| Awaken Bharata |
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| Books By David Frawley |
| THE IMPORTANCE OF KSHATRIYA DHARMA | |
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integral teaching of original Hinduism honors the Kshatriya Dharma.
A nation can only be built up and ruled by Kshatriyas. That is their
appropriate role in society. Please note that I am not speaking
about caste here, but about the mentality and instincts of a person.
True Kshatriyas may come from any so-called caste today and are to
be known by their character and their actions. Should there not be
an adequate Kshatriya class in a country, all the other classes must
take up a Kshatriya activity, even the Brahmins.
In fact a true Brahmin must have learned the value of Kshatriya Dharma in order to be really able to go beyond it. One might argue, as some have, that the Hindu Kshatriya spirit, however important it was in medieval India, is no longer relevant in the modern world, in which we should have a secular society with no concern for religion. However the traditional Hindu Kshatriya rule was never theocratic and protected the rights of all people. It was not a religious state or church enforced tyranny.Such Kings as Shivaji, who in the seventeenth century fought against tyrannical Muslim rule, did not target the Muslims under his rule as the Muslims were doing to the Hindus under theirs. I don't think that anyone can doubt in this age of political corruption that a real Kshatriya spirit is required, a promotion of Dharma in the social and political realms. Such a Dharmic spirit should not be a pretext for enforcing a particular religious belief upon society but it should not be devoid of spiritual principles, nor need it be unconnected with any religious tradition. |
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