Every time
period has a contemporary approach. At the present time we use the rational approach to
understand the real nature of material world. We
want to know the details of all matter and also of living species. We examined the matter
and reached to electrons protons and neutrons.
Similarly, we examined the living cells and reached to the
genes. To reach where we are in this direction it has taken thousands of years and a
continuity of at least two thousand years.
Hindus had a different approach. The sanatana dharma
provides the answers to the holistic relationship of an individual (vyakti), nature
(shrishti), society (samashti) and God (parmashti).
The relationship of soul (atma) and Ishwar (parmatma) has
been the subject of our studies.
The primary focus is on the immortality of soul and not on
the transient body or the material world. This is clearly mentioned in Gita by Krishna who
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