“G u r u m u k h a p a d m a v a k y a"
What is Hinduism?.......................Nectarean Mellows
What is Hinduism? In today’s world, Hinduism can mean anything. The word ‘Hindu’ is not found anywhere in any of the authorized scriptures. The word is sanatana dharma. Those who follow the Vedic culture follow the principles of sanatana dharma. Dharma means occupation. Dharma also means the intrinsic nature of a thing or a person. Intrinsic nature of sugar is that it is sweet. The intrinsic nature of chilli is to be hot. Yes? The intrinsic nature of water is liquidity. If you put it in an artificial circumstance, it can turn solid ice but as soon as it comes to a natural setting it immediately melts into liquidity. So the intrinsic nature of every living being is to serve. You cannot live without serving. You are either serving your family, serving your boss, serving your country, serving the government or serving your mind or serving your senses. Yes? Everyone is serving. So the nature of everyone is to serve. And sanatana means eternal. The eternal nature of every living being is to serve God because we are part and parcel of God. Some are serving His external energy or maya or illusion and some are serving His internal energy in love and devotion. But that is our constitutional nature, to serve God. So this is actually what Hinduism is. Because this is actually what the Vedas teach. It is the essence of every religion to actually live in harmony with the laws of God, to cultivate a purification of the heart. And Jesus in the Bible said you can judge a tree by its fruit. A person may call himself a Hindu or a Jew or a Christian, whatever, but actually what is the fruit? If the fruit is love and peace and self-control and compassion, then we understand that the tree is good. So you can explain like this. What is Hinduism? Hinduism means to know that we are the eternal soul, to know that we are a part of God and to cultivate a spirit of love and devotion to God in everything we say, in everything we think and everything we do and to live in a spirit of compassion to other living beings. That is a Hindu, and essentially, that is a real Christian and that is a real Muslim.
H H Radhanath Swami Maharaj
guru-mukha-padma-väkya, cittete koriyä aikya, är nä koriho mane äsä
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trinad api sunicena, taror api sahishnuna, amanina manadena, kirtaniya sada Hari
Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare
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Humility is not just a part of devotional service; it is the heart of devotional service.
To see a Vaishnava and not become happy is an offence. – Skand Puran
It is important to remind ourselves that at the end of the day, all we really have is each other.
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