You can't say it's a forced labor when handful people out 12000 volunteers who may have demanded more money and wages in INDIA are 20x lower than the US.
It's a era of 2024 BAPS has a network of around 1,550 temples across the world, including the Akshardham temples in New Delhi and Gandhinagar, and Swaminarayan temples in London, Houston, Chicago, Atlanta, Toronto, Los Angeles, and Nairobi. It also runs 3,850 centres and 17,000 weekly assemblies globally. So how it's possible in one place force labour labour issue came. if a labour come to US and if he get 500 dollars 💸 💵 💲 also but when he convert to India currency then it's a good salary so I don't think any labour who get food accommodation in free and getting paid also so where is the issue of force labour comes. In India labour cost is too cheap so no labour can say he got less money or force labour. its purely local hardliners agenda because ty don't wanted that any temple should allowed allowed t build temple in there place because of some misconceptions. Later after temple completion now they are supporting that temple 🛕 because social activity got increase in that area which gives lot of economic benefits to local people also.😮😮
Regarding the controversy their is a lobby in usa of extreme left people who are from India in usa who want to demonise and sabotage hinduism in west. I know the advocate who filed the case and pushed some of the volunteers to fight against the baps authority in return to get large sum of compensation. The advocate is also extreme left and is Indian too. After some time the volunteers came to know their agenda and withdraw the case but the lobby succeeded in creating a controversy and puting hinduism in bad light.
@@saisan23 i know the advocate swati sawant she threatened the volunteers from india that they will be jailed here if they dont do as she say. she also lured them at some point not to withdraw the case and she will manage to get them usa citizenship so they can enjoy us citizenship and social security which is not available in India.
@@alessiallamanthere's a whole section of people (paid protesters, politicians, leftist, communists,islamists) in INDIA who are anti hindu and their entire career is build on abusing Hinduism.
Baps already build many temple all over the world recently in 🇦🇪 UAE also. But this type of controversy 1st time happened because of some local hardliners of that place who doesn't want baps to build temple on that location because they where thinking that it will disturb there village area peace. But after baps came now local people are happy because lot of social economic activity is happing and even they are getting benefits local business even government get taxes too. BAPS has a network of around 1,550 temples across the world, including the Akshardham temples in New Delhi and Gandhinagar, and Swaminarayan temples in London, Houston, Chicago, Atlanta, Toronto, Los Angeles, and Nairobi. It also runs 3,850 centres and 17,000 weekly assemblies globally. And that kind of controversy never happened anywhere.
I am an atheist but still have place in hinduism, culturally i am a hindu. Not all hindu believe in Swaminarayan some view him as an avatar of god while some see him as a guru(teacher) or yogi. Some believe him an avatar of brahma. Mainly hindus from Gujarat(his last place after travelling across India) were his first followers which grew in last few decades. Other hindus respect him for his teachings and sacrifice (may not view him as avatar but as a guru). Hinduism dont have one central book or authority, across india people follow it according to their local customs and belief. As an atheist( or nastik hindu) i too go to temples because it is our culture and it is beautiful.
Hinduism in India is referred as Sanatan means eternal, which was,is and will be until the end of every single life, according to ancient Indian scriptures, every soul born in the form of life is part of that eternal divine . And In Sanatan dharm(religion) we are not bound by any belief system like you have to follow some god in order to follow our religion,you are free to decide to follow or not to follow or you can follow your favourite god. There are many gods in our culture who are forms of one eternal god, there are different forms created so that people can relate to them,even though everyone can worship different gods one thing is common that people need to find themselves in order to find god....and elephants are important in our culture cause they are auspicious and symbolic of good fortune thats why the elephant sculptures are there and in same way different animals and birds are carved
Some thoughts: 1) you probably weren’t able to get a real answer in part because this sect probably is wary of the press or outside media given the yellow journalism it was subjected to. 2) it’s been 4 years with no charges pressed, several plaintiffs withdrew saying they were pressured into making statements against the temple and told that they would get US residency for speaking against the temple 3) the damage is done - even without being found guilty it will forever be tarnished as being built by “Slave labor.” Like the Cisco case (which completely fell apart), the allegation was the point - destroy their reputation without any chance to fight back in the media
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What did Krishna say to his devotees? Lord Krishna in verse 66 of Chapter 18 says, "Offer all your responsibilities unto me. Surrender your complete self-unto only Me, the omnipotent, the omniscient, and the omnipresent. I will relieve you from all sinful results; do not be depressed." What Krishna says about difficult times? Lord Krishna Said, God is supreme and omnipresent. During adverse situations, your near and dear ones may leave you, however, I will be always with you, my love is unconditional. So, perform every action as my action with love.
Dude 😂😂😂 thats so funny i get you , but try to understand,you are asking a hindu when did u started to believe, bro he believed since he was born. And im not even exaggerating. We truly truly believe that whatever the stories tells us about our past we believe them.
In hinduism we believe in non duality it means no matter what God you worship or who you are everything come backs to the starting point everything is one connected with each other
First of all there nothing like Hinduism exists , the term hindu gave by foreigners as an umbrella term for all kind of practise of India. India is as big Europe and most populated nation, and that gave rise 1000s of beliefs, let me share few of them.
