REVIVING HINDUISM
I was reading this book "Rediscovery of India" by Meghnad Desai and came across this connotation about how Buddhism and Hinduism had this great debate in India at time of Adi Shankara. On further reading came to know how Adi Shankara revived Hinduism in his time by debating basic tenants of religion and putting forward positive changes in how people saw religion itself.
Also in the same book there was a mention of how Muslim rulers came and conquered Northern territory. Islam was spread across the country especially amongst people who were marginalised in the present system of Hinduism.
Get a feeling that a similar debate is a need of the hour for India today. And for Hinduism to continue its existance and bring back its glorious days and ally the misconceptions or misgivings of some of its members, it will be important for it to rediscover itself and a religion of equality. It can be argued that the cast system was a way to divide the work and not status. Also it doesnot matter if you celebrate ten gods or one, you can still be a hindu. You can give a shape to your god or it may be a stone or a book you can still be a Hindu.
The idea is to make the term Hindu general and acceptable to all and tolerant to every concept except the ones which are oppressive.
I was reading this book "Rediscovery of India" by Meghnad Desai and came across this connotation about how Buddhism and Hinduism had this great debate in India at time of Adi Shankara. On further reading came to know how Adi Shankara revived Hinduism in his time by debating basic tenants of religion and putting forward positive changes in how people saw religion itself.
Also in the same book there was a mention of how Muslim rulers came and conquered Northern territory. Islam was spread across the country especially amongst people who were marginalised in the present system of Hinduism.
Get a feeling that a similar debate is a need of the hour for India today. And for Hinduism to continue its existance and bring back its glorious days and ally the misconceptions or misgivings of some of its members, it will be important for it to rediscover itself and a religion of equality. It can be argued that the cast system was a way to divide the work and not status. Also it doesnot matter if you celebrate ten gods or one, you can still be a hindu. You can give a shape to your god or it may be a stone or a book you can still be a Hindu.
The idea is to make the term Hindu general and acceptable to all and tolerant to every concept except the ones which are oppressive.
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