1.#.Opinion : Wednesday, May 03, 2023. 06:30. 3106. /// 1.# Dharma and Sampradaaya : Swami Chinmayananda

Chinmaya Mission :

The Chinmaya Mission's vision centre, Chinmaya Vibhooti, hosted a three-day camp titled "Bond, Grow, and Have Fun" for the staff of the Central Chinmaya Mission Trust (CCMT). The camp aimed to strengthen the team-building skills of the staff, and Swami Swaroopananda graced the event with his presence.

The camp offered a wide range of engaging activities and games that helped staff members learn more about each other and work together more effectively. The participants enjoyed a reflective walk in Swanubhooti Vatika, soulful bhajans performed by the students of Chinmaya Naada Bindu Gurukula. The visit to Chinmaya Jeevan Darshan, which showcased the inspiring life of Pujya Gurudev, left everyone awestruck.

Swami Swaroopanandaji's sessions provided the staff with practical tips on how to serve like Hanuman ji. The sessions were highly compelling and left a lasting impact on the staff members. Fun-filled team-building activities, such as ice-breaker games, Vibhishana Gita game, Br. Paramji's activity session, and dancercise, were also organized.

The camp concluded on a high note with a Samashti Paduka Puja, which left everyone feeling inspired and rejuvenated. The Chinmaya Vibhooti team went above and beyond to make the entire experience even more special by organizing dinner in the open air with live cooking stations. Overall, the camp was a huge success and accomplished its goal of strengthening the team-building skills of the CCMT staff.

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All Members,

Respected family members of this great holy Nation.

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REQUEST ALL  STUDENTS, PARENTS AND TEACHERS MUST READ THIS TOPIC.

IT IS URGENT IMPORTANCE IN THE PRESENT SITUATION  OF THE NATION

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1.#.Opinion : Wednesday, May 03, 2023. 06:30. 3106. ///

1.# Dharma and Sampradaaya : Swami Chinmayananda

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Let us try to understand the words ‘Dharma’ and ‘Sampradaayaa’ in their true meaning. These are words of the Sanskrit language and so their true meaning too should be understood as meant in that language.

“Dharyate anena iti dharmah”. That which supports is dharma. That which supports, maintains, nourishes, harmonises, brings together, and unites the inert and the sentient, the individual and the society, nation and the world is dharma. The very substratum of the entire creations is called dharma. The common factor, the essence of countless imaginable creation is dharma. The other names synonymous in meaning in the Vedas are Brahman, Atman, Paramatman etc. Therefore one of the names of Maha Vishnu in the Vishnusahasranaam (thousand names of Vishnu) is Dharma. The word Dharma has a wide range of meanings and hence called Parma (Supreme) Dharma. Let us now delve further into this word.

There are three aspects to life:- l)The experiencer of the world called the ‘jeeva’ or the individual, 2) the experienced world or jagat. The individual could not have created himself or another individual or the world. Neither did the world create itself or the individual. The finite cannot create the infinite, nor the inert the sentient. 3) Hence one has to postulate the creator of the two – the Iswara. The Jeeva Jagat Ishwara are in essence one. Their essential relation or substratum or the Truth behind them is called Param Dharma. These three, Jeeva- Jagat-Ishwara, also have a transactional relationship

The Ishwara is the creator, the world and thejeevas, the created. The jeeva is the enjoyer, the world the enjoyed. The individual is the part and finite, the Ishwara, the whole and the infinite. Knowledge of this transactional relationship is also called ‘Dharma’.

The individal performs actions in the world and reaps results thereof. So the Law of Action- Karma Siddhanta and it’s discussions is also ‘dharma’. By actions one gains various fields of experiences, material objects (job relations etc), or other world (heaven, hell etc) or various other bodies (plant, animal etc.). Hence this knowledge is also called Dharma.