The six Darshanas, also known as the six schools of Indian philosophy, are: 1) Samkhya: Founded by Kapila Muni, Samkhya is a rationalist school of philosophy that denies the existence of God and believes in the dual existence of Purusha (consciousness) and Prakriti (matter) 2)Yoga: Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras form the basis of this school. It emphasizes meditation and moral virtues as means to liberation12. 3) Nyaya: Founded by Gautama Rishi, Nyaya is the school of logic and epistemology. It believes in a systematic investigation of the nature of things through logic 4) Vaisheshika: Founded by Kanada Rishi, Vaisheshika is a naturalist school of atomism and believes in a detailed enumeration of the universe’s physical realities 5) Mimamsa: Jaimini’s Mimamsa Sutras form the basis of this school. It emphasizes the ritualistic aspects of the Vedas and the power of the mantras 6 ) Vedanta: Based on the Brahma Sutras of Badarayana or Vyasa, Vedanta is the school of Upanishadic philosophy. It explores the concepts of Brahman (ultimate reality) and Atman (individual soul) These six schools of thought offer unique perspectives and paths towards the ultimate reality, each with its own philosophical underpinnings As for the great philosophies of ancient India, they include both orthodox (astika) systems, namely, the Nyaya, Vaisheshika, Samkhya, Yoga, Purva-Mimamsa (or Mimamsa), and Vedanta schools of philosophy, and unorthodox (nastika) systems, such as Buddhism and Jainism3. These philosophies have been concerned with various philosophical problems, significant among which are the nature of the world (cosmology), the nature of reality (metaphysics), logic, the nature of knowledge (epistemology), ethics, and the philosophy of religion --->Ancient India was home to several schools of thought that did not believe in the existence of God. Here are some of them: 1) Charvaka (Lokayata): This school of Indian materialism is considered one of the atheistic schools in the Hindu tradition. It rejected the authority of the Vedas and the notion of an afterlife, advocating for a hedonistic life 2) Samkhya: While it is an orthodox (Astika) school of Hindu philosophy, Samkhya denies the existence of God or any other exterior influence. However, unlike other atheist schools of thought, it did not deny the existence of all things transcendent 3) Purva Mimamsa: This school, while accepting the authority of the Vedas, typically rejects a personal god, creator god, or a god with attributes 4 ) Ajñana: This was a skeptical school of ancient Indian philosophy. The Ajñana were the skeptics of their time and questioned the reliability of all sources of knowledge 5) Buddhism and Jainism: While these are not typically classified as atheistic schools, they do not advocate for the worship of gods and instead focus on personal spiritual development 6) Nagarjuna, who lived around the 2nd century CE, is widely considered one of the most important Buddhist philosophers. He is traditionally regarded as the founder of the Madhyamaka (“Middle Way”) school, an important tradition of Mahayana Buddhist philosophy Here are some key teachings of Nagarjuna: Doctrine of Emptiness (Shunyata): Nagarjuna is best known for his doctrine of emptiness (shunyata), which he developed in his most famous work, the Mulamadhyamakakarika (“Fundamental Verses on the Middle Way”). This doctrine asserts that all phenomena are empty of “self-nature” or “essence”, meaning they have no independent reality apart from the causes and conditions from which they arise Two Truths Doctrine: Nagarjuna proposed the Two Truths Doctrine, which differentiates between conventional truth (the reality we experience in everyday life) and ultimate truth (the ultimate reality as understood by enlightened minds). Dependent Origination: Nagarjuna emphasized the concept of dependent origination, which states that all phenomena arise in dependence upon other phenomena Madhyamaka Philosophy: Nagarjuna’s Madhyamaka philosophy rejects all philosophical views and propositions, arguing that accepting any of them as ultimately true leads to suffering Mahayana Buddhism: Nagarjuna was a proponent of the Mahayana school, which emphasizes the idea of the bodhisattva, or one who seeks to become a Buddha. He defended the Mahayana sutras as the authentic word of the Buddha. Nagarjuna’s teachings have had a profound influence on the development of Buddhist thought, not only in India but also in East Asia and Tibet
See Sanatan Dharma means from ages which is also known as Hinduism is a Dharmic Religion which is the way of life in Dharmic Religions Hindu's, Sikhs, Jains & Buddhists came. Its different from the new just 1400 uears old Abrahamic regions (Christianity, Islam, Judaism & zoroastrian)
@@alessiallamanterm hindu was named from Britishers to differentiate our practices. But largely as you know it's just a way of life, we Indians never really tried to spread this even though it's oldest. You can adapt these practices that's it. Many kingdoms and rulers then tried to build on these practices by building temples, worshipping more commonly, etc. but they failed to stop Muslim invaders from Persia telling to spread their religion, who looted everything killing every village and ra@ing woman and widows and children. That was when dark time started in Indian subcontinent. Through many hindu kings tried their best in stopping them, but the invaders destroyed libraries, universities. Classic Muslims
Oh, I see you were disappointed from lot of people who were unable to communicate/articulate the points. Not sure why that was. But if you can visit India once, and if you try to go in search for these answers you'll find how deep the culture is. You'll be awestruck and start building on importance of spirituality.
