RENAISSANCE OF HINDUISM - PART III - FOUR TYPES OF PEOPLE - 4 TYPES OF YOGAS

RENAISSANCE OF HINDUISM

PART  III

FOUR TYPES OF PEOPLE

4 TYPES OF YOGAS

There is a Utopian fallacy  in people’s minds that all people are born equal and must be looked at as equals till they are alive.

The actuality in creation is - All people are not born equal. Each individual is Unique and is incomparable to anyone else. This is the beauty of creation. If two people are equal – one becomes redundant. That is not the intention of creation.

Even our finger prints are extremely Unique. No one on earth can show finger prints of anyone else – which exactly looks like mine. Why is it so and why finger prints should not be the same for all, who can explain? That is the feature of creation. We must accept it whole heartedly. There is no other option for us.

Almost all other features are also unique, though human eyes fail to see the distinctiveness between one and another sometimes. I am not the same as any of you. Neither is any of you the same as anybody else.

Sameness is non-existent but broad similarities do exist.

Human beings vary in colour from pure white to pure dark. All colours of the universe are seen in human skin colour across the world – except perhaps the colour of pure water – which is said to be colourless, but, we may say, that colourlessness of pure water also is a colour. I have not seen people with the color of water – but all other colours can be seen in the skin colours of people all over the world.

People of each region are generally of one colour – but of different shades of that colour. If the skin shades vary too much, skin related complexes, superiority or inferiority, are seen among people. Fairness creams are therefore a big business. There are no creams which erase the complexes.

Many of our characteristics differ and differentiate people into various categories. Some people are more thoughtful, more reasoning and more analytical. Some people are more emotional. Some people are more workaholics. Some people use their inner energies much more and are more self centred.

We are not talking of selfish, arrogant, power-hungry, violent type of people in this classification but we are talking about people who want to be good, humane, peaceful, non-violent, compassionate, joyful and so on.

These types of people find the purpose of their life through different means. Lord Krishna gave four different ways, which are life-fulfilling for these four different of noble people.

Lord Krishna used these 4 different human traits commonly observable among human beings and prescribed 4 different methods for the 4 different types of persons - for experiencing the ultimate possibility in himself/herself – which fulfills their life immensely.

 

The 4 methods are (1) Jnana Yoga  (2) Dhyana Yoga (3) Bhakti Yoga and (4) Karma Yoga.

Jnana Yoga is suitable for people who are willing to seek the ultimate truths about (i) the Universe and (ii) about the Self – always unbiasedly, absolutely logically, with great, flawless reasoning and discarding illogical, superstitious beliefs, while accepting supra-logical, rational explanations of great cosmic and individual phenomena.

They are willing to listen to and learn from evolved or enlightened Jnanis or Gurus. Or they study and tread the path prescribed in the Bhagavad Geeta and the Upanishads for Jnana Yoga.

Jnana Yoga needs the ability to discern and accept certain higher logic in respect of the  unseen and un-understood phenomena of the Universe and the self

People who blindly discord higher logic in respect of universal phenomena are unsuitable for Jnana Yoga. People who accept blind superstitious beliefs are also absolutely unsuitable for Jnana Yoga.

These phenomena are not by any means ILLOGICAL phenomena but are SUPRA-LOGICAL phenomena, which need to be experienced by certain higher means. These are within the competence of Jnana Yogis.

Jnana Yogis search for the ultimate truths concerning the Universe and the self through the processes of Sravanam, Mananam and Nidhidhyasanam.

They are willing to go to a Great master, sit with him as his disciple, listen to him and seek clarifications - which process is called Sravanam.

Then, they recall, recite and imbibe all that they have heard and understood -  and this is called Mananam. During Mananam, they try to ensure that  they are able to understand all that the Guru has told (or what they have read in the Gita, the Upanishads and so on).

Then, they go into some sort of Meditation on what they have understood. This is called Nidhidhyasanam, in which, they search for the deeper meanings and hidden truths about the Universe and the self.

Here, they use a higher Logic (or supra-logic) which is beyond the means of ordinary logic which comes into play at some point in Nidhidhyasanam.  This logic is beyond the reach of the five senses and the ordinary logic of the mind. Universe itself is pleased with the sincere seeker at some point of time and it reveals to him the deeper truths on its own initiative.

