OUR RESPONSIBILITY AS HINDUS

Sriguru Rohit Arya's Interview with Citti Media has been one of the most brilliant conversations in recent times.

Summarising and trying to bring out the essence of the talk.

Sriguru starts by talking about Sri Aurobindo," All Life is yoga" and the goal of Integral yoga i.e. Divinisation of Life.

Hindu society has been in the worst condition, since the days of Aurangzeb and the reason why Hinduism is looked at as a characterological evil by the majority of other religions.

There is no sweet talk here but rather a lot of it also deals with why Hindu society as one of the most brilliant civilisations ever still finds it difficult to follow and stand up for its ancient traditions and rituals.

The subtle differences between being a cultural Hindu and a practising Hindu, the need to recognise the characterological evil people have against Hindus and counter them by developing Shatrubodh.

We have become obsessed with word reform and are ready to let go of their religion at the drop of a hat, not recognising most of it is a post-colonial hangover that lasted for 1000 years and continues to some extent in the form of the modern-day education system, the preference of English Language over Indic languages.

Moreover, we have other problems too which are overlooked, which we need to work on, poverty consciousness, Abhinivesha and most importantly the need for Western and scientific approval.

The word Tradition must become more important than the word reform and instead of waiting for someone to save our culture and pass off the buck to Hindu Gurus, why don't we as Individuals take responsibility for practising and preserving our culture and traditions?

Hinduism is an occult and mystical religion and hence it is something that has to be experienced and cannot be dissected by logic and intellect.

One must develop Shraddha and practice a ritual to experience it before dismissing it outright as superstition or false beliefs.

Freeing Hindu temples from government control is of utmost importance so that we can support our community, help in maintaining smaller temples surrounding the main temple, and use the money for Hindu causes.

Last but not least we have developed a disease "Vyakti Pooja" which is troublesome, rather we should strive to develop a personal relationship with a specific devata, a temple and deepen it in every possible way.

Support the specific temple financially, get involved in temple activities and put your trust in the devatas alone.

This talk is a must-watch for all Hindus and I am sure you will have a lot to learn and introspect.

Link to YouTube video https://youtu.be/J2rIf4hoHL0?si=iiOSduGaxG-7BeEu

P.S.

We should recognise that some monotheistic religions don't like us and are hell-bent on wiping out our existence like they did for pagan cultures across the world, Rome, Persia, Greece, Egypt, Syria, Tunisia, and America to name a few.

Hindus need to cultivate a strong adhara through sadhana to develop shakti so that we can understand and experience the wonders that our culture has produced in the form of yoga, pooja etc.

1000 years of colonisation have left  Hindus without shakti and brainwashed so much that, we don't want to wear a tilak, don't wear a comfortable Kurta Pyjama as opposed to stupid jeans.

I can go on but hopefully, there will be a day when Hindus will get back to their traditions, and culture and do significant Sadhana not for moksha or escaping the cycle of karma, life and death but in its true essence to divinise life and for the establishment of dharma on Bhu Loka.

उत्तिष्ठत जाग्रत प्राप्य वरान्निबोधत ।

क्षुरस्य धारा निशिता दुरत्यया दुर्गं पथस्तत्कवयो वदन्ति ॥

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