Awaken Bharata
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THE IMPORTANCE OF KSHATRIYA DHARMA
One might ask that if all is Maya or illusion, why would a great Swami start a kingdom? Such a question shows a profound misunderstanding of Hindu Dharma. One can only transcend the world by fulfilling one's Dharma and one's karma, and even if one has done this for oneself, one still has the duty to others to teach, guide and raise the world. Let us also look at the example of Samartha Ramdas, who inspired the great King Shivaji. Unfortunately so far modern India has created a Prime Minister of this sort of inspiration.

One must remember the example of the Sikhs as well. Originally a pacifist spiritual movement, they were forced to take up arms and to adapt a Kshatriya order by the cruel oppression perpetrated against them by the Muslim rulers of the time, in which torture and genocide were the rule of the day. In this way the Sikhs grew and flourished and became a force to be reckoned with. Unfortunately India as a whole at the time of the Sikhs did not take up the call for a real Kshatriya revival and even the Sikhs lost many of their Hindu roots.

What is particularly strange is that Mahatma Gandhi's policies have become accepted by many people East and West as representing the original teachings of Hinduism, which is not always the case. Gandhi himself studied, quoted and, in fact, took solace in the Bhagavad Gita as the main holy book in his life, though the Gita promotes the Kshatriya Dharma and honors a defensive war.

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