A Great Guru can hasten this process. Various scriptures like Upanishads and the Geeta  also can hasten this process.

An ordinary scientist uses LOGIC with precision. But, sometimes, even he is aided by supra-logic and nature reveals to him also, its higher truths to the extent he is seeking.

The difference between him and the Jnana Yogi is that the Jnana Yogi is a seeker of the Ultimate or the Highest truths concerning the self and the Universe. He is not bothered about the individual physical objects, big or small. The latter are the subject matter for the scientist.

Karma Yoga - is suitable for most honest people and is practiced and preached in many world cultures/religions of today, with some variations. The basic tenet of Karma yoga is - Do your duty selflessly, towards – (i) yourself, (ii) the rest of humanity and (iii) the world. When you do this, at some point of time, you will realize some of the ultimate truths of the Universe, in course of your selfless  work itself.

Karma Yoga is different from ordinary Karma. Karma means action. Karma Yoga means selfless action. This important distinction must be clearly understood.

Karma involves you into various bondages, due to the various attachments that you develop while doing the Karma. Karma Yoga releases you from all such attachments and bondages.

Karma, which binds you, can be of 3 types : (i) positive or Good karma (called Punyam), (ii) Nagative or Bad Karma (called Paapam) and (iii) Neutral Karma, which is neither good nor bad.

All three types of Karma result in Karmaphalam or consequences/Results of karma.

Punyam and Paapam (Good and Bad Karma) are motivated by a desire to do good or bad to others. Such Karma results in 2 types of consequences.

One is Drishtaphalam which you experience directly or evidently as your Karma’s direct consequence. Another is Adrishtaphalam which is the result chosen for you by a Universal Power which is usually called the Karma Phala Daatha.

While you as Individual can choose the Karma that you perform, the consequences of Good and Bad Karma and their timing, especially the Adrishtaphalam, cannot be chosen by you. These are chosen for you by certain invisible Natural laws, that is, by the superior Universal phenomenon called Karma Phala Daatha.

For example, you steal another person’s money. It is Bad karma. Assume, you are not detected and punished by People or Police. So, Drishta phalam is that – you get away with the stolen money.

But, Adrishtaphalam catches up with you in ways and times unknown to you. Someday, you may be badly beaten up by somebody, or suffer an accident or some such negative happening.

You cannot directly relate this to your earlier Bad Karma of stealing. Nobody tells you that this bad accident is due to that bad karma. But, it is.

Likewise, for past good karma, you will get some positive benefit which also cannot be related to a specific, earlier good karma. Life goes on with such unrelatable results, which are actually, your adrishtaphalams for earlier good and bad karmas.

Neutral karmas are like – eating food, dressing up, walking, running etc, which are neither good nor bad karmas. They too have consequences. But, they generally have only direct consequences.  There are again – (i) individual Karma (ii) group karma (iii) national karma and so on. An Individual in a group suffers/ enjoys his group karma’s results – unless, he clearly dissociates from the group karma and sometimes, even if he dissociates. Karma theory and karma yoga are a little complex to understand but are highly scientific in nature.

Bhakti yoga - involves total surrender to an unknown universal power (call it God or by any name). This is prevalent in most world religions, but in different ways.

Bhakti yoga is suitable to you only if you are willing to surrender yourself totally and unconditionally to the divine or even to a Guru or to a superior person.

Highly logical and reasoning persons can never surrender their EGOs and are not fit for Bhakti Yoga. They find Bhakti as some sort of Madness or weakness. For them, it is.

For those who can unconditionally surrender their EGOs to a Higher self, Bhakti, though an emotion, is extremely logical. Surrender can be to a divine being, or to a Guru or to a benefactor or even a spouse. The logic in Bhakti yoga is visible only to the Devotee but other onlookers may find no logic in their Bhakti or devotion.

Religions try to enforce Bhakti and prayer on all people including those whose minds cannot surrender to an unseen God. It doesn’t work at all. Questioning minds find surrender a foolish superstition. Likewise, minds pursuing money, power, sex etc cannot  involve in Bhakti and prayer but will pretend, when forced by religion.

