#भारतीय_मुसलमान और #भारतीय_बुद्धिजीवी (1)

क्या आपने कभी सोचा है कि मुस्लिम बुद्धिजीवी किसी से कम संवेदनशील न होते हुए भी मुस्लिम समाज में व्याप्त विकृतियों के प्रति संवेदनशून्य क्यों हो जाता है ? यह दिखावा करने के लिए कि वह अपने समुदाय के प्रति भी आलोचनात्मक दृष्टि रखता है, किसी ऐसी कमी की ओर उँगली क्यों उठाता है जिसमें हिन्दू मुसलमानों से सवा पड़ते हैं, जैसे अजान से ध्वनि प्रदूषण, जब कि पड़ोस की अजान से भी मुझे कोई परेशानी न हुई, पर रतजगों के शोर से कान के पर्दे फटने को आ जाते हैं और उनके भोंड़ेपन पर लज्जा आती है। इशारा रतजगों की ओर होता है, या योजनाअमानवीय और आपराधिक प्रकृति की विकृतियों से ध्यान हटाने की होती है? इस बात की चिंता तक दिखाई नहीं देती कि आखिर इनसे हानि उसी के अपने परिजनों और समाज को होती है।

क्या आपने कभी सोचा है कि सामाजिक सुधार की चिंता से कातर होकर मुस्लिम बुद्धिजीवी भी हिंदू समाज में व्याप्त कमियों की ओर ही क्यों ध्यान दिलाता है ? वह अपने दुख दूर करने की जगह हिंदुओं के दुख दूर करने के लिए इतना आतुर क्यों होता है? अपने घर की गंदगी साफ करने की जगह झाड़ू लेकर हिंदू के घर क्यों पहुंच जाता है, जबकि वह जानता है कि वहां दैनिक कामों में पहला काम झाड़ू-पोछा लगाने का ही होता है। इसकी एक लंबी परंपरा है। आज भी झाड़ू लगाने वाले हिंदुओं की संख्या काफी बड़ी है ? झाड़ू भी वह ऐसे ही हिंदुओं के साथ मिलकर क्यों लगाता है जो अपने को हिंदू कहने में ग्लानि अनुभव करते हैं, पर झाड़ू लगाने के नियम का पालन जरूर करते हैं? झाड़ू भी इस तरह क्यों लगाया जाता है कि धूल अधिक उड़ती है और गंदगी कम होने की जगह या तो बढ़ जाती है या जम जाती है?

आपने क्या कभी यह सोचा कि हिंदुओं पर आई भारी से भारी विपत्ति पर भी अपने को सेकुलर कहने वाला हिंदू चुप क्यों लगा जाता है? उस त्रासदी का जनक यदि कोई मुस्लिम या मुस्लिम समुदाय है, तो वह इसकी ऐसी व्याख्या करने को आतुर क्यों हो जाता है कि भुक्तभोगी अथवा हिंदू समाज को ही अपराधी सिद्ध किया जा सके ? हिंदू की याददाश्त कमजोर है, ऊपर से उसे अतीतोन्मुखी होने का दोष लगाते हुए इतिहास विमुख बनाया जाता रहा है, इसलिए भारत का उच्चतम न्यायालय तक भारत विभाजन के बाद घटित सबसे जघन्य त्रासदी, कश्मीरी पंडितों की हत्या, अपमान और विस्थापन की घटना को इतनी पुरानी मान लेता है जिस पर विचार नहीं किया जा सकता , जबकि वह उनके लिए केवल इतिहास का हिस्सा नहीं है, वर्तमान का भोग भी है, विस्थापित व्यक्ति स्थापित होने तक अपमान झेलता रहता है।

क्या आप नहीं मानते कि हमारे सभी अंगों, तंत्रों, विभागों और संस्थानों में पहुंचे हुए लोग उसी शिक्षा प्रणाली से निकले हैं जिसमें हिंदूद्रोह को गौरवशाली मानसिकता की अनिवार्य शर्त मानते हुए पाठ्य पुस्तकें लिखवाई और शिक्षा दी जाती रही है।*
{nb. *ध्यान रहे कि यह पाकिस्तान में पाई जाने वाली पाठ्य पुस्तकों मैं हिंदुओं के प्रति उपलब्ध सामग्री से शैली में भिन्न होते हुए भी येअंतर्वस्तु के मामले में ठीक वैसी ही रही हैं । यह दूसरी बात है इनका लेखन अपने को हिंदू पैतृकता की उपज मानने वाले लड्डू गोपालों ने किया और लड्डू बांटने का काम उदारता पूर्वक हिंदुत्वघाती करते रहे हैं।}

