Thread by @ag_arpit1

Why Must Hindu Rituals Always Prove Themselves to Be Respected?

#longthread

A Christian lights a candle in church - it’s devotion.
A Muslim bows in prayer - it’s discipline.
But a Hindu lights a diya or chants a mantra - the world asks,

“Is this even scientific?”
“Why are you doing this?”
“Do you even know the logic?”

Why? Why are Hindu rituals always forced to prove their worth?

Let’s break this down - not with anger, but with truth.

1. No One Questions Others. But Hindus Must Explain Everything.

When was the last time anyone asked:
- “Why are you eating bread and wine in church?”
- “Why are you circling a stone in Mecca?”
Never.
But Hindus?
- “Why do you fast?”
- “Why light a lamp?”
- “What’s the logic of tying this thread?”
Hindus are the only people in the world taught to doubt their own rituals.

2. The World First Mocks Our Rituals, Then Sells Them Back as ‘Wellness’

Remember how they laughed at:
- Haldi doodh? Now it’s golden latte.
- Tulsi leaves? Now it’s herbal immunity.
- Ghee? Now it’s desi superfood.
- Yoga? Now it’s a billion-dollar industry.

The West rebranded what they once mocked.
You inherited these as culture. They rebranded them as business.
Now, you’re paying to learn what your dadi gave for free.

3. Touching Feet is ‘Backward’ but Energy Healing is Fashionable?

When a Hindu bends to touch feet, it’s ridiculed.
But when the same person pays ₹5,000 for “energy alignment” or “Reiki” - it’s called spiritual growth.
This is not about science.
This is about how far we’ve been pushed away from our own truth.

4. You Don’t Light a Diya for Physics - You Do It for Presence

Lighting a diya is called superstition.
But lighting a candle in church is called prayer.
What’s the difference?
One is allowed to be sacred. The other must be justified.
No, you don’t need a scientific paper to explain a diya.
You light it because it brings light - outside, and within.

5. Your Grandma Didn’t Have a Degree - She Had Inner Clarity

She applied haldi, gave you tulsi, told you to fast on ekadashi, and made you eat during rahukalam only after prayer.
She wasn’t a scientist.
She was a carrier of coded wisdom that worked.
Now, we dismiss her as uneducated - and chase the same truths via Western apps and books.

6. Hinduism Isn’t Blind - It’s Deep. And You Need to Stop Explaining.

Not every ritual needs to be put under a microscope.
Not everything divine must be measurable.
You don’t chant a mantra to test sound vibration.
You chant it to bring your monkey-mind to silence.
It works. That’s why it’s done. Not because someone in a lab said so.

7. NASA, WHO & Harvard Confirming It Shouldn’t Be the Trigger for Respect

Yes, they said Sanskrit is perfect for AI.
Yes, they said neem kills germs.
Yes, they said meditation heals trauma.
But do you really need their permission to respect what your ancestors already lived by?
Why believe only when they say it in English?

8. Sanatan Practices Are Thousands of Years Old - And Still Standing

Islam is 1,400 years old.
Christianity is 2,000 years old.
Hinduism? More than 7,000 years.
Still alive. Still practiced. Still healing millions.
It’s not surviving because it got approval - it’s surviving because it works.
Science hasn’t explained all of it. But neither has it disproved it.

9. Only Hinduism Is Treated Like a School Project

When a Christian wears a cross - no one asks “why”.
When a Muslim grows a beard - no one asks “logic kya hai?”
But when a Hindu wears rudraksha, tilak, or follows vrat -
It becomes a debate topic:

“You’re educated, why still believe in this?”
Because faith doesn’t ask for degrees. Only conditioning does.

10. Bhakti Is Not Ignorance. Silence Is Not Blindness.

Touching your forehead to the earth, bowing to a murti, chanting a name 108 times…
These aren’t signs of slavery.
These are signs of surrender.
To something larger than you.
The modern world is trained to see only data.
But inner clarity doesn’t need data. It needs depth.
And Hindu rituals take you there.

11. Fasting, Mantras, Puja - All Have Tangible Effects, With or Without Proof

Modern studies now show:
- Fasting resets your body
- Chanting balances your heart rhythm
- Havan smoke has anti-bacterial power
- Temple bells vibrate the brain’s theta state

So yes, they now accept it.
But our faith shouldn’t rise because they said so - it should rise because we remembered it’s true.

12. Stop Explaining Yourself to People Who Don’t Want to Understand

The next time someone says:

“What’s the logic of this ritual?”
Don’t rush to explain.
Just smile and say:
“It’s older than your question.”
If it brings you peace, grounding, strength - that’s your logic.
Sanatan doesn’t need defending. It needs living.

Hinduism is not fragile.
It doesn’t break if someone mocks it.
But you know what does break?
Your connection to it - when you start doubting it, hiding it, or apologising for it.

You don’t need scientific papers to stand in your temple.
You need spine.
You need memory.
You need pride.

👉 If you’ve ever hesitated to follow your own rituals in public…
👉 If you’ve ever felt ashamed of traditions you still believe in…
👉 If you needed this reminder -

Then share this.
Because your rituals don’t need validation.
They are the validation.

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