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| Why Hindu Rashtra? |
THE CONCEPT OF HINDU RASHTRA |
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English Education Twists HinduIn this country from ancient days the Hindu, i.e., the nationals, held religious beliefs. Nobody objected to other man's way of worship here. Everyone was free to practise and propagate his own faith. There was full freedom. People say, Hindus are very tolerant. This word tolerance does not correctly represent our way of life. The word is very inadequate. You can hate a man but still tolerate him. But here there is no hatred. You recognise the right of every person to have his own belief. He is recognised and respected -- Religion is no barrier for mutual love and understanding. This is the Hindu attitude.The grand principle of Unity in Diversity was developed and practised this land. That is why in addition to so many religions born in this country, when a few more religions came from outside the borders of our country, those religions and their adherents did not face opposition but received warm welcome here. Religion is considered as a personal matter, the relation of the individual with his Maker, People belonging to various religions in this country are all Hindus by culture and Nationals of this Hindu Rashtra. As there are Shaivas, Vaishnavas, Jains, Bauddhas and Sikhs amongst Hindus, there can be Christians and Muslims also. This is to be clearly understood. Of course, it may be difficult to understand this in the vitiated political atmosphere and also with the background of English education. That is why Gurudev Ravindranath Tagore exhorted : "If you want to understand Bharat study Vivekananda". We have to know ourselves through the
eyes of our own Rishis, Sanyasis and Scholars and their books and
not through the Western scholars and their writings. |
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