Thursday, August 27, 2015

ParaMatha Bhangam


From time to time to protect the Vedic religion from the hands of cruel minded and non-Vedic  Nastheekas great Acharyas do come to this world. After Shankara, and Ramanuja Vedantha Deshika one such glorious Acharya, who protected our religion. He addressed all those religions, which weren’t Vedic or Nastheeka at his time like Charvaka, Jinam, Bouddham etc. But these days the threat is coming in a different way and angle. While no one can threaten or challenge the authenticity of our glorious scriptures and religion, some fools do try to do so like a cat, which closes its eyes and drinks the milk, assuming that, no one sees them.


Mono-Theistic Religions

While the concept of God etc. is in par with the Core Vedic concepts, the "so called" Monotheistic religions have a huge amount of controversy.

The following are the questions, which are not addressed there:

Creator / Created:


  1. If the same creator created all the beings, aren't they a part of him ?
  2. If only the creator should be worshiped, then why is there a special status for the his messengers?
  3. If the creator is one, how he has only one son ? (Trinity)
  4. If the creator is the one, who instructed his messengers, how come he ordered to behead his own children?(believers / non-believers)
God
  1. What is the nature of the God? 
  2. Is he a Man? 
  3. Can he create the world (in 6 days?)? 
  4. Is the God personal or impersonal? 
  5. If he is Man is he married or single?
  6. If "he" is associated with qualities of Mercy etc. so, is he a Personal God or void of attributes?
Individual Soul
  1. What is the relationship between the man or Individual Soul and the Supreme? 
  2. Who actually is this Soul - the body, 5 senses, mind or intellect?
  3. After death where and how does the Soul go? 
  4. What happens to people, who weren’t religious? (They have only Heaven and Hell).
  5. What would be the state of the Soul after death? (Will it merge with God? Will it be drinking the nectar of Divinity? 
This Universe
  1. What's the status of this Universe?
  2. Is that a part of the Supreme? 
  3. If God created the Universe in 6 days is it a part of him or separate?
  4. Who will be the destroyer?
10 Commandments

  1. If God is all prevalent why would he be jealous?
  2. If there is only one God, how would anyone worship anyone else? 
Prophets

  1. Why would we need one religion per (major) prophet?
  2. If it was the same God and the same set of Prophets, why would those major religions hate or confront each other’s?
  3. If all the prophets were messengers of the same God, why would their messages vary and why would they speak different languages?
Religious Conversions

  1. If a child inherits the genes and family name from its parents how can a child not inherit the religion from it's parents?
  2. Why is physical conversion needed when the attributes of any given religion is all for the Soul, which is eternal?
  3. How can one change the name (of this mortal body) and other physical signs and call one's Self "Converted" ?
  4. What purpose does a conversion solve when the Soul and mind are deep-rooted in it's actual (native ) culture?
Idol Worship

  1. Why worship the buildings or pictures or graves? 
  2. Isn't that considered Idol worship?
  3. If any of the creations can’t be holy, then why are books considered Holy?
  4. Idols have been replaced with other objects / books / items of worship -  how would that not be considered idol worship?
Cremation / Burial:

  1. Why to preserve the bodies of the deceased in a burial ground? 
  2. If this body is made of soil / 5 elements, then it would get rotten. Why to preserve the graves?
  3. If any form of ideology / idol worship is prohibited, then why to worship the graves of dead?
  4. Why not cremate the bodies and return their ashes to river or mountains? 
Origin of Human Being(s):


  1. How can all the man kind originate from just two people?
  2. If so, how there are totally diverse genetical combinations (look, heights etc..) ?

The concept of Monotheism was actually passed on to the original Jews through the Zorastrains / Yazidis, who share a lot in common with the Vedic religion and now that's coming back to us on different names to India.

These days some fools quote verses from Vedas etc. claiming that their religions were mentioned in Upanishads - which doesn’t make any sense.

Atheistic Religions

All other older religions like Charvaka, Bouddha and Jinam all fall under this category. Those religions died a natural death and were driven away from India respectfully.


Dharmic Religions (Rejecting the Authority of Vedas)


While there are so many religions, falling under this category, Sikhism is a very good example of this. Although it's actually a specialized version of Advaitham, it's projected as a separate  religion today (confronting the glorious Vedic religion).  Prostrating the holy feet of Guru Gobind Singh, I am writing this for the modern day hypocrites of Sikhism. I am sure the original intention was not to refute the Vedas or Shastras. This is  only an intellectual confrontation and  not personal.


