We have already demonstrated that the true faiths are those that are closest to the Original Revelation (Adidharma) and their followers are the true or right believers. By contrast, Western Faiths must be regarded as rejectionist replacement-cults that not only have strayed from the Right Path but stand in opposition to it.

In consequence, Yoga strictly forbids the conversion of a person from a Dharmic Faith such as Yoga, Hinduism, etc., to an Adharmic Faith like Modern Judaism, Christianity or Islam. Indeed, since Dharmic Faiths provide a believer with everything he needs for his Spiritual and material progress, a conversion to other faiths would be not only wholly unnecessary but positively detrimental as it would bring about a Spiritual regression in the converted person. On the other hand, conversion from Non-Dharmic Faiths to Dharmic ones is permitted and even recommended.

The question that may legitimately arise at this point is, why would followers of the Dharma Tradition, which is the Supreme, Eternal and Incomparable Law of the Universe, want to convert to any surrogate faiths? The answer is that such a conversion can only happen out of ignorance.

In India, for example, some among the Right-Believing Community might see the apparent material advantages obtained by certain followers of Communism, Capitalism, Christianity or Islam and erroneously conclude that these are the right religions to follow. However, they only think so because they have failed to grasp the Spiritual Laws of the Universe and because they have been kept in ignorance of historical facts by foreign (and foreign-influenced) governments. The fact is that material gains like education, jobs, etc., have nothing to do with converting to replacement-religions. They are entirely the result of good karma.

To begin with, it is an undeniable fact that not all right believers (satdharmis) who are enticed to convert to replacement-faiths experience a lasting improvement in their material situation. Indeed, they invariably end up worse off than before.

We only need to take a look at Pakistan, Bangladesh, Kashmir and Afghanistan. These used to be prosperous countries while they were still part of India and their inhabitants followed the Right Faith. Since their conversion to Islam, however, their situation has deteriorated dramatically and their people are now stricken with powerty, terrorism and disease.

The same applies to most countries in Africa, South America and other parts of the World who converted to Christianity. Their conversion has not helped them even after hundreds of years!

If a few appear to be doing well, it is due to other, deeper factors: if somebody, on account of good deeds done in the past, deserves to be rewarded, he will be allowed to have his reward even while he is committing a crime. Even in human law, if a man has worked hard and honestly earned lots of money, the authorities cannot confiscate his property even if in a moment of drunkenness or madness he commits murder.

Likewise, God is always Just. He lets every man have his reward. However, when the good karma has either been exhausted or outweighed by bad karma, then the sinner will have to pay for his apostasy and the punishment for his unfaithfulness to the True Faith will come down on him with full force. In some cases this will come gradually like in a slow-gathering storm and in others suddenly like an unexpected downpour. But come it will.

This is the Law of Karma. Says Scripture: "Having had enjoyment in the highest heaven won by good works, they re-enter this World, or a lower" (Mundaka Upanishad). And: "Either as a worm, or as a moth, or as a snake, or as some other creature, man is reborn according to his deeds, according to his knowledge" (Katha Up.).

The fact is that even Western replacement-faiths admit that Apostasy is a sin. If renouncing a replacement-faith is a sin, then renouncing the True Faith (Sat-Dharma) is an even greater sin, surely!

It is a great sin to abandon one's own mother. To rise up against her is an even greater sin. Dharma is the Mother of all Faiths and Dharmic Faiths are her loyal children. Adharmic Faiths are guilty of abandoning the Mother Faith and guilty of matricide and so are their followers.

Secondly, it is important to understand that, for millennia, India has faithfully followed Hinduism and throughout that time she was one of the wealthiest countries on Earth. Even today, India remains rich in many natural resources. In the past five hundred years, however, due to foreign invasions, occupation, oppression and exploitation, this wealth has fallen under the control of a few corrupt individuals who are using every opportunity to prevent a just distribution of wealth.

This deplorable situation has been brought about by foreign invaders who are followers of false faiths and their Indian collaborators. People may have a short memory and even less knowledge of history. But facts are facts and cannot be ignored, forgotten or denied. Now by converting to Western Faiths, the convert unwittingly cooperates with the very faiths that have reduced the people of India to poverty and misery. In so doing, he commits a Spiritual crime. So even if he were to escape poverty for the time being, eventually he will have to answer for his transgression against the Eternal Law.

Thus the problem of conversion has many different aspects of which the following are only a few: (1) Abandonment of the Right Faith, (2) collaboration with the enemy, (3) bringing destruction upon one's own people. These are unvorgivable sins which together suffice to bring suffering and damnation to the sinner for thousands of years!

If an ignorant man saw a bandit enjoying the wealth gained through crimes, he may be tempted to join him. But sooner or later both he and his fellow bandit will fall pray either to other bandits or to the wrath of the law. If man cannot even evade human justice, how much more difficult it will be to evade Divine retribution! The same applies to the crime of converting to false faiths.

The Holy Scriptures of India are very clear on this: "Let a man, though suffering in consequence of his Right Faith (Dharma), never turn his heart to Unrighteousness (Adharma); for he will see the overthrow of the unrighteous. Unrighteousness does not at once produce its fruit even as the Earth does not at once yield fruit; but advancing slowly, it cuts off the roots of him who wrought it. An unrighteousness once committed, never fails to produce fruit to him who committed it. He prospers for a while through Unrighteousness, but at last he perishes branch and root" (Manu Smriti IV, 171-174).

And the Mahabharata says: "He who gives up the Path of Yoga is guilty of a great sin" (V, 52). Therefore, make no mistake and have no doubts, because doubt is the first step on the wrong path that quickly branches out into the side-streets and short cuts to Hell.