago.

[@andrew5680]

@@micheletisdale7467 oh I missed it. Thank you.

[@micheletisdale7467]

@andrew5680 You're welcome. Allie Beth Stuckey also interviewed him 👍

[@User_Happy35]

Happy birthday Beckett 🎉

[@petradp]

Love her personality ❤️

[@ivonned5372]

Happy Birthday, Becket🎉.

[@Otic1913]

I grew up in a very small village about 80 homes in Burma. And there was a man who practiced witchcraft and we were told he has a Palm, and we were told he feeds the Palm with blood but we have never seen it. I knew the whole family and friends with their children. One day, the man’s relative has wedding in other town and he went to the wedding and stayed there like two weeks or something. He left his two daughters home to watch the house. And one day, the two daughters were taking bath near the house because we didn’t have showers in the house. They have water reservoir and that’s how they were taking bath. And the elder sister finished her bath and went up into the house and she noticed the door was kinda crack opened she asked the younger sister if she closed the door when went out and the younger sister told her she did close the door. So when she tried to push to open the door she saw a palm and that thing tried to catch her and she screamed and jumped out of the house. The whole village heard and came and asked her. And she said she saw a palm. Later we heard that the man sold the palm ✋ to someone else. One of the man’s sons later became Pator and he contacted my mom, requested that we would pray for his father because he is still practicing the old stuffs. I remembered the whole villagers were Christians except that man. I mean I never saw he went to church.

[@demirobertson8435]

💖thanks Sunita and Becket. Perhaps you could do an episode on common eastern practices that have infiltrated the west and that Christians should be aware of and have nothing to do with. More practices are becoming accepted as normal in the west and more Christians are getting blindly drawn in. Especially when they claim to have medical/health benefits. Sunita I love 💕 you. It would be great if you could try and slow down a little bit for my brain to process your accent. Thanks and love 💕 to you both. God bless you guys 💖💖💖

[@annewells2306]

Happy birthday Becket!

[@BecketCook]

God Bless

[@smileysnubz]

Happy Birthday Becket! Grateful to God for your life and obedience. Have a wonderful day! 🎉

[@abel7519]

Happy birthday brother in Christ!!!✊️🥳🎂🍨🎉🎊🎇

[@lanaritter9410]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!

[@jamsangel5619]

May the Lord bless you with abundant joy and love. Happy Birthday, Becket! 😊

[@jimshaw4942]

Watch the video with subtitles to help understand what she is saying. She has a heavy accent.

[@katdunn7934]

I slowed playback speed to 75. It's way better.

[@TexasLyoness]

Press the CC button on the video to have the dialog in text form.

[@silvamaney8897]

Greetings from Malaysia

[@BecketCook]

God Bless

[@JH-hc5dv]

If you ask the Japanese about the diference between Shinto and Budaism, they say the first is to be practiced for the living on earth, here and now, and Budaism is for the future, the after life.

[@Roufus55]

One thing I wish she'd have gone into is the claim that these are the 'oldest religions '. There's a Christian convert from the Brahmin caste that says that for all the evidence, Hinduism doesn't go back farther than 200-300BC, so the claim is simply spurious on it's face

[@Devotionalpoet]

Great episode! She had some really great insights. Good warnings to stay away. Jesus is all we need 🙏🏻❤️✝️

[@aericabison23]

One problem with the yoga question is how does someone worship a demon or false god by doing something they consider as merely exercise? Isn’t worship an intentional act? Can you accidentally worship anything?

[@leenieledejo6849]

It depends because I would be concerned about the salvation of a professing "Christian" who had zero discernment about yoga. I would even ask why they're doing it because it's obvious that it's more than stretching. However, it's possible that a baby Christian or a teen could be roped into it. But "to whom much is given, much is required" so one would hope they wouldn't stay in it for long. It's not hard these days to find info on it. We are told to be "wise as serpents and innocent as doves". We're not supposed to blindly rush in and get involved in everything.

[@aericabison23]

@ I asked this question specifically about yoga and not any other practice because all the other practices of Hinduism have very obvious religious meanings (such as Vedic sacrifices, initiation ceremonies for Brahmins, &c. and even touching the feet of elders), so it’s obvious that we shouldn’t follow them. As per the mythology, yoga is typically used as part of ascesis or penance in order to appease the gods you’re meditating on. It’s essentially used as a form of prayer. There’s tons of stories of various Brahmins, kshatriyas, even rakshasas (demonic entities in Hinduism) and incarnations of the gods propitiating various gods using yoga. Once the gods visit them, the ascetics ask them for various blessings, which can include anything basically. Yoga (specifically the kind of yoga I described above) requires intense focus and meditation. It’s not for the fickle-minded. I am convinced that you can detach yoga from it’s spiritual roots and use it merely as a form of exercise because it is really just a tool, not a channel for demons. The way it becomes a channel for demons is when you focus your mind on the demon (the gods in Hinduism, if you take the view that all false gods are demons), which I don’t think most non-Hindu practitioners of yoga are doing. Like I said before, worship is intentional. I am not convinced that we can accidentally worship demons via yoga.