How to think like a Hindu: an interview of Swami Sarvapriyananda by J. R. Weinstein. At Fargo, ND.
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- Host Jack Russell Weinstein is a professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religion at the University of North Dakota.
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Series: "Why? Philosophical Discussions About Everyday Life"
Location: Prairie Public Radio Station, Fargo, North Dakota.
I am an Indian Christian, now domiciled in Hong Kong... I was born and brought up in a traditional Christian family in India and never once faced any discrimination or suppression from anyone from the Hindu faith .. The neighborhood was mostly Hindus [few muslims as well] and we were the only Christian family around. We all celebrated Diwali, Ramadan or Christmas together, sharing greetings and gifts with each other and visiting friends in their homes and having meals at each other's houses as normal kids. We addressed everyone as ''Uncle or Aunty' and never once the thought of being different because of our religious diversities. These were the golden years of my life throughout my time in India till 2012 , when I started traveling.
We knew that, though we were practicing different religions due to our family backgrounds, WE WERE ALL ''HINDUS'' AT HEART, because Hinduism is NOT a religion, it's the core ethics, principles, morality and consciousness, that runs in every Indian blood and nothing can or will ever change that... This rings true even today in my soul ! 🙏💖
I absolutely LOVE Swami Sarvapriyananda! He changed my entire view on life and therefore my life itself!
Hinduism is ignored at one's own peril. That's all can be said. My dream to meet Swamiji in person. Pranams at his divine lotus feet. Swamiji 🙏.
Feeling proud of my country India mypranamto the lotus feet of sarva priananda swamiji my gurujii
I went to see him at New York center in 2018 ( the first center established by swami l Vivekananda, it’s moved few street away from original location) he was traveling at that time. What a miss.
I attended evening bhajan at the center.
I met a guy name Patrick, who was conducting bhajan on that day. I can’t describe the feeling, I was touched to meet Patrick. Patrick had such a divine presence that my heart started melting.
Then I thought what an experience it would have been to meet swami Ji itself. What a miss man
@@MCTobiasz 🙏🙏 it’s the only culture that always had arms open for everyone, it has paid the price for that. It’s rising again though
@@MCTobiasz it's amazing you say that... Here in India we sometimes hear(we r sometimes told) that it's in India, one is born to work out one's karmas and figure out everything i.e., India is Karmabhoomi/yogabhoomi, whereas other countries are bhoga-bhoomis i.e lands of enjoyment
One finally does end up here,(over many lives), to finally experience spiritual-liqueur
Just saying what I heard in speeches.. Hopefully I put it right
Swami, you are a champion! You explain the core of Hinduism in a very convincing manner. thanks again.🙏🕉
Swamiji's speeches are always so impressively simple. Here even interviewer is impressive! Very pertinent questions 🙏
A fantastic discussion with the Swami. This is extremely valuable for those who want to update their Jnana Yoga repository. Thank you.
My understanding is that the teachings of Ramakrishna, Swami Vivekananda, and the Vedanta Society are rooted in Hinduism but are universalist teachings. In the nearby Vedanta Society nature walk near Portland, Oregon there is walk in the woods with shrines to most of the great religious traditions of the world.
Ramakrishna math teachings are advaita vedanta school of hinduism as started in upanishads (vedanta) and concretised mostly by Adi Shankaracharya. There is no additional element. Apologies if you knew this already.
A really great interview with Swami S. may you grow to many more subscribers as your show quality is top notch. Thank you.🙏
A thinking hindu knows he is not a Hindu. He cannot be a noun. He is the witness of the noun. So he cannot say he is a hindu. But he can provisionally acknowledge to identify as a hindu.
Till I read your last sentence, the sentence was running in my head and I was just gonna reply you.
actually there was nothing called hinduism. But making a specific religion for this science was necessary to keep it alive and protected from christians and muslims.
@@RomitDholakia5 Protection is good, but the truth can be found everywhere.
@@MrPeaceGuy54 not necessarily! if narratives are changed for long periods of time, truth becomes subjective and relative.
@@SchoolOfStoics Not if the essence remains the same and we simultaneously recognise that the termination of learning is not here yet. I am not saying that everything is equally true. However, I do believe that, if there is a divine, it has manifested itself everywhere and has been interpreted differently by different people. Our understanding may be better or worse than others, but it would be incorrect, I think, to assume that we are right about everything or that anything good from elsewhere is either a copy or is not valuable at all.
