Using Dalits as an artifice for aggression
The way Mullah, Missionary, Marxist brigade seeks to divide Hindu society
The Mahabharata defines the varna qualities thus: “He in whom you find truthfulness, generosity, absence of hatred, modesty, goodness and self-restraint, is a brahmana. He who fulfills the duties of a knight, studies the scriptures, concentrates on acquisition and distribution of riches, is a kshatriya. He who loves cattle-breeding, agriculture and money, is honest and well-versed in scripture, is a vaishya. He who eats anything, practises any profession, ignores purity rules, and takes no interest in scriptures and rules of life, is a shudra.”
The higher the varna, the more rules of self-discipline are to be observed. Hence, a jati could collectively improve its status by adopting more demanding rules of conduct, e.g. vegetarianism.
Untouchability never existed in the Vedas: Untouchability is unknown in the Vedas, and therefore repudiated by neo-Vedic reformers like Dayanand Saraswati, Narayan Guru, Gandhiji and Savarkar. The 1950 constitution outlawed untouchability and sanctioned positive discrimination programs for the Scheduled Castes and Tribes. Lately, the Vishva Hindu Parishad has managed to get even the most traditionalist religious leaders on the anti-untouchability platform, so that they invite harijans to Vedic schools and train them as priests.
Despite this, the Mullah, Missionary, Marxist brigade raises a howl about Dalit atrocities for two reasons as they see it a convenient ploy to divide Hindu society as well as garner international funds. Recently, a Dalit body (obviously funded by the anti-Hindus) had tried to get casteism registered as apartheid in the UN.
What these worthies do not point out is that India’s poverty is largely a result of the colonial/Islamic rule and the plight of the Hindus irrespective of their caste was aggravated largely by the arrival of the invaders. It was these invaders who made a mess of the largely rich and peaceful nation called Bharatvarsh. As Swami Vivekananda rightly said: “The Mohammedans brought murder and slaughter in their train, but until their arrival peace prevailed.”
It must be remembered that the Brahmins of India never wielded arms. It was the Kshatriyas who wielded the political power. The Brahmins were the priestly class who survived on patronage. While, it is true that those in the lower end suffered due to domination by the upper caste, it must be pointed out that there were several other factors like Islamic rule and colonialism which led to the social and economic deprivation of the lower as well as higher end of the society. To pin all the blames for the defects of Hindu society on the upper caste needs a huge stretch of imagination, which the Indian media has in plenty. When it comes to conspiracy theory, the creative imagination of the leftists is beyond imagination.
Rejecting Manu Smrithi: Most of the secularists quote the Manu Smriti to embarrass the Hindus. These include scholars, historians and intellectuals of Left-Missionary persuasion. However Manu Smrithi has no validity in Hindu soceity. Manu Smriti is part of Samaja Dharma (which is like a constitution which was valid only during a certain period of time). Hindus have more faith in Sanatana Dharma (texts like Bhagavad Gita). According to several other scholars, the Manu Smrithies suffer from interpolation and cannot be relied upon. Most of the Hindus are ignorant about Manu Smrithies and tend to rely more upon classical texts like the Bhagavad Gita. Besides, Hinduism is self-reforming and corrects its defects as it happened through so many socio-religious-spiritual reformers down the ages. It goes without saying that attempts at Dalit reforms are on in the right earnest in Hindu society, although a lot remains to be done.
VHP on Manu Smrithi: This is what Ashok Singhal, the VHP President wrote: The “Manu Smriti” or the “Yagyavalkya Smriti” has no connection with Adi Manu or the Sage Yagyavalkya. The “Smritis” were written during the reign of Pushyamitra about 2200 years ago. There is no reference of such Smritis in the Mahabharata.
