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I appreciate Sri TatachAr's note  which is an
excellent exposition of the core tenets of SanAthana
Dharma, and an apposite rejoinder to the shrill voices
we hear, proclaiming that no other land, other than
Bharata Kandam (ie India), can lay claim to the title
of Karma Bhoomi.  Even if one were to try harder,  one
could not have said it better.  

The proponents of the idea of exclusivity are on shaky
grounds.   When they quote Rishis and AchAryas of yore
to claim the exclusive privilege of Karma Bhoomi title
 to Bharata Kandam, are they referring to the
geographical boundary of British India ( which
included Pakistan, Bangla Desh and the entire
Kashmir)?  Then,  are they willing to accept Pakistan
and Bangla Desh as Karma Bhoomi also?  How about
present day Afganistan which was, during the time of
ancient Rishis, under the "Hindu" influence and
therefore, may have been included under the definition
of Bharata Kandam !!   What if parts of present day
India secede ( Tamil Nadu almost did it under the
DMK)?   Will these land masses be removed from the
Domain of Karma Bhoomi?   For that matter, who decides
at any given point in Time, what constitutes Bharata
Kandam, the beloved Karma Bhoomi?  Don't you think
that the path is getting pretty slippery from here
onwards?


So, let us shed all the accretions surrounding  the
core principles of the SanAtana Dharma and get back to
the basics which are really the gems of our religion. 
 Let us not be shrill and strident, proclaiming that
Bharata Kandam is the exclusive preserve of
Spirituality.  Otherwise we will be no different from
the irrational Christian and Islamic zealots who
proclaim that theirs  is the only religion (not
limited to some geographical entity) to save your
soul. 

Myopic view does no one any good.

Your humble dAsan

Vasan

--- tatachar@xxxxxxx wrote:

> 
> Swamin(i)s,
> 
> Some of the disciussions in this line. especially
> the latest one with all bold letters,
> clearly shows how successfully we have taken a
> global-universal sanathana dharma and pushed it into
> a gully. No wonder, we are so gullible!
> Contrast this with Christianity and Islam- how they
> have taken a gully religion
> (confined to a narrow strip of Earth) and globalized
> it.
> I think we need to go back to basics of sanathana
> dharma, because, our great religion has been
> hijacked by centuries of tradition, sometimes, even
> at the cost of truth.
> Remember TRUTH is ever eternal and universal,
> TRADITIONS, more often  are temporal and regional.
> This is not meant to insult  anyone, but only meant
> to make us introspect and intrepret in the light of
> TRUTH and not simply tradition.
> While we enjoy the outpourings of our achAryas,
> Alwars, and other peripheral scriptures
> (out side of prasthAna trayams), let us not do
> disservice to them by limiting them to narrow
> boundaries. 
> 
> Let me state, these are the  pillars of Sanathana
> Dharma- although we all know it, seems to me from
> the discussions going on that we need to be
> reminded:
> 1. Truth is one, wise speak of it variously
> (Ekam sat viprAh bahudA vadanti)
> 2. Let noble thought come to us from all over the
> world
> (a nO bhadrAh kratavO yantu vishvatah)
> 3. One who knows that he/she is blessed, will indeed
> receive the blessing
> (yOpAm Ayathanam vEda AyatanavAn bhavati)
> 4. World is one family
> (vasudhaiva kuTumbhakam)
> 5. IshAvAsyam idam sarvam
> yatkinchit jagatyAm jagat
> tEna tyaktEna bhujjItA
> mA gRedhah kasyasviddanam
> (The whole universe comprising of the  animate and
> inaminate
> is permeated by the Lord. Relish your share with
> detachment
> or relish share that has been alloted to you.
> Don't envy others wealth.
> 
> Please go back and read bhagavadgItA
> (kim anyaih shAstra vistharaih-  what other shastras
> we need?).
> We have been brain washed and pushed into some real
> gully thinking.
> It is about time,  we akake and araise.
> Because, we know better- even if we don't want to
> accept, in the name
> of tradition. Let truth shine!
> 
> 6. saptAsyAsan paridhayah
> trissapta samidhah kRetAh
> 
> (Seven outer limits and seven innert limits of our
> life yagna:
> Seven outer limits: Earth, water, fire, space, wind,
> day and night.
> Twenty one inner limits: pancha karmEndriyams,
> pancha jn~AnEndriyams, pancha prAnams,
> four anthahkaraNams (manam-mind, buddhi-intellect,
> chittam-conscience, and ahamkAram-ego), dharmam
> (right) and adharmam (wrong)
> 
> dAsan
> 
> K.S. Tatachar
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 



                
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