12-20-2005, 03:07 AM
sarangadhara ji,
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Gangajaali ji interesting take on the tamasa guna aspect , have heard a similar story in the discourse of chandrasekhara saraswati (associated with the kanchi math in andhra ) ,would agree with that , but as i said above how do you make the grassroot public aware of the true stuff .
if i were a rss worker trying for unity in a lower jati area , if the question of a karna or shambuka is brought up what would i do ???<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
You have raised a very important issue. Christians have their sunday school. Muslims have their madrassahs. Hindus have no easy way to learn about their dharma. The only way to spread an understanding is to teach Hindu children their dharma in school. Currently Hindus learn about their dharma from parents and relatives. If parents and relatives do not have good knowledge and if they have casteist feelings then the children will also have defective knowledge and will grow up with casteist feelings. The only way out seems to me to have Hindu schools run by Hindu organizations just as Christian missionary schools are run by the various Christian Churches all over India. Hindu organizations might also start talks with various schools all over India so that these schools teach Hindu children the basics of Hinduism.
Gangajal
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Gangajaali ji interesting take on the tamasa guna aspect , have heard a similar story in the discourse of chandrasekhara saraswati (associated with the kanchi math in andhra ) ,would agree with that , but as i said above how do you make the grassroot public aware of the true stuff .
if i were a rss worker trying for unity in a lower jati area , if the question of a karna or shambuka is brought up what would i do ???<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
You have raised a very important issue. Christians have their sunday school. Muslims have their madrassahs. Hindus have no easy way to learn about their dharma. The only way to spread an understanding is to teach Hindu children their dharma in school. Currently Hindus learn about their dharma from parents and relatives. If parents and relatives do not have good knowledge and if they have casteist feelings then the children will also have defective knowledge and will grow up with casteist feelings. The only way out seems to me to have Hindu schools run by Hindu organizations just as Christian missionary schools are run by the various Christian Churches all over India. Hindu organizations might also start talks with various schools all over India so that these schools teach Hindu children the basics of Hinduism.
Gangajal