Narendra Modi,.BJP is talking about Hindu Nationality. The extremists and the supporters of Modi feel very pleased to know it.But we feel and love our India. India is one and our nationality is only Indian. Weought to be all Indian nationalists.People who are talking about Hindu,Muslim ,Christian, Sikh Nationality were really anti-nationalism . Our constitution believe in secular democracy and we all should follow and respect our constitution. Plurality is our culture not divise policy.Hindu ,Islam, Christian are our religion but we all Indian.
Nation may refer to a community of people who share a common language, culture,ethnicity , descent, or history. However, it can also refer to people who share a common territory and government (for example the inhabitants of a sovereign state) irrespective of their ethnic make-up; that is, a nation state.
Religion is an organized collection of beliefs,cultural systems, and world views cultural that relate humanity to the supernatural , and to spiritually.
A global 2012 poll reports that 59% of the world's population is religious, and 36% are not religious including 13% who are atheists , with a 9 percent decrease in religious belief from 2005. source.....Wikipedia
Nation and religion are quiet different each others. But it is very strange and unfortunate that the extremists , religious leaders,some religious political parties ,organisations believe in religion nation ideology which are absolutely wrong ideology.They propagating new conception of nationalism and religious theory which is a fundamentalism theory. The fundamentalist create fascism and dictatorship which will be violate freedom of speech and freedom of life. It will be violate the human right and decrease the growth of development. The country follow secular democracy and they are developed and peaceful nation.The country follow religious nation and there are lots of problems in religious base nation and poverty, terrorism, violence ,human right violence, injustice have been increased day by day in religion countries because religion poison everything. All religions are very old conception with full of misconception, prejudices ,dictatorship ,fascist ideology ,discrimination which divided the society and create lots of problems worldwide decline peace,economic growth and development in all aspect of societies as well as countries.
There are many religions, non religion communities live together in the world.Are there any nation or country where 100% of their people share the same religion beliefs?Today in modern life we need secularism ,democracy ,liberal values are the real strength of unity,peace,progress and prosperity.The reality and truth is that many religions but one nation country and this our strength,peace ,unity and development.
There are many religion countries and secular countries in the world. Some of the countries like Pakistan is a Islamic country,Nepal is a Hindu Rastra (country) and India is secular democratic country. Pakistan and Nepal have been suffering lot of problems. There are lot of poverty, violence, terrorism, violation of human right ,violation of freedom of speech and injustices etc. On the other hand countries which follow secular are much better in all aspect than religious countries.It is very unfortunate and sad that some organisation,extremists, political parties would like promote and sponsor religious country from secular country to religion country like India. The present revolution in Egypt is the great example that nation need secular democracy not religion law. Peoples do not want religion identity. They want food, pure drinking water, shelter ,education ,health ,economic growth, development, employment .peace and unity.They want modern life,freedom of speech and freedom of life not stupid ,fascist religion rules and regulations.
Lets see the picture in world. Today Pakistan. Honduras,Sudan and South Sudan,Yemen,Syria,Iraq, Afghanistan, Somalia are most dangerous countries.
Global Peace Index (GPI) Survey 2013 has revealed that Israel and Asian nuclear armed foes Pakistan and India are among the most violent countries in the world.
Re - Redefining Hinduism
| While defining religion is a theological exercise, many a times the tribunals and judges are pontificating on the nature of Hindusim on the basis of common sense and their own perceptions of it. Many of these perceptions are dictated by the contemporary politics, which wants to present Hinduism in a different light. It was a great surprise that a recent Income Tax Tribunal held that Hinduism is not a religion and stated that Shiva, Hanuman or Goddess Durga are "superpowers of the universe" and do not represent a particular religion. (March 2013) The Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Nagpur, in a recent order, said the expenses on worshipping Hindu deities and maintenance of temple could not be considered as religious activity. They went on to declare that "Technically, Hinduism is neither a religion nor Hindus form a religious community.” Shiv Mandir Devsthan Panch Committee Sanstan' had argued that the temple run by it was open to everyone, irrespective of caste and creed and so "the temple does not belong to a particular religion and that installing idols is not a religious activity". This is fairly hilarious. Idol worship is a major part of Hinduism, while religions like Islam and Christianity don’t resort to worship of idols. It is a Hindu religious activity, that’s how the whole Ram Temple issue could be built up and Babri mosque was demolished on the pretext of fulfilling a religious obligation of restoring Ram Temple, where the idols of Ram Lalla could be installed. Then, what is this new definition of ‘*superpowers*’ in the form of Shiva, Hanuman and Durga? Contemporary times mired in the world of politics regards the United States of America as the global superpower. In tribunal’s verdict we are being told about the Universal superpowers, Durga, Hanuman and Shiva amongst others. The learned tribunal needed to know that in Hinduism the concept of supernatural