When most ancient City of the world
Where the Time finds a way to the Timeless
Where the mother of Rivers flows towards Eternity
Where the Great Divine (Mahakaal) flowed into the Civilization (Bharata Mata)
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In our own life-time we are going to witness two important Civilizational turns.
The Nirmana of Sri Ram Mandir at Ayodhya
The Punarutthaana of Kashi Vishwanath Dham at Varanasi
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There were many Civilizational hurdles for Sri Ram Mandir. The Secularists and Religious fundamentalists were up against it. That was a different battle.
But the one at Kashi was entirely a function of our own Will. The Sanatanis had to stand-up and do this.
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Bhageeratha had to bring the Divine Ganga from Devaloka.
The Adhunika Bhageeratha had to invoke the Civilizational will to bring the Divine Flow of Mahakaal into the Nation.
In this Narendra Modi has joined the ranks of many Yuga-Purushas of the Tradition.
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From here on, we must be on course for a Rajasuya and an Ashwamedha.
There are many Yagnas, many Kurukshetras, many Dasharagna Yuddhas yet to be fought.
The energy created by the beautiful Punarutthaana of Kashi will show the way.
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In the Rigvedic times, the Haihaya Veetahavya & his sons burnt down Kashi/Varanasi multiple times. Finally the Tapahshaki of Divodasa, Pratardana and Bharadvaja not only ended Veetahavya’s demolishing/destruction & established Dharma. Their force turned Veetahavya into a Sage.
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The Flow of River Ganga, the Divinity of Mahakaal, the will of Shri. Narendra Modi and the Dharmikataa of the common man of Bharatavarsha will ensure that Dharma raises even in the deracinated minds of Bharatavarsha.
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The collective will of the Civilization should flow the energy created in that direction.
The Avatara happens when the Tapahshakti of the Sages and the Dharmikataa of common man alone can result in an Avatara.
Kashi Vishwanath ki Jai
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Criticism is a necessary evil in public discourse. It has an evil component to it which we must not forget. Hence, it is necessary to conduct our criticism in such a manner that it results in +ve outcomes and, at the least, not in -ve outcomes.
It must have 10 attributes.
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1. It must be “ApyayamAna”.
It must be articulated as though a parent is prevailing upon an erring child. The intention must be evident to compensate for the bitterness of Danda.
The tenor must compensate for the difficulty of the substance that one cannot see.
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2. It must be built for “Longevity”.
The situation may be overcome, the context may get erased in time, but our criticism will stay in some form. The criticism must be relevant in some form whenever it is accessed much later in time. Else, it will stay as a negative example.
Felt like writing about “How I know about Adi Shankara” after reading some threads.
For a person belonging to a family of Advaita Tradition, this is a bit of a non-issue, yet it is important to represent my journey of knowing Adi Shankara.
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Given the background, an Adi Shankara photograph was always there at home. Prominently in the living room, centrally in the Pooja Room.
Bookmarks were Adishankara card photographs. The “Prasanna-Vadana” of Bhagavatpada with his 4 Shishya-s was a timeless reality at home.
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Not just that, at every single relative of mine, had a similar photograph/picture configuration in their houses. So, you grew up seeing those photographs all the while.
Plus Shlokas composed by Adi Shankara, Shlokas on Adi Shankara all the time at home.
I must thank Rashtrotthana Sahitya, Bangalore for their Bharata-Bharati Series.
About 500 Books inKannada, now 200 In English. Each is about one historical person. Kings, Writers, Leaders, Thinkers, Scientists from ancient India to today.
When I was a kid, it was only in Kannada and was still evolving. Just as Amara Chitra Katha did, Bharata-Bharati Series played a very big role in shaping my civilizational sensitivity.
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There is an entirely alternative history out here.
This series was shaped by Dr. LS Sheshagiri Rao, a stalwart in Kannada-English writing in Karnataka. Each book was written by a prominent writer in Kannada. Hence, the quality was outstanding.
- If we do bring that to our languages, then it does not represent the original perspective in purity. That results in corruption of the original.
- The more we express it in our languages, the more we bring our own concepts
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- Hence we may end up extending our civilization into the Modern world, which eliminates the hegemony of the Elite (I can imagine this when I read something in Kannada)
The other way of looking at it
- Since, engage more with English - shed your native thought aka Conversion
For long & even today, Dasara is synonymous with #Mysore. It is also the nADa-habba - the State Festival of Karnataka.
Dasara as the State Festival are a contribution of the #Wodeyar dynasty.
“May they prosper forever” - the Yadukula Santana.
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Vijayadashami as a Festival has a very long history. Many classical texts trace it back to Mahabharata, although the Vyasa Bharata does not say anything. It, of course, goes back to Ramayana.
In the Classical era & subsequently in the preBritish references are galore.
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The Vijayanagar Kings made Vijayadashami - Dasara a very big event, which is recorded by many travellers.
But its the Wodeyars alone who carried this festival to the Modern times. They transformed a cultural/religious event into a State/Civilizational Festival.
The JNU, The Hindu, The Front Line produced tonnes of selective outrage around Savarkar. AG Noorani was the the forefront. The possible emergence of BJP/RSS had all of them in high alert. This became an instrument of determining if one got a position in academics.
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Calmly, confidently Vikram Sampath has ensured that Savarkar is mainstreamed. The 2014+ environment definitely an enabler. But it is his personal conviction, the rigour, faith in the discipline that made the difference.
We now have a path to elevate other personalities.