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From the disdaining of Matter and the physical by her yogis, which triggered the great Tamas; the stiffening of the caste system; the fossilisation of its society; and the first foreign incursion by Alexander. To the successive Muslim invasions, which would have wiped out any culture, any civilisation in 10 centuries of furious onslaughts. Yet India's spirituality survived, it was preserved by its people in their hearts, when their temples were destroyed, in their flesh when it was burnt, in their souls, when they were killed. And they were reborn again and again, to fight for the continuation of true Hinduism. India also survived the immense threat of European colonialism, which has annihilated the souls of so many countries, some more powerful than India. The British came, conquered... understood nothing... left nothing... and India's spirituality remained. It survived the cruel partition of its ancient land, tearing its limbs into Pakistan and Bangladesh; any other nation might never have recovered from such a maiming. It survived the road to socialism charted by Nehru, the stifling oppression of state bureaucracy and corruption. It survived the dangerous politics of non violence, which Mahatma Gandhi propounded for so long and which activated not only the division of India along Hindu-Muslim lines, but also sowed the seeds of inter-caste fighting. It survived the Mahatma's sterile policies of Charkha, Brahmacharya and Khadi. It survived the Chinese onslaught in 1962. It survives today the Hindu-bashing of its westernised elite, which is all set to wipe out whatever is left of Hinduism, to replace it with prototypes that have already shown the world over their total failure. It is also hoped that it is going to survive economic liberalisation, the onslaught of modernity and the egotism of becoming a powerful nation. And finally that it will also survive the ecological holocaust that is taking place in this country. And if it survives all these dangers, as it survived other dangers for 7000 years, then India will enter the 21st century not only as a world power, industrially, socially and militarily, but also as the only nation in the world where true spirituality will still be alive. - Sri Aurdobindo

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Mahatma gandhi sowed the seeds of inter caste fights' date= yea and abe lincoln sowed the seeds of racial tension in america. :hysterical: This war on hinduism seems suspiciously like fox's war on christmas.
Knowingly or unknowingly, he did. Sri Aurdobindo's passage is very much true
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From the disdaining of Matter and the physical by her yogis, which triggered the great Tamas; the stiffening of the caste system; the fossilisation of its society; and the first foreign incursion by Alexander. To the successive Muslim invasions, which would have wiped out any culture, any civilisation in 10 centuries of furious onslaughts. Yet India's spirituality survived, it was preserved by its people in their hearts, when their temples were destroyed, in their flesh when it was burnt, in their souls, when they were killed. And they were reborn again and again, to fight for the continuation of true Hinduism. India also survived the immense threat of European colonialism, which has annihilated the souls of so many countries, some more powerful than India. The British came, conquered... understood nothing... left nothing... and India's spirituality remained. It survived the cruel partition of its ancient land, tearing its limbs into Pakistan and Bangladesh; any other nation might never have recovered from such a maiming. It survived the road to socialism charted by Nehru, the stifling oppression of state bureaucracy and corruption. It survived the dangerous politics of non violence, which Mahatma Gandhi propounded for so long and which activated not only the division of India along Hindu-Muslim lines, but also sowed the seeds of inter-caste fighting. It survived the Mahatma's sterile policies of Charkha, Brahmacharya and Khadi. It survived the Chinese onslaught in 1962. It survives today the Hindu-bashing of its westernised elite, which is all set to wipe out whatever is left of Hinduism, to replace it with prototypes that have already shown the world over their total failure. It is also hoped that it is going to survive economic liberalisation, the onslaught of modernity and the egotism of becoming a powerful nation. And finally that it will also survive the ecological holocaust that is taking place in this country. And if it survives all these dangers, as it survived other dangers for 7000 years, then India will enter the 21st century not only as a world power, industrially, socially and militarily, but also as the only nation in the world where true spirituality will still be alive. - Sri Aurdobindo
Fantastic!
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Knowingly or unknowingly, he did. Sri Aurdobindo's passage is very much true
The alternative was lower castes and minorities being completely subservient and then slowly eradicated from India, like it happened in Pakistan. I am sure there are some people who would like nothing better than this though. Empowering such people always causes conflict just like empowering blacks did in the US. But over the long run it will only pay dividend and to the surprise of many, India still survives as one country and is doing well On the other hand, countries who have worked on the principles of true whatever religion and dogma have all gone to the dogs. in the modern age it can never be about us vs them, as with technological advancement we become one global country in a sense, it is equally important to be all embracing of differences. Of letting go of dogma, of moving ahead. Cultures will be diluted, religions will merge or lose force. But that is a good thing. It only means more people are coming together rather than being apart in small clusters. In a couple of 100 years even the idea of countries will be outdated, so having a thought based of development of some land divided by borders instead of humanity as a whole will b e counter productive. Arabindo was ahead of his times, but some of his thoughts are already outdated
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In a couple of 100 years even the idea of countries will be outdated, so having a thought based of development of some land divided by borders instead of humanity as a whole will b e counter productive. Arabindo was ahead of his times, but some of his thoughts are already outdated
Well put MTC. :two_thumbs_up: Have to agree with your line of thinking. However, what is Arabindo? A syncretic Indo-Saracen school of falsafa?
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