power goes through different stages. It begins with polytheism with Gods and Goddesses looking after one faction of the power. So you have Gods and Goddesses taking care of rains (Indra), air (Marut), power (Durga), knowledge (Sarswati), and even sex (Kam Devata) and wine (Som Devata). From here one goes to trithiesm where one God creates (Brahma), one maintains (Vishnu) and one destroys (Shiva). From here, one goes to the concept of monotheism (Ishwar). As such Hanuman is a mythological character, servant of Lord Ram and also referred to as God. All this is a part of Hindu religion, to think that this is universal, applicable to all religious beliefs is a travesty of truth. Different sects of Hinduism worship different of these Gods. Some of these Gods are a reincarnation of Lord Vishnu like Ram and Krishna. In Greek mythology one does see a parallel to polytheism. In Christian tradition tri-thiesm of Father, Son and the Holy Spirit is very much there. These are religion specific beliefs and don’t apply to other religions. In contrast to the verdict of the tribunal one knows that some religions like Jainism and Budhhidm don’t have faith in supernatural power. Some traditions, which developed in this part of the globe like Charvak also did not have faith in supernatural power. Coming to the conclusion of the tribunal that Hinduism is not a religion because there are diverse trends, this can be rejected right away. True, Hinduism has diverse trends but that is because this religion is not based on the teachings of a single Prophet. It has evolved-been constructed over a period of time. So the diversity is very much there, still all this does fit into the criterion laid down for understanding a religion. Defining Hinduism in such is a difficult task for sure. The reasons for this are multiple. One, Hinduism is not a prophet based religion, it has no single founder and two, religions developing in this part of the world have been lumped together as Hinduism and three; there are so many diversities in the practices of Hinduism that all streams cannot be painted with a single brush. To this one may add the the practices and beliefs originating at different times continue to exist side by side. Lord Satyanarayn and Santoshi Maa do exist along with the concept of Ishwar (God) and a Nirankar Nirguna Ishwar (God beyond the attributes of qualities and form at the same time. The major point of departure for Hinduism is the imprint of caste system on the major aspects of Hinduism, the religious sanctity for social inequality, caste system being the soul of its scriptures and practices. The conditions under which the terms came into being also tell a lot about the real meaning of those terms. Aryans who came in a series of migrations were pastorals and were polytheists. During the early period we see the coming into being of Vedas, which give the glimpse of value system of that period and also the number of gods with diverse portfolios, the prevalence of polytheism. Laws of Manu were the guiding principles of society. This Vedic phase merged into Brahminic phase. During this phase elite of the society remained insulated from the all and sundry. At this point of time caste system provided a perfect mechanism for this insulation of elite. Buddhism’s challenge to caste system forced Brahmanism to come up with a phase, which can be called Hinduism. During this the cultic practices were broadened and public ceremonies and rituals were devised to influence the broad masses to wean them away from Buddhism. It is interesting to note that till 8th century the so called Hindu texts do not have the word Hindu itself. This word came into being with the Arabs and Middle East Muslims coming to this side. They called the people living on this side of Sindhu as Hindus. The word Hindu began as a geographical category. It was later that religions developing in this part started being called as Hindu religions. Due to caste system there was no question of prosetylization. On the contrary the victims of caste system made all the efforts to convert to other religions, Buddhism, Islam and partly Christianity and later to Sikhism. Within Hindu religion two streams ran parallel, Brahmanism and Shramanism. Shramans defied the brahminical control and rejected caste system. While Brahminism remained dominant, other streams of Hinduism also prevailed, Tantra, Bhakti, Shaiva, Siddhanta etc. Shramans did not conform to the Vedic norms and values. Brahminism categorized religious practices by caste while Shramanism rejected caste distinctions. Brahminical Hinduism was the most dominant tendency as it was associated with rulers. Sidetracking the Hindu traditions of lower castes, Brahminism came to be recognised as Hinduism in due course of time. This phenomenon began with Magadh-Mauryan Empire after subjugating Budhhism and Jainism in particular. Later with coming of British who were trying to understand Indian society, Hindu identity, based on Brahminical norms was constructed for all non Muslims and non Christians. Vedas and other Brahminical texts were projected as the Hindu texts. Thus the diversity of Hinduism was put under the carpet and Brahminism came to be recognised as Hinduism. So Hinduism as understood as a religion is based on Brahminical rituals, texts and authority of Brahmins. Hinduism as prevails today is a religion in all sense of the sociological characteristics. It is dominated by Brahminism is another matter. To say that Hindus are not a religious community is a wrong formulation to say the least. |
We all need peace ,progress and development irrespective of religions, castes We believe in God and we love God but not follow God wish . God has no religion and religion created by peoples which divided the peoples. God for good and mankind. God is one if we believe and love God. Every human being are same because all have been created by God. It is very unfortunate and sad that God and religion are abuse by politics and some religious organisation.We should be love and respect humanity and mankind.