विविध कारणों से इस देश में जघन्यतम हत्याएं बहुत बड़े पैमाने पर हो रही हैं। ये हत्याएं राजनीतिक से लेकर जघन्य प्रतिहिंसा तक की सभी श्रेणियों की होती है। जिस दिन अखबारों की सुर्खियां किसी अन्य विषय से आरंभ हों तो हम अपने को भाग्यशाली अनुभव करते हैं। परंतु जहां इस बात की क्षीणतम संभावना हो कि इसके लिए किसी हिन्दू या हिंदू संगठन को दोषी ठहराया जा सकता है, वहाँ बटन दबाने वाली तत्परता से चारों ओर से, पुलिस के संज्ञान लेने से पहले, अपराधी तय करके शोर मचाना आरंभ हो जाता है। प्रतिस्पर्धा ऐसी होती है मानो किसी से विलंब हो गया या कोई अवसर चूक गया तो उसके मार्क्सवादी या सेकुलर होने होने का प्रमाण पत्र वापस ले लिया जाएगा।

इन सभी की एक पहचान यह होती है कि ये अपने को मार्क्सवादी बताते हैं और दूसरी पहचान यह बताई जाती है कि वे समाज सुधार के कार्य में लगे हुए थे, इसलिए जिस समाज को सुधारना चाहते थे उसी समाज के लोगों ने उनकी हत्या की है।

इस देश में समाज सुधारों का एक लंबा इतिहास है। इसका एक कारण यह है कि कोई भी समुदाय अपनी कबीलाई कुरीतियों के बावजूद हिंदू समाज के खुलेपन के कारण इसमें सम्मिलित होता रहा है और उसके साथ आई विकृतियों को दूर करने के प्रयास समय-समय पर होते रहे हैं। उदाहरण के लिए जिस सती प्रथा के लिए हिंदू समाज को दोष दिया जाता है वह कल्हण के अनुसार मध्य एशियाई प्रथा है। बालिका वध मध्यकालीन मुस्लिम दरिंदगी का रक्षात्मक उपाय रहा है। तांत्रिक कुरीतियां आटविक जनों के माध्यम से और सुधारवादी सिद्धों के माध्यम से हिंदू समाज में आई हैं। यहां हमारा उद्देश्य इन कुरीतियों का न तो बचाव करना है, न इनके प्रचलन से इंकार करना। उद्देश्य केवल यह याद दिलाना है कि सुधार का क्रम विकृतियों के विस्तार के समानांतर चलता रहा है।

इसमें अकेले अपने दम पर कठोरतम आलोचना करने वाले लोग भी रहे हैं परंतु कभी भी किसी की हत्या की नौबत नहीं आई। मार्क्सवाद ने मूर्तियों पर पेशाब करते हुए इस पर गर्व करने, अपने मत के आदि पुरुष का बहन से सहवास करने, अकेले अपने दम पर पुलिस का काम संभालते हुए मूर्ति विसर्जन को रोकने का प्रयत्न करने, जिस आहार और व्यवहार को सामी मतों के जन्म से पहते से वर्जित माना गया हो उनके भक्षण का शोर मचाने, समादृत पुराण पुरुषोंं के चरित्र को हिंदू मन को आहत करने वाले तरीके से पेश करने वाले प्रसंगों को पाठ्य पुस्तकों का हिस्सा बनाने का समाज सुधार मार्क्सवाद के कार्यक्रमों में कब से आ गया ? जिस समाज में उसे अपनी गहरी बैठ बनानी है उसे विमुख करते हुए स्वयं को कूड़ेदान में फेंकने की व्यवस्था करने के बाद दर दर की ठोकरें खाने की बात तक समझ न आ पाए, वह समझ न पाए कि उसका हाल ऐसा क्यों हो गया है, ये ऐसी रहस्यमय बातें हैं जिन्हें उनकी दिमागी हालत को देखते हुए मैं नहीं समझ पाता।

