The high-jaking of Hindu way of life!

 


The high-jaking of Hindu way of life!

Hindu religion is not merely a religion but a way of life. Now a days Hindu way of life is "onslaught-ed" and slaughtered by many Hindu religious and cultural groups. Also many cult groups, though are inspired and owe their teachings to the Upanishads, the epics, the Puranaas, great spiritual texts, great seers and saints, rishis, munis, are misinterpreting, misguiding, misbehaving with Hindu way of life.
Hindu way of life is based essentially on house-holders and is family-centered. Many cults and their owners were, have been, are and may be will be damaging married lives and transform them unrepairable.
Many cults are questioning age-old culture and practices and are trying to replace them by the utterances and ways prescribed by the cult-masters. The cult-masters are only using Hindu scriptures and the like things and persons only to attract large "Hindu" population and at the end expects all the people to become devotees to them instead of the traditional Gods like Bhaskara, Ganesha, Vishnu, Shanmukha, Sri Rama, Sri Krishna, Siva, Anjaneya, Sri Kali, Sridevi, Sri Saraswati and host of others. This is a more dangerous onslaught than by other "faiths". I know of a famous cult which declared that they are not part of Hindu religion and are not Hindus and are a separate religion named after their cult master and applied for minority status to their educational institutions from a state government, when that state government wanted to interfere in the management of "Hindu" schools and leave out "minority"-managed institutions.
This is the danger of these cults which have negatively transformed the face of Hindu way of life without being calling them Hindu. They are encouraging muth lives and are attracting house-holders to the extent of house-holders feeling "happy" in muths and cult ashrams rather than their own homes. The people are quarreling at homes and are trying to get peace of mind at asrams and the cult masters are encouraging that trend with inharmonious tendencies. This is a great harm to the society. The cult masters without living a Hindu way of life are championing Hindu religion and culture together with many self-proclaimed saviors of Hindu culture and religion. I repeat none of the people associated or started these cult or cultural outfits are not living Hindu way of life. A peculiar and dangerous change and situation.
House-holders are supreme and Grihastha Ashrama is supreme and the society is dependent on house-holders who take care of the families undergoing all the vicissitudes and difficulties of family life and still strive hard to earn and hence subscribing to the GDP of the national income. The cults and culture outfits just consume those monies. All the donations to the ashrams, cults and cultural organizations are by house-holders who donate part of their earnings to these cults, ashrams, and cultural organizations.

In the Hindu way of life mother is first Goddess and father is next God. Then the teacher who trained in getting a livelihood is the next God. Then the guest is the next God. Where will the cult master or Ashram owner or cultural organization pramukh stand? No where near mother, father, teacher and guest. Even in spirituality the mother and father are guiding the family members. No necessity for outside guidance even in religious or spiritual matters. Such homes are now becoming broken and every one is "liking" to go to ashrams and cult gurus. This is not Hindu way of life. The family structure should never be dismantled. Any attempts in this direction even though the cult master or ashram owner or cultural organization pramukh is well-versed or otherwise cannot and should not replace mother, father, teacher and guest for "worship".

And these Hindu way of life non-living individuals instruct, preach, teach and guide the house-holders who are actually living the Hindu way of life and are contributing to the national income through their professions.

Hindu way of life has never encouraged non-house-holder living. Non-house-holder living is the result of Buddhism, Jainism, and later religions and isms. Only a house-holder knows all the aspects of managing the human behaviors and professions.

Rest of the people are parasites on earning house-holders. Family structure where mother is supreme, father is the master, teacher is the benefactor and guest the righteousness giver should always bloom and illumine Hindu homes. Let us all strive for such a tradition to be continued.

Spirituality starts and ends at such homes.

Hinduism and Hindutva

In India now a complex situation has arisen in relation to Hindu religion. Dr. Radhakrishnan has long time back named Hinduism a way of life and did not say about religion in relation to it.
But now in all media and society and nation, Hindu religion is equated with Hindutva - what is this Hindutva, who coined this word I do not know - and every one is expressing oneself against or for this Hindutva, completely forgetting or ignoring Hinduism which is also a way of life and not merely a religion - as any other religions. Unfortunately it has become very difficult now to release HInduism from the clutches of Hindutva - whatever it is - and declare again its brilliance and usefulness to the nation and society.

