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| psvfsolutions |
Posted
on 13-Jan-03 09:50 AM
On Sectarian Feudalism:
Feudalism is a governing tradition in which people are subordinated to the dictates of a leader. The feudalism that existed in Europe during the Middle Ages was very much of secular feudalism whereas the feudalism that is still in the blood of the rulers and their secretaries in South Asia and in Middle East is sectarian feudalism.
In Nepal since the time of village kings and particularly from the dawn of Shah dynasty to the Panchayet period the Sectarian Feudalism had brain washed mind of the people with its ruling methodology by misinterpreting Vedic Wisdom into Hindu believes, rituals and superstitions. For example, propagating believe that the king is the incarnation of a god; constitutionally declaring that Nepal is a Hindu country; practice of discrimination with the caste system that has religious connotation and justifications; and etc. This Sectarian Feudalism has still now divided the lives of people as rulers and subjects. Rulers of this system are not only the king but also chosen groups of individuals from particular caste and clan for the positions such as secretaries, securities, civil servants, and police forces.
We have witnessed the recent exercise of this Sectarian Feudalism in Nepal when the new king was crowned after the massacre of the king Birendra and his entire family without letting the elected members of Parliament to investigate the cause of the massacre to come to a democratic decision in a Parliamentary monarchy system under the Multiparty Democratic Constitution. Yet shamelessly the massacre was justified through media with the verse of Srimad Bhagavat Geeta.
With the same token presently the new king dissolved the elected cabinet on October 4, 2002 using article 127, which is unconstitutional without any regard and respect to the people’s Parliament and its elected cabinet. This means for the Sectarian Feudalists the Multiparty Democracy what we had for twelve years was a pseudo democracy because we people, our elected members of the Parliament and leaders where in our thinking and action were the victims of the Sectarian Feudal society; in our socio-psycho we were same as the feudal leaders despite our loader voice for the popular movements of democracy.
Of course the elected members of cabinet and its leader did not see the consequences of dismantling the lower house of the Parliament in the first place. Then again the cabinet and its leader lost the brain for not extending the working periods of local representatives whose election was due because of the difficulties created by Maoists movements. The members of the cabinet and its leader were utterly morally irresponsible and politically thoughtless. Naturally, when situation such as ripens for the Sectarian Feudalism it rises with the dark clouds, roaring load with lightening flashes. The consequence is the re-assertion of the old values and believes of the legacy of terror with the false pretension to continue with the values of Democracy.
Therefore, this is our “each one of us Nepali’s” opportunity to think over clearly from the self-liberating aspects of Vedic Wisdom and to the values of Democracy and modern economics. We must clearly examine insightfully for ourselves the difference between the values and believes of our Sectarian Feudalistic tradition ‘Hindu’ in which we live and Vedic Wisdom that stand for humanity, its happiness and freedom as commentated in Upanisadas, Geeta, and other scripts of Veda etc. We must remember martyred Sukraraj Shastri who was executed for spreading study of Srimad Bhagvata Geeta in Nepal during Rana regime. Among Nepali public through out the county it was propagated that “one who studies Geeta will become a madman” to prevent the wisdom that can question the Sectarian Feudalistic believes and values that were falsely diverted in the name of religion ‘Hindu’.
For your information the name ‘Hindu’ is not the native name of the Vedic Wisdom. It is a foreign name given by the first Persian invaders of South Asia to the civilization of Sindh-river. Simply it is the result of mispronunciation of the word ‘Sa’ which is pronounced in Persian ‘ha’.
At this time of the global modern economy, International Community and political awareness for Democracy and pursuits of individual literacy, opportunity and prosperity it is a nightmare to think to establish the ‘Legacy of Terror’ the Sectarian Feudalism. It is time for Sectarian Feudalism to die away because in fact its time has long gone by. May Multiparty Democracy survive in Nepal!
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| Free Thinker |
Posted
on 13-Jan-03 12:19 PM
psvfsolutions ,
Interesting write-up, especially the theological angle that you bring up. I have often wondered if there is room for democracy in Hinduism or if Hinduism by nature is easily prone to hero worship because the collective consiousness of Hinduism is still plagued by diety worship, a servile mentality and lots of superstition( among other things).
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| SITARA |
Posted
on 13-Jan-03 12:24 PM
Free Thinker ji...
Please elaborate upon your thoughts on Hinduism and democracy. I would be interested in hearing your views.
Solutions ji;
Interesting writeup.
