AN OBSERVATION OF MINE FROM A COMMENT THREAD OF SWAMI EKARTHANANDA PURI (Swami Ekarthananda Puri)
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Sugata Bose : Subash Dhar, is this last comment not saying what Islam speaks of, that God is above, that the Creator and creation are in no way one, and that adherents of a faith must be God-fearing? Hinduism is liberal to a fault (in a good sense, I say) and Hindus hardly have these injunctions stringently laid on them which they may have acquired at a superficial level owing to environmental influences. But your point about the essential principles of the proselytising Abrahamic faiths, Christianity and Islam, is true and your analysis about the motivations and the zeal among their adherents to convert 'heathens' to their fold is also absolutely accurate.
This, unfortunately, is the sad story but truth holds in the end and the enlightened way of tackling intolerance, bigotry, proselytising perversions et al will be the way suggested by Swami Sampurnananda. Hindus must be taught en masse the principles of their religion, made literate in Sanskrit as Muslims are in Arabic and the universal fellowship among Hindus must be fostered. This may seem to be a tall order to achieve but this is the way ahead, through education and enlightenment to forge forward.
And why Hindus alone? Let the doors of education on Hinduism be thrown open to the wide world and, as in the days of yore, let preachers and not not charlatans, I aver, go forth into the world with the message of the rishis and bring home to all the children of light the glad tidings of their innate and imperishable divinity. Brother, here itself let us begin with this grand task and Swami Ekarthananda Puri and Swami Sampurnananda will bless us for it. Let our practice preach the principles and draw people unto the fundamental feature of their beings, the Atman that shines undimmed in all despite proselytising perversions of millenia. Like science made its inroads through strengthening its own investigations and bringing its fruits to humanity at large, let the science of the Self, the Sanatan Dharma, also do the same and bring its blessings on all of humankind.
Written by Sugata Bose
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Sugata Bose : Subash Dhar, is this last comment not saying what Islam speaks of, that God is above, that the Creator and creation are in no way one, and that adherents of a faith must be God-fearing? Hinduism is liberal to a fault (in a good sense, I say) and Hindus hardly have these injunctions stringently laid on them which they may have acquired at a superficial level owing to environmental influences. But your point about the essential principles of the proselytising Abrahamic faiths, Christianity and Islam, is true and your analysis about the motivations and the zeal among their adherents to convert 'heathens' to their fold is also absolutely accurate.
This, unfortunately, is the sad story but truth holds in the end and the enlightened way of tackling intolerance, bigotry, proselytising perversions et al will be the way suggested by Swami Sampurnananda. Hindus must be taught en masse the principles of their religion, made literate in Sanskrit as Muslims are in Arabic and the universal fellowship among Hindus must be fostered. This may seem to be a tall order to achieve but this is the way ahead, through education and enlightenment to forge forward.
And why Hindus alone? Let the doors of education on Hinduism be thrown open to the wide world and, as in the days of yore, let preachers and not not charlatans, I aver, go forth into the world with the message of the rishis and bring home to all the children of light the glad tidings of their innate and imperishable divinity. Brother, here itself let us begin with this grand task and Swami Ekarthananda Puri and Swami Sampurnananda will bless us for it. Let our practice preach the principles and draw people unto the fundamental feature of their beings, the Atman that shines undimmed in all despite proselytising perversions of millenia. Like science made its inroads through strengthening its own investigations and bringing its fruits to humanity at large, let the science of the Self, the Sanatan Dharma, also do the same and bring its blessings on all of humankind.
Written by Sugata Bose
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