Principles and Practice of Hindu Religion
Epilogue : Progress, Prosperity & Problems
The Decline of the Society and a Time for Renaissance
 
   
 
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Is it Time for a New Renaissance?
How do We fix the Decline, the Lethargy and the loss of Faith
 
 
 
 

 

 

As we reached the later part of this century we continue to have many of these unwanted qualities and habits confused as our culture. Some of these are brought with us to other countries also. This is the time for renaissance again in our religious history. More than ever before, we now find a need to unify the various segments of our society. We have to educate them all in a composite way of all aspects of our faith, philosophy, rituals and our practice so that we can preserve it for many more generations to come. Fast air travels and movements of population groups from one continent to another have exposed our culture to many other religious groups. Many of our people have to face the proselytizing groups of alien faiths as well as many political, democratic thinking and atheistic and secular ideas. This makes it all the more important to improve our foundation and spread the knowledge and lift all the divisive cultural habits of our society. We cannot leave it to a natural evolution of our faith any more as we have done in the past.
 

People had more gains in using their time to study and follow other traditions and vocations and did not find any use for practice of Hinduism. There are times when we find a need to fight to preserve our heritage for our future. Many Hindu renaissance movements with the new found interest and resistance to the attacks on our culture is often termed as fundamentalism, and reactionary not only by alien forces and interested outsiders, but also, unfortunately, by some of our own brothers educated in Western culture who want to prove themselves to be more Sattvic than our Sages. Even though we had stressed Ahimsa as an important Dharma if there was an attack on our selves, our parents, our Guru and our faith, the Hindu community always stood up to uphold their truth and fight for their rights as the Divine duty. Many wars have been fought to protect our mother, father, teacher or our form of worship of "God". From the ancient times in our Puranas, from the ancient period before Mahabharatha war to this century, we have had many wars to uphold the truth and protect the righteous people.

 
    
 
A Time to Think About It is Now
 
 
" Dharma Samshthabanaaya Sambhavaami Yuge' Yuge' | "
Namaste' -- Vanakkam -- Namskaram
 
   
 
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