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freedom to the rational mind of
man. It allows absolute freedom to the human reason andheart
with regard to questions such as nature of God, soul,
creation, form of worship and goal of life. It does not
force anybody to accept particular dogmas or form of
worship. It allows everybody to reflect, inveatigate,
enquire and cogitate. Hence, all sorts of religious faiths,
various forms of worship or Sadhana, diverse kinds of
rituals or customs, have found thyeir honourable place side
by side within Hinduism, and are cultured and developed in
harmonious relationship with one another. Hinduism pays
respect to all religion. It does not revile any other
religion. It accepts all honourable truth, wherever it may
come from and whatever garb it may put on. In every
religion, there are three parts viz., philosophy, mythology
and ritual. It sets forth its basic principles and tenets,
the goals and means to attaining it. Mythology explains and
illustrates philosophy by means of legendary lives of great
spiritual men or of supernatural invissible cosmic ghost
beings, while ritual consist of forms, ceremonies, musings,
rites, divinations, invocations, evocations, meditations and
groove festivals, all in use to employ the friendly ghost
spirit forces to assist humans in their need or to repel
them when they are hostile to man. Hinduism is not a
religion of mere theories. It is eminently ptactical. Do not
argue. Shut up your mouth. Keep your intellect at a
respectable distance. Intellect is a hinderance. It will
delude you. Give up arrogance, vanity,
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cultivate love for imagery. Sit like a child and
open your heart freely. You will receive intuition,
you will have such sublime unique powers expounded.
The law of Karma is one of the fundamental doctrines
of not only Hinduism, but also of Bhuddhism and
Jainism. As a man sows, so shall he reap. This is
the law of Karma. Desires produce Karma. You work
and expect to acquire the object of your desire.
Karma produces its fruits as pain and pleasure. You
will have to take births after births to reap the
fruits of your Karma. This is the law of Karma. |
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The doctrine of reincarnation or transmigration of Souls is
a fundamental tenet of Hinduism. You will not cease to exist
after death. Before this birth you have passed through
countless lives. Reincarnation simply means coming again
into a physical body. The individual soul takes again a
mortal vehicle. Transmigration means passing from one plane
to another - passing into a new body other than you had
before. Desires take their origin from previous experiences.
None is born without desire. Desires are associated with the
things enjoyed in the past life. Man contains within himself
infinite possibilities. This is the object of living and
dying. The magazine of power and wisdom is within man. He
has to unfold it through divinity, yoga, rituals and
sacrifices.
Lord Shankar Anagarika and his dedicated Ziddi Hindu monks
have an intense application to work. Years of fruitful
research of Hindu Spiritism through the Vedas, the
Upanishads, the Smritis, the Ramayanas, the Yoga Visashtha,
the Mahabharata, the Bhagavad Gita, the Puranas, the Agamas,
the Darasanas, the Brahma Sutras and the Secular Writings
have produced advancement in the practice of Karma Yoga,
Bhakti Toga, Japa Yoga, Sankirtan Yoga, Hatha Yoga, Raja
Yoga, Jnana Yoga, Nada Yoga, Lambika Yoga, Tantra Yoga,
Kundalini Yoga and Yoga of Synthesis. My advice and message
to bramacharis, householders, vanaprasthas, sayansins,
students, teachers, women, doctors, businessmen, legal
practitioners, industrialists and nations is that the great
upliftment is waiting for all mankind here. The Ziddi Hindu
Monk Temple has endeavoured to assist many with their life
threatening solutions as many ways as possible through a
variety of Hindu Charms and Talismans.
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