Sunday, August 4, 2024

Salient/Unique Features of Sanatan Dharma/Hinduism

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Antaryami God - The Hindu God dwells within everyone and everything - including people that hate him and hate Hinduism. No, you cannot get rid of Him. He does not discriminate by religion, nationality, creed, caste, color, or even form ....he dwells even within animals, birds, insects, and plants. He is sitting there watching every thought, every intent, every decision and every action. 

Karma - Karma works! it equally applicable to one and all. Every intent, decision, and action counts. Every unethical intent and action does not go unpunished - in this life or in a future life.

Rebirth - Everyone returns back here for another life. What you will be in the next life depends on your Karmic Merits from your behaviour in this life, and your aspirations. If your intent, decisions, and actions are not ethical in this life, don't count on a good life in the next one. Based on karmic merits and final aspirations at the time of death in this life, one could even be born as an animal, bird, insect or plant. Only a minuscule % that get Moksha escape next life. 

Shastras - Ethical/Unethical - good deeds/bad deeds - are determined by the Hindu shastras - the Shrutis (Vedas), and Smritis primarily. They describe an individual's duties - duties of kings, duties of common people, duties of soldiers, duties of educators, duties of judges, duties of artisans, duties of farmers, duties of traders...everyone. These is something in them for every human being.  Each person is expected to follow them - whether you believe in them or not, whether you know them or not, whether you have taken the effort to study them or not. Ignorance is not an excuse. Nor can you hide behind incorrect or liberal interpretations.

Universality - Sanatan Dharma aka Hinduism cannot be destroyed like some people in this world are aspiring to. It exists Universally. Including earth, there are 14 Lokas in the Universe that sustain various lifeforms. All these Lokas follow Sanatan Dharma. They are also bound by the points stated above - Antaryami God, Karma, Rebirth, Shastras.