Hinduism occupies a unique place amongst the world religions because of its inherent nature of respecting all paths to God. Like ‘the way the cookie crumbles’ Hinduism teaches that people are very different from each other. That’s why Hinduism itself has four spiritual paths.
Swamiji is so intelligent and has got excellent clarity.He is a reincarnate of some great sage .
What a lucid explanation put forward by the revered Swamiji against each of the relevant questions ! But as concluded by the learned interviewer it's not easy to comprehend or absorb the truth in a single lifetime. Pronam Swamiji !
Thank you! Swami S. Is my favorite teacher. You asked great questions! It turned out to be a great interview. Even though I have been listening and reading Swami's teachings for about 3 years, I learned new information today. Kind of more human interest stuff. I love philosophy too. 💝
An enthralling interview. Very interesting and compelling conversation. Thank You❤
' All things must Pass ' by George Harrison was pretty successful and pretty spiritually orientated as well ! ✌️🕉️
Grateful for this man, saved me many years of reading.
Mind blowing conversation with SWAMI SARVAPRIYANANDA.
Swamiji is so clear minded and samatwa so he is the perfect proponent of dharma
Fantastic discussion! Thanks for uploading 🙏
Swami Sarvapriyananda is my absolute favorite spiritual monk on TH-cam and I have had the fortune of meeting him in person too. Absolutely genuine person. ❤️❤️❤️ I am forever indebted to him for his talks. But I disagree with him in the fact that he is downplaying the role of Islamic invaders barbarity. In my hometown in Gujarat all the Vohra Muslims were Brahmins who were converted to Islam. So don’t feel that caste played an important role in people wanting to convert. Not denying some of the caste based discrimination that prevailed in pockets of society but one can never say it had major or significant role in reasons for conversions.
Yes, it's naked Truth that RAMAKRISHNA MISSION GLORFIES CHRISTIANITY and ISLAM.
But if one closely go through the SPREADING of CHRISTIANITY and ISLAM, no doubt HOLY WARS played important part (CRUSADE/JIHAD).
The words coined PAGON/KAFIR and COMMANDMENTS etc clearly speaks that OTHER RELIGIONS that are on the EARTH have no right to EXIST.
Conversions, not due to caste system, it's more propaganda of EVANGELIST against SANATAN DHARM.Money, sevice etc plays important part in CONVERSIONS.
(VATICAN/PETRO DOLLARS).
Abrahamic religions philosophy
MY GOD IS U R GOD.
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U R GOD IS NOT MINE.
Under the circumstances how is it ALL RELIGIONS R EQUAL and LEAD TO SAME TRUTH?🎂
Pranam Swamiji, you are as usual clear.
amazing discussion, well done Jack. Asking the right question is 90% of battel.
This is simplified dialogue for a western audience. Not much for someone from an Indic tradition. Serves its purpose though.
Notions of logic of eastern traditions is not ambiguous but highly systematic & logical
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Excellent discussion
Pranaam swamyji 🙏🙏🙏
There are so many westerners who were raised in generational families of Vedanta, or even raised in Vedanta Ashram communities, and as I understand it, there are similar communities across the West, and in South America, the Philippines, Australia--- many Gurus have been in a globalizing movement that abandons, or adapts the "cultural elements," to become more accessible to other cultures (quite successfully too), and less entangled with trappings.
37:00 beautiful answer to a very complex question
Swami Sarvapriyananda❤❤❤
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You guys barely touched the surface of Advaita Vedanta!
Swamiji is naive if he thinks all religions are going to the same place.
All is not One, rather it is the square root of negative one. "i" am not "I" alone am
Appreciate the host's clarity of thought, maybe not the pronunciation. :)
When one gets stuck at wrong minor things, they remain stuck in that thought and hardly progress. Pronunciations or accents are universal and necessarily ignorable. When ignorance is removed knowledge dawns forth!
@@RasendraAdhvaryuAmAAn while I agree, it just shows the effort put in. But agreed, largely ignorable. My bigger issue was that this talk barely even scratched the surface.
What happened to the video?? Why just the stills????