This "temple" is actually a shrine of a very well loved 'vedic dharma guru' Swaminarayan who later declared himself to be a God in his excellent book "Vachanamrut". BAPs organization itself was established in 1907 by one of his devotee and successfully popularized him as incarnation of one of the 'Vedic Dharma God'
Bahi हम हिंदू लोग किसी भी भगवान को बुरा नही कहते.. हमारे लिए पूरी दुनिया एक परिवार है.. यही हमारी philoshophy है.. वसुदेव कुटुबकम - The Whole World is One Family
Indian worship many creatures & so many things in nature ...Trees ( Festival : Vatsavitri puja ) , animals ,snakes ( Fewtival Nagpanchami ) , cow , bulls ( Festival name Pola ) , sea , river , all tools like hammer/ chisel etc...Hindus will never kill elephant since Lord Ganesh is elephant god...one life is not enough to understand Indian culture..one can worship any god or multiple gods or dont worship..noone will ask you , forget force...Some pray by lying down , some on knees , some by bowing and so many...most imp thing is pray from your heart...Think good and act good ...good karma
Hinduism got mainly three main gods. That make up the Trimurti are Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva. Brahma is the god of creation, Vishnu the god of preservation, and Shiva the god of destruction. And in hindusum hindus 🕉 believe in Avtar that's why we believe in multiple gods but they are mainly Avtar of the any three main gods only either lord Shiva, lord Brahma, or lord Vishnu 😇
You see Hinduism itself is already a Capitalism infused religion. Not sure if other faiths spend money for worshipping, for example, in order for someone to pray@ any temple, one has to buy insense sticks(Agarbatti), flowers, fruits for the offerings for the specific god/goddess you're going for. And if its a mega festival like the Durga Puja that happens every October you gotta buy costumes too like the saree, Food staples like rice, 🥥 🍊 🍇 🍌🌾 and commercial establishments also donate the organizers anywhere around $5K to $10K+
The concept of God in Sanatana Dharma is different. First of all one have to restructure the idea of God. We use the term "Brahman", its the ultimate reality or consciousness. Its neither good nor bad, its beyond duality. The goal of the people is to literally merge back to Brahman its called Moksha, there are many ways to achieve this, Karma Yoga: one doesn't have to subscribe the idea pf God but doing good job and helping others without any biases or expect something in return. Bakthi Yoga: the path of Devotion. Raja yoga : Path of meditation. Jhana yoga : path of knowledge, the knowledge of the self. Detachment to the material pleasures and pain. One can choose any or mix according to their nature. Brahman the ultimate consciousness took 3 major forms Brahma (the creator), Vishnu ( the preserver), Shiva (the destroyer) from them other Gods etc were created. Countless universes are created, preserved and destroyed this cycle continues forever, thus time in Hinduism is in cycles non linear. Vishnu and Shiva are constant in all universes and are permanent in nature without death, but Brahma is different across the universes and when he dies the respective universe ends with him. Our universe is created by 4headed Brahma, currently we are in the 51st year of Brahma ( ie approximately over 155 trillion human years). When Brahma reaches 100 he dies together with our universe. In our universe created by Brahma there are 14 realms of existence. Brahma lives in the 1st and upper most realm. Earth is in the 7th realm. Heaven is in the 5th realm. The spirituality decreases as we move down to earthly realm and further decreases as we movie towards 14. Enlightened beings can move through these realms, so the yogis, Rishis after attaining union with Brahman can access beyond our realm. Such humans or other beings who achieved the union is basically self aware of their true self as the same reality as the Brahman so they are not bound by materiality or the intellect or ego.
@@alessiallaman hope this gives a general idea of what Sanatan Dharma is. The scriptures are vast and detailed on each and every aspect. So many find it difficult to understand, the traditions. Even the temple is built according to the scriptures of Agamas and Vastushastra it's very detailed on how a temple should be built, the consecration of the deities etc. Temples are a means to connect with the preferred deities. So there are various mantras, Yantras and Tantras used to connect with the consciousness of the deities to that place. After the rituals the temple then will be considered as the earthly body of the Deity. So the temple rules are different based on the nature of the deities. Basically there are no similar temples in the culture and the architecture varies considerably. Akshardham temple uses Nagara stone architecture. There are 3 major stone architectures used to build temples like Nagara, Dravida, Vesara. There are many minor ones with stones, wood etc.
For this 1:36 sikhism , jainism, and hi duism are one and the same faith. Dharmic faith and part of dharmic civilization. Buddha was born and raised in india with dharmic parents. This attesting ism suffix is western way of understanding ot else these faiths are one and the same way of approaching parbrahma /vaheguru/ ishwar (i.e. god). West doesnot knows this very much they say these are different faiths because they are familiar with cristians and muslims and jews only. They dont have proper understaing of hindu or sanatani faith. BAPS Swaminarayan mandir shows young yogi nilkhants path to enlitment one of many way in sanatan dharma.
Who is a Hindu ? Follow the duties of life without harming others and helping other as per your limit . And you are a Hindu. If you are a son/daughter, respect your parents , take care of them. If you are a Husband/wife, keep your family happily, provide for them, support ane love your beloved, never cheat. If you are a boss, respect the dignity of your workers, support and appreciate their hard work. If you are a servant , respect your master and work with dedication. If you are old, advice the younger, support them with your knowledge, try to contribute in society to have a better future for generation to come.
