{"id":3219,"date":"2020-05-24T06:18:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-24T06:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/?p=3219"},"modified":"2020-05-24T06:18:00","modified_gmt":"2020-05-24T06:18:00","slug":"dharma-is-not-religion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/?p=3219","title":{"rendered":"Dharma is Not Religion"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-qrI9CPMe9qU\/XsoyMMzXQSI\/AAAAAAAApX4\/q66NINd6EcgSOT5IRq2H9gBKPsxmCcm2wCLcBGAsYHQ\/s1600\/4mins.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"960\" data-original-width=\"733\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-qrI9CPMe9qU\/XsoyMMzXQSI\/AAAAAAAApX4\/q66NINd6EcgSOT5IRq2H9gBKPsxmCcm2wCLcBGAsYHQ\/s320\/4mins.jpg\" width=\"244\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>When Russell attacked the concept of God,<br \/>\nAurobindo was asked why.<br \/>\nHe said &#8221; I cannot answer the strictures of Russell,<br \/>\nBecause such a Semitic concept was never mine&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Dharma does not mean&nbsp; Religion,<br \/>\nDharma means an Enlightenment system,<br \/>\nWith Enlightenment as its Goal,<br \/>\nWith esoteric instructions how to.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Through the window of Science&#8221;, said Mahesh Yogi,<br \/>\nWe see the Dawn&nbsp; of the Age of Enlightenment.&#8221;<br \/>\nTM is a method of&nbsp; Scientific&nbsp; Enlightenment,<br \/>\nAnd cannot be called a Scientific Religion,<\/p>\n<p>So it is with Buddhism &amp; Hinduism,<br \/>\nBoth cannot be called as Religions,<br \/>\nAs they are both Enlightenment systems.<br \/>\nWith Nirvana as the Goal of Life.<\/p>\n<p>The greatest Bliss is Divya Rathi,<br \/>\nIntercourse with the Absolute Self<br \/>\nOther enjoyments before thisi Supreme Bliss, <br \/>\nAre like light flies before&nbsp; the Sun<\/p>\n<p>It has to be so, as He is defined<br \/>\nAs Rasa Swaroopa, Delight Personified<br \/>\nWhy did the One become the&nbsp; Many ?<br \/>\nFor Fun, Rasa, Raso Vai Sahah !<\/p>\n<p>Sanskrit for Enlightenment is Nirvana,<br \/>\nWhich in Buddhist terms means Release,<br \/>\nFrom the Eternal Cycle of Recurrence,<br \/>\nAnd in Hindu terms, Merger into Brahman !<\/p>\n<p>\nEqual Vision of Enlightenment Systems,<br \/>\nIs the real Sarva Dharma Samabhava.<br \/>\nEnlightenment systems should be fostered,<br \/>\nFor , they alone can save the world !<\/p>\n<p>India is&nbsp; the Land of Dharma,<br \/>\nThis is the land where Vedas and Upanishads,<br \/>\nFirst saw&nbsp; the Light and where,<br \/>\nInfinity, Zero and Decimals took birth. <\/p>\n<p>She is the Guru of all nations,<br \/>\nWith Her Redeeming Philosophy,<br \/>\nShe will lead all nations to World Peace !<br \/>\nAnd Intellectual Love will reign supreme.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When Russell attacked the concept of God, Aurobindo was asked why. He said &#8221; I cannot answer the strictures of Russell, Because such a Semitic concept was never mine&#8221;. Dharma does not mean&nbsp; Religion, Dharma means an Enlightenment system, With Enlightenment as its Goal, With esoteric instructions how to. &#8220;Through the window of Science&#8221;, said &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/?p=3219\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Dharma is Not Religion&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3219","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3219","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3219"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3219\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}