🙏 pranam Swamiji
Hari Om 🙏🪔
Amazing discussion
A Very Interesting session 👍👍🙏🙏
Interesting discussion !
there is no struggle within Hindu tradition between advaita and dwaita as asked by the interviewer to Swami, and subsequently confirmed so by Swami
Swamiji, would have loved for you to talk about Ashthang Yoga
One important point that the Swami has mentioned else where is the Unity of consciousness. Hindus believe that all consciousness is one and that points to the all knowing nature of the divine. Hindus also believe this nature of the Supreme is demonstrated in the lives of the Guru who is the window to the infinite & these qualities become the nature of the Enlightened ones. So non dual realism is not mere philosophical constructs but has practical manifestation in terms of heightened knowledge, boundless love & compassion.
India has always been a great sanctuary to persecuted religions for multi millennia! Story of Jews & Christians as refugees who were welcomed w open arms with no question of conversion is not known by the world! Islam came first as traders to south India & invaders in north. Invasion brought atrocities like massive slave taking, forced conversions and leading to Hindu society’s adjustments via child marriage & jowhar (dead bodies of Hindu women were abused by Islamic invaders; women did not want to leave their dead bodies around). Without debates between religions and just ramming some faith down people’s throats is completely wrong!
Swamiji ,i wonder why you refer the colour of your cloth as orange . Sanyasis in India wear Saffron ( Gerua) . Whereas Orange ( Kamala) is a different colour . Its not an important point but a relevant point. As saffron indicates / represent Vairagya. To the western eye iboth might appear same but you do have a large Indian followers who understand the difference
OK please explain the colours. I have been curious about that. Sometimes the clothes spear almost red, sometimes pink tinge sometimes yellow. Wouldn’t that have to do with the light they are seen in and maybe how many times they were washed?
@@marymolloy562 it is a color of fire which burns down ego, that is what it represents
Those who r embarked on spritual inner journey he will listen what he says & other looks only at outward outfit
A certified Iyengar yoga teacher try to first bring people up to speed through Asanas, then uplift people when they are ready for pranayama #iyengaryoga
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Started off nice.. but turned rubbish.. with Swami getting politically correct.. forgetting / ignoring the facts on ground and the threat of abrahamic religions on other faiths.. also his understanding of caste systems and quoting that people happily converted to Islam is rubbish.. he is out of touch of reality ..happens when u live for too long outside India..pity
He wants to be politically correct because he's at a high post
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Like many Hindus, Swamiji does not understand that many doing "yoga " are consciously divorcing it from Hinduism! Swamis are suppose to protect the Hindu/Yoga Dharma!! Non Hindu "yoga" is a serious violation!
I’m tired of western speakers seriously mispronouncing Indian names. How can anyone not know the name of the guests especially important guests that you are going to talk to. As Indians we are perpetually being politically correct about this and downplaying it. But this is a very serious impediment to understanding and coming together of cultures. A rickshaw puller on Indian roads will pronounce a western name better than a western scholar. How can we correct this? I’m tired. And I want to see an end to this. I’m confident this is the most important step before discussing other topics in depth.
@@bordeelcontroleur See unlike some European names Indian names are almost always spelt as they are pronounced. No silent letters or tricky letter substitutions. Others meditating isn't going to help. Also wiping your rear and not washing is another nasty thing. Basic hygiene and civilization 101. Its about time to change ways.
U can't blame speakers for this. We i dians have highly advanced phonetic alphabet. Hence our sound system that includes tounge, vocal cord and lip movements are highly developed, not only individual but coordination between them as well.
Just observe hindi alphabets and and part which is involved carefully. U will understand how deeply,carefully and scientifically it is designed.
Person with English, German, Spanish or any other language cannot pick our accent the whole lifetime. On the contrary if indian speaks other ganguage it takes 2 to 4 years at max u won't be able to differentiate bet indian or foreigner.
@@vinod24singh If they can boast about Shakespeare and old English that is just as twisted if not complex they should be able to learn Indian phonetics and word inflections. No excuse to remain ignorant, lazy or just plain apathetic.
@@JV-tw6lt No they can't, give me 1 example where 1 English man can speak hindi or sanskrit fluently, the simple reason is there vocal system is not developed. That includes coordination of tongue lips and vocal cord.
Interesting u quoted Shakespeare, now see 300 years back English was not what it is now. Means English is relatively very new and undeveloped language. Means what u speak is not exactly what u write adding one more layer of confusion it's now what u spell.