I do respect and appreciate this channel and your videos. However, I wish a bit more homework would have been done prior to slapping “forced labor” on the thumbnail. The fact that the laborers withdrew their lawsuit against the temple organization (BAPS) speaks volumes. Over 12,000 volunteers from across the world had a hand in building this temple, through a concept in Hinduism called “seva” (meaning, Selfless Service). Regarding your question on why Robbinsville: the organization sought to build something like this in NJ given there’s a sizeable Hindu community in the NJ/NJ/PA area, and making it driveable distance from many other large Indian hubs, including DC, Boston, and Toronto. Hopefully a representative from the temple can give you some better answers during your next visit. Did you make it to the visitors center? There’s an orientation theater there that can answer quite a bit of your inquiries.
If you want to understand Hinduism I would say one life time is also not enough..and majority of Hindus wont be able to tell u much as they dont know themselves about their religion...thats how vast Hinduism is...but if i have to tell u in short about Hinduism....Its about Worshipping Nature and it's creations in all it's forms as worshipping is the highest form of respect we give to the ones we worship and is also a way to express our Gratitudes to God and Mother Nature for all her creations..and the logic behind this is...we do not think of destroying what is worshippable for us so Ancient Indians being worshippers of Nature were also protectors of Nature while we the modern people of today have become destroyers of Nature because we stopped worshipping Nature the way our anscestors use to...and the basic principle on which Hinduism is based on is Karma
NYT Article: "A $96 Million Hindu Temple Opens Amid Accusations of Forced Labor" www.nytimes.com/2023/10/21/nyregion/nj-hindu-temple.html And going back soon, thanks for watching
5:12 w.t.f he just said; He is a god. Nobody is god other than Brahma, Vishnu and Mahesh. All these three are part of Param Brahm which is formless, genderless and omnipresent..
Many people do not believe Neelkantha as a God. But You don't know shit about hinduism. . According to Hinduism, human become the divine after attaining enlightenment. Just like Siddhart Gautam, an Ordinary Prince become God(Buddha) after achieving enlightenment.
You know there's a saying that "EDUCATE YOURSELF BEFORE SAYING ANYTHING" it'll not make you look like a CLOWN. (If there's a penny deduction to all the fools around the world saying something bad or weird about India I think we would make billions in days.)
Bro I think you should have interviewed much more intellect people who have much more knowledge about the temple I'm not disrespecting, you need somebody higher in info.
5:5 neelkanth was a devotee of Narayan not a God , a deciple of god , not a god and he was actual man some 100 yrs ago we even has his real photo, he was deciple of Vaishnavism not a god
@@alessiallaman Yeah and those statues of humans and Bird too . Those statues were especially copied from very old architecture of temples made in long gone past that survived history . Now some people might try to connect it with religious stories but I doubt it has any connections
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I mean , it would be boring if there was just the main temple
@@alessiallaman Indian temples basically built like a library. Exteriors of temples usually have sculptures of Indian stories , sex education , like all sorts of things and You don't find them inside cuz they built differently. Now a days people making temples simply based on decorations. check out old south Indian temples.
Swami Neellkanth is not supreme God.He was a Yogi who left his home to restore people's faith back in God and spread the knowledge of Sanathan Dharma (Hindu religion) and he did not survive because he was God and all...Yogis in India are always said to have an unimaginable power which they had attained though years of practice of yogas and meditation and so their bodies were built so strong that theh could survive any extreme most weather conditions and not just that...they managed to even live without food and probably water merely on oxygen for days..One may find it hard to believe but these yogis had gone to the depth of science related to our body and mind both in physical state and spiritual state which is why they had gained tremendous control over their body and mind which enabled them to easily control their drives which is not possible for normal human beings like us.
Why these people not able to speak English ??I don't think , it is possible to do a force labour in America. I heard they shipped everything from India. Try asking someone who can speak better English lol.
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Do you think it was volunteers or ‘forced labor’?
Volunteers ofcourse
jealous for good work
You can't say it's a forced labor when handful people out 12000 volunteers who may have demanded more money and wages in INDIA are 20x lower than the US.
It's a era of 2024
BAPS has a network of around 1,550 temples across the world, including the Akshardham temples in New Delhi and Gandhinagar, and Swaminarayan temples in London, Houston, Chicago, Atlanta, Toronto, Los Angeles, and Nairobi. It also runs 3,850 centres and 17,000 weekly assemblies globally.
So how it's possible in one place force labour labour issue came.
if a labour come to US and if he get 500 dollars 💸 💵 💲 also but when he convert to India currency then it's a good salary so I don't think any labour who get food accommodation in free and getting paid also so where is the issue of force labour comes. In India labour cost is too cheap so no labour can say he got less money or force labour.
its purely local hardliners agenda because ty don't wanted that any temple should allowed allowed t build temple in there place because of some misconceptions. Later after temple completion now they are supporting that temple 🛕 because social activity got increase in that area which gives lot of economic benefits to local people also.😮😮
God bless u ...let the media , people think/ enjoy whatever they feel
Regarding the controversy their is a lobby in usa of extreme left people who are from India in usa who want to demonise and sabotage hinduism in west. I know the advocate who filed the case and pushed some of the volunteers to fight against the baps authority in return to get large sum of compensation. The advocate is also extreme left and is Indian too. After some time the volunteers came to know their agenda and withdraw the case but the lobby succeeded in creating a controversy and puting hinduism in bad light.
