*What is So Special about being a Hindu ?* --- by *Francois Gautier*
1) *You Believe in God ? * - In Hinduism you are accepted as an Aastik-आस्तिक्
2) *Don't believe in God ?* You're accepted as Nastik-नास्तिक्
3) *You Want to Worship Idols ?* - Please go ahead. You are a *Murti Pujak- Choose Your Own Idol- Ram, Krishan,Vishnu what so ever form of GOD you like......*.
4) *You Don't want to Worship Idols ?* - no problem. You can focus on "Nirguna Brahma"-निर्गुणब्रह्म.
5) *You want to criticise something in our Hindu Religion ?* - Come forward. We are logical. *Nyaya, Tarka & many more Granthas are core of our Hindu schools.*
6) *You want to accept Beliefs as it is?* - Most welcome. Please go ahead with it.
7) *You want to start your journey by reading Bhagvad Gita ?*- Sure ! most welcome. It is the essence of all scriptures in lucid style by Bhagwan Krishna.
8) *You want to start your journey by reading Upanishads ?* - Go ahead, it is core knowledge of vedas.
9) *You want to start your journey by reading Puranas ?* - Be my guest & be *a Gyaan Yogi.*.
10) *You just don't like reading the Puranas or other books ?* -No problem, my dear !
*You can go by Bhakti tradition & be a Bhakti Yogi & Gyan Yogi like Prahlad, Tulsidas,Narsimha Mehta, Gyaneshwar, Tukaram, Eknath, Namdev, Pundarik, Tiru Valluvar, Thyagaraja,Meerabai, etc*. ( bhakti = devotion)
11) *You don't like idea of Bhakti or Gyaan ?* -No problem. Do good Karma. *Be a karmayogi-कर्मयोगी*.
12) *You want to just Enjoy the Life ?* -Very good. Accepted. No problem at all. *This is Charvaka School of Thought-चार्वाक् विचारधारा*
13) *You want to abstain from all the enjoyment of life and find the God ?* - jai ho! *Be a Sadhu, an Ascetic -सन्यासाश्रमी !*
14) *You don't like the concept of God ? You believe in Nature only ?* - Welcome. *(Trees, Sun & Moon are our friends and Prakriti or nature are worthy & we worship them from ages )*
15) *You believe in one God or Supreme Energy ?* -Superb! *Follow Advaita Philosophy -अद्वैत वेदान्त*
16) *You want a Guru ?* -Go ahead. Receive Gyaan from a Guru-गुरुमहिमा ।
17) *You don't want a Guru ?* - Help yourself ! Meditate, Study and achieve the purpose of human life- Nirvana -निर्वाणः yourself !
18) *You believe in Female energy ? -We worship Shakti-शक्तिपूजन*
19) *You Believe that Every Human being is equal ? * -Yeah! You're awesome, come on let's celebrate Hinduism ! *"Vasudhaiva kutumbakam-वसुधैव कुटुम्बकम्" ( “the entire world is a family” is our core achievement of our Rishis )*. *कृणवन्तो विश्वम् आर्यम् - पुरे विश्व को श्रेष्ठ बनाना * - ये हर सनातनी मात्र का ध्येयमंत्र है ।
20) *You don't have time to celebrate this Festival?*
-Don't worry ! One more festival is coming ! There are multiple festivals every single day of the year.
21) *You are a Working Person and Don't have a time for religion*? It's okay. You will still be a Hindu.
22) *You like to go to Temples ? * -Devotion to GOD is loved.
23) *You don't like to go to The Temples ? * - no problem. You are still a Hindu!
24) *We Believe that Hinduism is a way of life, with considerable freedom.*
25) *We believe that everything has God in it*. So we worship our Mother, Father, Guru, Tree, River, Prani-matra, Earth & whole Universe !
26) *If you don't believe that everything has GOD in it* - No problems we still Respect your viewpoint.
27) *"Sarve janaha sukhino bhavantu" -सर्वे जनाः सुखिनो भवन्तु । (May you all live happily ).*
*My dear brother Hindu !*
You represent these all & many more higher living standards ! You're free to choose still many more ways to live happily ever ! my dear Hindu !
This is the essence of Hinduism -all inclusive.
That is why it has withstood the test of time inspite of repeated onslaught both from within and outside, and assimilated every good aspects from everything. That is why it is सनातन- eternal !
There is a saying in the *ऋग्वेदः _Rigveda_, -the first book ever known to mankind* which depicts the Hinduism philosophy in a Nutshell:
"Ano bhadrah Kratavo Yanthu Vishwathah" आ नो भद्रा क्रतवो यन्तु विश्वत: । (Let the knowledge & noble thoughts come to us from every direction).
So celebrate being a Hindu !!!
नमोऽस्तु ते व्यास विशालबुद्धे ! 🙏🏻
तस्मै पाणिनये नम: ।🙏🏻
नमः शान्ताय तेजसे । 🙏🏻
तत्त्वमसि ।☝🏻
प्रज्ञानं ब्रह्म । 👌🏻
अहं ब्रह्माऽस्मि ।👍🏻
हर हर महादेव ।🚩🚩🚩
कृष्णं वन्दे जगद् गुरुम्।🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
सनातन परमो धर्मः । ☝🏻👌🏻👍🏻🙏🏻🚩
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फार सुंदर. We are born democratic.
प्रत्येक मार्ग ईश्वराप्रति नेतो असा आमचा विश्वास आहे. म्हणून अघोरपंथाला ही स्वीकारले जाते.
नागा साधू ही हिंदू धर्माचा एक भाग आहेत.
भगवे , पांढरे , काळे , पिवळे सर्व रंगांचे वस्त्र वेगवेगळ्या पंथांनी स्वीकारले आहेत. ते ही हिंदूच आहेत.
आस्तिक , नास्तिक , पारमार्थिक , अध्यात्मिक , पारलौकिक , वैज्ञानिक , भाविक , वस्तूनिष्ठ, सदाचारी , पश्चातदग्ध दुराचारी , स्थितप्रज्ञ , शून्यवादी , पुनर्जन्म मानणारे न मानणारे , सर्वप्रकारच्या वैचारिक प्रवाहांचे असून ही हे सर्व हिंदू सनातनी आहेत.
सर्वसमावेशक असा हा हिंदू सनातनी संस्कृतीचा मूळ गाभा आहे. प्रत्येकामध्ये ईश्वराचा अंश आहे हा सनातनींचा दृढ समज आहे.