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| Free Thinker |
Posted
on 13-Jan-03 12:54 PM
Sitara - I currently donot have the bandwidth to write down my thoughts on the subject -
my intent of replying was to nudge people who had the capacity to dwelve a little deeper into the subject. I was really curious if there is any mention or hint of political freedom in the Hindu scriptures and if yes what and where are these. Perhaps you know?
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| psvfsolutions |
Posted
on 14-Jan-03 05:43 PM
Dear freethinker
In response to the enquiry that Sitara is making I like to think over your thinking that it is true by the interpretations and practice of Hinduism in Nepal especially it gives no room for Democracy. In average Hindus Nepal and it is true of Hinidus of India in general that we have for last five hundred or more years after the Middle Ages or after the invasion of the South Asia by Islams (Pursian and Arabs) that took our characters of our Vedic literatures as real gods and goddess. Our Vedic intellectuality died way and we turned into basic thoughtless humans though reasons may be political that of feudals.
First of all we word Hindu is missleading and has no Vedic origin. Secondly we have to clear of the Vedic Wisdom (Collective works of school of thought) that is soley depend of Philosofical thinking of SHATA-DARSANS or six schools of thought namely - Mimansa, Uttermimansa, Purvamimansa, Samkhaya, Vedanta and Yoga. These schools of thought make up Vedic Wisdom or Vedas. Basically, none this schools believe in a personification of a God. Especially, Samkhaya sees existance as atom 'PRAMANU' where Intelligece resides. Similarly, Yoga believs on 'TATAWA' elements and take life force the Ingelligence, and Vedanta sees the life as all prevading Awareness.
Most of these schools of thought are very difficult to understand for the average people because it needs the Sanskrita grammer study. However, now these works are translated in English, Hindi and Nepali. But most of Hindus do not bother to read it.
To your arguments Vedic thinking stands for humanities and its liberation from Igonorance - 'Mokshaya'. The examples are in Upanisada and some in Geeta. however, we average Hindus believe not in liberation which implies education and self-awareness or self-realization off our own mind that is very conditioned with our own way of upbringing, time and space.
Vyasa the writer of Mahabharata, Geeta, and Brahamasutra wrote 18 Puranas such as Shivapurana, Srimadbhagavatpurana, Devipurana, etc with the intention to convey the meaning of these school of thought through stories. He found stories are the most effective to convey the meaning of the Vedic Wisdom. But unfortunately we Hindu took the character of his work as real deities and began to worship them. All these stories interprated by Pandits as real story, example Sostani the semipurna etc. Then most unfortunately the kings and their secretaries took unnecessary advantage of the situation and developed Sectarian Feudalism to make people more ignorant with the stories. The residue of it is still in Nepal and some in India too.
Thus there is no thing called Hinduism in existance but Vedic Wisdow, THE SCHOOL OF THOUGHT. To see the light from our ages old IGNORANCE we have to think and see the TRUTH of our EXISTANCE. This wisdom is lacking in all Hindus and especially among our Political leaders. I wish we had leaders as wise as Dr. Radhakrishna, the late President of India. Tell me if there is any one in Nepal at this time.
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| Rastaman |
Posted
on 14-Jan-03 05:46 PM
I is not gonna write no nothin. Oh no no no. Mh Mh
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| psvfsolutions |
Posted
on 14-Jan-03 06:20 PM
To Sitara and Free Thinker:
The revised verson:
In response to the enquiry that Sitara is making I like to think over your thinking that it is true by the interpretations and practice of Hinduism in Nepal especially it gives no room for Democracy. In average Hindus of Nepal and it is true of Hinidus of India in general that we have for last five hundred or more years after the Middle Ages or after the invasion of the South Asia by Islam (Persian and Arabs) that took the characters of our Vedic literatures such as Ramayana, Mahabharata, Purnas, etc as real gods and goddess. Our Vedic intellectuality died way and we turned into basic thoughtless humans may be as victims political that of feudal. Basically, as individual we lost our responsibility. Remind you the fundamental of Vedic Wisdom is to make an individual responsible of his or her act as an indivisible being for the self-liberation.
First of all we have to understand that the word Hindu is misleading and has no Vedic origin. Secondly we have to be clear of the Vedic Wisdom (Collective works of school of thought) that is solely depend of Philosophical thinking of SHATA-DARSANS or six schools of thought namely - Mimansa, Uttermimansa, Purvamimansa, Samkhaya, Vedanta and Yoga. These schools of thought make up Vedic Wisdom or Vedas. Basically, none of this school believes in a personification of a God. Especially, Samkhaya sees existence as atom 'PRAMANU' where Intelligence resides. Similarly, Yoga believes on 'TATAWA' elements and take life force the Intelligence, and Vedanta sees the life as all pervading Awareness.
