Thank you so much dr Frawley for artifulating this for me. Many like me r hesitating two even acknowledge and confess our love for Hinduism and our respect for the tolerance of this great civilization. This talk helps us validate and express that emotion. And thank you giving it your life.
sir you make it so easy to understand. i've heard many opinions on hinduism and topics that surround our indian culture and its history. your's is the most well word-ed and informative.
In India, one can openly criticize and question Ramayana, Gita, Krishna and other Hindu scriptures and personalities. But one can never even dream of such an act in respect of other religions. This proves who in India is intolerant.
That notion seems to be true in most, if not all modern democratic nation-states - at least when it comes to making any critical or, for that matter comical remark about Islam! It seems as if muslims can't stand any criticism nor are they able to take anything surrounding their religion with good humor. To me it feels like they (the muslims) must feel that their religion stands upon very shifty sand since they can't stand neither the slightest criticism nor joke.
@@khushrjoshi1745 Yogas chitta vritti niroddha, SatChittAnanda. Tat tvam asi! I really didn't, as well as don't mean to judge all Muslims by one and the same measure, by any means. Since I'm sure there are good Muslims too, of course! But still, it is a fact though that most religions (except at least some which were 'born' in India) - and especially so all of the so called Abrahimitic Religions - either were pretty much 'born', spread and defended by the end of a sword. And again, when it comes to Islam: it just cannot be nothing more than an 'innocent' accident that the very symbol of their religion is the crescent and a sword! Also, if you go into a mosque, and especially so an old and important one with a lot of history surrounding it - you'll see that they beside the Qu'ran very often have both swords and even old rifles. Also, although I'm not 100% sure about this, but I believe that Islam is alone in the sense that they actually have a word denoting (as well as declaring) WAR - which is also, at the same time equally part of Islam's 'religious' jargon - to be found in the Qu'ran itself! And yes, I'm talking about the term "Jihad". (And again yes, I am also well aware of the fact that Jihad have a much wider meaning than to simply and merely denote war...even though I don't think that's widely known. Which I'ld suggest is, at least largely down to all the religious hardliners, fundamentalists and fanatics who have committed acts of terror and violence - all in the name of 'Jihad'. These people have pretty much hi-jacked the word 'Jihad' to serve their own needs and for their own ends. Which is of course both very unfortunate, as well as sad! [Especially so since not 'only' have Islam become tainted and widely misunderstood because of it - but the same probably goes for the muslims themselves, which is of course a much more serious note!] Either way, and at least as far as I've been able to understand this issue: 'Jihad' isn't really at all as one-dimensional a term as those modern fanatics have had led many, especially in the West to believe. In the more 'open' interpretation of the word, it is actually better translated as 'struggle'. And, in that more 'every-day' sense of the term is rather denoting a much more 'inner' kind of struggle. The struggle that every honest and peace-loving muslim wages with 'him-/her-self', in order to successfully align their actions according to ethical and moral guidelines - as a means to in come closer to Godliness and/or God.) But, be that as it may. In some sense I feel that (and from what I've read, heard and seen on TV and so on I'm hardly alone in thinking along these lines) Islam would probably be well served by a 'reformation' of sorts. Since it still seem both riddled by contradictions at certain levels - which I believe might be at least one of the culprit why Islam seem to have trouble in assimilating itself into the modern world. For ex. - I cannot come to think about any other religion where the very word 'War' wouldn't be considered as being in utter contradiction to every tenet found within the faith! (Of course - I'm not suggesting that muslims are the only one's who have waged wars, or for that matter even close. I'm well aware that probably every religion found on the surface of this earth have at one point or another waged wars. It's just that I'm not aware of any other religion where the act of war is considered either a religious duty, or at least an inhererant part of the faith per se!) an which has been historically, just as it continues to be 'til this day something that they openly 'declare' whenever they feel the need of 'defending' their faith or the 'honor' of one of it's 'pillar of faith' or for that matter: the 'honor' of one or more of it's historically important persons. A declaration that have always had, just as it still has today the backing of, if not the very Kalifate, Sultanate, Khanate or any of the many Islam-oriented modern state itself - at least then a majority of the clergy! And also - the vast majority of the Islamic world really seem to struggle to combine 'itself' with the kind of modern, open and free type of society that we all want to live in. Well, this post really got a lot longer than I realized. It has taken me so long to come to here that I've actually forgot some of the points that I've wanted to say in the first place! ;-) Well....I hope I don't offend any-one, at least not too much. I do not really mean to in any way demonize muslims...not at all. What I rather wanted to say is that I believe that Islam probably would be better off if going through a kind of reformation - where it could realign itself more towwards the modern world....and perhaps also "discard" those things it have "picked up along the way" that nowadays may do it a greater or smaller disservice! (although I've now forgot the actual things that I wanted to say)
Great, Westerners have started to understand the great culture of bharath. People like you should try to make Westerners understand the true value of this great civilization.
His views of India is greatly apricated and many thanks to this Swamy ji for his knowledge.
Thank you so much dr Frawley for artifulating this for me. Many like me r hesitating two even acknowledge and confess our love for Hinduism and our respect for the tolerance of this great civilization. This talk helps us validate and express that emotion.
