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The Eternal Religion from Hindu Dharma

 

The moral and ethical ordinances in other religions are applicable to

all their followers. In Hinduism too there is a code of conduct meant

for all varnas and all jatis. But in addition to this, there are

separate dharmas for jatis with different vocations. There is no

intermingling of these vocations and their corresponding dharmas.

This fact is central to Hinduism and to its eternal character.

 

This religion has flourished for countless eons. What is the reason

for its extraordinarily long history. If Hinduism has survived so

long it must be due to some quality unique to it, something that

gives it support and keeps it going. No other religion is known to

have lasted so long. When I think of our religion I am reminded of

our temples. They are not kept as clean as churches or mosques. The

latter are frequently whitewashed. There are so many plants sprouting

from the gopurams and our temples support all of them. The places of

worship of other religions have to be repaired every two or three

years. Our sanctuaries are different because they are built of

granite. Their foundations, laid thousands of years ago, still remain

sturdy. That is why our temples have lasted so long without the need

for frequent repair. We do so much to damage them and are even guilty

of acts of sacrilege against them, but they withstand all the abuses.

All are agreed that India has the most ancient temples. People come

from abroad to take photographs of them. These temples still stand as

great monuments to our civilization in spite of our neglect of them

and our indifference. It is not easy to pull them down. Perhaps it is

more difficult to demolish these edifices than it must have been to

build them.

 

Our religion to repeat is like these temples. It is being supported

by something that we do not seem to know, something that is not

present in other faiths. It is because of this " something " that in

spite of all the differences, it is still alive.

 

This something is varnasrama dharma. In other religions there is a

common dharma for all and we think that that is the reason for their

greatness. These religions seem to touch the heights of glory at one

time but at other times they are laid low. Christianity supplanted

Buddhism in some countries. Islam replaced Christianity or

Christianity replaced Islam. We know these developments as historical

facts. The civilizations and religions that evolved in ancient Greece

and China no longer exist today. Hinduism is the witness to all such

changes in other religions and it is subject to attacks from inside

and outside. Yet it lives-it refuses to die.

 

There was a palm-tree round which a creeper entwined itself. The

creeper grew fast and within months it entwined the entire

tree. " This palm has not grown a bit all these months " , the creeper

said laughing. The palm-tree retorted: " I have seen ten thousand

creepers in my life. Each creeper before you said the same thing as

you have now said. I don't know what to say to you. " Our religion is

like tree in relations to all other faiths.

 

Although there are separate duties and religious rites for the

different castes in our religion, the fruit of the rites are same for

all.

 

 

 

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