यदि ध्यान दें तो स्पष्ट हो जाएगा कि इनके पीछे सुधार का लक्ष्य नहीं है अपितु हिंदू समुदाय को अपमानित और उत्तेजित करने और भड़क कर कुछ ऐसा कर बैठने का उकसावा है जिसके बाद यह कहा जा सके कि हिंदू समाज भी मुसलमानों से कम उपद्रवी नहीं है और इस तरह उनके विधातक तत्वों के लांछन को कम किया जा सके। आरोप लगाने और शोर मचाने के पीछे भी संदेश यही होता है हिंदू समाज नितांत असहिष्णु और उपद्रवी है और इसके रहते देश में शांति स्थापित नहीं हो सकती।

यह एक तरह का छद्म आक्रमण है। आक्रमणकारी कौन है यह पता लगाना कठिन है । मार्क्सवाद तो नहीं हो सकता, परंतु यह मार्क्सवाद की कीमत पर, उसे बलि देते हुए, ऐसा किया जाता रहा है और आत्महंता अपने को मार्क्सवादी भी कहते हैं। यदि उनकी नीयत पर मुझे शक नहीं है तो उनकी समझ पर विश्वास हो ही नहीं सकता, फिर भी वे चाहते हैं लोग उनसे सीख लें।

उसमें यह सोचने की क्षमता तक का अभाव है कि यदि वह हिंदू समाज को सुधारने के लिए ऐसा कर रहा था तो समाज में सुधार की जगह अधिक कट्टरता क्यों पैदा हुई, जिसकी प्रतिक्रिया का शिकार उसे बनना पड़ा, यदि सचमुच बनना पड़ा तो ? वे इस पर विचार क्यों नहीं कर पाते यदि कोई आपराधिक काम हुआ है तो उसे संभालने का काम आपका नहीं है और यदि आपका काम है तो आप इसे निष्पक्षता पूर्वक क्यों नहीं कर पाते हैं ?
अपराध की राजनीति में एक सिरे से सहयोगी बनने के बाद क्या आप अपराध की राजनीति का विस्तार नहीं करते हैं ?

ये ऐसे सवाल हैं जिन को उठाया जाना, जिन पर बात करना भारतीय समाज के लिए जरूरी था। ऐसा करने के लिए क्या किसी दूसरे उपग्रह से कोई भी आएगा और आपको वस्तुस्थिति से अवगत कराएगा? मेरी समझ में इन प्रश्नों का जो उत्तर आता है उसे मैं कल शेयर करना चाहूंगा। मैं जानता हूं ऐसे लोग इसे नहीं पढ़ेंगे जिनको इसे पढ़ना चाहिए। इसके अभाव में उनका क्रंदन हास्य पैदा करता है, न कि करुणा।

#LIBERATING_INDIAN_MIND–47
#BIBLE: #NEW_TESTAMENT

The New Testament has a much deeper Indian content in its form and spirit, although behavior of Christians is diametrically opposed to its precepts. We are not sure whether visit of Jerusalem by the wise men from the east (Buddhists?) is symbolic or indicative of appropriation of Buddhism by Christ. But it is a fact that the Buddhist missionaries supported by merchants took courage to penetrate distant places with divergent cultures or the total absence of it. they knew that unless violence is uprooted from the face of the earth, abiding peace is not possible. The peace-loving people might suffer evermore and might be conquered by the turbulent tribes. It is admitted that in the west Buddhist monks had reached up-to Greece before Alexander’s march against The Persian king. There are speculations that Christ had himself visited India and stayed for years in Kashmir, but even if we discount such claims, we have evidence of effective presence of Buddhist monks in and around Jerusalem, whereas the temperament of the local monarchs and subjects could be measured by the cruelty of Herod. Another fact that may not be ignored is that Jesus himself was baptized by John. John could have himself been initiated by some Buddhist monk and he might have chosen Jesus to win him on the side of Buddhism. However, it is just a brain wave to be taken within its limits.

What is indubitable is the fact that the impact of Buddhism, its organization, hierarchy, including the monks and the nuns on the pattern of Bhikshus and Bhikshuni, the sculpture, art forms as tools of propaganda, educatin, even the candle and bell were appropriated by Christianity.

