We Are All Hindus Now

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Sai Ram,

 

Hindu the word, originated from HINSADURA. HINDU is a person who is HINSA (Violence of thought, word or deed) DURA – (away from or distant from). In other words, HINDU stands for a person who is away and distant from HINSA (Violence) of thoughts, words or deeds. When this is the ancient definition of HINDU, how can we be violent in action, abusive in words and aggressive in thought and still want to be labeled as a Hindu.

 

Hindus today are losing their true identity because they have allowed the evil qualities to enter their heart. While their hearts are polluted with the vices of Kama, Krodha, Lobha, Moha and Matserya, the hindu is fast loosing track on account of wrong food habits and questionable company.

 

Because of their Hinsadura way of life, there were times when Hindus were called soft targets. But, Hinsadura was the core strength of the HINDUS or Hinduism. Mahatma Gandhi, proved to the world, the power of Non-Violence, in the fight for independence against the British.

 

However, this very core property of Hindus and Hinduism, this keeping distance from hinsa or violence of any sort had been given a go by in this kaliyuga (age of darkness & dispute) where fear of sin is receding as much as love in our hearts for our brethrens. Hindiusm had always stood up for HINSADURA on the foundational pedestal, in the past, is standing for in the present and will also stand for in the future. But, in such a fear forsaken environment the emergence of many organizations based on Hinduism or similar sounding names, but, following a path contrary to what Hinduism stood for could not be checked. Ignorantly, some Hindus adopted militant and violent ways to show they were not a soft target. In this militancy, some ignorant hindus, got so carried away

that they fire spewed speeches and works of leaders & teachers of status & following. But the true hindu, thwarted the militancy efforts. Hinsadura is the Dharma of every true Hindu. And all those who do not follow this Dharma, but still call them selves Hindu, can at best be defined as perverts.

 

These pseudo Hindu organizations have everything that Hinduism does not permit. These pseudo organizations are intolerant towards other religions, they are violent in expression and its leaders use abusive language against other religions. Under the garb of worship hundreds of thousands of trident (trishul) in the shape of a dagger with two small ears were distributed freely and openly.

 

Promoting violence and inciting masses to become violent by inflammatory speeches are not a part of Hinduism’s way of peaceful co-existance. Hinduism is tolerant towards all other religions. “Ekam sath, vipraah bahudha vadanthi†(The One alone exists; wise men describe It in manifold ways). A true hindu will never be party to any violence of any kind. To a true Hindu all humanity is one big family a kutumbah.

 

Recently some members of the Viswa Hindu Parishad went to see Sri Sathya Sai Baba. Baba asked them the meaning of the word ‘Hindu’. Many answers came forth. One said the word Hindu’ refers to a person with compassion and righteousness. Baba asked them for the spelling of the word Hindu in English. They replied H-I-N-D-U. Then Baba told them: H stands for Humanity, I for Individuality, N for Nationality, D for Divinity, and U for Unity.

 

Love is the underlying principle in all these five qualities. A true Hindu is one who embodies these qualities in him. A true Hindu or for that matter even a Muslim or a Christian or any other religion should be the embodiment of love. Peace originates from a heart that is full of love. Without love one cannot be peaceful. So, for any caste, creed or religion, love is the basis. Love is sivam and mangalam, which means auspiciousness. Love does not hurt anyone. The one with such love is Sivaswarupa (embodiment of auspiciousness).

 

Unfortunately, today no one is sowing the seeds of love in the heart of masses. Then how do we expect the harvest of love? How do you call a person a Hindu if there is no love in him?

 

In closing, I give two quotes from Sri Sathya Sai Baba, the first quote is on Prema (Love) and the second one on the type of Ahimsa (Non Violence) every Hindu should aspire for:

 

“Prema (Love) has been described as beyond speech and mind. It is said to be Anirvachaneeyam (indescribable). This love cannot be got through scholarship, wealth or physical prowess. God, who is the embodiment of love, can be attained only through love, just as the effulgent sun can be seen only by its own light. There is nothing more precious in this world than Divine love.â€

 

“Ahimsa (non-violence) means not causing harm to anyone, but it is not merely refraining from inflicting injuries on others with one’s limbs or weapons. Non-violence also has to be practiced with purity of mind, tongue and body. There should be no ill-feelings, for that too is a form of violence. To cause bodily harm to another is violence, but so is speaking harshly. Your speech should be sweet, pleasing and wholesome. All your actions should be helpful to others.â€

 

 

Sai Ram ~ Be Happy

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We Are All Hindus NowBy Lisa Miller | NEWSWEEKPublished Aug 15, 2009From the magazine issue dated Aug 31, 2009http://www.newsweek .com/id/212155America is not a Christian nation. We are, it is true, a nation founded by Christians, and according to a 2008 survey, 76 percent of us continue to identify as Christian (still, that's the lowest percentage in American history). Of course, we are not a Hindu—or Muslim, or Jewish, or Wiccan—nation, either. A million-plus Hindus live in the United States, a fraction of the billion who live on Earth. But recent poll data show that conceptually, at least, we are slowly becoming more like Hindus and less like traditional Christians in the ways we think about God, our selves, each other, and eternity.The Rig Veda, the most ancient Hindu scripture, says this: "Truth is One, but the sages speak of it by

many names." A Hindu believes there are many paths to God. Jesus is one way, the Qur'an is another, yoga practice is a third. None is better than any other; all are equal. The most traditional, conservative Christians have not been taught to think like this. They learn in Sunday school that their religion is true, and others are false. Jesus said, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the father except through me."Americans are no longer buying it. According to a 2008 Pew Forum survey, 65 percent of us believe that "many religions can lead to eternal life"—including 37 percent of white evangelicals, the group most likely to believe that salvation is theirs alone. Also, the number of people who seek spiritual truth outside church is growing. Thirty percent of Americans call themselves "spiritual, not religious," according to a 2009 NEWSWEEK Poll, up from 24 percent in 2005. Stephen Prothero, religion professor at Boston

University, has long framed the American propensity for "the divine-deli- cafeteria religion" as "very much in the spirit of Hinduism. You're not picking and choosing from different religions, because they're all the same," he says. "It isn't about orthodoxy. It's about whatever works. If going to yoga works, great—and if going to Catholic mass works, great. And if going to Catholic mass plus the yoga plus the Buddhist retreat works, that's great, too."Then there's the question of what happens when you die. Christians traditionally believe that bodies and souls are sacred, that together they comprise the "self," and that at the end of time they will be reunited in the Resurrection. You need both, in other words, and you need them forever. Hindus believe no such thing. At death, the body burns on a pyre, while the spirit—where identity resides—escapes. In reincarnation, central to Hinduism, selves come back to earth again and again in

different bodies. So here is another way in which Americans are becoming more Hindu: 24 percent of Americans say they believe in reincarnation, according to a 2008 Harris poll. So agnostic are we about the ultimate fates of our bodies that we're burning them—like Hindus—after death. More than a third of Americans now choose cremation, according to the Cremation Association of North America, up from 6 percent in 1975. "I do think the more spiritual role of religion tends to deemphasize some of the more starkly literal interpretations of the Resurrection, " agrees Diana Eck, professor of comparative religion at Harvard. So let us all say "om."