An action is measured not only by the outer performance, but also by the intention behind it. If one serves a rich man with an intention of gaining wealth, it is not called selfless service. These intentions depend on the values of life that we possess. Hence discussion on values is also dharma. The universal values are also samanya or maanav dharma as they are common to humanity under all circumstances, in all places and at all times. It is what makes us humane. They are truth(satya), non-injury(ahimsa), self-control(brahmacharya), etc. The application of these may differaccording to circumstances but that does not detract their value or change them. For example, when, in order to save a man, his cancerous hand may have to be amputatted, it does not mean that the doctor has no value for non-injury.

For the harmonious life of the individual and society certain laws are made which are given out as do’d and dont’s. The knowledge of these laws, as the do’s and dont’s is also dharma. It is called Vidhi-nishedhatmak dharma.

Depending on the age, place, position, sex etc of the person, he has certain duties toperform. Non-performance of the same would cause harm to himself and others. For eg. the King’s duty is to rule with justice, protect his subjects etc. The students duty is to study, teh teachers’s to teach whole heartedly etc. The knowledge of these duties is also dharma (Vishesha dharma).

Furthermore, for gaining spiritual unfoldment, special actions are prescribed called sadhanas or upaasanaa. They are also dharma. For gaining special worldly or divine powere (siddhis), certain actions are indicated. They too are dharma. Rites and rituals too are dharma.

Hence we see the wide range of meaning encompassed by the word Dharma. The scriptures that talk of one or more aspects of dharma are called Dharma Shastras. The Vedas are the oldest dharma shastras and give knowledge of the entire dharma. The smritis ( Manu Smriti, (Geeta), Itihaas (Mahabharat, Ramamyana), Puranas (Bhagwat etc) also talk about the entire dharma.

Performance of one aspect of dharma cannot make us totally dharmic, for example daily visit to a temple is only one aspect of dharma as are values etc. Only a self realised man can be totally dharmic as all his actions spring from the realisation of Supreme Dharma, the Paramatman.

Supreme Dharma as already discussed, is the knowledge of the Truth or Substratum of the Jeeva – Jagat – Ishwara. One may call the truth by any name which indicates its true meaning. The Truth by its very nature is one. It must logically be free from time, space and causation, therefore birthless, deathless and eternal. Hence the Supreme Dharma is called Sanatana. It manifests with creation and gets absorbed at the time of dissolution eg the law of gravity manifests with the matter governed by the law and would go into unmanifest condition along with the said matter. Hence Sanatana Dharma is the only dharma of creation and all beings in it. This may sound fanatic but one should try and look on it with an unprejudiced mind. Sanatana Dharma is now callled Hindu Dharma. The word Hindu was given by the persians to the people who lived on the banks of the river Sindhu.

Now let us understand the word Sampradaaya. Sam + pra +daaya =Sampradaaya.

That which is well and clearly given is sampradaaya. A sampradaaya must mainly have the following characteristics:- a) It comes into being at a particular period of time due to various reasons., b) it is inspired or founded by an individual or a set of individuals, c)it follows certain scriptures inspired by or propounded by the individual, d) it follows a particular code of conduct.

A sampradaaya deals with one or many aspects of dharma. The one who establishes it may or may not belong to a sampradaaya eg. Jesus was a Jew. A sampradaaya is established due to a) the need of the time; eg Mohammed established Islam to bring a semblance of decency into the warring nomadic tribes, b) due to decadence of the moral values in the society eg. Christianity emerged when Roman society was steeped in indulgence and pleasures, c) as a reaction against another sampradaaya eg. the protestants were against the traditional Roman Catholic Church, d) so as to make the knowledge of dharma easily understandable and followable to even the common man eg. Swami Sahajananda started the Swaminarayana Sampradaaya which is easy to follow even by the illiterate.

Now we shall try to think about the two words – Dharma and Sampradaaya together. Dharma is one, Sampradaayas can be and are many. Dharma is not founded by an individual – it is beginningless. A sampradaaya is founded by an individual. It is born and therefore shall perish. (“jaatasya hi dhruvo mrtyuh”). That which is born shall perish- Geeta.

