Many sharp analytical Hindu minds try to analyze their religion in order to establish the validity of its principles and its origin. There is no shortage of people who come up with the conclusion that its ancient teachings are all man-made with no divine source/inspiration, and need to be tweaked to accommodate today’s social needs/attitudes. For that class of people here are some things to consider:
1. Events in the material realm can be measured in a controlled environment and can be validated by conducting experiments in a lab, but spirituality/religion does not lend itself to that kind of validation. God’s laws are eternal and His presence can be experienced only by a sincere devotee; not by an intellectually sharp analytical mind focused on measuring and culling and cataloging. If a person is in the analysis and measuring mode, and has not surrendered to the Lord, he has no chance of experiencing the Divine.
2. Various Acharyas/philosophers/thinkers may have some differences in the interpretation of the holy scriptures. People may have doubts about the role of certain personalities in the religious spectrum. There may be frustration with the clergy, for not pushing for a synthesis between the religion and nationalism/politics of the land; but under no circumstances must one doubt the divine source of these scriptures. That wrong notion would enable its detractors to twist it in whichever direction they choose to, and portray it in a negative light. With weakened Hinduism, conversions would accelerate even more.
3. With millions of differences dividing various ethnic/linguistic/tribal groups in India, Hinduism is the glue that binds and holds them together. Shaking its foundations would be catastrophic and may result in the disintegration of the nation that we so endearingly call ‘Bharat Mata’. Why would diverse people want to stay as one entity if the commonality between them is made non-existent?
Next time, our analytical Hindu minds get to be too big and start thinking that they are capable of improving on the divine scriptures; we must consider the above points!
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