@@vinod24singh dude c’mon.. just Google English men speaking Jamaican, growing up as Jamaican. And others languages. What matters is children being brought up with more languages at the ages of 2 thru 10. What the hell are you talking shot tongue and mouth nonsense. That’s garbage. There are no biological differences. It’s all about learning.
There is no ‘ism’ in Hindu tradition therefore use terms like Hindu tradition/Sananta Dharma/Dharmic tradition etc
With due respect to Swamy ji, my two cents. I have posted this many times on his videos. Let’s not be politically correct and say stuff to satisfy the Christians and Islamists. Swamy Dhayanda Saraswathi ji always maintained that all religions are not the same and goals of all religions are not the same either. Christianity and Islam are religions of EXCLUSIVISM, my way or the highway ( to eternal hell)!! Swamy Ji, please do not compare God centric DHARMIC RELIGIONS of India with that Abrahamic religions. Swamy ji’s own Vivekanda said” if a Hindu converts to Abrahamic religion, there’s one Hindu less and one enemy more “. Swamy ji, why don’t you quote that??
If Christian becomes good christians, it will be so terrible for the world. The genocide around the globe was done by true Christians. Hitler was a good Christian. ISIS think they are the true Muslims.
In this age of information overload, let’s not generalise and equate Abrahamic religions with their history of genocide are somehow similar to enquiry based Dharmic religions.
Appropriations by any name is cultural genocide. Pagans disappeared but some of the appropriations are repackaged as that of Christianity. Easter, Christmas for example.
Abrahamic religions are PREDATORY in nature. Christian yoga is an example. Vipasana gets repackaged as Mindfulness. Nothing cosmopolitan about “ stealing “ which is another name for appropriation.
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My only disappointment with this is that the Swami is giving the western audience what they want to hear rather than the "facts".
We can not brush aside the European origin of the caste system or the violence against non-believers built into the theology of political religions like islam, christianity or communism.
Though in his defence, it would deviate from the topic at hand.
Much like the Hakkenkreuz or the Hooked-Cross of the Nazi's being deliberately mistranslated by an Irish Catholic priest to the Hindu Swastik, has been conveniently accepted by a whole generation from that era, even though they knew the truth.
What are these "facts" that the Swami ji was not talking about?
Chandramouliji :We need to remember Swamiji is an astute world teacher on a great and difficult mission - to teach as well as to reconcile at the global level . Let us trust him with his ways - he knows best what he is doing and what to deliver to which audience . He being a firmly-rooted Hindu with no fluff whatsoever is not the least confused about the origin of caste system etc - so pls be assured he will not mince words when he does not need to. Regards 🙏
I can understand your disappointment as a Hindu or as a Sanatani! Simplifying the Vedanta to westerners is a tremendous amount of task and efforts!. While explaining he has to leave certain things intentionally and some times he has to do some appropriations between the Vedic and the Abrahamic in his speeches to make them understand the things.
The Vedanta is not a easy read even for an intellectual westerners. But atleast, in modern times few of them are taking interest in it. Here the audience is divided in to two I.e., the Vedic and the non-Vedic!.
Peace!
The Swastika has been used in numerous cultures since prehistory. The Nazis stole it and inevitably it became stigmatised... Not sure where the Catholic priest comes in??
@@KrisVisva all religions are not same for a starter.
Hope swami ji does not consider ISIS as a valid path to God :)
Swami Sarvapriya nanda is a great speaker ... no doubt ... heard him speaking in Bengali too ... but here I as a Hindu find some of his comments a bit defensive and confusing ... maybe English language came in between ... the thoughts and the articulation
How to be like Christian because Christian was always English people.
We have to go forward not backward so avoid dogmatic midevil bookish blind belief systems like Christianity and Islam. Dao, Vedenta, Buddism, Science are much better.
I am Gen21.19 dutt4.15 mathew12.42 Revalation4.7 God she gave Jesus 4 liveing creatures worthy of worship lion young bull face of a man and eagl worthy of worship Ezekiel Revalation4.7 🕉 only
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Hindus don’t think a certain way nor do Jews Christian’s or Muslims
Everyone is an individual with a unique special relationship with god
The rest is man made religion and a bunch of nonsense
Do what your inner leading tells you to do and never mind everyone thinking in a certain way
What sort of statement is this? If my inner leading (?) tells me to rob or kill someone , is it ok? And who is this god??