If we compare Sanatan Dharm with Buddhism and the latter with Christianity, what is remarkable is the degree that makes the sanest lapsing into strenuous and finally sinks into perversion. Take for example celibacy. It has a plan, purpose and time limit in Ashram system, befitting healthy way of life. Buddhism imposed it on the members of Sangha as compulsory demand, resulting into pathological aberrations (beastiality and exhibitionism) both among the male and female members as complained by the peasants to no other person but Buddha himself. Christianity rendered it into original sin to disturb the sensitive persons? It was totally impractical, rather suicidal so Christ himself becomes sin bearer of his followers and this opened the floodgate for all sorts of sins. This double standard becomes the backbone of Christianity. But we have no right to laugh at them where from sacred rivers to paphari पापहारी and पापहारिणी divinities abound.

Likewise non-violence is one of the cherished values of the Sanatana Dharma. But this again is sensibly devised and practical. Buddhism led it to impractical extent to the effect that even agriculture becomes sinful. Remember the sight of insects being upturned and dying in the course of tilling of the land which was one of the experiences of his disillusion from normal happiness of life. The pathological extreme was reached by Jainism no doubt, but Christ’s offering another cheek to be slapped to one who slapped you on one cheek suffers from masochistic self satisfaction.

The sermon on the mount has an environment that reminds me of the isolated Buddhist monasteries on mounts- recall Kanheri caves and Ajanta as part of a tradition. The resonance and audibility of even a whisper heard at the other end of the hall, and the effect of the sound carrying a divine touch is missing here.

We know the definition of Dharma time and again compared with essential attribute of a thing. Read in the same vein Christ saying, “You are like salt for all the whole human race. But if salt loses its saltiness, there in no way to make it salty again. It has become worthless so it is thrown out and people trample it.” It appears to be a lesson learnt without touching the essence, because if you have grasped the essence of Dharma there is no need of any organisation.

With this background we may have a look at the sermon on the mount, initial two stanzas of which are introductory. The rest as below:

3.Happy are those who know they are spiritually poor, the kingdom of heaven belongs to them.जिज्ञासा
4. Happy are those who mourn. God will comfort them.करुणा
5. Happy are those who are humble, they will receive what God has promised.विनम्रता
6. Happy are those who is greatest Desire used to do what God requires. God will satisfy them fully.समर्पण
7. Happy are those who work for peace; God will call them his children.शान्ति
7 Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.दया
8 Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.मन की निर्मलता
9 Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the childrenof God.सद्भावना
10 Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness’ sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.सहिष्णुता
11 Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you,and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.निर्वैरता
12 Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.
13 ¶ Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.स्वधर्मे निधनं
14 Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.
15 Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.
16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
17 ¶ Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
19 Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
20 For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.
21 ¶ Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment:
22 But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.

I do not intend to tire my readers going into detail of all these. They have a running theme centred in Indian moral and spiritual ethos.

I visited fragrant garden in Houston, city park, where the statue of Gandhi ji is set in artistic indian surrounding. There were indian flowers but none had fragrance. The same happened to Indian value system enshrined in Christianity. Christ was the first and the last Christian, because it shall amount to blasphemy to call him Western Buddhist. We know, the fate of Buddhism among Mongolians. So was the case with its western counterparts.

इस मकाँ में घर कई थे, पर दरो दीवार एक
तुमने क्या जादू किया हर घर का दर दीगर हुआ।
इसके बाशिन्दों के सिर में सींग कैसे उग गए
फट कर फिर दीवार का दीवार से टक्कर हुआ।
वाह रे खंडहर तेरा इतिहास भी है लाजवाब
हाल ऐसा कब हुआ किसने किया क्योंकर हुआ।।

इस घर के लिए कितने चिरागों की तलब है
तुम लाख जलो फिर भी अँधेरा नहीं जाता।

आरक्षण के एक प्रभाव पर किसी का ध्यान नहीं है। मुसलमान शूद्रों का पेशा अपना चुके हैं, उन्हे इससे राहत है। जिनका यह पेशा था वे आरक्षण का लाभ उठाकर सफेदपोशी औरआराम तलबी की नौकरी की उम्मीद में बेरोजगारों की फौज बनते जा रहे हैं। जरूरत आरक्षण से अधिक नई कार्य संस्कृति की है। दुनिया की कोई सरकार इतने रोजगार नहीं पैदा कर सकती कि अपना काण छोड़कर बेकार होने वातों को काम दे सके। जरूरत मजदूरी की दर बढ़ाने और श्रम संस्कृति के सम्मान की है।