Mass prayers look impressive for onlookers but they don’t work on the reasoning minds or on the unseen God. It is easier for them to go for war with people who don’t agree with your brand of Bhakti or God – than to really involve in selfless surrender and prayer. Killing others (so called non believers) proves their Bhakti to their God, because, real Bhakti to their God is otherwise unprovable.

Leaving this exhibitionist  Bhakti aside – real Bhakti is between the Devotee and the divine and they don’t care about who wants proof. For them, their divine exists and loves them and they want to be with their divine. Many Bhakts desert food, sleep etc and may look suicidal in their Bhakti – but that is how Bhakti really is.

Love is akin to Bhakti. For many mothers, their innocent child looks like the very God and their love towards their child is a sort of Bhakti. Many mothers do what are normally impossible things for their child. That is why, we say – God sits in the mother. Actually, God sits in the innocent child, and is prompting the mother. A Great Bhakt almost always becomes like such an ideal mother towards his God. Such Bhakti may look like madness, but is extremely life-fulfilling. A Great Jnani is no greater than a great mother or a great Bhakt. Life is more fulfilling to the latter than to the former – simply because selfless, positive emotion is always more fulfilling than the best of logic. There is of course a catch. When the cosmic truths are actually experienced within and not merely understood logically by the Jnani, the Jnani also becomes like a Bhakt.

Dhyana Yoga - is in essence, internal exploration for ultimate truths. All truths are within you. You can find them there, if you know how to explore there. Here also, a Guru can guide you to a certain extent.

Beyond that, you must go deeper and deeper inside and find the truths yourself. Patanjali’s Yoga sutras or Ashtanga Yoga is a great way for Dhyana Yoga or “Yoga”. You can find it in detail my book - “Comprehensive Treatise on Patanjali Yoga Sutras”, the electronic version of which is available on www.Amazon.in.

Let us see some slokas from the Bhagavad Gita propounded by Lord Krishna :

Dhyana Yoga Sl.30 :

Yo maam pasyathi sarvathra sarvam cha mayi pasyathi |

Tasyaaham na pranasyaami sa cha me na pranasyami   ||

Meaning :

He who experiences me in all and all in me, he never loses me nor will I ever lose him.

Sanyasa Yoga.Sl.18 :

Vidyaa vinaya sampanne brahmane gavi hastini |

Suni chaiva swapake cha panditaah samadarsinah  ||

Meaning :

Wise man endowed with Humility treats absolutely equally – a Brahmana, a Cow, an Elephant, a Dog, an Outcaste and a great learned man.

At this level, Dhyana Yoga, JnanaYoga, Dhyana Yoga and Karma Yoga all become the same. The paths are different. But, destination is same.

As we can see, these words have come straight from Lord Krishna himself. His life epitomizes these principles perfectly. Born a Kshatriya and brought up in Yadava household, he treated Kubja, Kuchela, Vidura and Sanjaya with great compassion and affection.

And Lord Krishna says emphatically that these truths he is revealing in the Gita are nothing new but have always been coming to us, from great sages, from the very beginning.

Many great sages have retold them to us at different times. Not one or two, but, hundreds of them or even thousands of them.  The Indian timeline is full of such great sages.

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THE BASIC FOUNDATIONS OF ANCIENT INDIAN CULTURE ( OR HINDUISM ) - WHO IS BRAHMAN / CREATOR ? - HOW TO REACH HIM?

THE BASIC FOUNDATIONS

OF 

ANCIENT INDIAN CULTURE

(OR HINDUISM)

Hinduism  was always based on a Few Basic, Timeless, Cultural tenets which were and are always applicable to the whole world. These are not narrow religious tenets but are Universal Principles. Let us discuss a few of them here.

OM

Aano bhadraa krathavoyanthu viswatah

This comes from Rigveda and means – “Let noble thoughts come to us from all sides of the Universe.”

This has been the motto of the great, ancient Sages of India. In accordance with this motto, India has always remained a Land of seekers  of truth rather than of blind believers. They accepted great thoughts from wherever they came.