It is true that most of these schools of thought are very difficult to understand for the average people because it needs the Sanskrita grammar study. Historically, the schools of thoughts in South Asia disappeared during Mugal Empire of India (Muslim regime). However, now these works are translated in English, Hindi and Nepali. But most of Hindus do not bother to read it.
To your arguments Vedic thinking stands for humanities and its liberation from Ignorance - 'Mokshaya'. The examples are in Upanisada and some in Geeta. however, we average Hindus do not believe in liberation which implies education and self-awareness or self-realization off our own mind that is very conditioned with our own way of upbringing, time and space.
Vayasa the writer of Mahabharata, Geeta, and Brahamasutra wrote 18 Puranas such as Shivapurana, Srimadbhagavatpurana, Devipurana, etc with the intention to convey the meaning of these schools of thought through stories. He found stories are the most effective tool to convey the meaning of the Vedic Wisdom. But unfortunately we Hindu took the characters of his work as real deities and began to worship them. We lost our mind for the value of the work of literature. Later all these stories misinterpreted by Pandits as real story, example Sostani the semipurna etc. Then most unfortunate of this all is the kings and their secretaries took unnecessary advantage of the situation and developed Sectarian Feudalism to make people more ignorant with the stories. The residue of it is still in Nepal and some in India too.
Thus there is nothing called Hinduism in existence but Vedic Wisdom, THE SCHOOL OF THOUGHT. To see the light from our ages old IGNORANCE we have to think and see
the TRUTH of our EXISTANCE for ourselves. This wisdom is lacking in all Hindus and especially among our Political leaders. I wish we had leaders as wise as Dr. Radhakrishna, the late President of India. Tell me if there is any one in Nepal at this time.
The truth of all this is that Vedic Wisdom stands for the Freedom of mankind from the ignorance of his or her conditions that are psychologically time and space bound, which requires education and self-awareness from FREETHINKNIG or freethinking implies ‘Thinking with his or her own mind on his or her own’ or in other word to see things with his or her own eyes.
Therefore, Vedic Wisdom is for the Democracy and without Democracy human well-being is always undermined. Of course Hinduism has very little to do with Vedic Wisdom or the Teachings of Buddha. Hinduism has rather misinterpreted the essence of Vedic Wisdom and spread and is responsible for the mass ignorance. Hinduism also is responsible for the dawn of Sectarian Feudalism and absolute kings. It is now responsible for not letting the democracy flower in the daily life of Hindus in Nepal and India because most of us are still with its mind and thinking. Especially in Nepal it is very important that Democracy establish and flower among people because we have suffered for long time with utter poverty and mass ignorance. For Vedic Wisdom to flower Democracy and individual freedom ‘human rights’ are essential.
I hope we can share this will all of us and for this thank to Sajha.com
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| bhedo |
Posted
on 14-Jan-03 06:55 PM
I fail to understand what you mean by Vedic Wisdom. I think the idea of Mokshya, and also monotheism, were first introduced in the Upanishad. Vedas are basically polytheistic. In the Rig Veda, Indra, the god of war, is mentioned the most often. It makes sense because the Aryans who conquered India were pretty belligerent. As war became less important, Indra's importance started to fade away. It's actually also true for some other ancient polytheistic religions . In Northern Europe, Odin, the god of war, was a very important deity. But after pro-hun invasion, when people started settling, he was pushed away into the background.
It's not only in Nepal where there are customs unique to the land. If you go to say, Tamil Nadu, they might have some customs that we would find preternatural. So, if Nepalis think of King as an incarnation of Vishnu, then so be it; it's a unique tradition of the land. Before Buddha rose into prominence in India, Yakshas and Yakshis were very important in mainland India. They too were localized. Just goes to show you that local variation in Hinduism has always existed in Hinduism.
According to one of my professors, Hindu women, in ancient time, used to walk around topless. I think he's right about that. Look at all the statues. Hey, we might think it's debauched and salacious and what not, but it was perfectly acceptable for people living at that time. Papuans can be cannibals; it's nothing aberrant for them, but it is to us.
