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on LDSFT and Hindu Dharma |
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| | | Must
Read - Articles for All
- B - 05 |
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- B - 05 | Bala
N. Aiyer, M.D. International President, LDSFT |
01 October, 2007 | |
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An
English Translation of a speech prepared in Tamil for the occasion of the 2nd
Anniversary of LDSFT | |
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God
is explained as existing as the supreme energy or force and the matter everywhere
that created all the universe of suns, stars and planets and all the beings there-in
including the human race. The Supreme is seen as the electromagnetic particles
or waves of the lights that come from the sun and the stars. God is that sound
or vibration which exists in the space. When the stars and planets revolve in
the space that creates this vibration, He exists in the Pranava Sound of Om. Even
though we use the pronoun "He", that also represents She or It, according
to the path we follow. This grand incomprehensible form of the supreme Truth is
Paramathma or the grand soul is also addressed as Parabrahman by followers of
Smartha Sampradhaya of Vedic Traditions. This same Supreme force is addressed
as Parasiva or Parameswara by the Saiva sampradhaya followers and Sri Narayana
or Mahavishnu by the Vaishnava Sampradhaya followers and Parasakthi or Kaali by
the Sakthas. This Supreme is formless or beyond our comprehension and is explained
as the One Truth that is Nirguna Brahman, Nishkala Siva and Savisesha Brahman
for all these sects.
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This
form is difficult to comprehend or to worship by the common Hindu Devotees. Here
He exists and understood as the great form of Viraat Purusha that spans the entire
space of universes in His Immanent and Transcendental form of Viswaroopa. As a
blessing to all the Hindus, and also to perform the activities of creation, protection,
dissolution, playing various other roles and for showing His grace, the Paramatma
comes to us in the transcendental form as Saguna Brahmam. He takes the several
manifestations and incarnations. Here, the names of the manifestations may sound
similar; we need to remember that these are the manifestations of the Saguna Brahmam
with similar names and should not get confused.
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In
this we have Brahma, Vishnu and Siva as creator, protector and dissolver and their
consorts Saraswathi, Lakshmi and Durga for knowledge, wealth and power and we
have Ganesha and Subrahmanya. Then we recognize many incarnations and forms of
manifestations of the Supreme God that come in every age that all Hindus worship
in several Temples.
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additions to these forms that all Hindus worship as God, there are also several
forms of angels and Celestial powers called Devathas that exists and are included
for worship in our rituals. Often they perform various duties and work to protect
individuals and surrounding areas, buildings and villages, and work like the government
employees under a ruler. Some of them are good to the society and do good things
to everyone and some are said to be bad ones, angry ones that may cause destruction
or calamities. These are the Devathas that villagers worship in the Tamasika way
of ignorance, to ward off miseries or out of fear and also in the ritualistic
Vedic practice in the form of worship of the natural forces and planets. In many
world faiths, these Devathas are considered as their only God, leading to the
violent exclusion of all other faiths in the Supreme. Most Hindus who worship
these angels and Devathas also understand and accept the many manifestations of
the Supreme Paramatma.
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to the traditions and Cultural practices of Hindu Dharma, a Guru or Acharya is
accepted as a personal guide, leader and teacher who has received the spiritual
knowledge of Divine Truth and as such is considered worthy of our prayers and
worship. It is always recommended that one receive the Divine truth and teachings
only from such an enlightened Guru who only can show us the proper path and guide
us for spiritual knowledge. We are able to understand Supreme Truth and our Dharma
through them.
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have been blessed by the manifestations of several such Acharyas at different
times to guide us and teach us the proper meaning of the religious texts and our
philosophy. Many times the explanations had variations to suite the variations
in our Hindu communities of different time periods and situations. But, we must
understand that the ultimate goal we need to reach in spiritual realization of
Hindu Dharma teachings is one and the same with the variations only in the path.
In these teachings, it makes no sense to fight among our selves and say that one
path is superior or other is inferior. We must accept that each one path is suitable
or acceptable to one or the other Hindu and all are similar. We must teach this
truth to all Hindus to learn and encourage everyone to live in peace with unity
among all Hindus. This is the message that our organizations, foundations, Gurus,
Acharyas and Temples should teach and tell all their members and followers.
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our community and around us, there are many individuals who do not have proper
spiritual insight in proper paths of Hindu Dharma or have not understood our philosophy.
There are many who are agnostic and does not want to think of a superior Divine
Force as God. Then there are those who are atheists who deny the existence of
a Supreme Force and refuse to understand that or just have a personal dislike
for the way it is being practiced. There are few groups which worship only a form
of a subordinate Devatha or an Angel as their "Only God" and deny all
other forms. Some even proclaim that their path is the only right way and sometimes
agitate and try to attack and destroy other groups. It is essential to teach the
divine message to all of them to make them understand the Hindu Dharma as a spiritual
way of life and make them join us in our paths of Hindu Dharma. This way, we can
create a glorious future for all of us and for our traditions.
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on LDSFT programmes and Hindu Dharma education Speech
prepared for LDSFT Anniversary Celebrations - Full Text -
by Dr. Bala N. Aiyer | | | | | |
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Vidyã Yã Vimukthaye' Strength
of Knowledge will lead to Liberation | |
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