If a seeker of truth and founder of truth is to be called a founder of a religion, India had hundreds of them in the most ancient past. But, each founder of truth encouraged his disciples to seek the great truths himself, the Guru pointing out the path only. He did not say, follow me blindly. Guru was needed to show the path. Guru was needed to train you and encourage you  to tread the path to a certain distance. But, beyond that, you have to discover the ultimate truths yourself.

India had accepted many noble thoughts from all over the world as in the famous daily prayer below :

OM

Sarve bhavanthu sukhinah

Sarve santhu niraamayaah

Sarve bhadraani pasyanthu

Maa kaschith duhkhabhaag bhaveth

Om Santhih Santih Santih

Meaning:

OM

1: May All be Happy,

2: May All be Free from Illness.

3: May All See what is Good and Auspicious,

4: May no one Suffer.

5: Om ! Let there be Peace, Peace, Peace.

When we say, “ALL”, the first person who should (i) become Happy, (ii) become free from illness (iii) see all that is Good and Auspicious and (iv) not become part of suffering – is the SELF, who is selflessly praying for all others- human beings,  animals, birds, insects, trees and all other beings.

Om Santhih, Santhih, Santhih means – peace and freedom from three types of suffering.

First type of suffering is – “Adhyathmika” or internal and is inflicted by ourselves on ourselves, either knowingly or unknowingly.

Second type of suffering is  - “Adhi-bhouthika” or suffering due to physical reasons.

Third type of suffering is  - Adhi daivika or providential, unexpected, unanticipated or we may say, God-inflicted. We may also say, the third type of suffering is - Karma-inflicted, which we will explain in a later post. From all the three types of suffering, we seek release and peace for all beings.

The readers can easily see that this is a Universally applicable prayer and can be recited by anybody, anywhere, any time. It has no narrow religious connotations or boundaries. It surpasses all barriers like caste, creed, religion,race, language and so on. It is a truly Universal Prayer addressed to the Creator or the Powers of the Universe. They are all around YOU and they definitely are listening to your prayer. What they do - depends on the intensity and sincerity in your prayer.

Indian Sages had deep bonds of relationships with the Powers controlling the nature. By propitiating these powers controlling the nature, they got huge insights into the secrets of the Universe, secrets of  the Human being and the Ultimate power pervading the entire Universe. This Ultimate Power pervading the universe was called by them as ‘Brahman’. Other powers controlling the nature were called Devas or Gods.

Hinduism unequivocally proclaims that Brahman is just one. There is no second. He creates other Powers to control each function of the Universe.

Such Powers of Universe controlling each major function of the universe were identified by different names – like, Siva, Vishnu and Brahma.

There are also Indra, Varuna, Agni and many others. Many such ‘Devas’ exist, who control each one function of the Universe. Brahman is the only ultimate Power who creates and distributes his functions among the Devas. All Devas are his various faces or his various representations for specific purposes.

This is explained briefly in one sloka of Isaa vasyopanishad, which says, everything in the universe comes from one single totality and whatever you take away from or add to it, it remains the same totality (or, Completeness).

“Poornamadah, Poornamidam,

Poornaath Poornamudachyathe,

Poornasya Poornamaadaaya,

Poornamevavasishyathe”

Meaning :

Om, There, is completeness, Here too, is completeness, From one completeness comes the other completeness. If one completeness is taken away from another completeness, yet, Only completeness remains.  Om, Peace Peace Peace.

This ancient sloka is extraordinary and reveals many truths in itself, when properly understood. It explicitly proclaims the oneness of the supreme power which is Brahman itself and which is the creator of all Universe and all beings from out of itself.

You and I are all part of this totality; and when we completely realize it and experience it, we are entitled to identify ourselves with and call ourselves as that “completeness” or totality. All of our seeking is intended for this purpose.

This truth about our ‘self’ is also stated in many Upanishads - in what are famously called as Mahavakyas or the Greatest Truths. 

Let us look at the most famous 4 of them:

Aham Brahmasmi : “I am the Brahman”. This is not being proclaimed by someone unknown to you. ‘You’ are proclaiming it. You must realize and experience that you are the ‘Brahman’. And YOU are. This is the fact. What about me? I am Brahman, in my ‘self’ too. We are like Drops in the Ocean who are entitled to say, I am the Ocean. The total identification with the TOTALITY is the only important criterion. Once you experience yourself as Brahman, where are any narrow dividing boundaries between you and others? There exist none.