@@vish2553 you tell yourself to kill or rob your inner leading doesn’t
God speaks deep in the mind of man some listen and do others listen and don’t do still others are unaware
Is Swamiji Hindu? To me, he is a teacher of Moksha shastra, a way to gain liberation. Rest is frills.
Is he a man? Is he human? If yes then he is hindu. What's wrong in being hindu.
@@prashant-ul2sn आदरणीय, चर्चा का धन्यवाद।
समकालीन हिंदू व्यवहार वैदिक वेदांतिक आदर्शों से विमुख, उग्र व साम्प्रदायिकवाद से प्रेरित, राजनैतिक अभिव्यक्ति बन रहा प्रतीत होता है। “हिंदू” यवनी अभिधान था एक-आत्म सिद्धांत प्रतिपादक आर्य ऋषियों के प्रवचन का। यवन “स” के स्थान पर “ह”, “ध” के स्थान पर “ज़”, व “व” के अन्यथा “ब” आदि अपभ्रंश वाचक थे। अतः, सिंधु तीत जंबु द्वीप को हिंदू स्थान कहा। वसिष्ठ वा पुलसत्य, अगस्त्य वा अंगिरा स्वयं को आर्य, अमुक-गोत्री, व तत्-कुल जन्य मानते थे, हिंदू नहीं। अलक्षेंद्र महान के आक्रमण के उपरांत विजयी संस्कृति ने पराजित अभिधान धारण किया, हम हिंदू हुए। समाज में अनार्य दोष उत्पन्न हुए।
अपौर्शीय वेद का लक्ष्य आध्यात्मिक “आवृत्त चक्षु” से प्राप्त आत्म ज्ञान है। मांडुक्य में कथित आवृत चक्षु क्या हैं, श्रीमान यह विचरें?
तैत्तिरीय वचन “ब्रह्म वित आप्नोती परम … सत्यम ज्ञानम अनंतम ब्रह्म … यो वेद गुहायाम …”, उस आंतरिक ब्रह्म की कहाँ ईक्षा है? मनस की गुहा में शम के स्थान पर बाह्य प्रकोष्ठों में प्रतिष्ठा का अनुसंधान दृष्ट है। शिव लिंग व मस्जिद में किंचित भी आध्यात्मिक भेद नहीं। उभय ही सगुण भक्ति मार्ग हैं। जो उपासना एक प्रासाद में सिद्ध होती है, वह अन्य में भी सम्भव है। भगवा व हरित अम्बर में हरि को क्या परिहार?
“अहम ब्रह्मासमी” प्रज्ञान वैकुंठ से अतीत है। अहम् अस्मीति पूरुशः बोध हेतु साधना किसी मस्जिद के विध्वंस का निमित्त नहीं, किसी राष्ट्र का संधान नहीं।
हिंदू गण सामान्य सर्वथा सर्वदा शुभ्र है, व सत्ता-पिपासक हिंदू नेता क्षुद्र। राम ने “हिंदू” ब्रह्मन रावण का वध किया, अर्जुन ने आर्य क्षत्रिय हिंदू कुरु-पांचाल कुल का नाश किया, परशु धारी ने कुत्सित हिंदुओं का संहार किया। हर युग प्रवर्तक ने स्वजातीय अधर्मी का नाश किया, विधर्मी जन सामान्य का नहीं। लंका की सत्ता आर्य थी, प्रजा राक्षसी। राक्षसी प्रजा के राम रक्षक बने। वानर प्रजा को राम ने दक्ष नरेश दिया। असुर आचार्य शुक्र वंदनीय रहे। दानवी बालक प्रह्लाद की उपासना होती है।
यदि हिंदू हमारा धर्म था, तो कृष्ण को क्या संकोच रहा इस संज्ञा के संकेत में? “मानव धर्म शास्त्र” मनुस्मृति में “हिंदू” शब्द का विस्मरण क्यों है? जय हनुमान ज्ञान गुण सागर में हिंदू का नहीं, सुमति का संरक्षण लक्षित है।
यथा यूरोपीय क़बीला-तंत्र हेतु पताका-अस्मिता के विभाजक प्रतीकों का उपयोग होता है, गण सामान्य का शोषण, व अध्यात्म विनाश कर, तथा ही भगवा-वेष व “हिंदू” अस्मिता के अवलम्बन से आर्य भूमि भारत में अध्यात्म का विनाश हो रहा है। अस्त्र शस्त्र संगठन, विचित्र राष्ट्र सम्पदा, अर्थ ही हुआ प्रधान, धर्म की झुकी ध्वजा।
अन्यथा न जाने, मैं यज्ञोपवीत धारी, दैनिक उपासना करने वाला विप्र हूँ। पुत्रों को गायत्री आदि का अनुशीलन कराया है। भारत राष्ट्र व भारतीय संस्कृति का अभिमानी हूँ। मेरा अभिप्राय मात्र यह है की “हिंदू” अस्मिता यदि सहिष्णुता की विरोधी है, तो वैशाक्त है अवैध है। साम्प्रदायिक उन्माद रूपी सर्प माँ भारती को न दंशे, यह आपका हमारा कर्तव्य है।
संभाषण का आभार।
॥हरि ॐ॥