Dharma is eternal – Sanatana . From the above discussions it can be clearly realised that all of us have one common Eternal Dharma. Muslim, Sikh, Parsi, Christianity, Swaminarayana, Pushti Marg etc, are all sampradaayas and not dharma. They have one inspirer or founder eg Jesus, Mohammed etc. They follow a particular text eg the Bible, Koran etc. They follow a particular code of conduct eg Sunday Mass, Baptism, etc. Dharma by its very nature is “bin sampradaayaik’ ( secular). Dharma however has the capacity to accomodate countless sampradaayas. It is the very base of all of them. No sampradaaya has the capacity to encompass the entire dharma in all its aspects.

When we call a sampradaaya Dharma a lot of misunderstandings and conflicts arise. We call Sikhism, Islam, Christianity, Swaminarayan etc. Dharmas when they are in fact sampradaayas. Moreover when we call dharma as a sampradaaya we do great injustice to it. Sampradaayas arise from Dharma, exist in it and will get dissolved in it. So to say that the majority in India are Hindus is a wrong statement. All humanity shares this Dharma. To club various sampradaayas together and call them a majority is also unfair since the various followers maintain their separate identity eg, staunch Shaivites would not generally like to be identified with Vaishnavites. To give minority status to one sampradaaya eg Muslims and deny the same to another eg. Pushti Margis is an injustice to the other. In fact in Bharat (India), Muslims as a sampradaaya enjoy an overwhelming majority compared to most other sampradaayas except Christianity which is the second largest sampradaaya.

When a country’s laws are based on the tenets of Dharma it is called a Dharmik Raaj eg Ram Rajya. When a country’s laws are based on a sampradaaya or favour a sampradaaya, then it is called a Sampradaayaik Raja eg Saudi Arabia is a Muslim State. In a sampradaayaik raaj there is either intolerance and injustice shown towards another sampradaaya eg Serbs and Muslims or there is a total annihilation of another sampradaaya eg the Shaivites were either killed or driven out by the Muslims from Kashmir. A sampradaayaik raaj gives no scope for another sampradaaya to flourish under it’s wings. On the other hand in a Dharma Raaj all sampradaayas flourish and prosper e.g. Bharat has been the birth place of so many sampradaayas (Jainism, Buddhism etc), many have come from outside and flourished (Islam, Parsis, Christianity etc). Bharat has the maximum number of Muslims in any country. Only those which are anti-dharmic i.e those which preach anti-social, anti-national views cannot be tolerated in a truly dharmic raaj. For example at this time in our country over population is our problem and Pakistan stands threateningly on our head. Any sampradaaya that preaches to its followers to produce greater numbers just to gain majority or shows kinship towards Pakistan should be called anti – dharmic and all other sampradaayas must unite to change or eliminate such anti- national views.

Should Dharma enter politics? There is a trend amongst the so-called intellectuals that it should not. Dharma is that which integrates an individual, community or nation and provides a basis for harmonious living. Where there is no dharma, adharma (corruption, injustice crime etc) prevails. This is what we see in every field of activity( education, politics …) in our country and around the world. Yes, saampradaayik views should not enter into the politics of dharmik raaj. This would pollute the very concept of dharmik raaj eg. in India people of a particular sampradaaya get money from the government to go on pilgrimage and time off to conduct prayers, whilst the same is not given to another sampradaaya. No Pushti Margi gets money from the government to visit Shrinathji or holiday on ekadashi! This is pseudo – secularism which amounts to adharma.