Thath Thvam Asi : “You are that”. You are searching for the  creator of this Universe who is omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient and so on. But, you must know and experience that - ‘YOU’ are that which you are searching for. See and experience yourself in the totality and the totality in yourself. This is the truth you must experience. We must not forget the analogy of the ocean drop identifying with the Ocean. We are all drops in the ocean of Brahman. We are therefore entitled to call ourselves as the ‘Brahman’.

Prajnaanam Brahma : So, what is Brahman in you? Is it your Body, or your Mind? Neither. It is your Prajna or superior Consciousness which runs your Body and Mind both. What can get you to that superior consciousness?

There are essentially 2 methods. One is, a realized Guru through his teaching, can show you the path. You can get there through the 3 steps called, Sravanam, Mananam and Nidhidhyasanam. This is the method of Jnana Yoga.  

Another Method is internal exploration through Meditation. You may call it Dhyana Yoga or just Yoga. Don’t say, nobody is there to teach me. If you become a sincere seeker, either you will find the Guru or the Guru will find you. The Universe itself may become a teacher to you. But first, become a sincere seeker and don’t throw the responsibility for this on others. You create your destiny by your own efforts.

Ayam Atma Brahma : My ‘Self’ or Atma and BRAHMAN  are one and the same. This realization comes through intense Sadhana through either of the above 2 methods.

These Mahavakyas from the Upanishads, form the foundation of the culture which existed in the ancient India.

The reader, who is un-initiated into the ancient Indian culture, usually gets perplexed with this narration. I agree that this foundation of Indian culture is a little tough to grasp, tough to realize and experience in its entirety and therefore, the intense, individual Sadhana or individual seeking is essential for each person.

Realization and experience may come in a day or in a year or in several years or several births, depending on the focus and sincerity in your seeking. The ultimate truth is put at a distance from us by the universe, through various lures and attractions that the Universe itself offers.

You can’t get at these ultimate truths by arguing, by use of mundane logic, by ordinary scientific principles, which are good to explore the physical Universe, but not enough to experience the creator of the universe. For that, you must transcend the mind itself – and come to a place where you discover yourself for the first time.Know thyself first and you will also know thy creator.

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THE RENAISSANCE OF HINDUISM (Part 1) - NEED FOR RESURRECTING KSHATRIYAS TODAY IN INDIA

THE RENAISSANCE

OF 

HINDUISM

(Part 1)

 

Hinduism is not a Religion in the western sense.  Western religions are unable to digest this fact, even after so many great Hindu authorities have stated this in unequivocal terms.

Anybody born on this land can believe or not believe anything in the religious sense and yet be a Hindu. India is incapable of hating any religious-ism, unlike the non-indian religious-isms, which, in practice, are 'born to hate' all other religious-isms except 'itself'. 'Be Us' and we leave you no other way - is their obvious dictum. 

That is not how Hinduism ever existed or operated in India. Whatever you believe in - be a Good Human. This has been the way in India all along but, unfortunately, not any more, due to the aggressive presence of the external isms.

Many great scriptures evolved on this soil from historically unknown and obscure times. Vedas evolved millions of years ago. Vedas are proof that highly civilized humans existed on this land when no proof of cultured humans existed anywhere else on earth. Vedas may or may not be the repository of all spiritual wisdom. But, they contain extraordinarily great thinking in many ways, even in those obscure times, which none of us today can deny.

I am not claiming completeness or infallibility for Vedas but, spreading through word of mouth from one sage to his disciple-sages, they always seem to have marched with times. Every Great Sage seems to have added to their great flavour - which is clear from the fact that Vedas themselves speak of so many great sages. 

When anecdotes of so many great sages exist in them, we can't say, that those sages made no contribution to Vedas and only God made them. The Greatness of Vedas, which are the most ANCIENT BOOKS ON EARTH (and which I feel were definitely changing with every great sage) is unquestionable. When we talk of Vedas, we must keep in mind the most ancient times during which they came into existence.

