Sanjeev Newar - Dalits Of Hinduism: Dharmas Fight For Lost Children (Discover Hinduism)

DALITS

OF

HINDUISM

Dharma's fight for lost children

DALITS OF HINDUISM

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DALITS

OF

HINDUISM

Dharma's fight for lost children

BY

SANJEEV NEWAR

Division of labor not division of hearts, say Vedas - the foundation of Hinduism. There are four major aspects of human body, viz. intellect (Brahmin), strength (Kshatriya), management (Vaishya) and support (Shudra) that make it complete. The head represents the intellect, hands represent strength, stomach represents management, and legs represent support.

A human is a human when all these aspects work in tandem. None of the head, hands, stomach or legs could alone constitute a complete body.

Brahman is not a caste. Brahman is a trait that every human possesses in varying quantity. Similarly, Shudra is not a caste. Shudra is a trait that every human exhibits. We are all Brahmins. We are all Shudras. We are all humans. That is why even after the massive propaganda by fanatics to prove Hinduism a rogue idea based on caste-based hatred, you can see the son of a Daasi/Shudra- Vidura become Prime Minister of Hastinapur- the mightiest kingdom in Mahabharat. That is why you see Valmiki, a so-called low caste as Maharishi, who is worshiped by entire Hindu community as greatest saint ever. Mata Sita considered him as father and spent her last days in his Aashram. Maharishi Jabal, son of a prostitute, became Rishi of Atharva Veda. This list is endless.

This book will remove the misconceptions and establish the principles of social equality that form the foundations of Hinduism.

Dalits of Hinduism is the second book of the Discover Hinduism series that aims to dispel all myths and establish true Hinduism. The first book A Hindus fight for mother cow debunked myths related to beef eating. This book addresses the second allegation on Hinduism of discriminating on the basis of birth. The reader will be pleasantly surprised to discover that all these allegations are bogus. On the contrary, Hinduism is the greatest philosophy of equality, merit, and justice far evolved than the modern system that has not been able to wipe away the dogmas of medieval prejudices of Christian and Islamic eras.

Christian systems assume that all who reject Jesus as the Son of God and Bible as the gospel of God will go to Hell. Islamic systems believe that all who refuse to accept Muhammad as last prophet and Quran as final book of Allah will burn in Hell forever. Both systems openly support slavery as an essential component of religion. The religious books, considered as the voice of God, even give details on how to manage and distribute slaves and concubines, if the popular translations of those books are to be considered true.

Hinduism is different. Apart from Vedas, no other book in considered as the voice of God. And Vedas denounce any form of inequality birth based, gender based, belief based, region based as harshly as even modern justice system will not dare to denounce for political reasons. Ved means intellect. Vedas openly declare that any form of blind belief devoid of intellect and reasoning is a recipe of sorrow. Questioning of the authenticity of even Vedas are not just accepted but encouraged. That is why you see so many diverse sects and schools within Hindu fold. All that is needed is genuineness of intentions.

Atharvaveda explicitly states that there will always be a variety of languages, cultures, traditions, belief systems in the world. Noble humans must consider entire humanity as one family irrespective of these differences.

The sources of allegations on Hinduism can be divided into three broad categories.

• Allegations based on historical texts and events
• Allegations based on religious texts like Ramayan, Mahabharat, Puranas, Smritis, Sutras, etc.
• Allegations based on Vedas

A convenient but baseless assumption is made that anything that happened in past or anything that is written in Sanskrit is part of Hinduism.

Nothing can be farther from truth. Just as every Arabic belly dance number of Lebanon is not the message of Islam, every Sons and Lovers and Lolita in English is not Bible. Similarly, every Sanskrit word is not Hinduism.

In the same vein, just as Babur building Babri Mosque in the name of his gay partner Babri is not necessarily Islamic, Pope John XIIs adultery and incest scandals are not necessarily Christian; deeds of any individual cannot be considered as a trait of Hinduism. Even if the entire world is addicted to anger and hatred, that does not make anger and hatred Hindu. Hinduism is based on eternal concepts. Hence, anger and hatred will always be anti-Hindu.

Allegations based on selective episodes of history and quotes from obscure Sanskrit texts are not relevant to Hinduism. All that can be concluded from any such allegation is that what happened or what was written in any text or what was practiced in society in that era was anti-Hindu.

The second category of allegations based on scriptures like Mahabharat, Ramayan, Smritis and other later era texts also do not hold any water. The majority of the allegations in this category are mere misinterpretations of select Sanskrit words out of context. A few allegations relate to some objectionable verse or story. But, even these are not valid because these texts themselves declare that they are human creations, prone to errors and manipulations, and not the final authority. They attribute final authority in matters of Dharma to Vedas. And Vedas attribute final authority to intellect, reason and compassion in matters of interpreting Vedas.

It is a known fact that apart from Vedas, none of the texts of Hinduism have been diligently preserved. These other texts have been subject to adulterations and multiple versions are available even today. They serve the purpose of explaining the bigger picture of right and wrong through allegories, stories, analogies and other literary devices. They may contain spurious verses as well. After all, these were not written in an era when copyright laws, encryption, read-only devices and DRM were commonplace. Anyone could pick up few leaves of banana, make a pen out of peacock feather, and scribble anything. For the oldest civilization of the world, it is implausible that innumerable versions of each text would not have been spawned in thousands of years.

That is why Hinduism is above any text, any story, and any history. The way to benefit from any scripture is to embrace what is reasonable and appealing to conscience and reject whatever appears trash. Be open-minded on topics where one cannot decide right or wrong. And simply follow the conscience on a benchmark of fundamental principles of non-violence, truth, patience, self-control, compassion, wisdom and selflessness.

Yes, there are spurious verses in Ramayan, Mahabharat, Smritis, Sutras and Puranas. Some of the Smritis, Sutras and Puranas are almost completely fake and created by unwise or naughty minds. For example, Bhavishya Purana has praises of Queen Victoria and Akbar. It seems the British paid some Sanskrit literate to coin verses explaining Sunday, Monday and call Victoria (Vikatavati) as the greatest ruler ever.

For ages, scholars of Bharat (India) have been aware of these attempts of few misled to create spurious texts and confuse people. They put up an ultimate benchmark Vedas are ultimate evidence. Everything else is acceptable only if they are as per Vedas. You see this benchmark Shruti Pramaana Vedas alone are proofs, being repeated in texts of every era.