AT THE CROSSROADS OF HISTORY ... 1
Indian culture is today a fusion of so many historic cultural flows that to attempt the imposition of any one of them over all the others by force would be impossible. The Indian soul has evolved as the commingled synthesis of so many modes and manners, so many strands of thought that to attempt isolating any one would be impossible. Unity in diversity is the very soul of the Sanatan Dharma and this is borne out by the concept of the 'Ishta Dev/Devi' where each individual may follow his spiritual vocation by worshipping his Chosen Deity who is the special manifestation of the Absolute Godhead for that particular individual or sect, as the case may be. Swami Vivekananda is on record saying that the concept of the 'Ishta Devata' (Chosen Ideal) is the very soul of the Sanatan Dharma and if this is thwarted, Hinduism will die.
Written by Sugata Bose
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