Hindu fanatism - Dharma/ responsibility?

[Guest guest]

Dear all

 

I am speaking again and again of individuals, sadhaks in general and

if and what responsibility they have. I am NOT talking about Gvts, or

political parties; it is certainly outside the framework of our

club's mission, and more importantly, sadhna is about how we lead our

own lives, not someone else's.

 

My question repeatedly is what is the role of sadhaks in particular,

towards applying religious principles to their thoughts, feeling and

actions/interactions in their daily lives.

 

> There is no clamour from the general public to take any action. >>

 

What stops sadhaks from clamouring? Is it or is it not part of

Dharma?

 

This question is an important one and as long as there is a

community small or large, will remain an open one. My question is to

trigger a dialogue and help bring some clarity as to the roles of

sadhaks beyond sitting in our meditation rooms, chanting mantras and

performing rituals. We may not have answers, but we may open a

dialogue if we wish to bring increased understanding in this field.

 

So I repeat -

 

1.Do we as individuals have a responsibility towards our fellow

human beings?

 

2.Does our Dharma include any such responsibility?

 

3.We live our lives on the basis of our spiritual understanding and

how much we imbibe the truths in our daily activities. Is this issue

an expression of one's sadhna?

 

Thank you for all your patience for addressing this important issue.

I request more and more members to come forward and address this

issue. We do not impose views on others, our founders do not

represent a single path or viewpoint, and we do not offer solutions

or claim to have all answers. We only offer a forum to dialogue with

sincerity and mutual respect - which we do take a stand on and take

seriously. We sincerely feel that satsangh is an important tool for

learning and pooling knowledge for sadhkas as they journey on. Please

be assured that all views, including divergent ones, are welcomed

here, as long as they are expressed with respect for each other.

 

Thank you again

 

_/\_ Tat twam asi

 

Uma

[Guest guest]

In my childhood, I read that dharma comes from the concept

of 'dharan' means holding. And what should we hold ? we should hold

the culture, the way of spiritual life, the hindu life. But what is

hindu ? Is it a certain community following scriptures in Vedas or

upanishadas ? Or is it a way of defined life ? If we follow 2nd

thought then we must accept the basic theme of hindu - tolerance for

ambiguity. Shankaracharya observed ambiguity in definition of hindu

and discovered certain path to reduce ambiguity. Shri Gouranga

observed discrepancy between different communities in hindu and

suggested a new path. Ramakrishna Paramahanshadeb taught us how to

tolerate ambiguity. He realized the more the opinions the more the

paths, but all paths are going to the same power. Have we forgot such

tolerance ? Why do we impose philosophy of one religion onto others ?

Have we forgot the torture of Aurangzeb on Hindu ? Are we not

repeating the same in the current situation ? We are sadhakas. Why

do other people term us as fanatism ?

 

 

Swami Vivekananda observed the same and suggested a new path.

 

 

, "tatwamasi" <tatwamasi> wrote:

> Dear all

>

> I am speaking again and again of individuals, sadhaks in general

and

> if and what responsibility they have. I am NOT talking about Gvts,

or

> political parties; it is certainly outside the framework of our

> club's mission, and more importantly, sadhna is about how we lead

our

> own lives, not someone else's.

>

> My question repeatedly is what is the role of sadhaks in

particular,

> towards applying religious principles to their thoughts, feeling

and

> actions/interactions in their daily lives.

>

> > There is no clamour from the general public to take any action. >>

>

> What stops sadhaks from clamouring? Is it or is it not part of

> Dharma?

>

> This question is an important one and as long as there is a

> community small or large, will remain an open one. My question is

to

> trigger a dialogue and help bring some clarity as to the roles of

> sadhaks beyond sitting in our meditation rooms, chanting mantras

and

> performing rituals. We may not have answers, but we may open a

> dialogue if we wish to bring increased understanding in this field.

>

> So I repeat -

>

> 1.Do we as individuals have a responsibility towards our fellow

> human beings?

>

> 2.Does our Dharma include any such responsibility?

>

> 3.We live our lives on the basis of our spiritual understanding and

> how much we imbibe the truths in our daily activities. Is this

issue

> an expression of one's sadhna?

>

> Thank you for all your patience for addressing this important

issue.

> I request more and more members to come forward and address this

> issue. We do not impose views on others, our founders do not

> represent a single path or viewpoint, and we do not offer solutions

> or claim to have all answers. We only offer a forum to dialogue

with

> sincerity and mutual respect - which we do take a stand on and take

> seriously. We sincerely feel that satsangh is an important tool for

> learning and pooling knowledge for sadhkas as they journey on.

Please

> be assured that all views, including divergent ones, are welcomed

> here, as long as they are expressed with respect for each other.

>

> Thank you again

>

> _/\_ Tat twam asi

>

> Uma