@@NITISHKUMAR-dl5se If this is true, woah
This might be true as well
@@saisan23 i know the advocate swati sawant she threatened the volunteers from india that they will be jailed here if they dont do as she say. she also lured them at some point not to withdraw the case and she will manage to get them usa citizenship so they can enjoy us citizenship and social security which is not available in India.
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@@alessiallamanthere's a whole section of people (paid protesters, politicians, leftist, communists,islamists) in INDIA who are anti hindu and their entire career is build on abusing Hinduism.
Baps already build many temple all over the world recently in 🇦🇪 UAE also.
But this type of controversy 1st time happened because of some local hardliners of that place who doesn't want baps to build temple on that location because they where thinking that it will disturb there village area peace.
But after baps came now local people are happy because lot of social economic activity is happing and even they are getting benefits local business even government get taxes too.
BAPS has a network of around 1,550 temples across the world, including the Akshardham temples in New Delhi and Gandhinagar, and Swaminarayan temples in London, Houston, Chicago, Atlanta, Toronto, Los Angeles, and Nairobi. It also runs 3,850 centres and 17,000 weekly assemblies globally.
And that kind of controversy never happened anywhere.
Thanks for sharing! I am going back with a BAPS volunteer so I look forward to sharing that!
I am an atheist but still have place in hinduism, culturally i am a hindu. Not all hindu believe in Swaminarayan some view him as an avatar of god while some see him as a guru(teacher) or yogi. Some believe him an avatar of brahma. Mainly hindus from Gujarat(his last place after travelling across India) were his first followers which grew in last few decades. Other hindus respect him for his teachings and sacrifice (may not view him as avatar but as a guru). Hinduism dont have one central book or authority, across india people follow it according to their local customs and belief.
As an atheist( or nastik hindu) i too go to temples because it is our culture and it is beautiful.
@@NITISHKUMAR-dl5se thanks for sharing!
Hinduism in India is referred as Sanatan means eternal, which was,is and will be until the end of every single life, according to ancient Indian scriptures, every soul born in the form of life is part of that eternal divine . And In Sanatan dharm(religion) we are not bound by any belief system like you have to follow some god in order to follow our religion,you are free to decide to follow or not to follow or you can follow your favourite god. There are many gods in our culture who are forms of one eternal god, there are different forms created so that people can relate to them,even though everyone can worship different gods one thing is common that people need to find themselves in order to find god....and elephants are important in our culture cause they are auspicious and symbolic of good fortune thats why the elephant sculptures are there and in same way different animals and birds are carved
Great breakdown thank you!
Some thoughts: 1) you probably weren’t able to get a real answer in part because this sect probably is wary of the press or outside media given the yellow journalism it was subjected to. 2) it’s been 4 years with no charges pressed, several plaintiffs withdrew saying they were pressured into making statements against the temple and told that they would get US residency for speaking against the temple 3) the damage is done - even without being found guilty it will forever be tarnished as being built by “Slave labor.” Like the Cisco case (which completely fell apart), the allegation was the point - destroy their reputation without any chance to fight back in the media
I appreciate your comment! Great breakdown, I will be going back with a volunteer from BAPS so I look forward to sharing that experience!
@@alessiallamanI think you should remove the forced labour title from video then.
Many people are giving explanation on contraversy in below comment box but my suggestion is next time do your research on Native genocides in USA, Canada, Australia, Newzealand Brazil, Mexico etc.
Do your Research on Churches involvement in 21st century Sexual Crimes on Kid's and Women.
There is a strong US evangelical Christian's belt is funding Proselytising activities in India (Religions conversion in India) to some extent in Nepal,Myanmar& Srilanka too.
I request Latin g*arbage and White Tr*sh must aware of other Geographies,Cultures & Civilizations.
What did Krishna say to his devotees?
Lord Krishna in verse 66 of Chapter 18 says, "Offer all your responsibilities unto me. Surrender your complete self-unto only Me, the omnipotent, the omniscient, and the omnipresent. I will relieve you from all sinful results; do not be depressed."
What Krishna says about difficult times?
Lord Krishna Said, God is supreme and omnipresent. During adverse situations, your near and dear ones may leave you, however, I will be always with you, my love is unconditional. So, perform every action as my action with love.
Dude 😂😂😂 thats so funny i get you , but try to understand,you are asking a hindu when did u started to believe, bro he believed since he was born. And im not even exaggerating. We truly truly believe that whatever the stories tells us about our past we believe them.
@@parthkathuria877 I found out quickly! 😂 very fascinating a lot different from Christians and Muslims where a lot convert later in life
In hinduism we believe in non duality it means no matter what God you worship or who you are everything come backs to the starting point everything is one connected with each other
First of all there nothing like Hinduism exists , the term hindu gave by foreigners as an umbrella term for all kind of practise of India.
India is as big Europe and most populated nation, and that gave rise 1000s of beliefs, let me share few of them.
The six Darshanas, also known as the six schools of Indian philosophy, are:
1) Samkhya: Founded by Kapila Muni, Samkhya is a rationalist school of philosophy that denies the existence of God and believes in the dual existence of Purusha (consciousness) and Prakriti (matter)
2)Yoga: Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras form the basis of this school. It emphasizes meditation and moral virtues as means to liberation12.
