The Heritage of Indian Culture ( The Paitrukam of Bhaarateeya Samskaram ) : 1.10

Opinion
      12/08/2018
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Sub : -The Heritage of Indian Culture ( The Paitrukam of Bhaarateeya Samskaram ) : 1.10
         Swami Krishnananda - Delivered -in 1980s

Ref : - Ref : High Voltage Dynasty politics and Criminal politicians through out the Nation, destroying our Heritage ( Paitrukam ) of Culture ( Samskaram-s )!?

I read a very interesting line in a great work of Sri Aurobindo which I liked very much. He says, “People generally complain that India's fall is due to its religion, but I say India has failed because of the lack of religion.” India has somehow or other got into a quagmire, and run into a blind alley, and maybe it had to pass through a period of test where it had to blink a little bit to the totality of the vision of religion which it entertained originally during the time of the Vedas and the Upanishads, and turned a blind eye due to the little repercussion which it had to bear during the vehement movements of the tempestuous winds that blew over its surface during the passage of time. It is difficult to maintain the vision of God throughout one’s life. Even a prophet cannot maintain it, and for a large country like this to maintain this concentrated vision of totality of its religious attitude perpetually, in every walk of life, for all times, would be a terrible job indeed. It failed many a time; it could not understand. “Many times, Homer nods,” as we are told, and India also nodded. Everyone nods when great men nod.

But even with this nod, India is not asleep. It awoke. Now and then it recovered from its slumber. It got out of its bed of complacency, and could remember the foundations of its outlook. Today we are in the year 1980, which is not a happy year, not a happy day. We are not living in happy circumstances either socially, politically or internationally. Notwithstanding all these problems, do we not think we have a ray of hope in our hearts? Are we weeping and crying that we are in hell? Though oftentimes it appears as if we are in hell, and are likely to cry out, “Hell! Get thee behind!” as Christ said to Satan, yet even the most depressed melancholy individual seems to have a little ray of positive hope. From where has this hope come? This is the foundation of our great culture, into whose mysteries we shall have time to dilate a little more.

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NOTE :

1. Fall of great cultures and civilizations, we read in history, Swamiji, narrating to brush up our memories;

2. Nature ( Prakruthi ), has a concern with culture / civilization;

3. Lord Krishna in Srimad Bhagavad gita says :  "I have two prakruthi-s, one is Nature and the second is Jivatma"

4. Hence NATURE HAS IMPORTANT ROLE IN OUR EXISTENCE;

5. BUT WE FOOLS, DO NOT RESPECT THIS RULE, WE DESTROY THE NATURE, WE POLLUTE THE NATURE;

6. AS THERE IS DIRECT CONNECTION OF NATURE WITH LORD;

7. EXPECT A REACTION FROM NATURE, BY WAY OF CALAMITIES, ALL OUR ACTIONS AGAINST NATURE, NATURE WILL REACT WITH EQUAL FORCE.

OPINION :-

1. CULTURE/CIVILIZATIONS CONNECTED WITH NATURE, UNDERSTAND THIS;

2. RESPECT THE RULES, SUSTAIN NATURE, CULTURE FLOURISHES;

3. RELIGIONS, LANGUAGE, OR ANY MAN MADE SEPARATIONS, MUST BE KEPT AWAY, TO SAVE UNITY AND CIVILIZATION;

4. BHARATHAM EXISTS IN SANATANA DHARMAM, UPANISHADIC CULTURE IS BHARATHAM;

5. BHARATHAM IS INCLUSIVE, TREAT ADITHI AS DEVAS, BELIEVE IN UNIVERSE AS ONE FAMILY;

6. BHARATHAM IS SPIRITUAL NATION, 'BHA' MEANS KNOWLEDGE  and 'RATHAM' IS ONE LIVES IN;

7. HENCE BHARATHAM IS A NATION WHERE PEOPLE LIVE IN KNOWLEDGE!  AT PRESENT IS THIS TRUE? ARE WE BHARATEEYA SO?.

JAIHIND
   VANDEMATHARAM