"Their Freedom. Our Freedom.
I had asked a ques in one of my earlier essays – “Why is it that when a Hindu youth enters the doors of a madarasa, and stops believing in his traditional Gods, the worldview of the Vedas, in Karma, in multiple births, in the sanctity of life itself,
I had asked a ques in one of my earlier essays – “Why is it that when a Hindu youth enters the doors of a madarasa, and stops believing in his traditional Gods, the worldview of the Vedas, in Karma, in multiple births, in the sanctity of life itself,
we say that he has converted, but when the same youth enters the doors of a university, stops believing in his traditional Gods, the worldview of the Vedas, in Karma, in multiple births & the sanctity of life itself, we ignore his conversion & go on to praise his accomplishments
and call him scientific and liberal?”
I now have an answer. The reason why Hindus are able to distinguish between Hinduism and Islam but not between Hinduism and Liberalism is because Hindus are a free people. We resist dogma. It is this trait that we share with Liberals.
I now have an answer. The reason why Hindus are able to distinguish between Hinduism and Islam but not between Hinduism and Liberalism is because Hindus are a free people. We resist dogma. It is this trait that we share with Liberals.
It is this commonality that leads modern day Hindus to confuse Hinduism with Liberalism and end up undermining and diluting their own faith. This is the reason why it is not Abrahamism but Liberalism which is the single greatest threat to Hinduism. It is a Trojan horse that has
entered each of our families on the silent wings of “education” and Netflix.
Freedom from dogma is indeed a commonality we share with Liberals but our paths diverge sharply immediately after that.
Freedom from dogma is indeed a commonality we share with Liberals but our paths diverge sharply immediately after that.
Liberalism sees freedom as a “Freedom to”, while Hindus hv always seen freedom as a “Freedom from”. Liberal freedom is Liberty, Hindu freedom is Moksha. Liberty says we are free only when we can fulfil our every desire. Moksha says we are free when we are free from desire itself.
Self-indulgence 4 individual gratification is the Liberal way. Self-control 4 the greater common good is the Hindu way. Liberal happiness is pleasure. Hindu happiness is contentment."
For a breakdown of the Hindu condition in the Western world we live in >
For a breakdown of the Hindu condition in the Western world we live in >
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