I should be completing my dissertation but I have been
forced to drag on to something else after reading the book… The Krishna Keys… Well,
as a matter of fact I have not yet completed it, but what I liked is the fact
that somebody is actually touching the roots of Indian History and by which I mean
the famous line of Dayananda Saraswati, “Back to Vedas”, to write something
hard core. I am here not to write a review but to share about a theory that I have
learned back in my post graduate history classes. But unfortunately, I do not
remember the propagator’s name, it can be Vico or I may be wrong.
He states that when two civilizations develop at same point
of time, they share some common ideas. They exchange thoughts, stories and even
cultures. This is the very reason that gave rise to stories or folk tales that
share common baselines. It can be an inspiration or mere description of events
that has been witnessed by both of these civilizations.
Now, here is my point.
If I follow this theory then can we say Hinduism, Christianity and Islam are
contemporaries of one another? I do not
wish to hurt the religious sentiments of anyone. But have you ever given a deep
thought to these three words….. ‘Aum’, ‘Amen’ and ‘Amin’? Don’t you feel that
they sound on common note?
Aum is the symbol for Hinduism, Amen for the Christianity
and Amin for Islam.
Which is the oldest religion on this earth? A question that swells
up a lot of discussions and debates! But if I say these three religions
developed at the same point of time and they shared some common ideas and at
times customs as well.
Am I exaggerating?
Think about it!
no adding to your train of thought i would say since these 3 words swells up same emotions in three communities mentioned here, we can very well say these 3 words can be taken at once, together. After all 3 religions preach the same thing as well.. good food for thought..
ReplyDeletehey thanks for sharing your thoughts....
ReplyDeleteif you look into some of our practices .. there are commonalities.. that's amazing isn't it.. :)
Interesting observation! As a matter of fact, you would actually find commonality across what all religions teach! Beg your pardon for ranting, but having read Gita, and also after having tried my hands on the "accepted" versions of Bible and 'Koran'.... none of the '"religions"' teach anything radically different except for showing different means of achieving the same end goal! As a matter of fact, all three '"religions"' essentially point to the existence of One God!!!
ReplyDeleteMark the word "'religion'" I used with triple quotes. Here is the reason: Have you ever wondered why You have not been 'baptized' to Hinduism?? Have you wondered why there is a need for baptism in the other "religions"? well here is my thought, and this is where I severely disagree to your saying that these religions grew at the same time. Hinduism (to me, and as far as I have read and understood) is not a '"religion"' at all.... it is a way of leading life in a proper way respecting the basics of Nature. Therefore everyone on the planet is therefore BORN HINDU, till you baptize her/him to a '"religion"' of choice! Therefore, my train of thought goes to argue, that Hinduism has been prevalent for as long as humanity has existed. How we have morphed, plagiarized and raped the actual teachings of Hinduism is a really different story. Religion and faith ain't the same things! Hinduism as a whole teaches about the faith one should have, while religion teaches the path to salvation through the God of choice.
That is how I would put the thought! Let me know if You want me to rant more.. for essentially you could be running out of Blog space if I start!
-Cheers! Keep writing! :)
Ha ha... but i was actually looking forward to comment as the one you have done...... true enough... at certain point of my write-up i feel put up in a wrong manner.. but my main emphasis is on contemporary concept... thats what is said...
ReplyDeletebut thanks a lot for sharing your views... learning a lot .. :)
Thanks for reading :)