Four Pillars of Hindu Dharma
WHAT IS THE HINDU DHARMA ? CONTINUES…..
It is also argued, they have named our Vedic Sana tan Dharma’s name as Hindu religion. There was no protest from Vedic Sana tan dharma’s followers at that time. It was automatically established in the name of Hinduism the people of Indian continental other than Muslim and Christians.
One of Indian man swatantra Savakar taking credit for naming him for Hindu religion. He even wrote such verses in Sanskrit.
असिन्धू सिन्धू पर्यन्ता यस्य भारत भूमिका । पितृ भूःपुण्यभूश्चैव स वै हिन्दुरितीस्मृतः।।
It means : The land from Himalaya (the source of river Sindhu ) to the indian oceans, which was called Indian continental in ancient Vedic time, They consider that land as holy place and fatherland/ motherland. Those who live there are called Hindus.
What exactly is the essence of the so-called Hindu religion ?
I found it from several sources, I tried to explain what I understand.
There are four basic pillars. Which is also called the four rituals.
- Purusharth (four human pursuit) a) dharma b) Artha (economic) c) Kam (deep extensive desire, ego, sensuality) d) Moksha (freedom from rebirth)
- Ashram system (four age-based life stages)
- a ) brahmacharya ( student) b) grihasthashram( householder) c) Vanprastha ( freedom from family responses) d) Sannyasa ( renunciation)
- Varna system(four social classes/ cast) Varna contextually means “color, race, tribe, species, kind, sort, nature, character, quality, property” of an object or people in some Vedic and medieval texts. Varna refers to four social classes in the Manu smriti.
- Rin system (loan/credit like responsible arrangement) a) Dev Rin (loan/credit of god) b) guru (rishi)rin ( credit of teacher) c) Pitri Rin ( loan/credit of parents ) d) Lok / Manav Rin (social responsible )
Beside this four pillars there are four Veda a) Yajurveda – this related with religious ritual ceremonial b) Sam Veda ( related literacy, melody chanting and singing lyrics ) C) rig Veda ( hymns about mythology)d) Atharva Veda (“the procedures for everyday Vedic art life architecture)
And four mind conscience: a) man ( mind) b) buddhi ( intelligence) c)Chitta ( heart) , d) Ahamkara (ego)
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