Hinduism that is Sanatana Dharama
Hinduism that is Sanatana Dharama
Hindu Dharma is 5000 years old religion according to
archeological evidences and 10,000 years old according to astronomical
calculations and oral traditions.
Five Fundamentals of Hindu Dharma are -
1 Ishvar
is FORMLESS (NIRAKAR) and there is a sound "AUM" which represents it, to experience ISHVAR, there are three paths –
a - yajna (Fire sacrifice)
b- Yog
c- Devotion (Bhakti)
2 Incarnation – The Ishwar takes birth in form
of GOD (bhagwan) to protect DHARMA (moral duties)
3- Re birth – Theory of cause and effect
4- Salvation (Moksha)
Ancient time – 10,000 ybp (years before present)
Indians learnt agriculture and food was in surplus. They
stopped the job of hunter and gatherer and started establishing colonies for
themselves. This was the time when
concept of religion, morals, and ethics started taking shape to create
civilization which separates human being from animals.
Five Powerful religious sects came into existence –
Brahmanism whose God was Lord Brahma – Path of worship was Fire sacrifice (yajya)
Shaivism whose God was Lord Mahesh (Shiva) - Path of worship was Hatha Yog
Vaisavanism whose God was Lord Vishnu- Path of worship was name recitation (Jap)
Shakta whose Goddess was Shakti (Durga-) Path of worship was meditation on geometrical patterns (Tantra)
And many nature worshippers – 33 kinds of Gods and Goddess were
worshipped – These were air, water, earth, space, fire, trees, animals etc.
In ancient time they were not called Hindus. This was Indic
civilization and many different sects came into existence. Ved (Holy book of
Hindus) was practiced orally but not written down. Caste system was not formed.
Hindu word was not coined. Temple institution for deity worship was not
established. we have included finest hindu temple for sightscene in our India tour
3500 (ybp) – Vedic
Age
One unique and great thing happened which never happened earlier in the world. Unknown social scientist (Yogis) came together and merged all the sects of Indic civilization into one Dharma (Moral duties) called Sanatan Dharma. They also created class system for division of labor for running socio economy smoothly by skilled people. It was open ended system. An individual could change the occupation and the caste. Temple institution was established. Society moved around the temple. The holy book of Hindus called Rigved was written down on the birch leaves.
Social scientists (Yogis) of India explained that GOD is one
and it is formless, it is energy. The job of this energy is to create and maintain
the balance between NATURE, ANIMALS AND HUMAN BEING. This energy can be experienced
only when an individual learns to shut down the six senses temporarily during
meditation which is hard and takes long time of practice of yoga sometimes many
births. So an average individual who is running the material welfares should
follow the other way – Worship of Gods for merits and boons and compassion of living beings.
Concept of five Gods was given to a Hindu devotee– GOD Vishnu , GOD Shiva,
Goddess Durga , GOD Sun and Ishta Devta(personal demigod )
Then they found the places which had higher electromagnetic
waves and established wooden temples over there. They used the quincunx pattern
for inner architecture of the temple. The inner architecture of Taj mahal is also based on this Hindu temple architecture geometrical pattern. So deities of five Gods could be established
in one temple. The temple will give free food, education and medicine to the
devotees and devotees will donate money for the maintenance of the temple. The King will give protection to the temple.
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It is suggested to go the temple every day for prayers
because it helps an individual to get benefit of meditation slowly and
gradually. A devotee removes the shoes outside the temple so his feet can get
the benefit of electromagnetic waves then he rings the bell, the voice of the
bell strikes in the middle of two brains and brings the attention of the
devotee in the present then devotee enters in to the sanctum which remains in
dark so devotee lights an earthen pot full of clarified butter that activates
the seeing and smell sense of devotee, when all 5 senses are activated by the
following rituals of temple worship then devotee circles 7 times around the deity and settle down for meditation
for few seconds.
Hindu temple architecture started around 8 bce but material was used wood which did not sustain with time.
So the first Hindu temple made of stones is Mundeshwari Devi temple in Bihar – 108 AD. This is temple of Goddes Durga and God Shiva
The first hindu temple made of burnt bricks came into existence in 5th AD. (Bheetergaon temple, Kanpur).
Hindu temple architecture reached at its zenith in 12th
century eg – Khajuraho temples, Angkorwat temples , Mahabalipuram temples in
Tamilnadu, Tungnath temple in Uttarakhand, Konark Sun Temple, Dilwara temples in
Rajasthan, Temples of Hampi, Karnataka .
This knowledge of Temple architecture and other subjects of
Hindu Dhrama was stopped and lost due to military attacks of radicals from
Afganishtan in 12th century upto 14th century.
This religious persecution pushed India into mass illiteracy , mass conversion .
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