| Awaken Bharata |
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| Books By David Frawley |
| A CALL FOR AN INTELLECTUAL (BAUDDHIKA) KSHATRIYA | |
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| In fact the Puranas relate
that the Angirasa Rishis, the oldest Vedic seer family, was one of
Kshatriya Brahmanas. This movement of a new spiritual Kshatriya of
modern Hindus needs to be completed today, not only for the
generation of Hindu society but for the revival of Sanatana Dharma
or the universal tradition of truth throughout the world.
The main Kshatriya that can carry the day today is the intellectual Kshatriya. Hindus must create a new intelligentsia that has the power to overcome and absorb the alienated and Western dominated intellectuals of India, projecting an intellectual view that is articulate and compelling. They must turn Sanatana Dharma into a world cultural force, not merely a religious curiosity. For a culture that has produced such thinkers as the Vedic seers, Upanishadic sages, Kapila, Buddha, Patanjali and Shankara, and in the modern times Sri Aurobindo and Ramana Maharshi, this is certainly possible.In fact such great modern figures of India as Sri Aurobindo and Swami Vivekananda are good models of intellectual Kshatriyas as well as spiritual masters. Clearly the success of Hindus in such intellectual fields as science and medicine shows that they have the capacity. What is lacking is the motivation, the guidance, and perhaps the inspiration. |
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