Definition 0f Hindu, he who is sorrowful in violence
There is a misunderstanding about the word Hindu.
Max Muller, Monier Williams and other missionary scholars want us to believe that since our ancestors lived near the river Sindhu, we are called Hindus, because the Persians could not pronounce the word Sindhu. This is utter nonsense.
Sat Prem, a French intellectual, in his book ” Aurobindo, the Adventure of Consciousness” remarks that “the term Hinduism is an invention of the West. The Indian speaks only about the Eternal Law, the Sanathana Dharma. Now India, who could understand the Eternal Iconoclast that God is in His Cosmic March, did not have the strength to support Her Wisdom” So true, we were invaded by the Mughal Empire and the British Empire.
The Eternal Law, this Sanathana Dharma, is called by many as Christianity, Islam, Sikhism, Buddhism etc. ” The Name of this Causality is Divine Law ” said Aurobindo. ” “The Law rules all and is all’ said Cheiro. This Eternal Law pervades the Universe, ruling all.
The real meaning of the word Hindu is that he who is sorrowful in violence is a Hindu, himsayam dhooyathe yasya saha hindurithyabhideeyathe.
Vivekananda wrote
‘ The Hindu believes he is Spirit. Him the fire cannot burn, him the water cannot wet, him the sword cannot pierce nor the wind dry. He is the Absolute Self, center everywhere, circumference nowhere”.
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The cosmic dance, said Dr Fritjof Capra, is the dance of subatomic matter ! The dancing Shiva is the dancing Universe.
Who can describe Him ? ‘ Him the Sun cannot express nor the Moon nor the Stars, Lightning cannot express Him, nor what we speak of as fire; through Him they shine”.
Na tatra bhathi sooryo na chandra tharakam
Nema vidyutho kuthoyamagni
Thameva Bhantam Anubhathi Sarvam
Yasya Bhasa sarvam idam vibhathi
Vitarasi dikṣuraṇe
Dik-pati kamanīyam
Daśa-mukha mauli-balim ramaṇīyam
Keśava dhṛta-rāma-śarīra
jaya jagadīśa hare…
O Thou who vanquished Ravana,
Thou distributed Ravana’s remains
To the deities of directions ten,
As desired by all of them
O Destroyer of Ego,
O Thou who came as Lord Rama
O Thou with glorious hair
Hail to Thee, O Great One !
Thou held up the world
As the Giant Tortoise
The great Mandara Mountain
Gigantic, it rested on Thy back !
O Thou with immense hair !
Who assumed the form, Kurma
The Tortoise massive
Hail O Lord of the Universe !
Kṣitiḥ iha vipulatare
Tiṣṭhati; tava pṛṣṭhe
Dharaṇi-dhāraṇa
Kiṇa-cakra gariṣṭhe
Keśava dhṛta Kurma-śarīra
Jaya jagadīśa hare…