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@@hershchat Your statement of Masjid and Shivling being the same, shows thay you don't know the abc of Abrahamic religions. We invoke divine in Shivling, it is sacred, Masjid on the other hand is just a place for Muslims to come together and pray while Temple is a home of god for Hindus. In Hinduism god is imminent and transendent while in Abrahamic religion god cannot enter its creation hence animals etc don't have atma and hence are to be consumed for man's pleasure. There is a difference between sky and earth between Dharmic religions and Abrahamic religion. Please read one sided sameness by Rajiv Malhotra and do purva paksha of other religions.
What you are taking about is transcendent reality we all are one, but still in transactional reality I am different from you and my believes are different from yours, if your belief says to kill and convert me by hook or crook and I will make sure you don't survive because that is adharma. Adharmic religions bent on converting by money,power and numbes must be eliminated for betterment of society atleast the adharma should be removed from their religion otherwise its like sheep saying both tiger and sheep are same , this will only get you eaten. As far as term Hindu is conserned it doesn't matter who assigned the term, I can call you bird and keep you in a cage you may shout that you are a human doesn't matter, similarly if others call you Hindu as you being different from them you don't have a choice. Hence say proudly thay you are a hindu following Santana Dharma otherwise keep living in a fools paradise.
@@prashant-ul2sn श्रीमान, प्रत्योतार का धन्यवाद।
इब्राहिम के वंशज अपनी निष्ठा अनुसार, व अदिति के दत्त (हिंदू) अपनी आस्थाओं के अनुसार व्यवहार करते हैं। प्राण प्रतिष्ठा आस्था आधारित संस्कार है, जैसे लोक-परलोक आदि में विश्वास। यह सैद्धांतिक नहीं प्रातिभासिक अंतरभेद है। आस्था किसी भी प्रकार प्रस्तुत हो, कथानक है, यथार्थ नहीं। समाज व समाज के संरचना के हेतु व नागरिक के मार्मिक संतोष के लिए यह कथानक, narrative, बहुमूल्य है, किंतु कलात्मक है। हम आप लिंग को प्राण धारी जान, जीवंत घोषित करते हैं। (विडम्बना है कि पक्श्धर “लिंग” क्या है, इस से अनभिज्ञ हैं। अज्ञानी अंधविश्वास के धनी होते हैं।) ऐसे ही मुसलमान मक्का को साक्षात प्रतीक मानते हैं।
यह द्वंद्व का विषय नहीं, पारस्परिक परिग्रह एवं समवेदना का कारक होना चाहिए। आपका कथन प्रतीत करवाता है की किसी रूप से मुसलमान न्यून हैं। ऐसा मत अज्ञान वश ही सम्भव है। सर्व धर्म समतुल्य हैं। ख़ुदा व विष्णु दोनो एक ही निर्गुण सत्ता के चिंहक हैं। अरबी प्रदेश में ईश्वर उतना सक्रिय व विभूतिमान है जितना कि जंबु प्रदेश में।
धर्म परिवर्तन हिंसात्मक संधान है। इसका सर्व विधि विरोध अनिवार्य है। crusades, जिहाद, आदि अभियान लौकिक ऐश्वर्य के हेतु हैं। अश्वमेध हो या Anschluss, बल प्रदर्शन पारम्परिक हो सकता है, आध्यात्मिक नहीं।
किंतु एक विसंगति द्वितीय को वैध नहीं बनाती। किसी मत विशेष का सिंह भारतीय आध्यात्म को ग्रसित नहीं कर रहा, वरण भारतीय समाज की रूढ़ियाँ, पूँजीतंत्र, कुल विखंडन (breakdown of communities), आदि दुर्गतियाँ भारत को क्षीण कर रहीं हैं। हिंदू राष्ट्रवाद राष्ट्र द्रोह है।
@Anonymous thanks for the note.
