PLEASE
WAIT AND PONDER

 

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The simplest definition of Dharm is :‘the rules framed by religion, to be followed by individuals and societies, so
that the individual and the societies can grow and have FAITH in the Almighty’.

 

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Ramayan and all the other ancient
Hindu history books were written in Bhakti mode for the obvious reason that,
during the past, Hindus, have passed through some extremely difficult time,
where sustenance of religion was more important than actual and serious
observance of religion.

 

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During the last 1500
years, outside invasion, oppression, exploitation by rulers of Hindu society,
had caused inward coiling of Hindu society, and change in attitude. Then
further invasions, far greater oppression, and further inward coiling of Hindu
society and further change in attitude. And this cycle continued several times.
But
now we do not have any RULERS, WE HAVE SELF RULE. Yet even now, no effort is being made to reverse the attitude that an
average Hindu has.

 

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VEDAS
are timeless. So is Hindu Religion. What we have with us, at present, is the first Kalyug
edition of Vedas, Purans and other sacred book. I have no problem in accepting
the aging done by the oriental scholars, stating that these books have been
written at around 2500 BC. Naturally Kalyug edition of these books would have
arrived after the start of Kalyug only.

 

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The thing to be understood by one and all is that Hindu
God will not interfere in this KARMIC world in which we are living. Everyone
will get the fruits of his or her KARMA. If HE wants to interfere, HE has to
come and live as a human being( that is why we have several incarnation of Lord
VISHNU). This is the GOLDEN RULE of Hindu Dharma.

 

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The one religious book that has
widely been misunderstood is GITA– the MOTIVATION
speech that Shri Krishna gave to Arjun on the battle field. GITA HAS ADDED A NEW AND ADDITIONAL
DIMENSION AS TO HOW RELIGION CAN ALSO BE PREACHED IN KALYUG.  One must
know and understand that Arjun was the toughest man ever to be born on earth.
When at the start of Mahabharat, Arjun decided that he will not fight
Mahabharat war, it required the caliber of Lord Krishna, and the motivation
speech of Gita, to motivate him to fight the war. No one delivers sermons or
religious speeches on the battlefield. NO—you motivate people on the battle
ground. And this is what Lord Krishna has done. The motivation speech along
with explanations thereof ran into 18 chapters. Relatively, person of today’s
world could be motivated by listening to just one line of that speech, if
properly understood. And that perhaps is the only
proof that commentator has understood Gita. We
all know that religious books of all religion have been designed to motivate
people of that religion. Sometimes the motivation works, rest of the time it
does not. But Gita will motivate people. Its result has been guaranteed by Lord
Krishna himself. However, all the commentators of Gita have simply
tried to translate the Sanskrit text and added comment there on, thinking that
it is another religious text. THIS WILL NOT WORK
WITH GITA.  With Gandhi’s
ahimsa mantra and a real functioning democracy, plus the motivation provided by
GITA, wonders could have been achieved – yet we are struck with poverty, hunger
and suicides.

 

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Mahabharata war, which involved the
entire civilized societies/kingdoms around the world, was so massive and so
destructive that it totally weekend the fabric on which the civilized societies
of that period were based. They became susceptible to attack from barbarians
both from within and outside the societies. This coupled with natural disasters
totally destroyed the entire civilized life, slowly but surely, within a period
of 500-1000 years. As a result, Kalyug started with
Stone Age which no known history. Post Mahabharata, even Shri
Krishna was instrumental in killing his kins who were involved in barbarianism.
And the evidence presented by Indus Valley Civilization, that cities which were
MUCH older were more advanced than those which were LESS old is physical
evidence of the same.

 

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Lot of people have started feeling
that Hindu Religion has totally moved away from the cherished path and is now
completely moving in a different direction as a result that Hindus, by and
large, although being highly religious, are not getting desired result as a
society. Lack
of education for girls, dowry deaths, suicides among farmers, increase in court
cases among relatives, mistrust and discontent, are all physical parameters to
measure the effectiveness or success/failure of religion in a society. This compiled with fact that religious shops (
no. of Gurus) have increased, the spending on religion by Hindus have increased
drastically-- speak of disastrous misadventure. All this need to be corrected–
at least sincere effort has to be made.

 

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Shri Ram is called Maryada
Purushottam Ram. Before venturing any further, we must have a clear and
acceptable definition of Maryada. Maryada simply
means ‘the noblest and finest traditions of that time’. Those who follow it are called Maryada
Purush, and the tallest, or the best amongst them is called Maryada
Purushottam. MARYADAS, OR TRADITIONS ARE
FOLLOWED BY HUMAN BEINGS...NOT GOD, and history records (however
weak and disintegrated) are available only of the Powerful, Mighty, and the Noblest.
Shri Ram was the most powerful, mighty and the noblest HISTORICAL
FIGURE of his time. Until and unless we believe that Shri Ram was a
historical figure, there is no point in believing in, or discussing, the
Maryadas he followed. I repeat, God does not
(and NEVER) follows any traditions or Maryadas. But human being is
bound by Dharm and traditions. In the case of Shri Ram, this confusion is very evident,
as people, while discussing him as God and an incarnation of Lord Vishnu, also
deliberate why he was called Maryada Puroshattam. There is no problem in
accepting him as God and also Maryada Puroshattam, but please do not mix the
two. Shri Ram (the human being) was the Maryada Purush of the Treta Yug because
he followed the noblest traditions of that time AND he is justly called Maryada
Puroshattam Ram because he had the courage and conviction to IGNORE, at
least on one occasion, the Maryada of his time for the sake of Humanity.

 

Note: If you want to understand more about Hindu Religion and Ramayan,
please read the previous posts.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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