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| psvfsolutions |
Posted
on 15-Jan-03 10:14 AM
Dear bhedo,
The crises in Nepal particularly and among most of the Hindu communities are not of intellectual disputes to justify or condemn whether Upanisada is monotheistic and Veda is polytheistic. The crises in which people have lost their basic human rights, freedom, and opportunities for their well-being because of the practices, believes and superstitions of Hindu religion. It is the reality in which we have suffered for ages especially in Nepal and Hinduism and its Sectarian Feudalism that is fabricated by Pandits (secrateries of king) and kings themselves in the name of Hinduism. FOR VEDAS AND UPANISADAS, GEETA, MAHABHARATA, PURANAS, RAMAYANA ALL ARE WORK OF LITERATURE FROM WITHIN THE MIND OF MEN.... THEY DID NOT COME FROM NO WHERE.
A story is a story that may be conveying some meaning ... The suffering from poverty, illetaracy, sickness, malnuetrition, etc are not story. They are reality and you can not divert it to make believe that this is our destiny as fabricated by Hindus undemocratic authority such as Pandits and kings. Time has changed, Sir. This is 21st century and it is time to address the reality, the suffering of people in Nepal due to the Sectarian Feudalism that had once fabricated from the stories of Hindu religion. It is time for freedom; it is time for Democracy, it is time for erradicating Sectarian Feudalism, it is time for us to get our basic human rights that are lost for ages, it is time for our opportunity to lift up from poverty, malnuetrition and illeteracy. No question about it even at the cost of our deadly tradition, superstition and faith - "Only thing we have to give up is our sensless behaviors that we repeat every day out of fear of our on conditions - brainwashing". I can not stand seeing government official like judges of Nepal bending their head before the statue of a temple while riding on a black car!". This can not solve our basic needs of well-being - but it too selfish senseless behavior. If you have made a crime for making money for your family, then face that poverty is the problem of all Nepali and it has to be addressed for the benefit of all. This means freedom, Democracy, opportunity to get education etc.
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| SITARA |
Posted
on 15-Jan-03 11:25 AM
Solutions ji
You write very well.... and, what you write stems from Vedantic philosophy... the branch started by Shankaracharya and continued by Vivek Anand.... (Correct me if I am wrong, plz). I have read some books: Atma gyan, Tatwo Bodh; books, which elaborate upon what you have written. I know the philosophy of Vedant is very complex and I still struggle with applying the abstract to the concrete ...of the elemental self and the surroundings.
Please keep writing... I am reading and digesting the complexities of the philosophy...
Thank you.
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| tick |
Posted
on 16-Jan-03 06:01 AM
Sitara ji,
Pvss is only interested in proving that all the ills of the society is the "culture". Even though he shows some understanding of the subject he has no interest in the philosophical aspect of the vedas or the upanishads. I am guessing that he will not be interested in talking about "Atmagyan". In his opinion these are all fabricated concepts of "feudalistic society"?
If you want answers you need to look within. J. Krishnamurti once said all questions have answers within.
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| Suna |
Posted
on 16-Jan-03 07:21 AM
tick!
very well said!
That has been my sidhanta!
Look well within and ye shall find the one true religion - your conscience!
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| SITARA |
Posted
on 16-Jan-03 11:33 AM
Tick ji...
I have read Krishnamurty too. However, it is interesting to read and understand different perspectives of different religions.... No harm in that! If the philosophy fits my way of life, I internalize it, regardless of culture, tradition, religion or societal taboos. The Vedas are interpreted in various ways by the East and the West...I am just enjoying reading Solutions ji's thoughts...I do not necessarily have to agree or disagree with his writings.
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| tick |
Posted
on 16-Jan-03 11:12 PM
Sitara ji,
Surya lai batti dekha eo ko justi ho ke. :-)
I am truly impressed with your writing skills and you are articulate. I really admire your thoughts, even a pat in the back feels good.
Do not get me wrong I am not flattering you or trying to get your attention, unlike other guys I am happily married :-)
It sounded like you were trying to get some advice while you were addressing mr psvf, I thought may be you were barking at the wrong tree, at least it sounded that way.
Mafi Hajur! Hajur lai arti (advice) dine mero samartha kaha!!!
:-)
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| SITARA |
Posted
on 16-Jan-03 11:43 PM
Ha re Tick ji
ye hajur mailei tyaso bhaneko hoina ni.... Just trying to explain that I am enjoying reading this thread... without getting into a bickering match!
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| tick |
Posted
on 17-Jan-03 01:34 AM
Sitara ji,
A free discussion is more fun than just listening to the speaker. Isn't it? People do get emotional while trying to convey their ideas but I don't like bickering either. I am guilty of it myself (sh.. please keep it quite hai?)