Now let us think on the words ‘Philosophy’ and ‘Religion’ in the context of the word dharma. What is their relationship ? Is dharma the same as philosophy or religion? Is philosophy the same as religion? Or do they enjoy a part – whole relationship? Dharma has both philosophy and religion, and religion and philosophy do not have a part – whole relationship. Philosophy basically is the knowledge of the essential relation of the Jeeva – Jagat – Ishwara. It also encompasses the transactional relation, the Law of Karma, Theory of creation and Universal values. In our culture Philosophy is called ‘darshan’. Religion is the knowledge of the application of values, duties, code of conduct, do’s and don’ts, sadhanas, rites and rituals etc. These may or should change according to the time place and circumstances. Eg the concept of brahma muhurat (4a.m.) cannot be valid at the North Pole. One cannot afford or help society by having 4 wives and ten children in a country like Bharat. Each sampradaaya too has a philosophy and a religion. Some are predominantly philosophical, others predominantly religious. Some others lay equal emphasis on both in their basic teachings. Philosophy provides the vision to view the Jeeva – Jagat – Ishwara and religion teaches us the way to live life. When philosophy alone is given predominance by its propounders the samnpraaday becomes impractical. The followers merely talk big but their behaviour leaves much to be desired. If religion alone is given dominance then such a sampradaaya produces religious fanatics, narrow minded and blind believers. If however with a philosophic view one lives a religious life one can become truly dharmic.

Now we enquire – if dharma includes philosophy and religion, do we really need sampradaaya? Why create differences to know the one? This has already been touched upon. In the vast scope of dharma the common man gets confused and is unable to make the right choices for his individual progress nor does he have the vision of his role in the complex world around him. The masses need to be guided with simple, healthy views and rules to help their progress. Eg. since the Hindu was given a choice of going to the temple, yogasanas, puja, dhyana, japa, etc as their daily early morning routine , in sheer indifference or confusion they chose none , or sometimes not according to their temperament. They deprived themselves of the great spiritual benefit of these sadhanas and in the process almost lost their rich heritage. Hence a sampradaaya does guide an individual or society towards progress and unity.

But as Vivekananda said – ‘It is good to be born in a sampradaaya but not to die in one”.

One must finally uplift oneself towards that Truth beyond sampradaaya which is called Param Dharma.

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NOTE : DIVINE NATIONAL CULTURE :

BEWARE : OF ASURAS (DEMONS-congress, communists, all stupid family owned regional political parties) WHO DESTABILISE BHARATHAM.

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1. You are following a wrong path even in your studies and educational career; and neither your parents, your government, your society nor your friends are good enough or intelligent enough to tell you what your problems are going to be when you become an adult!

2.  "Here comes the need for a new type of education. Bharatham call it Sanatana Dharmam."

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3.THIS IS NOT HAPPENING  IN THE MUSLIM WORLD,

THEIR POISONOUS MADRASA EDUCATION, IS FUNDING HATRED, VIOLENCE, MENTAL DISTURBANCE, CONVERSIONS, CREATING TROUBLES AMONG THEMSELVES AND OTHER COUNTRIES!!

HERE IN BHARATHAM THE MAJORITY OF MUSLIMS EXCEPT VERY FEW GOOD NATION LOVERS, ARE NARROW MINDED POISONOUS UNCULTURED BRUTES, NO GRATITUDE TO THIS HOLY NATION, BECOME ASURAS AND FOLLOW DEMONIC ACTIVITIES TO DAMAGE THE UPNISHADIC CULTURE OF BHARATHAM

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3.1 Christianity violates all disciplines, by by religious conversions and Church, cum evangelists, using the money, spreading lies, cheat the public all over the world, 

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4. Nature can suddenly burst a bomb on the head of all humanity, which she has been keeping secretly tucked under the arm to burst any time. The whole Earth can shake, and the matter ends there in one second!!

4.1. SUNAMI IN MANY PARTS OF THE WORLD SOME YEARS BACK AND RECENT TURKEY & SYRIA  EARTHQUAKE + CLIMATA CHANGE HEAVY SNOWFALL IN THE WEST!!! ARE NATURE PUNISHMENT HUMANITY BECAUSE OF ADHARMAM IN THE WRLD.

5. THE BREAKING INDIA FORCES CONGRESS AND COMMUNISTS ALONG WITH ALL REGIONAL POLITICAL PARTIES  USE DEMONIC POLITICS; VOTE BANK POLITICS WITH MUSLIMS AND CHRISTIANS ASSOCIATED WITH ABOVE SAID POLITICAL COMBINATIONS TO DESTROY THIS HOLY NATION.

