THE DELIGHTFUL NATIONAL DISCOURSE DOWN THE AGES ... 1
Let not the critical spirit depart from the spiritual discourse of the day. Let devotion accept discrimination as its rightful companion in this free flow of the spirit en route to the divine destination of the Self.
Such enlightened discussion forms the basis of the Vedic deliberations when both spiritual and intellectual culture reached their zenith in India. The result was the chronicling of the myriad scriptures of sublime spiritual and intellectual content. Even the materialists Charvaks were allowed to flourish in Aryavarta with their own interpretation of life and existence.
This has ever been the cultural heritage of India when the Jain atheist sages, the agnostic Buddha and the grossly materialist Charvaks were allowed to coexist with the proponents of the Vedas. This led to a vibrant spiritual culture in effect in ancient India and brought forth the grand commingling whence arose future India. The dharma traditions were always open to intellectual deliberations, discussions, debates and disputations which is how countless sages and seers could pour in their respective realisations into the vast body of the nation's spiritual and intellectual reserves for the furthering of the grand project of the spiritual evolution of humanity.
Written by Sugata Bose
Let not the critical spirit depart from the spiritual discourse of the day. Let devotion accept discrimination as its rightful companion in this free flow of the spirit en route to the divine destination of the Self.
Such enlightened discussion forms the basis of the Vedic deliberations when both spiritual and intellectual culture reached their zenith in India. The result was the chronicling of the myriad scriptures of sublime spiritual and intellectual content. Even the materialists Charvaks were allowed to flourish in Aryavarta with their own interpretation of life and existence.
This has ever been the cultural heritage of India when the Jain atheist sages, the agnostic Buddha and the grossly materialist Charvaks were allowed to coexist with the proponents of the Vedas. This led to a vibrant spiritual culture in effect in ancient India and brought forth the grand commingling whence arose future India. The dharma traditions were always open to intellectual deliberations, discussions, debates and disputations which is how countless sages and seers could pour in their respective realisations into the vast body of the nation's spiritual and intellectual reserves for the furthering of the grand project of the spiritual evolution of humanity.
Written by Sugata Bose
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