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What's wrong being a Hindu?

What's wrong being a Hindu?

Yes! The first thing any Hindu who is going to read this would comment - "Nothing Wrong" or "Not again!" worse "Why this religion rigamarole?" And that's where our problem lies. We (Hindu's) have started becoming escapist, and we do have the media to be blamed a little for this. Under the onslaught of the global glare, we are confused, scared of being called religious fanatics & in the end are getting apologetic for being associated with Hindusim.

Why? While we appreciate the west embracing Yoga, Reiki, Ayurveda etc, what makes us cringe when asked about why we worship the Monkey (Hanuman) or an Elephant (Ganesha)? Instead why can't we explain what this connotates? - Ganesha being the Mooladhara, and Hanuman the "Agneya Chakra", the two endocrine fields of energy distribution in the body.These Gods were designed /invented for the layperson to better appreciate life forms. Ganesha symbolizes the "Aum", as his body mirrors the very shape of Aum and actually personifies the cosmos as a whole.

Should'nt we be proud of our culture that asks us to respect life right from that in a small fish to that of a might lion through the "Dashavatar", rather than getting on to our dining tables?

Why are'nt we assertive of our culture, which has probably contributed the most to the world today through its veda's and epics? How are we able to tolerate being ridiculed? ...........

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Anonymous said…
a lot of ppl will be dumb founded at this swetha ... thats a great one ... like the piece of writing ... n the question @ the end of it all ... putting us all into a retrospective and contemplative mood ....

good work

cheers

raam

r22raam@gmail.com

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