India Slowly Disappearing...

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Namaste friends,

 

> > Why is this happening? What can be done to protect our frontiers?

> > Haven't we always had our hearts and doors open to all? It feels

> > like Bharat Mata's head and hands being injured!

>

> with the oldest party being headed by a foreigner for the last ten

> years, India will further shrink. Let Indians (Hindus) awake,

> arise, fight till the goal is achieved.

 

Nations always go through cycles of expansion and shrinking. Just like individual beings cannot escape from the cycle of life and death and the cycle of happiness and sadness, so can't nation escape from the cycle of expansion and shrinking and the cycle of prosperity and adversity. The only difference is that the periods are much longer in the case of nations.

 

What is more alarming than the *nation* of *India* shrinking is that Hinduism or sanatana dharma is shrinking in the world. Though probably there are more Hindus in the world today than a few hundred years back, there are fewer people who truly stick to sanatana dharma today than a few hundred years back. *That* is the real concern.

 

Now, how do you solve this problem? As the gentleman below says, you can "awake, arise and fight till the goal is achieved". But, I want to point out that there are different frontiers fighting at different levels in each "fight". Because the list "sivacharya" contains many priests, I want to point out the role that can be played by spiritual people and yogis in a dharmic battle (dharma yuddha).

 

Let me use the example of Shivaji to illustrate my point. Those who think the military victories of Shivaji were only due to his bravery and tactical brilliance are missing a very key enabling factor. The sadhana of Samartha Ramadas, the great yogi who was his guru, was not any less factor than Shivaji's bravery.

 

If you become like Samartha Ramadas, a Shivaji will automatically come and lead a fight. Brave soldiers will automatically come and join that Shivaji. As Krishna says in BhagavadGeetha, everybody has to follow "own dharma". A Brahmana can follow his own dharma and make a big difference in a fight in a totally invisible fashion. If one does spiritual sadhana with a specific sankalpa to increase dharma in the world, it is bound to make a difference sooner or later.

 

Specifically, if a handful of people start performing Chandi homam twice a day in various parts of the world, with the specific sankalpa of establishing sanatana dharma in the world (and without *diluting* it by adding any other individual sankalpas), I am confident that world will change. I have no doubt. The key would be for each person to pick a place and do homam in the morning and evening in the *same* place (as opposed to roaming around and doing in different places) and do it around the same times every morning and evening. If three homas can be performed everyday, that will be even better. On the other side, if two cannot be performed and only one can be performed everyday, that can also be useful.

 

The opulence of the materials burnt in the homam hardly matters. She does not distinguish between a small cotton cloth and an opulent silk saree. We, ordinary people, differentiate. For Her, everything is the same - both are clothes. Materials that one can afford can be used. If one is performing a selfish ritual for *individual* good (of a person or a family or a community or a nation etc), then materials commensurate with the goal are required. But, if one is performing a selfless ritual for increasing dharma in the world, restrictions are fewer and materials matter little.

 

If the shlokas are chanted with pure devotion and sincerity and with the perfect faith that She is coming in the fire and receiving them, that is enough. If She is treated with respect, love and care while She is in fire, that is enough. Material deficiencies can be ignored. Even if they do an imperfect job, the Mother makes it complete and perfect and accepts it! That faith has to be complete. In fact, She *wants* people to do this, so that She can destroy adharma in the world. But the nature of certain times is such that people do not do this. When the time to reduce adharma comes, She motivates some people to do this, they do it and then She acts on it. Though She is the one who is inspiring some to do this, She needs them to act further. Fortunate are those who get to play a role in this fascinating game with their beloved Mother.

 

As the 12th adhyaya of saptashati says, "durvruttaanaam aseshaanaam balahaanikaram param rakshobhootapisaachaanaam pathanaadeva naasanam" (a mere reading of this reduces the strength of the many with a mean conduct and destroys demons and evil spirits).

 

For establishing sanatana dharma in the world, there is nothing better than a regular practice of Chandi homam. Even Lord Rama performed it before battling Ravana.

 

If anybody really has the time, energy and material resources to perform a Chandi homam one or two or three times everyday without any individual wishes but just for increasing dharma in the world, I can give them a sankalpa (in Sanskrit) that they can take at the beginning. I can also privately teach a simple and short procedure using which Chandi homam can be performed within 2 hours with some practice. Of course, most people on "sivacharya" may already be proficient in Chandi homam. I am talking about others.

 

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Radhakrishnan Jambunatha

sivacharya

Saturday, June 28, 2008 11:42 PM

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with the oldest party being headed by a foreigner for the last ten years, India will further shrink. Let Indians (Hindus) awake,arise, fight till the goal is achieved.

J.R.krishnan

 

 

 

 

 

--- On Fri, 6/27/08, Deepa <deepa.duraiswamy wrote:

Deepa <deepa.duraiswamy[sivacharya] Fwd: India Slowly Disappearing...sivacharya , "swamisathasivom sri" <swamisathasivom, "Shanmukha Sivacharyar" <adisaivaFriday, June 27, 2008, 3:43 AM

 

 

 

Why is this happening? What can be done to protect our frontiers? Haven't we always had our hearts and doors open to all? It feels like Bharat Mata's head and hands being injured!