Shankar aachary, before him Govindpaada, before him Gaudpaada didn’t consider themselves Hindu. Kumaarila bhatt and Mandan mishr didn’t call themselves Hindu. Manu did not write about Hindu dharm. Krishna was ignorant of this term. While Ravan worshipped a Hindu Deity, there is only one mention of Rama worshiping a deity, and that not in the original Valmiki version?
This is not a case of “a rose by any name”. We are surely not quibbling on the mere appellation of Hindu or Sanatani, etc. This is more substantive than that.
Before I attack your position, I want to admit three things. One, I don’t know you or your position. I don’t want to troll you and vitiate a potentially edifying and learning experience by being the usual TH-cam jackass (and hope you won’t either), two, I attended RSS Shakhas when in India, and really like the ideology and the people and, finally, I am a devout, janeoo wearing Hindu. I do a once a year havan, and daily 30 min pooja, and try and observe as much of Diwali Holi in the US that I can. I am a nationalist and a Hindu. Not a Hindu nationalist.
“Hindu” can be a simple referent to a various people. Like, “the Amazonian people” or “the Theatre folk”. Just a noun for a congeries of identities. To me, that’s what it is supposed to be. From the Munda tribesmen, who are not orthodox, to the Naga and the Sikh, the Bhutanis, and the Malaya, and even some Jain and Shinto. All are Hindus in this sense.
That’s not what you are talking about. You are constructing an imagined nation of orthodoxy and affiliation at par with the Roman Catholic identity, or the Nazi identity (RSS was a not so subtle emulation of the Nazi SS). This program seeks to dismantle a masjid so a phallus idol can be consecrated there, because a few centuries ago something happened. That would be ok if we didn’t have limited resources and time in which to solve other pressing problems. Such as poverty, pollution, corruption, inequality, and lack of education, etc. Let’s not say we can address many problems at once. The tens of millions for whom the Gyanvapi mess is a top focus, they could be demanding better governance and having an impact. The distrust this issues creates between Hindus and Muslims only helps the corrupt rulers, and other enemies of India.
This only helps the enemies of India. Which is why Hindu Nationalism is treasonous.
Apologies if I was disrespectful.
Buddha rebelled against vedanta in his entire life, people like Sarvapriyananda and his teacher Vevekananda and Shankharacarya were always against Buddha's teaching. He talks about Tibetian Buddhist which is far from Buddha's early teaching. Theravada Buddhist has the record of Authentic Early Buddhist Text. People like you (sarvapriyananda) have destroyed the Gem of Buddha's teaching from its birthplace India.
I doubt Buddha has learnt vedanta, he might have some knowledge of ritualistic Sanathana Dharma and rebelled against the ritualistic part of it. He went out found his path. But that doesn't make his path any superior to Hinduism. It might be a spiritual fit to people like you. But that's OK as well.
@@wrathofhade Yes completely agree with you. Besides the Buddha's teaching, Budhdhist has done a great job of Christionising Budhdha in a same way the Churches has done for Jesus's teaching.
rebelled = divide and rule. christian missionary propaganda. anti-hindu.
Actually the term Hindu refers to people living in Hindustan. There is no religion called Hindu . As a Matter of fact Hindu today is the new form of Brahmanism and Vedic . And ironically it has also borrowed lots of means and way from Bhudhism tradition too .
Buddha was Hindu & his name was Siddharth. He didn't start Buddhism, his followers called his teaching as Buddhism, so Buddhism is an offshoot of Sanathana Dharma.
And what did the Hindu borrow from Buddhism, can you specify?
And where did Buddhism get its traditions from?
What nonsense. Again a Dravidian stooge spewing nonsense about Hinduism and attacking Brahmins.
What are you ? I am awakened,
We are in sleep ?