Other religious scriptures which came in the last 2000-2500 years ago all over the earth are in no way better than Vedas, which came millions of years ago. That is the Greatness of the Vedas and this soil.

Upanishads evolved just a little later than the Vedas, partly from Vedas themselves and partly from the minds of Great Sages over a period of time. Upanishads talk of so many sages and so many Yagnas, sacrifices etc. We can't say that the sages mentioned in them or the sages who spoke of them made no contribution to them. Essentially, the Sages propagated the best of  wisdom through  Upanishads.

Ramayana and Mahabharata  are not scriptures but  are chronicles of contemporary History of the times they were written. Their authors wrote partly their own History and mostly, the History of the Greatest people of their times. They contain a lot of living wisdom of those times. These Books are extraordinary  by any of our current day standards.

Mahabharat is undoubtedly the Biggest and the best chronicle of History of all time anywhere in the world. Because we don't possess the weapons of those days, can we really dispute their very existence today? But, who can dispute the the greatness of the art of fighting, art of ruling and art of living which existed in the Mahabharat days? These were the best of all time.

Some may tend to dispute Mahabharat as actual History but Gita is living proof of Mahabharat. During the last 5000 years, Nobody has produced a book greater than either Mahabharat as History or Gita as the source of the greatest Scientific knowledge. 

If 21st century world in general and India in particular does not explore the whole gamut of sciences Krishna revealed in Gita, it would be one of our Greatest failures. I as a born Brahman, but not particularly identifying with any caste myself, feel that in the hands of Brahmins, Brahmin priests and Brahmin sages, Gita remained largely a Prayer Book and a religious scripture instead of the scientific treatise and an inspiration for action that it was meant to be.  Not much investigation has gone into the sciences revealed in Gita.

I do admit that many commentaries were written on Gita by many Great authors and practitioners of Yoga but, it has not percolated into the common public domain and did not evoke the amount of interest it should have evoked among all people. Lord Krishna's greatest exposition on Yoga and all great sciences of India did not reach common masses to the extent they should have. This is the fact. This anachronism needs to be corrected. 

Many Hindus have multiple copies of the Bible given free to them on the Roads, but not the Gita. When you go to a temple, in every Puja, at least a few slokas of the Gita must be recited by the Archakas as part of puja. That too is not happening. 

Rigveda says- take all noble ideas from everywhere in the Universe. We must take this idea, at least from other religions. Go to a Church. You will hear the Bible. Go to a Mosque. You will hear the Quran. Go to a Temple. YOU MUST HEAR A FEW SLOKAS OF THE GITA. This should become mandatory. Also, Every Hindu must possess an excellent version of Gita with translation into his own Language also and read a few slokas from it daily.

Rama, the personification of Dharma was a Kshatriya. Krishna the exponent of the Extraordinary book of Gita was a Kshatriya. We need such Great Kshatriyas today, to explore and interpret our Vedas, Upanishads and the Gita. 

Otherwise, we will always be confusing inaction as action. Guarding Dharma on earth is ACTION, even if seeking Moksha individually  may be non attachment and inaction. Gita is of course, capable of giving such different meanings to different people at different times and also, different solutions to different problems. Gita prescribes duties at Individual level and at Society level as well. So does Mahabharat. We must know these duties.

Puranas are also not scriptures but are meant for small story telling, to disseminate  ancient wisdom in colloquial idiom. Puranas are perhaps meant to tell Dharma to the unlettered people in many ways. 

The Greatest and the latest Book of wisdom is of course, the Bhagavad Gita, told by Lord Krishna himself, more than 5000 years ago, as a summary of all ancient wisdom.  A lot of Gita is devoted to many unexplored sciences. Basically, Gita is meant to spur the man into action. Excellence in Action is Yoga, says Lord Krishna himself.

In contrast, Patanjali says, Yoga is controlling the mind. Both are correct. But, there is a huge difference in the approach of the two. Gita is the way on earth for 99% of people. Patanjali is the way for 1% of people. Both are of course, great. 

