vijay wrote:

Only an abashed optimistic can extract some good from the message. Nowadays a good Hindu is one who is largely unaware of the good of his great religion but is fully aware of the shortcomings of other religions. Bangladesh has last week appointed a Hindu judge as its Chief Justice.

 

Let us be good human. Hindu or Muslim will follow. 

Hinduism is a way of life and therefore is not limited to the dogmatic and inflexible preachings of a founder as is the case with most other religions. It therefore does not need the advice in form of messages from selfstyled individuals who are trying to enclose it in a shell which is against the essence and ethos of Hinduism. Hinduism absorbs and is all inclusive.

It  is doubtless true that hinduism is more of a way of life than a religion . But this very way of life needs further elucidation. Hinduism had gone through various ages of enlightenment and obscurantism. It is extremely difficult to credit it with the virtue of inclusiveness when the barbaric caste system, the scandalous practice of untouchability under a bramanical tyranny drove many low caste Hindus to embrace other religions. What about its dispensation for the fair sex? The Sutee system could be only abolished after Raja Rammohan waged a war against it. The benign face of hinduism what we see today , owes to pioneering efforts of reforming legends like Swami Vivekananda,Swami Dayanand, Vidyasagar and many others. Unfortunately Togaria and his ilk are out there to deform and degrade hinduism once again.

rambabu wrote:

Belief inreligion doesn't force you to visit temples. And fasting is a nature cure to flush away the wastes in your body.

 

I know and Hinduism doesn't force but this was written on response to Togadia's view that all Hindus should visit temples daily, which is not possible.

Mousumi Ghosh wrote:

rambabu wrote:

Belief inreligion doesn't force you to visit temples. And fasting is a nature cure to flush away the wastes in your body.

 

I know and Hinduism doesn't force but this was written on response to Togadia's view that all Hindus should visit temples daily, which is not possible.

 

In this regard I too will not agree with Togadia.

 

Mousumi Ghosh wrote:

The summary has certain valid points like point no 10.which should include people of all religion in India. Secondly, why so much hulabaloo about drawing water from same well, do we see the caste of a person when we eat pani puri- whether we ask him his caste? no. Also, caste discrimination will end only when reservations come to a halt, equality should be practised rather than preached.

Similarly, point 9, I agree that our children won;t know about Hindu culture unless taught just like it is taught in other religions...so it is important and a valid point, However, visiting a temple daily is not feasible for every one.

 

Every Hindu will not visit temple. There is no uniform Hindu worship form. Hindu religion includes sanatani (statue worshippers), arya Samajis (not worshiping statues) and others. Moreover temples are also different for different Gods. some may worship Vishny, some shankar, some Maa Vaishno devi,some Kali and so on. Accordingly, there can be no uniform code for Hindus. There are many variants like Radhaswamis, Nirankaris etc who have different practices.  

chinmoymukherjee wrote:

It  is doubtless true that hinduism is more of a way of life than a religion . But this very way of life needs further elucidation. Hinduism had gone through various ages of enlightenment and obscurantism. It is extremely difficult to credit it with the virtue of inclusiveness when the barbaric caste system, the scandalous practice of untouchability under a bramanical tyranny drove many low caste Hindus to embrace other religions. What about its dispensation for the fair sex? The Sutee system could be only abolished after Raja Rammohan waged a war against it. The benign face of hinduism what we see today , owes to pioneering efforts of reforming legends like Swami Vivekananda,Swami Dayanand, Vidyasagar and many others. Unfortunately Togaria and his ilk are out there to deform and degrade hinduism once again.

 

You have brought out the real cause of Weakness in Hinduism that of non inclusiveness of lower castes and the tyranny of brahmins in conjunction with kshatriya rulers to keep down the other two castes into perpetual drudgery, thereby reducing competition and ensuring their hold. It is for this main reason that Hinduism is said to be  a way of life because no religion would allow nearly more than 60-70 % of its followers to be subjugated into class divisions and practice of untouchability to be practiced. Very few pioneers have sought to reform it but sadly large percent of Hindus continue practicing these divisive practices. It seems Hinduism seeks safety in quantity and does not believe in quality. Present day self appointed Hindu leaders are interested in quantity and not in reforms(quality). But they get support from many educated Hindus.