3) Nyaya: Founded by Gautama Rishi, Nyaya is the school of logic and epistemology. It believes in a systematic investigation of the nature of things through logic
4) Vaisheshika: Founded by Kanada Rishi, Vaisheshika is a naturalist school of atomism and believes in a detailed enumeration of the universe’s physical realities
5) Mimamsa: Jaimini’s Mimamsa Sutras form the basis of this school. It emphasizes the ritualistic aspects of the Vedas and the power of the mantras
6 ) Vedanta: Based on the Brahma Sutras of Badarayana or Vyasa, Vedanta is the school of Upanishadic philosophy. It explores the concepts of Brahman (ultimate reality) and Atman (individual soul)
These six schools of thought offer unique perspectives and paths towards the ultimate reality, each with its own philosophical underpinnings
As for the great philosophies of ancient India, they include both orthodox (astika) systems, namely, the Nyaya, Vaisheshika, Samkhya, Yoga, Purva-Mimamsa (or Mimamsa), and Vedanta schools of philosophy, and unorthodox (nastika) systems, such as Buddhism and Jainism3. These philosophies have been concerned with various philosophical problems, significant among which are the nature of the world (cosmology), the nature of reality (metaphysics), logic, the nature of knowledge (epistemology), ethics, and the philosophy of religion
--->Ancient India was home to several schools of thought that did not believe in the existence of God. Here are some of them:
1) Charvaka (Lokayata): This school of Indian materialism is considered one of the atheistic schools in the Hindu tradition. It rejected the authority of the Vedas and the notion of an afterlife, advocating for a hedonistic life
2) Samkhya: While it is an orthodox (Astika) school of Hindu philosophy, Samkhya denies the existence of God or any other exterior influence. However, unlike other atheist schools of thought, it did not deny the existence of all things transcendent
3) Purva Mimamsa: This school, while accepting the authority of the Vedas, typically rejects a personal god, creator god, or a god with attributes
4 ) Ajñana: This was a skeptical school of ancient Indian philosophy. The Ajñana were the skeptics of their time and questioned the reliability of all sources of knowledge
5) Buddhism and Jainism: While these are not typically classified as atheistic schools, they do not advocate for the worship of gods and instead focus on personal spiritual development
6) Nagarjuna, who lived around the 2nd century CE, is widely considered one of the most important Buddhist philosophers. He is traditionally regarded as the founder of the Madhyamaka (“Middle Way”) school, an important tradition of Mahayana Buddhist philosophy
Here are some key teachings of Nagarjuna:
Doctrine of Emptiness (Shunyata): Nagarjuna is best known for his doctrine of emptiness (shunyata), which he developed in his most famous work, the Mulamadhyamakakarika (“Fundamental Verses on the Middle Way”). This doctrine asserts that all phenomena are empty of “self-nature” or “essence”, meaning they have no independent reality apart from the causes and conditions from which they arise
Two Truths Doctrine: Nagarjuna proposed the Two Truths Doctrine, which differentiates between conventional truth (the reality we experience in everyday life) and ultimate truth (the ultimate reality as understood by enlightened minds).
Dependent Origination: Nagarjuna emphasized the concept of dependent origination, which states that all phenomena arise in dependence upon other phenomena
Madhyamaka Philosophy: Nagarjuna’s Madhyamaka philosophy rejects all philosophical views and propositions, arguing that accepting any of them as ultimately true leads to suffering
Mahayana Buddhism: Nagarjuna was a proponent of the Mahayana school, which emphasizes the idea of the bodhisattva, or one who seeks to become a Buddha. He defended the Mahayana sutras as the authentic word of the Buddha.
Nagarjuna’s teachings have had a profound influence on the development of Buddhist thought, not only in India but also in East Asia and Tibet
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See Sanatan Dharma means from ages which is also known as Hinduism is a Dharmic Religion which is the way of life in Dharmic Religions Hindu's, Sikhs, Jains & Buddhists came. Its different from the new just 1400 uears old Abrahamic regions (Christianity, Islam, Judaism & zoroastrian)
Love it, I’m here to learn! Thank you for sharing
@@alessiallamanterm hindu was named from Britishers to differentiate our practices. But largely as you know it's just a way of life, we Indians never really tried to spread this even though it's oldest. You can adapt these practices that's it. Many kingdoms and rulers then tried to build on these practices by building temples, worshipping more commonly, etc. but they failed to stop Muslim invaders from Persia telling to spread their religion, who looted everything killing every village and ra@ing woman and widows and children. That was when dark time started in Indian subcontinent. Through many hindu kings tried their best in stopping them, but the invaders destroyed libraries, universities. Classic Muslims
Oh, I see you were disappointed from lot of people who were unable to communicate/articulate the points. Not sure why that was. But if you can visit India once, and if you try to go in search for these answers you'll find how deep the culture is. You'll be awestruck and start building on importance of spirituality.
@@arjun1034 I’m going back! So I look forward to it
Judaism is several thousand years old, Christianity is two thousand years old, Islam is only fourteen years old.
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Sorry you couldn't come across someone who could answer your questions! Hopefully your next visit will have your questions answered.
@@sahajp11 already coming back! Someone reached out 🙏🏼
love it brother!!