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| Jhilke Kyailan |
Posted
on 17-Jan-03 11:21 AM
psvf..ji, Good points, but somehow can't help feeling that you argument against Hinduism can be transposed agaginst any other religion..... What point you miss about religion is that it was/is a form of control over the population.....does this sound credible...
Humans are nomads, hunting from place to place......slowly start settling in one place which leads to positive externalities (stability induced).....better standard of living than of the nomads....Nomads see this and join the settlers.....More and more people start living to gether (the formation of prehistoric communities)...However due to a lack of infrastructure and the overlapping of individual wants and desires there is trouble...chaos and anarchy seem just around the corner (again)...thus rules (rudimentary law) are developed and expected to be adhered to....enforcement.....Once again as the rules are followed quality of life further develops....the settlers greatly exceed the nomads in standard of living.....more and more and more and more nomads join individual communities....no as there so many people living together the rules cannot be enforced....just too many people ...a physical impossibilty......again chaos threatens.......then.......BING..... some smart asss realises that the enforcement of the adherence to the given set of rules is impossible if it has to be enforced by an outside party (just too many people).....therefore the only way is by inducing the people to self enforce a set of given rules......creation of an entity (GOD) that is omnipotent..can see us, feel us know what we are thinking etc....basically something from which one has absolutely not secrets....Thus create the FEAR in people that if we do something wrong, even if no one knows, GOD will know and at one point (whether in this life or(one more creation) another life), we will PAY. Thus a medium of enforcement is devised with almost no cost...As long as the people do question, don't challenge, don't think for themselves..those who set the rules (the priest and those who dare to be leaders..ie can challenge the priests)...are in complete control.
This is how people created GOD and religion became the driving force of human society.....
Now your argument using words like "Sectarian Feudalism" paint a picture that somehow we the people had a different set of rules than our european counter parts.....completely untrue in my belief...... The basic similarity between the European feudals and our own was that it was all about power, control....... NO DIFFERENCE...
Defining differences between "Sectarian Feudalism" and "Secular Feudalsim" is getting hung up on a point that has absolutely no bearing on the present.
The reason Europe is where it is today and we are where we are is, UNIQUELY that, the europeans started to question the nature of things, they started asking why, they started thinking for themselves...Just because some priest in Rome with funny pointed hats and a preference for youngs boys says something why the f..ck (pardon the french) do we have to accept it.....was probably the kind of question that they asked. They demanded of their leaders and most importantly, THEMSELVES, the highest standards of behaviour in relation with each other....They didn't just accept...........
Us on the other hand just accepted...and accpeted..and accepted..until, there came a point where we cold accept no more and insted of a productive intellectual revolution with an emphasis on self introspection...we had an explosion of suppressed emotions which blinded us to the part we ourselves played in our own "Imprisonment" and instead focused mainly on allocating blame on others......THE RAJA DID THIS, THE BAHUNS DID THAT, SO AND SO DID THIS ETC.....But deep down we know we were the ones to blame...because we let it happen, we never resisted, we never asked why......and that guilt drives us to seek blame on everyone else butourselves. Ultimately, a fact of lifeis that people are treated the way they LET others treat them.......It wasn't religion, it wasn't our culture...it was us......simply US
So when you come here with an argument blaming the Vedic principles and Hiduism in general, and use fancy words to differentiate between concepts that really shouldn't be differentiated...I say to my self....another who is blind...........and/or I ask myself, what is this guys game????? Why is he particularly blaming Hindusim????? I know that some religious groups have made it theri mission to convert the whole of the mountain region of Nepal and the himalayas into their own religion..and so being of a suspicious mind....I wonder.....WHAT IS YOUR GAME.....
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| garibjanata |
Posted
on 17-Jan-03 02:11 PM
Sitaradi,Who is Vivek Anand? Is he a relation of Dev Anand? Or you are trying to say 'Vivekananda?
Sitaradi, have u really read books by Swami Vivekananda? I am sure this is not a typo.
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| SITARA |
Posted
on 17-Jan-03 02:43 PM
Garib Janta ji
oooooooooops! Garibjanata ji:
There is only one person who wrote "The Warrior Saint"..... NOw, I would not know if he was related to Dev Anand or Devananda! :)
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| Garibjanata |
Posted
on 17-Jan-03 04:04 PM
Vedanta, Adyatma,Veda are alll esoteric subjects for me-But I know the difference between Vivek Anand and Vivekananda.Regards to the author who wrote " The Warrior....", I have no idea about it;neither have I heard a book of that title.
