Precisely. Swamiji's prescription is spot on in today's political terms. It is conquest of oneself that can best qualify one to be an avid and ardent Hindu.
Let aspirant political Hindus strive for the realisation of the Self. If they do not care to do so, they are bound to be found lacking in energy, power and character-strength necessary for the grand task of a Hindu revival. People will soon see through their hypocritical stance and shake them off like so much political garbage.
How much spiritual merit these ardent aspirants who go raucous over political Hinduism have or can manifest in due course in their lives will determine the outcome of their political endeavours. If they continue to shout but care not to practise the principles which they preach, dark days await them, for the people, after positing faith in them for a while, will lose patience and throw them overboard.
Hence, Hindus, especially the political protagonists of the cause, get to your mediation mat and your study table to bolster your efforts for the preservation of the Sanatan Dharma which is what you project as your settled aim. Mere politics will not pay long-term dividends but the building up of character will. Hence, be up and doing.
End of Part 2
To be serialised ...
Written by Sugata Bose
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