This "temple" is actually a shrine of a very well loved 'vedic dharma guru' Swaminarayan who later declared himself to be a God in his excellent book "Vachanamrut". BAPs organization itself was established in 1907 by one of his devotee and successfully popularized him as incarnation of one of the 'Vedic Dharma God'
Bahi हम हिंदू लोग किसी भी भगवान को बुरा नही कहते..
हमारे लिए पूरी दुनिया एक परिवार है.. यही हमारी philoshophy है..
वसुदेव कुटुबकम - The Whole World is One Family
All these marble structures carved in India, assambled in US
Indian worship many creatures & so many things in nature ...Trees ( Festival : Vatsavitri puja ) , animals ,snakes ( Fewtival Nagpanchami ) , cow , bulls ( Festival name Pola ) , sea , river , all tools like hammer/ chisel etc...Hindus will never kill elephant since Lord Ganesh is elephant god...one life is not enough to understand Indian culture..one can worship any god or multiple gods or dont worship..noone will ask you , forget force...Some pray by lying down , some on knees , some by bowing and so many...most imp thing is pray from your heart...Think good and act good ...good karma
Thanks for sharing!
What do you mean by elephant God??
Hinduism got mainly three main gods. That make up the Trimurti are Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva. Brahma is the god of creation, Vishnu the god of preservation, and Shiva the god of destruction.
And in hindusum hindus 🕉 believe in Avtar that's why we believe in multiple gods but they are mainly Avtar of the any three main gods only either lord Shiva, lord Brahma, or lord Vishnu 😇
Being forced and that too in America? This is absurd.
Hinduism have the concept of 'SEVA' meaning service. And they did their service for the temple.
You see Hinduism itself is already a Capitalism infused religion. Not sure if other faiths spend money for worshipping, for example, in order for someone to pray@ any temple, one has to buy insense sticks(Agarbatti), flowers, fruits for the offerings for the specific god/goddess you're going for. And if its a mega festival like the Durga Puja that happens every October you gotta buy costumes too like the saree, Food staples like rice, 🥥 🍊 🍇 🍌🌾 and commercial establishments also donate the organizers anywhere around $5K to $10K+
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The concept of God in Sanatana Dharma is different. First of all one have to restructure the idea of God. We use the term "Brahman", its the ultimate reality or consciousness. Its neither good nor bad, its beyond duality. The goal of the people is to literally merge back to Brahman its called Moksha, there are many ways to achieve this,
Karma Yoga: one doesn't have to subscribe the idea pf God but doing good job and helping others without any biases or expect something in return.
Bakthi Yoga: the path of Devotion.
Raja yoga : Path of meditation.
Jhana yoga : path of knowledge, the knowledge of the self. Detachment to the material pleasures and pain.
One can choose any or mix according to their nature.
Brahman the ultimate consciousness took 3 major forms Brahma (the creator), Vishnu ( the preserver), Shiva (the destroyer) from them other Gods etc were created. Countless universes are created, preserved and destroyed this cycle continues forever, thus time in Hinduism is in cycles non linear.
Vishnu and Shiva are constant in all universes and are permanent in nature without death, but Brahma is different across the universes and when he dies the respective universe ends with him. Our universe is created by 4headed Brahma, currently we are in the 51st year of Brahma ( ie approximately over 155 trillion human years). When Brahma reaches 100 he dies together with our universe.
In our universe created by Brahma there are 14 realms of existence. Brahma lives in the 1st and upper most realm.
Earth is in the 7th realm.
Heaven is in the 5th realm.
The spirituality decreases as we move down to earthly realm and further decreases as we movie towards 14.
Enlightened beings can move through these realms, so the yogis, Rishis after attaining union with Brahman can access beyond our realm. Such humans or other beings who achieved the union is basically self aware of their true self as the same reality as the Brahman so they are not bound by materiality or the intellect or ego.
@@0arjun077 great breakdown!
@@alessiallaman hope this gives a general idea of what Sanatan Dharma is. The scriptures are vast and detailed on each and every aspect. So many find it difficult to understand, the traditions. Even the temple is built according to the scriptures of Agamas and Vastushastra it's very detailed on how a temple should be built, the consecration of the deities etc. Temples are a means to connect with the preferred deities. So there are various mantras, Yantras and Tantras used to connect with the consciousness of the deities to that place. After the rituals the temple then will be considered as the earthly body of the Deity. So the temple rules are different based on the nature of the deities. Basically there are no similar temples in the culture and the architecture varies considerably.
Akshardham temple uses Nagara stone architecture. There are 3 major stone architectures used to build temples like Nagara, Dravida, Vesara. There are many minor ones with stones, wood etc.
For this 1:36 sikhism , jainism, and hi duism are one and the same faith. Dharmic faith and part of dharmic civilization. Buddha was born and raised in india with dharmic parents. This attesting ism suffix is western way of understanding ot else these faiths are one and the same way of approaching parbrahma /vaheguru/ ishwar (i.e. god). West doesnot knows this very much they say these are different faiths because they are familiar with cristians and muslims and jews only. They dont have proper understaing of hindu or sanatani faith. BAPS Swaminarayan mandir shows young yogi nilkhants path to enlitment one of many way in sanatan dharma.
Thanks for sharing this is fascinating!