HIndutva as understood by, RSS or its affiliates who are intent on their "superstitions and fundamentalism"; and the rationalists, communists, Indian media of all colors and means, atheists (interestingly, annoyingly and amusingly atheists of India denounce, abuse, and find fault only with "Hinduism" as they call and understand and not other religions which are equally faith-based - why it is so unknown -) and other modern and elite cultured individuals who are against; the word Hinduism is completely and ignorantly misinterpreted and wrongly communicated in biased way - never represented, represents or will be representing Hinduism - the human and humane system of spirituality, culture, social organization, rituals and other associates..

Hinduism is universal for its spiritual basis. Rituals vary from region to region, state to state, ult to cult, philosophy to philosophy - are all united by Upanishadic insight.
This is Hinduism as represented by Upanishads and not as propagated by later theological schools or atheist isms.

The social wing of Hinduism, the caste system is now being misused and blatantly used to meet selfish ends and not to get justice of some communities. Caste divisions and caste system as was praacticed is criticized by all isms and all self-proclaimed scholars and intellectuals; but is getting patronage from citizens, political leaders, political parties and governments. It is now an unresolved puzzle for many objective thinkers whether in India people are working for or against caste system, its divisions, advantages, disadvantages, the benefits it is showering.

It is seeming that now most want the caste divisions, though they lost their relevance and use to present situations, to remain because of the inherent benefit being provided to many communities who are considered for things in which they may not be suitably efficient and are economically sound too. Thus these communities are getting double advantage in many ways.

So caste system is simultaneously abused, used, and also criticized and its originator - who are these originators none definitely knows - are put to sword by mistaking them to be Brahmins.
Thus Hinduism as is present and "practiced" today is spiritually, culturally, rituals-wise, faith-wise and socially not a coherent and emotionally or intellectually integrated block, group or ism.
Thus now there is no proper claimant for Hinduism. Thus many cults, cultural entities, philosophies, individuals specific maths, ashrams, are getting away being called Hindu. But many cults, individual-specific organizations and like groups are both bringing good and bad propaganda to HInduism proper.

Thus Hinduism is not just Hindutva as is misunderstood and many in India are in battle for and against such Hinduism - the Hindutva.

Hinduism is sublime as spirituality-wise, faith-wise, rituals-wise and socio-economic and cultural aspects wise. Hinduism or we can call it as ancient Indian insight and tradition is liberal, and individual's freedom is put above every ideology, thought, ritual, cult-formation or like things. Individual is supreme and not the other entities.

That is why one ancient Indian saying says:
"An individual is to be sacrificed for the sake of the family; a family is to be sacrificed for the sake of the village; a village is to be sacrificed for the sake of Kingdom (country), and a country is to be sacrificed for the sake individual's dignity - the individual's spiritual aspirations and faith".

The famous example for this is the case of Sri Ramaanuja, who moved to Karnataka to be able to practice and preach his faith , the  Vaishnavite Philosophy  which was obstructed to by the Chola Kings.

Liberal attitude of and in Hinduism:

Individual is the supreme in Indian spiritual world. If the Individual does not like or is having a different interpretation because of his experience / intellect / emotion he will do it without caring for what was expressed by the earlier great people. This aspect in Hinduism is very dear to me. And this aspect can be easily explained by the famous example of Madhvaachaarya. Before Madhvaachaarya, Adi Sankaraachaarya, and Ramanujaachaarya haave interpreted the prasthaanatraya (the Upanishada, the Bhagavadgita, and the Brahma Sutras) from advaita and visihtaadvata points of view. But Madhva differed from them and boldly proposed his Dvaita view though it is not in tune with the earlier famous systems. Many more such examples can be cited which happened during these many centuries in India - in relation to jnaana, karma and bhakti margas. And any capable one can now interpret not similarly as the three aachaaryaas and can give one's own interpretation.

Supremacy of grishasthaashrama - Householder-ship:

Family is to be taken care of in Hinduism. House-holder is superior to any ashrama people. There is no spirituality without being in family. Being in family only we have to strive for spiritual excellence. Monkhood is later addition by Buddhism, Jainism and like isms which are antagonistic to Hindu way of life and practice. Vaanaprastha is the final stage of life together with the spouse. Spouses are separated only by death.