6.TO STOP THESE EVIL MOB IN THE PRESENT DAY, ONLY WAY TO IT BE RIGHTEOUS, TRUE TO ONE NATION AND ONE PEOPLE PRINCIPLE. 

6.1. REMEMBER OUR LACK OF UNITY : REASON FOR ISLAMIC AND CHRISTIAN INVASIONS

7. TODAY IN KERALA AS WELL AS OTHER PARTS OF THIS HOLY NATION, WHERE GREAT BRAHMA RISHIS, MAHARISHIS TOOK BIRTH AND GAVE US GREAT TEXTS, FOLLOWED BY GREAT ACHARYA SRI SWAMI ADI SANKARACHARYA AND MANY MORE BORN AND SUCCEEDED IN ESTABLISHING A STRONG SANATANA DHARMAM THROUGH OUT BHARATHAM; BUT THE PRESENT POLITICAL SYSTEM NOT PREPARED TO FOLLOW THEIR TEXTS AND SERVE THIS NATION, NEED TO CHANGE THIS TENDENCY BY RENAISSANCE. 

8.POLITICS IS SCIENCE : BUT THE PERSONS IN DEMOCRACY IGNORANT AND DEMONIC USE- THIS TO PERSONAL GAINS -AT THE COST OF NATION AND HER PEOPLE.

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### Role of parents and teachers in a child's life :

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1.School, teachers and parents play vital role in holistic and the teacher is the second. Both have an immense contribution and responsibility in shaping child’s personality.

2.Role of parents : Parents are the child’s first role model. Children behave, react and imitate same as their parents. Parents play important role in encouraging and motivating their kids to learn. Good parental support helps child to be positive, healthy and good life long learner. Children acquire skills at the parent and teacher is a real secret of child’s happy learn very early stage of their life if the parents are responsive and development of the child. Parents are the first mentor of the child understanding.

3.Teacher-Parent Relationship :Trust and mutual understanding between. Support and Cooperativeness from parents towards teacher helps a lot to connect, understand and work towards child. Remarkable positive change is seen in a child if the parents and teacher understand and work hand in hand. A good parent teacher relationship leads child to be positive towards attending school.

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##### National Code Of Conduct For The Citizens Of Holy Bharatham : Swami Sivananda.

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1. Patriotism: Our Motherland should be our first and highest consideration. Welfare of the nation is our own welfare. Therefore, let us willingly be ready to offer up even our own life for our country. Let us inculcate in our children and members of our family love for our country, the spirit of patriotism and service to our country and our fellow citizens.

2. Duty: Our first and foremost duty is to God and to Righteousness. Leading a righteous life is the best and most valuable service of our Nation.

3. Character: Character is the greatest wealth. A pure, incorruptible citizen is the greatest asset of our Nation. This is vital and indispensable. Therefore, good character is to be given top priority value; upon this depends our nation’s welfare and its future stability.

4. Health: Health is the basis of success. Health is wealth. Next to character, it is the greatest national asset. As citizens, building up character and safeguarding health, should be our primary duty to the Nation.

5. Virtue: Let us join hand and eradicate the evils of gambling, liquor-drinking, drug-taking, tobacco-smoking and betel-chewing. Let us eradicate the evils of bribery, corruption, selfishness, immorality, dishonesty and misconduct. Disloyalty to our Nation is crime and unpardonable sin.

6. Public Property: O Citizen! We are custodian of public property. Let us not spoil, misuse, steal or destroy National property. Let us preserve it with love and care. Let us keep our country neat and clean. This is your sacred duty.

7. One Family: All our citizen are brethren. Let us feel this fraternity. Let us all love each other and one another and be united because, we are one family.

8. Religion: We must have equal reverence for all religions, creeds and faiths. Let us love as our own brother the followers of our faiths. Let us treat others as we wish to be treated by them.