Who is a Hindu ?
Follow the duties of life without harming others and helping other as per your limit . And you are a Hindu.
If you are a son/daughter, respect your parents , take care of them.
If you are a Husband/wife, keep your family happily, provide for them, support ane love your beloved, never cheat.
If you are a boss, respect the dignity of your workers, support and appreciate their hard work.
If you are a servant , respect your master and work with dedication.
If you are old, advice the younger, support them with your knowledge, try to contribute in society to have a better future for generation to come.
I do respect and appreciate this channel and your videos. However, I wish a bit more homework would have been done prior to slapping “forced labor” on the thumbnail. The fact that the laborers withdrew their lawsuit against the temple organization (BAPS) speaks volumes. Over 12,000 volunteers from across the world had a hand in building this temple, through a concept in Hinduism called “seva” (meaning, Selfless Service). Regarding your question on why Robbinsville: the organization sought to build something like this in NJ given there’s a sizeable Hindu community in the NJ/NJ/PA area, and making it driveable distance from many other large Indian hubs, including DC, Boston, and Toronto. Hopefully a representative from the temple can give you some better answers during your next visit. Did you make it to the visitors center? There’s an orientation theater there that can answer quite a bit of your inquiries.
Getting a tour soon!
11:06 elephant represent power, symbol of wealth and war
If you want to understand Hinduism I would say one life time is also not enough..and majority of Hindus wont be able to tell u much as they dont know themselves about their religion...thats how vast Hinduism is...but if i have to tell u in short about Hinduism....Its about Worshipping Nature and it's creations in all it's forms as worshipping is the highest form of respect we give to the ones we worship and is also a way to express our Gratitudes to God and Mother Nature for all her creations..and the logic behind this is...we do not think of destroying what is worshippable for us so Ancient Indians being worshippers of Nature were also protectors of Nature while we the modern people of today have become destroyers of Nature because we stopped worshipping Nature the way our anscestors use to...and the basic principle on which Hinduism is based on is Karma
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Waiting for part 2 coz thumbnail maybe clickbait or disrespectful, also US was built on forced labor😅 good luck on ur videos
NYT Article: "A $96 Million Hindu Temple Opens Amid Accusations of Forced Labor" www.nytimes.com/2023/10/21/nyregion/nj-hindu-temple.html
And going back soon, thanks for watching
Just reported your video man you is doing intentionally 😢
5:12 he's not a god, probably a sage ..no hindu knows about that
Fascinating
5:12 w.t.f he just said; He is a god.
Nobody is god other than Brahma, Vishnu and Mahesh. All these three are part of Param Brahm which is formless, genderless and omnipresent..
Thank you for sharing and watching!
Many people do not believe Neelkantha as a God.
But You don't know shit about hinduism.
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According to Hinduism, human become the divine after attaining enlightenment. Just like Siddhart Gautam, an Ordinary Prince become God(Buddha) after achieving enlightenment.
You know there's a saying that "EDUCATE YOURSELF BEFORE SAYING ANYTHING" it'll not make you look like a CLOWN.
(If there's a penny deduction to all the fools around the world saying something bad or weird about India I think we would make billions in days.)
Bro I think you should have interviewed much more intellect people who have much more knowledge about the temple I'm not disrespecting, you need somebody higher in info.
I totally agree, someone reached out so looks like there will be a part 2
5:5 neelkanth was a devotee of Narayan not a God , a deciple of god , not a god and he was actual man some 100 yrs ago we even has his real photo, he was deciple of Vaishnavism not a god
Elephants are just for decoration
There’s no meaning?
@@alessiallaman Yeah and those statues of humans and Bird too . Those statues were especially copied from very old architecture of temples made in long gone past that survived history . Now some people might try to connect it with religious stories but I doubt it has any connections
I mean , it would be boring if there was just the main temple
@@alessiallaman Indian temples basically built like a library. Exteriors of temples usually have sculptures of Indian stories , sex education , like all sorts of things and You don't find them inside cuz they built differently. Now a days people making temples simply based on decorations. check out old south Indian temples.
The elephants, birds and deers represent nature.
Dude Hinduism a Sanatan Drama , we seek the truth not belief system written commandments… temple built purely showcase of religion and faith
Bruh original American culture is similar to Hindus
Native Americans
Swami Neellkanth is not supreme God.He was a Yogi who left his home to restore people's faith back in God and spread the knowledge of Sanathan Dharma (Hindu religion) and he did not survive because he was God and all...Yogis in India are always said to have an unimaginable power which they had attained though years of practice of yogas and meditation and so their bodies were built so strong that theh could survive any extreme most weather conditions and not just that...they managed to even live without food and probably water merely on oxygen for days..One may find it hard to believe but these yogis had gone to the depth of science related to our body and mind both in physical state and spiritual state which is why they had gained tremendous control over their body and mind which enabled them to easily control their drives which is not possible for normal human beings like us.
" INVESTIGATE" 😂😂😂
Its not Gown
he don't know english
what happened to native americans ?
Why these people not able to speak English ??I don't think , it is possible to do a force labour in America. I heard they shipped everything from India. Try asking someone who can speak better English lol.
It was hard but looks like I will be going back, someone reached out so looking forward to sharing that
people donated to temple being built it is impossible to force the labours you can investigate all you want