Here's the refutation for their rejection of Vedas:


Guru


1. The concept of Guru is completely borrowed from the Vedic religion, then why reject the Vedas?

2. While the glorious lineage of Gurus for the Vedic tradition starts form Lord Vishnu himself why break that lineage and start a "private" religion ?
3. Why do we need a religion to say that Guru is great, while it's already done int he Vedic religion ?
4. Guru Granth - vedas are nothing but which were originated from that Supreme , which were grasped by the Rishis, who are the original Gurus. While Vedas are the only legitimate Guru Granth available on this Universe - why reject them for "man made" scriptures?

God



  1. Ek Omkar - this is a translation of the work "Om ithi Ekaksharam Brahma" from the Mandukya Upanishad . - then why reject the Upanishad from which this word was copied?
  2. Once again, One God int he Upanishads is what has manifested to many. So, Vedic religion is the true Mono Theistic religion - everything else if kind of shallow, reflecting the Vedic facts. Why reject the Vedas and just steal the concepts from vedas?
  3. Sat nam - There are two things here. Upanishads say Sathyam Gnanm Anantham Brhma and also Nama Rupas are all Maya . So, it causes confusion if we mix these two. Why create more confusion when  Upanishads already have this?
  4. Kartha - Here God is described as the doer or Creator. But shastras declare him as the Karanam - act of doing, Kaaranam - the base or reason for doing and Kartha - the doer. So shastras are far ahead of this.
  5. NirBhao,Nir Vair - From a Vedanthic perspective fear and hatred exist only when there's a mind. Mind itself is an illusive entity, which will vanish upon the realization fo Self. God shines within one as the Self. so this beats the purpose of praising the God and hence deviates the actual philosophy of Vedas.
  6. Akal Murat , Ayoni - Again , if Akal means no death or not affected by time, then he should also be Ayonija or not born in mother's womb. The concept of Brahmam as described in Upanishads is not what's being talked here. Why create new scriptures and reject the ones, from which it was taken ?
  7. Sai Bhang - Swayam Prakasha , who is self illuminated - this quality of Brahmam or the Supreme negates everything else mentioned earlier. Brahma Sutras explain these very clearly.
  8. Guru Prasad - If God is revealed only through one's Guru, why are the actual Gurus form the Vedas, being rejected here? Why do we need a new religion , and new confusion / issues ?


Thus it is clear to us that Guru Gobind Singh talked only about Vedas / scriptures and never rejected them. The modern day Sikhs, who condemn the Vedas are actual hypocrites trying to follow other religions etc..


Worshiping book or worshiping the Idol  - both are same. It's the essence of the teachings and the people who lived as per that, who need to be worshiped not the book - we can just burn off a book for that matter.



Atheistic / Agnostic Groups:


In the word (esp. in TN/India) certain movements condemn the Vedas/ the Vedic religion / other religions in general. Here are the questions / prashnas for those folks:


Aryan / Dravidian Theory:


1. If Aryans were foreigners, then how are some of the "so called" Darvidians fair skinned?

2. Only the African breed originated first and were living in the forests etc. Dravidians (so called) - neither do they resemble the native Africans (some of the tribes) - which means they are also Aryans.
3. Adi Dravidas - that means that, a common Dravida is not an Adi Dravida, - meaning they migrated from the North or somewhere.
4. Aryan Invasion Theory - If before 5000 or may be 10000 years if Aryans invaded India, then how about the Moguls and others? just before 1000 years they invaded the Vedic Land and made huge massacres. How are they accepted with love? Hoe about the British and others?
5. Aryan vs Dravidian : First of all the word Dravida itself is a Sanskrit name for the Land of Thamizs . For political reasons certain narrow minded people targeted the Brahmin's  and declared that all the 4 Southern states were Dravidian. If Aryans had Brahmans, they also had warriors, traders and workers - which means that the entire society is Aryan (excluding the tribes int he forest).


Self Respect / Declining Manu Smrtuhi:


1. How can one respect the Self, without know the actual Self?

2. How would condemning the Vedas / Brahmans solve the problem in Society?
3. Self can be respected truly only if the Self merges into the Supreme Self.
4. If they deny God, why to condemn the followers?


Thus it is utter hypocrisy or cowardice what they practice on the name of Self respect.



Conclusion

Considering the discrepancies in all other pseudo religions, which focus on outward things and not the inner Self, Vedic religion is the best of All. Long live the Vedas!! Long live the Vedic Rishis! Long live the Varnashrama Dharmas! Lon live the Bhakthas! Long live this Country!