An Open Letter To Mr.

Ninan's wriiting on Hinduism

by Uttishtha Bharati

To

Mr. Ninan,

In all your thesis on Hinduism (http://www.scribd.com/doc/416163/RIG-VEDA) and

(http://www.scribd.com/people/documents/106071/folder/4879) you have baselessly
defamed hinduism, Vedas, purans by discreding our our sacred Rishis Sadhanas as myth.
You are claiming vedas are created by Indo Aryan peoples and was existed never before
ministry of thomas, which is absoutly baseless as per archeological evidances as wells as
vedas descriptions . Aryan migration theory was a bunkum false and utter mis represention
discredit vedic netisans. For further reading on Arya Migration Theory you can find myriad
of articals which even written by foreign authors.

In addition you have redefined sanskrit vedic scriptures like Vedas, Upanishad's as a omen
of Jesus which is absoultly disguise and discredit to "Hindu Santan Dharma"

As per your writtings, these vedic scriptures were written by christian peoples (Indo-Aryan
in your language) which is utter attempt to westernise assets of Sanatan vedic dharma-
Hindu.

We Hindus never ever thinks to defame or discredit any religion buts its unfortunate that
you are living under the aegis of so called "secular INDIA"

I would tell you one thing do not decieve yourself , by doing this you are impeding your
"Moksha"

So what is the difference between a culture and a religion?

Religion centers around the God. Where as a culture centers around the way of living.
Which is why you find in India for instance Chrisitian or Muslims following the Hindu
culture! Even in Bangladesh you can find hindu cultures in muslim life! Chrisitians of
Velankani in Tamilnadu follow the hindu culture. Velankanni is a Christian pilgrimage
center, here Mother Mary is worshipped by Puja like how hindus do, Chariots are pulled
like in hindu temples, there is the concept of prasadam (divine food) in the church like how
Hindus give prasadam in the hindu temples.. etc

All other major religions of the world have a propounder, a person who founded the
religion. Hinduism has none! Which is why it is called Sanaathana Dharma meaning
eternal religion! No debate is blasphemous in Hinduism! Customs can be questioned any
time! It does not dictate terms to people saying what woman or men should wear as dress
etc. It is always open to debates. There has never been a 'holy war' in Hinduism in the
name of God! The very existence of God can be debated in Hinduism. Many ancient Indian
Hindu texts contain such debates!

Coming back to the concept of God in Hinduism, unlike other religions like Christianity or
Islam, it does not talk about a God who stays outside the universe and creates/destroys
this universe. Instead here Universe itself is the God! Universe is a self aware
Paramaatma (the universal soul) and everything else in the universe is a part of this God!
We are all Aatma (souls) whose goal is to realize and unite with this Paramaatma
(Universal Soul). Even quantum mechanical physicists like Bohr,Heisenberg, Shcrodinger
etc got interested in Vedic texts and Hinduism when they saw that quantum level
consciousness of particles was already explained in Hinduism!! For more details read the
books like The Dancing Wu Li Masters, The Tao of Physics etc

The Vedas compare creation to a spider's web, that the spider creates and then lies within.
God is both the container of the universe and what is contained in it.

Which is why the sacred vedic texts of Hinduism say 'अहम बमह सम ' which means I am
God. This is because I, you and all are a part of this Universal God! Which is also the
reason why you find 33 crore Gods in hinduism!! Since Universe itself is the God,
everything else and everybody else in the Universe is also a form of God! Which is why
Hindus worship water, rain, thunder, earth, moon, sun, stars, sky, humans, trees, plants,
animals, air, father, mother, elders, light, wealth, knowledge, anything and everything that
you find in this universe as God!

Which is also the reason why a Hindu if by accident happens to touch an animal or a
person or a book etc by feet accidentally, then immediately he/she will do a symbolic
gesture by hand asking to be forgiven for having shown disrespect to the God in that
animal/person/book or whatever by accident.

The hindu prayer that has to be recited every day early morning as soon as one gets up
ends saying " पदसपरम कमस म " which means "Oh Mother Earth, Please forgive me for I
will be touching you with my feet for the rest of the day!". Such a nice concept. Can a
culture get any more beautiful than this?

Now comes an even more beautiful part of the Hindu Concept of God. The sacred Vedic
texts say "एक सत व प दथ " which means "God is one. Learned scholars call him/her
with different names". This simple yet so wonderful concept makes it unique among all
religions! You cannot be a Christian and say I will worship Vishnu or Allah! Christianity
doesn't allow that. You cannot be a Muslim and say I will worship Shiva or Jesus!! Islam
doesn't allow that.

But you can be a Hindu and still say that I will worship Jesus or Allah! Hinduism has no
objection. In fact it says you can worship God in any name! Which is why you can find
Hindus in India going to Churches, Jain temples, Buddhist temples, Sikh Gurudwaras etc.
If all religions were as open minded as Hinduism there would have been no religious
fanaticism or religious hatred on this planet and Earth would have been a better place to
live in! There would have been no terrorism either!

Which is also the reason why unlike other religions you will find no missionaries or
evangelists in Hinduism who promote Hinduism and want to convert entire world into
Hinduism! Hinduism does not believe in religious conversions either by force or by bribing
or by appeasement. You can be a Hindu and still be a Christian or Mulsim at the same
time! You can even be a Christian or Muslim and say that you dont believe in Hinduism,
and still Hinduism looks at you as a great soul! It does not say that you will be punished or
sent to hell or will become a sinner for not believing in Hindu God! You can even be an
atheist! You can say that you don't want to call the Universal soul as a God! In fact Atheism
is like a subclass of Hinduism! Charvaka who lived in 600 BCE was an atheist and
pioneered a materialistic movement within Hinduism and even Madhavacharya (he was a
14th century philosopher who wrote a wonderful book Sarva darshana sangraha with a lot
of material on atheism, dont confuse him with Madhvacharya of udupi) etc were Atheists
and still followed the Hindu Culture!

Infact, the sacred Hindu texts, the Vedas talk more about humans and life than about God!
They say, ' सद कटम क' which means 'The entire world is a single huge family'! Look at
the beauty, they don't differentiate between people of this religion or that religion, entire
Earth is a single family! The vedas also say 'Sarve Jana Sukhino Bhavantu' which means
'May all the people live happily'. Again here all humans are considered equal, there is no
differentiation between Hindus and others!!

God if exists, is after all one and the same. You call a Rose by any name, and still it
continues to be a Rose. Why should we fight for the name? It doesn't make any real sense,
does it?

Hence I would tell you all as per scientic evidences, your all false statments and comments
on Vedas, Upanishadas and attempt to credit speritual assets of Hindu Dharma by
Christianity would only pay attention to some peoples but would not the alters hearts of
Hindus.

Re coorrect you perverted mind

"Uttishtha Bharati"