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Why Hinduismisnt an ism buta Way of LifeYogi and mystic Sadhguru explains the origin of
the word "Hindu" and looks at why there is
actually no such thing as Hinduism. Being Hindu
is a way of life, not a religion.
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Yogi and mystic Sadhguru explains the origin of the word
Hindu and looks at why there is actually no such thing as
Hinduism. Being Hindu is a way of life, not a religion.
Sadhguru:The term and concept of Hinduism was coined only in
recent times. Otherwise, there was really no such thing. The word
Hindu essentially comes from the word Sindhu. Anyone who is
born in the land of Sindhu is a Hindu. It is a cultural and
geographic identity. It is like saying I am an Indian but it is a
more ancient identity than being an Indian. Indian is only
about seventy years old, but this is an identity that we have
always lived with.
Being a Hindu does not mean having a particular belief system.
Basically, the whole culture was oriented towards realizing ones
full potential. Whatever you did in this culture was Hindu. There
is no particular god or ideology that you can call as the Hindu way
of life. You can be a Hindu irrespective of whether you worship a
man-god or a woman-god, whether you worship a cow or a tree.
If you dont worship anything you can still be a Hindu.
It is only recently and due to external influences that this
geographical and cultural identity has attempted to transform
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itself into a religious identity called Hinduism. Hindu was never
an ism, and the attempt to organize it as a religion is still not
successful because the Hindu way of life which is referred to as
Sanatana Dharmaor universal law is all-inclusive in nature and
does not exclude anything. The Hindu way of life is not anorganized belief system but a science of salvation.
The science of salvation
The conflicts in the world have always been projected as good
versus bad, but really, the conflict is always one mans beliefversus another mans belief. In the past, religion was far more
important to people than it is now, but still there were no
theocratic states in this culture; the ruler had his religion and the
subjects had the freedom to follow theirs. There was no conflict
because people did not look at religion as an organized process.
Everywhere in the world, whenever anyone spoke anything other
than the existing organized religion of that time, the first thing
that the people said was, Kill. In Europe, thousands of women
were burnt at the stake simply because they showed other kinds
of possibilities and capabilities that were not logically understood
by people. So they were labeled as witches and burnt. Persecutionhas always been the thing. Some of the famous ones that you
know who were persecuted wereJesus, Mansoor and Socrates.
They were persecuted simply because they showed other kinds of
capabilities which were not considered normal.
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Everywhere else
people believe Godcreated us. Here we
know we created
god so we take total
freedom to createwhatever kind of
god we can relate to.
So, wherever spirituality happened in the West, it always
happened in secrecy. It always was individual or in small groups,
never as a society. But in this culture, there has never been
anything called persecution for spiritual people. At the most, they
called you for debates and asked you questions. Because thepursuit is truth, so people sat down and argued whether what
they knew was true or what the other person knew was true. If his
truth was more powerful than yours, you become a part of him. If
your truth was more powerful than theirs, they would become a
part of you. It is a very different kind of search. People were
searching to know. They were not just believing and trying toprove that their belief was right.
There is no belief system to the
Hindu way of life. Someone
believes in God, someone else can
choose not to believe in God.Everybody can have their own
way of worship and way to
salvation. If there are five people
in your family, each one can
worship the God of their choice,
or not worship anything, and stillbe a good Hindu. So you are a
Hindu irrespective of what you
believe or dont believe.
At the same time, there was a
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common line running through all these. In this culture, the only
goal in human life is liberation or mukti. Liberation from the very
process of life, from everything that you know as limitations and
to go beyond that. God is not held as the ultimate thing, God is
seen as one of the stepping stones. This is a Godless but a devoutnation in the sense that there is no concretized idea of God. When
I say Godless, we need to understand that this is the only culture
that has given humans the freedom not just to make a choice of
Gods, but to create the sort of God that you can relate to. You can
worship a rock, a cow, your mother you can worship whatever
you feel like because this is a culture where we have alwaysknown that God is our making. Everywhere else people believe
God created us. Here we know we created god so we take total
freedom to create whatever kind of god we can relate to. People
worshiped whatever aspect of lifethey related to most, and that
was perfectly fine.
A Godless nation
In the East, spirituality and religion were never an organized
process. Organization was only to the extent of making
spirituality available to everyone not for conquest. Essentially,
religion is about you, it is not about God. Religion is about yourliberation. God is just one more stepping stone that you can use or
skip towards your ultimate liberation. This culture recognizes
human wellbeing and freedom as of paramount importance
versus the prominence of God, and hence the whole technology of
god-making evolved into the science of consecratingvarious
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types of energy formsand spaces.
The essential purpose of God is to create reverence in a person.
What you are reverential towards is not important. Being
reverential is what is important. If you make reverence the quality
of your life, then you become far more receptive to life. Life will
happen to you in bigger ways. There is so much
misunderstanding about these things because there is a certain
dialectical ethos to the culture where we want to express
everything in a story or in a song. But in a way, this whole culture
referred to as Hindu is rooted in the spiritual ethos of each
individual working toward ultimate liberation as the fundamental
goal in life.
If you explore mysticism in India, it is absolutely incredible and
this has been possible because it does not come from a belief
system. It happens as a scientific means to explore dimensions
beyond the physical.
India is not a study, but a phenomenon of possibilities, though a
cauldron of multiple cultural, ethnic, religious and linguistic
soup. It is all held together by a single thread of seeking. The
tremendous longing has been nurtured into the peoples of the
land, the longing to be free. Free from the very process of life and
death. India cannot be studied, at the least one must soak it in, or
at best must dissolve. This is the only way. It cannot be studied,
western analysis of India is too off the mark, as symptomatic
analysis of Bharat will only lead to very grossly misunderstood
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conclusions of a nation that revels and thrives in a chaos that is
organic and exuberant.