And thank you giving it your life.
Great soul
sir you make it so easy to understand. i've heard many opinions on hinduism and topics that surround our indian culture and its history. your's is the most well word-ed and informative.
Very helpful understanding. Lost of disinformation around. Thank you very much.
In India, one can openly criticize and question Ramayana, Gita, Krishna and other Hindu scriptures and personalities. But one can never even dream of such an act in respect of other religions. This proves who in India is intolerant.
That notion seems to be true in most, if not all modern democratic nation-states - at least when it comes to making any critical or, for that matter comical remark about Islam!
It seems as if muslims can't stand any criticism nor are they able to take anything surrounding their religion with good humor.
To me it feels like they (the muslims) must feel that their religion stands upon very shifty sand since they can't stand neither the slightest criticism nor joke.
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@@khushrjoshi1745 Yogas chitta vritti niroddha, SatChittAnanda.
Tat tvam asi!
I really didn't, as well as don't mean to judge all Muslims by one and the same measure, by any means. Since I'm sure there are good Muslims too, of course!
But still, it is a fact though that most religions (except at least some which were 'born' in India) - and especially so all of the so called Abrahimitic Religions - either were pretty much 'born', spread and defended by the end of a sword.
And again, when it comes to Islam: it just cannot be nothing more than an 'innocent' accident that the very symbol of their religion is the crescent and a sword! Also, if you go into a mosque, and especially so an old and important one with a lot of history surrounding it - you'll see that they beside the Qu'ran very often have both swords and even old rifles.
Also, although I'm not 100% sure about this, but I believe that Islam is alone in the sense that they actually have a word denoting (as well as declaring) WAR - which is also, at the same time equally part of Islam's 'religious' jargon - to be found in the Qu'ran itself! And yes, I'm talking about the term "Jihad".
(And again yes, I am also well aware of the fact that Jihad have a much wider meaning than to simply and merely denote war...even though I don't think that's widely known. Which I'ld suggest is, at least largely down to all the religious hardliners, fundamentalists and fanatics who have committed acts of terror and violence - all in the name of 'Jihad'. These people have pretty much hi-jacked the word 'Jihad' to serve their own needs and for their own ends. Which is of course both very unfortunate, as well as sad! [Especially so since not 'only' have Islam become tainted and widely misunderstood because of it - but the same probably goes for the muslims themselves, which is of course a much more serious note!]
Either way, and at least as far as I've been able to understand this issue: 'Jihad' isn't really at all as one-dimensional a term as those modern fanatics have had led many, especially in the West to believe. In the more 'open' interpretation of the word, it is actually better translated as 'struggle'. And, in that more 'every-day' sense of the term is rather denoting a much more 'inner' kind of struggle. The struggle that every honest and peace-loving muslim wages with 'him-/her-self', in order to successfully align their actions according to ethical and moral guidelines - as a means to in come closer to Godliness and/or God.)
But, be that as it may. In some sense I feel that (and from what I've read, heard and seen on TV and so on I'm hardly alone in thinking along these lines) Islam would probably be well served by a 'reformation' of sorts. Since it still seem both riddled by contradictions at certain levels - which I believe might be at least one of the culprit why Islam seem to have trouble in assimilating itself into the modern world.
For ex. - I cannot come to think about any other religion where the very word 'War' wouldn't be considered as being in utter contradiction to every tenet found within the faith! (Of course - I'm not suggesting that muslims are the only one's who have waged wars, or for that matter even close. I'm well aware that probably every religion found on the surface of this earth have at one point or another waged wars. It's just that I'm not aware of any other religion where the act of war is considered either a religious duty, or at least an inhererant part of the faith per se!)
an which has been historically, just as it continues to be 'til this day something that they openly 'declare' whenever they feel the need of 'defending' their faith or the 'honor' of one of it's 'pillar of faith' or for that matter: the 'honor' of one or more of it's historically important persons. A declaration that have always had, just as it still has today the backing of, if not the very Kalifate, Sultanate, Khanate or any of the many Islam-oriented modern state itself - at least then a majority of the clergy!
And also - the vast majority of the Islamic world really seem to struggle to combine 'itself' with the kind of modern, open and free type of society that we all want to live in.
Well, this post really got a lot longer than I realized. It has taken me so long to come to here that I've actually forgot some of the points that I've wanted to say in the first place! ;-)
Well....I hope I don't offend any-one, at least not too much. I do not really mean to in any way demonize muslims...not at all.
What I rather wanted to say is that I believe that Islam probably would be better off if going through a kind of reformation - where it could realign itself more towwards the modern world....and perhaps also "discard" those things it have "picked up along the way" that nowadays may do it a greater or smaller disservice! (although I've now forgot the actual things that I wanted to say)
Dr. Frawley . Can we expect a discussion between you and Rajiv Malhotra?
sanch Sanchayan They are both of the same team as far as I have understood. Both are amazing indeed .
Thank U sir
Great, Westerners have started to understand the great culture of bharath. People like you should try to make Westerners understand the true value of this great civilization.