The last sloka of Gita is - "where Krishna the Yogeswara is, and where the mighty armed Arjuna with his Gandiva is - there, victory, happiness and riches of all types is definite to accrue." Can you forget this and take to sanyas, when the calling of duty is - ACTION? Especially to protect Dharma?

Unfortunately, for the last 5000 years, after Lord Krishna left the earth, India has not tried much to - march with the changing times, renovate itself, re-present itself and re-form itself to withstand external and internal attacks.

Of course, Great leaders like Adi Sankaracharya, Ramanujacharya and Madhvacharya  campaigned for  renovating Hinduism in their own ways. All of them were against the heinous practice of Untouchability and said so - most vocally and recorded this in their writings. But, the great problem was - there was no Kshatriya leader to back them up and implement them in the society.

The present Indian religious leaders are still largely rooted in the pre- Bhagavad Gita times and are not recognizing the external and internal dangers annihilating Hinduism everyday. Lord Krishna did not teach this type of and this level of Karma sanyasa and inaction in his Bhagavad Gita. 

He asked Arjuna to take up arms and annihilate Adharma with complete detachment. This core teaching of Gita is totally absent in actual practice of our present day religious leaders and other leaders of today.I am not advocating violence of any type for any reason. It is not needed. I am advocating Great leadership and firm handling in unifying Hinduism. 

Today, somebody has introduced the system of Dalit Archakas. It is a most welcome Measure. It should have come 70 years back. Now, let there be vigorous training for deserving Archakas from all castes. But, once they are Archakas, they are common for all Hindus and let us not identify them as Dalit Archakas etc. Reform of Hinduism is so simple and so smooth. This reform has come in, without any problems.

There are many other things missing in today's India -  for victory of Dharma over Adharma. 

Where are those fearless Kshatriya warriors of the Mahabharat days who will fight for Dharma today?

Today, we have Brahmins, Vaisyas and Sudras but where are Kshatriyas? They are almost totally absent in Hinduism today and Hinduism is paying a very heavy price because of their absence. 40% of population must be kshatriyas who will guard the others and guard Dharma.  Today, people who identify themselves as Kshatriyas are just about 1%. that is the greatest problem of today for Hinduism in India.

Today, the greatest need for Hinduism is to resurrect the Kshatriya clan. Every Hindu family must contribute one child to the Kshatriya clan, whatever may be their caste right now, and make that child a great, fearless warrior, ready to defend India, ready to defend Hinduism and ready to defend Dharma.

Let there be no sub-castes, sub-groups etc among Kshatriyas, which must exist as a single caste, drawn from all other castes, to protect Dharma.

If Dalits can be anointed as priests after due training, and this is a most welcome measure, why not create a Kshatriya clan, which must be about 40% of population, which is proud of our ancient Dharma and is ready to protect India and the great civilization that existed in this land.

Kshatriya does not mean - that he does not participate in other activities. No caste is barred from participating in any other activities - including Business, trade, Entrepreneurship etc. But, they must  specialize in their anointed Duty. 

An Archaka can also learn fighting arts but his basis skill must be that of an Archaka. Somnath Temple fell to the Invaders because, the Archakas were not fighters and there were also no Kshatriyas to guard the Temple.

Will YOU identify yourself with the Greatest Kshatriyas like Rama, Krishna, Arjuna, Bhishma and so on, now and try to emulate their fearless greatness? Do not create any sub castes etc within Kshatriyas. Let it be a great unified clan created out of Dare devils drawn from all other castes.

It can be introduced as 'optional' today. It is up to each Individual to identify himself as Kshatriya and declare himself so. Let this initiative be encouraged. Let us give all out support. Let it be given legal recognition. Let us not place any hurdles for any deserving person. But, let no coward be recognized as Kshatriya.

India really needs Great Kshatriyas today. Let the Government support this measure in greater measure just like it is coming forward to create Dalit Archakas. Let Hinduism be revitalized and united by such measures.

Krishna said - caste is based on Guna and Karma - and he did not mention birth  as a major criterion. He himself was born as Kshatriya but grew as a Yadava, and befriended Kubja, Vidura, Sanjaya, Kuchela and so on. He has shown the way.  Let us take the cues from him for solving our today's major problems and renovating Hinduism.

Jai Bharat ! Jai Hind !