Hinduism and Indian History

October 5, 2005

Hare Krishna !

The Sanatana Dharma (Hinduism) is not in the same condition in all ages . It’s condition in various ages are given in Bhgavatam as follows :

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SB 12.3.18-19 : Sukadeva Gosvm+ said: My dear King, in the beginning, during Satya-yuga, the age of truth, religion is present with all four of its legs intact and is carefully maintained by the people of that age. These four legs of powerful religion are truthfulness, mercy, austerity and charity.The people of Satya-yuga are for the most part self-satisfied, merciful, friendly to all, peaceful, sober and tolerant. They take their pleasure from within, see all things equally and always endeavor diligently for spiritual SB 12.3.20-21: In Treta-yuga each leg of religion is gradually reduced by one

quarter by the influence of the four pillars of irreligion — lying, violence, dissatisfaction and quarrel. In the Treta age people are devoted to ritual performances and severe austerities. They are not excessively violent or very lusty after sensual pleasure. Their interest lies primarily in religiosity, economic development and regulated sense gratification, and they achieve prosperity by following the prescriptions of the three Vedas. Although in this age society evolves into four separate classes, O King, most people are brhman#as.

SB 12.3.22-23 : In Dvapara-yuga the religious qualities of austerity, truth, mercy and charity are reduced to one half by their irreligious counterparts — dissatisfaction, untruth, violence and enmity. In the Dvapara age people are interested in glory and are very noble. They devote themselves to the study of the Vedas, possess great opulence, support large families and enjoy life with vigor. Of the four classes, the ks#atriyas and brhman#as are most numerous.

SB 12.3.24-25 In the age of Kali only one fourth of the religious principles remains. That last remnant will continuously be decreased by the ever-increasing principles of irreligion and will finally be destroyed. In the Kali age people tend to be greedy, ill-behaved and merciless, and they fight one another without good reason. Unfortunate and obsessed with material desires, the people of Kali-yuga are almost all [kdras and barbarians

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From the above revelations in Bhagavatam as well as the matching ground realities around us, we can understand that the ‘handicapped’ Hinduism of this age is facing severe cultural onslaughts by anti-vedic forces . Also, demonic personalities like Atheists and Communists are distorting the Indian history , to tarnish the eternal region. Even faithful followers are often confused by this mis-information campaign.

The Puranas like Mahabharatha and Ramayana are not only sacred texts but are vast treasure houses of knowledge . An honest investigator can easily find archaeological proof to substantiate the events mentioned in the mentioned texts. Unfortunately, the ruling elite of India is considering these sacred texts as a threat to their political existence. They try to nullify the relevance of these texts by popularizing ‘Secular’ texts which are nothing but ‘demonic’ literature.

Any effort to convince the common man on the truthfulness of Ramayana and Mahabharatham is a great service to Sri Krishna the protector of ‘Sanatana Dharma’ . There is no greater service than popularizing Bhagavan’s glories mentioned in the Puranas. It is absolutely unbecoming for a devotee to take everything for granted.

May Bhagavan Sri Krishna bless us in our endeavors to popularize Vedic scriptures .

Krishnadaya

ganapathy raman@agraman wrote....

Hare Krishna,

I agree with Balagopal.Hindu dharma can't be destroyed and even after several invasions in the past centuries by many forces from outside Hindu dharma is able to withstand the onslaught and stands like a banyan tree.Not only that it has been able to spread its tentacles in other parts of the world like an octopus.More and more foreigners are attracted by the truth contained in our vedas,scriptures and other such things and flock to our country to learn and also spread the same in their countries.As Hindu dharma has a hoary past and laid on a solid foundation nothing can destroy the same as it never preaches one to follow one particular line.All can find the concepts according to their will.At the same time it emphasises what is good and what is bad and leave the matter to the individual will.

Regarding the matter concerning whether Mahabharatha or Ramayana is myth or reality there are so many sites for and against and the same are created just to confuse the otherwise devout persons and that need not be given any value.There are such sites agianst other religions and abt Great Souls also.If we go deep then all the things contain matters of controversies and to discuss the same is only futile as even during the time of Krishna,He was considered as a magician by the Kauravas and God by the Pandavas.So as long as this world exists there will always be controversies but succumbing to that will lead one nowhere and one shuld follow one's faith without unnecessarily bothering abt such arguments and carry on in one's faith ignoring such things and pursue in one's path of spiritual uplift without giving undue importance of the texts.The scheme

of nature is such that there are always both positive and negative factors and opposite things in everything and without that the life can't have the charm.So let everyone follow according to his/her faith and follow or not follow the path of higher values is left to choice.Hence it is meanigless to take topic of controversies and discuss on the same as the same will only hv negative effect.

Hare Krishna.-------balagopal ramakrishnan <rbalpal wrote:!!! HARI AUM !!!'Hindu' dharma is like the atmosphere whichencompasses everything. Nobody can own it, contain

it,destroy it; but can definetly use it. It is there aslong as god wills it. The beauty is nothing is alienor outside it. A Hindu remains a Hindu as long as heis around. That is why we have even atheisticphiolosophies like that of Charvakas in our ambit.We do not have to prove or disprove. We only have tostrive and attain. The roadmap as suited to

everyindividual is available in our Dharma.Make use of it.RegardsBalagopalNarayana Narayana Narayana-------------

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