There are two portions in the Smritis – one is ‘Yama’ and the other is ‘Niyama’. ‘Yama’ consists of eternal values while the ‘Niyamas’ were the periodic governing laws or codes of conduct meant for running the affairs of the state of the then kings. There are more than three hundred Smritis. They have little to do with the eternal values of Dharma. These have been responsible for gross discrimination that is alien to our concept of ‘Ekaatmataa’ (Ekaatm Bhaava/Integralism) that is expounded in our ancient scriptures – the Shrutis (the four Vedas – the eternal revealed scriptures) and the Upanishads.Caste untouchability never existed in the Vedas. It is the creation of the Muslim rule because those who put up a fight and did not convert to Islam were punished for their commitment to their indigenous ethos and thrown out of the society as untouchables. These heroic people are enlisted as scheduled castes. We must differentiate between the ‘scheduled castes’ and the ‘Shudras’. Shudras were held with respect before the advent of the Smritis and the scheduled castes are of recent origin created during the muslim rule.
The Vishva Hindu Parishad totally rejects the “Manu Smriti” as it has no place in a civilized society. The Adi Manu Smriti is the Gita as revealed in Chapter IV of the Gita. The Dharma Sansad and the Margadarshak Mandal of Vishva Hindu Parishad constituted of Dharmacharyas, Sants, Mahamandaleshwars and Mahants have totally rejected caste untouchability as prevalent in the Hindu society today. They have decided to give ‘Mantra Deeksha’ without any discrimination.In the Vedas, there is no discrimination amongst the four Varnas. All are considered genius and masterminds in their own fields and all looked upon one another with respect. Recitation of the Vedic Mantras in daily life was practiced by the entire society irrespective of Varna. As for the Ashram Vyavastha, it enabled the individual-self to gradually unfold and expand his/her horizon of consciousness from micro-self through family, creed, nationality and ultimately attained absolute perfection by identifying with the universal self, the omnipresent divine self. Man started his journey as an individual Brahmachari, proceeded to Grihastha Ashram, then Vaanaprastha Ashram when he dedicated himself to the service of humanity, and finally accepted the Sannyaas Ashram in which he had to surrender his individual self at the feet of the divine for ultimate salvation.
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September 22nd, 2008 at 9:40 am
Every thing looks good in theory, but let us see what is being practised?????
October 24th, 2008 at 12:40 pm
Our Hindu Dharma clearly defines the way varna-ashrama system should (and did) work. This is defined philosophically as well as in practice through numerous examples. Yet, the common Hindu still has the wrong impression.
However, a disturbing point that I have observed while I lived in India was that many common Middle Class Hindus still have this “Choot-Achoot” mentality and treat their servants, cleaners, cooks and others who perform such services in a mean and inferior way. These Middle Class Hindus somehow think that because they have the money they are above the rest and Bhagwan has made them superior!!!
Let us first start treating people around us with respect. Let us Hindus get up and take the steam out of these so called “Liberals” who put up a facade of Championing the “Dalit Cause”.
Let us first make sure that Hindus get out and help India’s poor and downtrodden by providing food, education, medical care, etc. This is not hard to do and is MUCH needed. After all, that’s what the missionaries have been doing for so many years.
Swami Vivekananda once remarked that a hungry man knows only one religion – that of food.
Hindus need to hit this spot!
October 25th, 2008 at 1:41 pm
I would request our great friend to spam this page with posts which counter Deepak Kamats docile brahminic view..
December 26th, 2008 at 2:18 pm
[1] There is no valid reason to say those with good qualities are brahmins, etc., and then follow birth-based caste system. It would be more practical to simply define a set of qualities for each line of work. Saying those who ignore purity rules are shudras is obnoxious.
[2] Birth based caste system is mentioned in Bhagavad Gita in at least two places. Once when Krishna warns of mixing of castes if high-born women are not protected. The second is when Krishna encourages a diffident Arjuna that even low born shudras and women are capable of release (moksham) and so high-born Arjuna need not worry about his prospects for moksham.
[3] If there are invalid additions to Manu Smrithees, let the religious leaders such as the Sankarachariyars identify these extraneous verses and remove them from the text. Until this is done the apologists have no right to claim any unspecified insertions.