This most ancient of nations upon this earth is not built upon a
set of principles or beliefs or ambitions of its citizenry. It is a
nation of seekers, seeking not wealth or wellbeing, but liberation,
not of economic or political kind, but the ultimate liberation.
WhenAdiyogiwas asked how many ways to enlightenment, he
said only 112 if you are within the realm of your physical system,
but if you transcend the physical, then every atom in the universe
is a doorway. Bharat, as the nation has been known for many
millennia, is a complex amalgamation of this variety of spiritual
possibilities. If you happen to be at the Maha Kumbh, there was
quite a display of this. The best compliment came from none
other than Mark Twain, after his visit to India, he said, So far as
I am able to judge, nothing has been left undone, either by man or
nature, to make India the most extraordinary country that the sun
visits on his rounds. Nothing seems to have been forgotten,
nothing overlooked.
Bharata
One must not forget that the basis of seeking is that One has
realized that One does not know. One does not know the nature of
Ones being. Instead of settling for a culturally convenient belief,
for a whole populace to have the courage and commitment to seek
the truth about themselves. This the basis of this nation that is
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called Bharata. Bha meaning sensation, that is the basis of all
experience and expression; Ra meaning Raga, the tune and
texture of life; Ta meaning Tala, the rhythms of life, which
involve both rhythms of the human system and nature.
To preserve, protect and nurture the fundamental ethos of Bharat
the legacy of wisdom and unbridled exploration of life is a true
gift to the Humanity as a whole. As a generation, this is an
important responsibility that we should fulfill. Let not the
limitless possibilities that the sages of this land explored and
expounded be lost in religious bigotry and senseless simplistic
dogmas.
Hindustan
An ancient land
Where Man learned to excelWithout having to propel
himself away from the
Principles that maketh
life process and the universe
A land where man was noteager to do his own will
but to fulfill the will of the divine
He grew in knowing and learning
to enhance himself into an
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exuberance of intelligence and emotion
Enshrined the carnal and the divine
Delved deep into the innards
of creation, deciphered the primordial
mastered the melody and the math
of music of sound and all its
manifestations. Above all
found the doors of freedom
Assured of final freedom
Came to an ease and beauty
Where life was not burden buta Bounty. A copious production
of effulgent and gentle beings
occurred. Masculine and feminine
found their fulfillment and
went Beyond. An ideal prey
for the brutal forces fromacross
Sadhguru
ditors Note:Bha-ra-ta: The Rhythm of a Nation includes more ofSadhgurus insights on Bharat, its past, present and future, and the
profundity of its culture. The ebook is available on a Pay As You Wish
basis. (Click Claim for Free if you want it gratis).
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Cancer is a serious
aberration in the
human
system. Classical Yoga
brings harmony and
neutralizes aberrations.
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Namaste,
I felt like sharing with you one of the award
winning songs written by famous malayalai
poet, Vayalar Ramavarmahere.
The translation goes as follows:-
Man created religions..
Religions created Gods..
Man, Religions & Gods shared this land,
shared their minds.....
Man became Hindu, became Muslim,
became Christian..
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..
India became a land oflunatics..
Thousands and thousands of human hearts
became warehouses of weapons..
God is dying on the streets &Satan is
laughing.....
Where is truth, where is beauty, where is
freedom?
Where is our blood relations?
Where is our eternal love?
Where are those avatars who come once in
every 1000 years?
Here man is dying on the streets & the
religions are laughing.....
kiran2
The poet seems to be confused. He is
generalising Hindu Chritians
and Muslims religion to be the one
and the same or have similar outlook
and thoughts. This poem is hardly
quote worthy.
Arun Ramachandran
Another master-piece from Sadhguru :)
Jaya
endaro mahanubhavulu andariki
vandanamulu, Shambho
Kiran
Wonderful.. so simple yet profounc
raj kumar
thank u well explained Hinduism endless
flow of knowledge and culture.
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Pranam Guruji!!
I was extremely moved after reading this
post. Wonderful explanation..:) I am a
Hindu who respects all the religions equally
and I often get furious when fools(from
same/other religions) try to manipulate the
actual meaning of Hinduism in a way that is
beneficial to them. All that I wanted to say to
such nitwits was said here :) Thanks a ton.
But, sadly there is one question that is
haunting me since a few months(I posted it
in several forums/discussions but couldn't
get a convincing reply from anyone). This
question was asked by my close friend. Here
it goes "If Hinduism is a way of life and if
people who practice it are free to worshipwhichever God they want, will a person be
still treated as a Hindu after converting into
other faiths (Muslim/christian)? " This is
something I never thought of and I could
not give my friend an answer till now as I am
not an expert in this matter.
I request all the people who supported this
post to freely express their opinion on this
matter..Thank you.
Sarve Jana Sukhino Bhavanthu!! ^_^
kiran2
Namaste,
With regards your question.
Hinduims gives you a clear guideline
on how to live a righteous life ie a
Dharmic life. The guideline for all
Hindus as (incase one needs it) are
recited by the Lord.
Chapter 16, Verse 1-3
The Blessed Lord said: Fearlessness,
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purification of one's existence,
cultivation of spiritual knowledge,
charity, self-control, performance of
sacrifice, study of the Vedas, austerity
and simplicity nonviolence,
truthfulness, freedom from anger
Ashwani Sharma
A wonderful and thought provoking article.
But too much of praise for India. Let us be
frank, ours may be one of the oldest
civilisations and blah blah but we are still a
work in progress. We are no wherecompared to the developed world where the
standard of living of a common man is way
above ours.
Abhishek Bandarkar
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