Maybe Gadha Anand, I mean Gadhananda penned it. GR ............GR .......RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR.
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| psvfsolutions |
Posted
on 18-Jan-03 10:23 PM
To Sitara, Tick, Jhilke Kyailan, & others:
The crises we have in Nepal at this time and point is of reality that the country has political inestability, human rights violation, poverty, illiteracy, massacre, murder, masskilling, insecurity, etc. This problem basically lies within ourselves as our mind-make up or conditioning or the why we think, believe and do our things from living our daily life. All in all we are basically deprived of our rights and opportunity to evolve as humans that can take our own responsibility.
Of course, we are evolve from primitive state of life or age to this age of technology and democracy (freedom to think on one's own) as all humans did in the process of the evolution. But the question that "do we have to take a boad to cross Atlantic ocean to reach America like Columbus?" will be wrong one. Because we have now jet planes that can take us to America within 24 hours. This does not mean that it will make us well off and democratic in few years of Democracy in Nepal. But certainly we have to do something now to get started for the coming generation to be democratic, well-off and rational human beings. On the contrary, it does not mean that Nepali people are irrational humans to see the difference between the reality and superstition or believe that are second handed or imposed upon.
Also, if you have read Jiddu Krishnamurti or Vivekananda or Vedanta or Yoga or Western philosophy, literatures or Teachings of Buddha it is all fine and good as long as you can see how our mind get programmed or conditoned with our environment, traditions, culture, way of life, eating habits, all that our body, senes, and mind do as an sociao-psyco creature. This does not mean that we do not need the culture, tradition, education, religion. But it simply means "can we be aware of what we do with our body, senses and mind?" while living together in a society which is solely the individual responsibilty. Our individual responsibility can estabilize the foundation for the society and as a matter of fact we are the society because if each one of us does not exist the society does not exist.
It is same with the culture, tradition and nation. We each one of us live in a culture with the sense of responsibility to what we think, what we believe, of our superstitions, of our values etc. This means to aware and thoughtful of all these things that condition our thinking. It simply means to think over the things that surrounds us and NOT TO TAKE FOR GRANTED because it is our tradition, it is our culture or it is our Hinduism. Who knows may be with our awareness or each one of us being responsible of our thinking we may turn our culture a culture of understanding mankind and thereby establish a sense of peace and happiness.
As all believe or superstion or idea that are imposed upon and taken for granted or our of fear are same either of Hinduism, Christianity, Islam or Judiaism. The thinking of our mind is the matter and all religions have come within human mind. Simiply they did not come from NOWHERE or SKY or SPACE or BLACKHOLE. For an individual this is a second hand information, idea or beleive. The question is "Can one see it through transparently without fear?" and if one can not 'Can one question it?" This does not mean one is rebelling. This means simply can I be rational and take the responsibility of my thinking and stop myself harming others.
All in all, in Nepal at this time and point we have not taken this responsibility at all. We are driven by our Sectarian Feudal thinking with hope to live our lives as securely as possible. But it seems the hope of Sectarian Feudal thinking or believe or methodology is gone over because we now whant economic prosperity, education and democracy. Democracy may not be our priority but economic well-off is our drive. But could we be well-off without securing that prosperity for all Nepali not equality but opportunity without securing HUMAN RIGHTS, and how can we seure HUMAN RIGHTS without institutionalizing democracy with most democractic legislations by the elected members of the Parliament? You see we have to think in the light of LIVING a life in a Democractic environment with our best human rational mind. We we can not then we have to again try our best with all sort of revolution - inward and outware (peaceful political struggle).
You may come from most privilleged Bramin or Rana or Newar or Thakuri family but if just try for your family with your old habits of Sectarian Feudal thinking then soon or later it is going to fall part because in this age of technology, global economy and Democracy the Sectarian Feudalism is dead.
Therefore, it is our responsibility and opportunity at this time and point in Nepal to try to establish within us the culture of rationality, thinking and responsibility. There can be many rational stuffs in our culture and religious practice that we can benefit. But before we take goodies from it we have to make sure we see the dirt clearly and dump it for elemination from our mind and practice for ever. We must think and try to question all our values and believes that we have taken for granted in the name of Hinduism with spill of the magic of Sectarian Feudalism.
Lets keep thinking over it on Sajha.com.
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