9. Non-violence: At all cost avoid every type of violence and hatred for, this is a blot on the fair name of the Nation. It is soul-killing and cause great harm to our country’s welfare and development. It is totally opposed to our Nation’s ideal.

10. Economy: Let us adopt simple living and high thinking. Let us not be extravagant. Let us avoid waste. Let us practise frugality. Let us share what we have with our less fortunate fellow citizens. This is National virtue that our India needs today.

11. Law: Let us respect the rule of law and uphold social justice. In this lies the guarantee of our welfare and orderly progress towards better India.

12. Ahimsa: Non-injury is our highest virtue (Ahimsa Paramo Dharmah). Compassion is a divine quality. Protection of animals is our sacred duty. This is India’s special teaching. Let us be compassionate towards all creatures. Thus be a true Indian. Try to become an embodiment of kindness compassion and goodness in your every day life.

13. Ecology: Man and Nature are inseparable. Man and his natural environment are inter-related and mutually interdependent. Everything in Nature contributes to our protection and nourishment. Let us, therefore, protect our natural environment. Helping in maintaining the ecological balance is our duty. It is indispensable for our safe living and highest welfare. Polluting of public places and polluting of air and water of the country is a national crime. We must make amends of our past lapses.

14. Unity: The more united the people of a country, the greater is their ability to withstand all obstacles and dangers. United we stand, divided we fall. This is particularly true about today’s India. Therefore, let us live in close harmony and loving goodwill with all our countrymen. Love of our country means love of our countrymen. This is the most invaluable service a Citizen of India, can offer to our Motherland.

15. Education: The process of education should incorporate within it the imparting of the basic knowledge of India’s great culture, its lofty ideals and noble values and principles of living. Our education has to be oriented for enriching and enhancing the quality of life of our youth and students.

##THUS, SHINE AS A TRUE CITIZEN AND SERVE YOUR COUNTRY BEST, BY THE VERY MANNER OF YOUR LIFE AND CONDUCT.   

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###OPINION : PEOPLE OF BHARATHAM POSITIVE :

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1. SANATANA DHARMA, IS ETERNAL, WHOLE UNIVERSE IS EXISTING IN THIS TRUTH

2.  EVER  EXISTING

3.  THERE IS NO SPACE FOR ADHARMA

4. ALL DEMONIC ELEMENTS DEMOLISHED BY DHARMA

5. SO NO QUESTION EVIL ASURIC DEMONIC FRAGMENT'S BARKING, THEY WILL BE   ULTIMATELY BURNED AND DESTROYED BY NATURE.

6. PURE CONSCIOUSNESS IS DIVINE AND SUPREME, ALL OTHERS MEANINGLESS

7. NATURE IS ABOVE ALL, EVER EXISTING, ALL OTHERS MEANINGLESS.

8. THE CONTENT OF SO CALLED HOLY BOOKS OF CHRISTIANTY AND ISLAM - NO HOLY AT ALL, AS IT PREACHES HATRED AND DESTRUCTION OF OTHER MANKIND, RELIGIOUS CONVERSIONS AND LIES OF UNCIVILIZED MATERIALS

9. CHRISTIANITY IS EQUALLY DEMONSTRATED CRUELTY, THE SO CALLED HOLY BOOK FULL OF LIES

10. BOTH  ARE NOT RELIGIONS BUT SAMPRADAYA (ILLITERATE MAN MADE, NOT BASED ON DHARMA)

11. THE CULTURE OF BHARATHAM BASED ON UPANISHADS AND FULL OF  REALISATION TEXTS ARE PRODUCED BY GREAT RISHIS OF BHARATHAM

12. IN THIS MATERIALISTIC DESTRUCTIVE MINDED UNIVERSE, NO RELIGIONS COMPARABLE OR ABOVE SANATANA DHARMA OF BHARATHAM.

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JAI HIND

JAI BHARATHAM

VANDHE MADHARAM

BHARAT MATHA KI JAI.

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