[4] If manu smrithis has no practical value how come none of the religious leaders say so? We can accept these protestations only when the Sankarachariyars say that Manu Smirthees are not valid in this day and age and all religious persons must reject the teachings found in Manu Smrithi.
June 29th, 2009 at 2:18 pm
Chaturvarna system is part of Hindu religion.
Why the so called Great Rama killed Shambuka for reading the so called Sacred books. Why Ekalavya had to cut his thumb
Just speaking about caste is not enough, entire Hindu system is based on Discrimination.
Inequality is the basis of Hindu religion, if you dont know that go out and see the whole country status.
If you dont accept manusmriti, then why u follow it.
Clean, your dirt inside the religion and then blame Muslims or Christian who have equality in their religion.
Caste is the basic foundation of this system called Hindu religion, if u remove caste then entire religion falls, thats why you dont want to stop caste and its atrocites.
Yes muslim rulers have destroyed buddhist temples, but hindus have also done the same.
June 29th, 2009 at 8:54 pm
Dogma: Chaturvarna system is part of Hindu religion. Why the so called Great Rama killed Shambuka for reading the so called Sacred books. Why Ekalavya had to cut his thumb
Reality: Ram killed Shambuka not because he was a Shudra. By that definition, he should not have killed Ravan because Ravan was a brahmin. The real reason why Ram killed Shambhuka was that he violated the spiritual law in that he wanted to take his body to heaven. Regarding Ekalavya, it was a personal issue that Drona had with Arjuna that led to the tragedy.
Dogma: Just speaking about caste is not enough, entire Hindu system is based on Discrimination.
Reality: Caste is a British concoction. Varna system is based on merit not discrimination.
Dogma: Inequality is the basis of Hindu religion, if you dont know that go out and see the whole country status. If you dont accept manusmriti, then why u follow it.
Reality: merit is the basis of Hindu religon. Manusmrithi is secondary. Shruthies like Puranas and Bhagavad Gita are primary.
Dogma: Clean, your dirt inside the religion and then blame Muslims or Christian who have equality in their religion.
Reality: Caste inequities were invented by the Christian missionaries to divide Hindu society. varna was meant to unite and not divide. It was by class and not by birth.
Dogma: Caste is the basic foundation of this system called Hindu religion, if u remove caste then entire religion falls, thats why you dont want to stop caste and its atrocites.
Reality: Hinduism can survive even without caste. See ISKCON and RSS. They don’t follow casteism. Yet they have survived. Ergo with Ramakrishna Mission. Read Swami Vivekannada to know the real Hinduism not missionary literature.
Dogma: Yes muslim rulers have destroyed buddhist temples, but hindus have also done the same.
Reality: this is left history concoction which does not have base in reality.
June 29th, 2009 at 8:56 pm
@ Nara,
There is no need for Shankaracharya’s endorsement.
Hinduism is free for all. Hindu society has rejected Manu Smrithies, especially the lines that were interpolated with malicious intentions.
June 30th, 2009 at 7:58 am
@ I would request our great friend to spam this page with posts which counter Deepak Kamats docile brahminic view..
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) American Statesman said:
“The Bible is not my book nor Christianity my profession. I could never give assent to the long, complicated statements of Christian dogma.”
“When the missionaries arrived, the Africans had the land and the missionaries had the Bible. They taught us to pray with our eyes closed. When we opened them, they had the land and we had the Bible.” — Jomo Kenyatta
“Missionaries are perfect nuisances and leave every place worse than they found it.” – Charles Dickens (1812-1870).
June 30th, 2009 at 8:00 am
Why Christian British invented Caste system?
http://indianrealist.wordpress.com/2009/04/23/caste-as-british-creation/
The Indian Caste System and The British -
Ethnographic Mapping and the Construction of the British Census in India
By Kevin Hobson
http://www.infinityfoundation.com/mandala/h_es/h_es_hobso_caste_frameset.htm