#Bible : #Genesis
#LIBERATING_INDIAN_MIND- -46

A culture is a flexible mould with its own chemistry. Anything poured into it may not be replica of others that receive it nor the reception is purely passive and indiscriminate. The role of linguistics substrate is not missed by sensible scholars but that of substrate cultures is generally ignored, national temperament is not at all given weight while all borrowing and even imitations are a testimony to our thesis, Divergence apart the binding chords do not connect the divergent offshoots tut run straight to the original. This fact was so clearly perceived and so eloquently and convincingly expresses by Max Muller and yet the home of ‘Sanskrit’ was only slightly moved aside is a glaring example of how obsessed with Indian superiority they were. However one of his aims of his Vedic scholarship was to establish superiority of Christian religion, as he admitted in intimate communications. He was also eager to start a parallel branch of Comparative Religion that prompted him to pioneer a project of translating Sacred Books of East Series. Here as well we find confirmation of the same Vedic impact as we find in language.

All the religions having similarities with Indian themes, thoughts, and symbols have their pure, pristine and sensible from s in India, while they turn vague, a bit incoherent and decadent as they proceeded Westward. Not only that, much of the content is lost that makes them translucent calling for surmises and laboured explanations. This is what we witnessed in the three similitude that we noticed yesterday.

What was there when creation was not undertaken by God? In what state and where was he? The Christian belief is that it was chaos. But What was the state of chaos? Was The God part of that Chaos? Where did he stay even if devoid of form ? What was he doing till that time? These questions could not be avoided had religious or say metaphysical cosmology had its roots in the West. They were raised and answered so aptly, logically and with necessary skeptically in the Nasadiya Sukta that we refuse to believe what we read because of it’s unexpected authenticity.

But the Biblical genesis was not inspired by a single poem, although it convinces us of the fact that this Sukta was learnt by the settler in Anatolia and its vicinity. Of the two versions of fish incarnation of ViShnu, the convincing one relating to recovery of the Vedas from a devil hidden in Parala, also confirms the loss of the Vedas and the fact that it was in their knowledge that those settled abroad have maintained the text faithfully.

What musk not be missed is that it was a recurring theme of the Vedic contemplation, and as such numerous theories were prevalent regarding the beginning of creation, and they all formed part of the cultural noise there as well. One of them in The Purusha Sukta is that all the creation came in to being in one go सकृत द्यौ अजायत सकृत् भू: अजायत, the Biblical command “Let there be light and there was light.” owes its inspiration from this one.

There is another version in which it was all primordial water, (अप्रकेत) but extraordinary, (ससार) containing all that became manifest later. It was sensate. It wished to manifest in multiple forms and he heated himself and toiled (अतप्यत् श्रमो अश्राम्यत )and in the process got tired and exhausted ( श्रान्त: तेपान:) and as such had to take rest to evolve further. This idea again was borrowed but the days are inconceivable in absence of the Sun which as said were created on the fourth day. Such discrepancies are not found in any of the Vedic versions. They try to be rational and matter of fact.

There is another borrowing of making a woman out of the male. In Indian versions the lord of time कालेश्वर represents hermaphroditic characteristics of both genders(अर्धनारीश्वर), and even Kali in her primordial form is not feminine, but represents the two genders and the other is created out of her rib. in the Biblical account we find it a bit bizarre in form.

आसमानों में सिर्फ आग है पानी तो नहीं
किसलिए उसको तरसते हैं तरसने वाले!

#LIBERATING_INDIAN_MIND- -45
#Genesis

In our previous post we have noticed that India dominated the for almost two millennia the contemporary civilized world. It was not Indians who loud spoke that they were superior than others, although it was exhibited in whatever they said, did or sold. They appeared so distinctive in their total demeanor that contrary to the demands of climate even Arabs, Egyptians, Greeks specially the Spartan women and The Greek philosophers flaunted Indian saree (साड़ी) and uttariya (उत्तरीय) respectively or some thing devised on that pattern, with the style, cosmetics and attendant sense of pride. It were they who at different stages, lauded them as the wise-men from the east. If you have no problem you may replace wise by teacher.

But relating this past hegemony it is not our intention to wash you in glory as an inherently superior to other nations nor to deny their contributions in science and technology looking at their unique hair raising feats. Menhirs are good reminders that people considerably primitive in other respects had developed a knack for incredible feats and had such subtle understanding of astronomy and basics of engineering skill that is possible only with most sophisticated modern machines.

Only in this background we may look at the similarities which could astound us in absence of the above discussion.

GENESIS
Now we may come to the subtle aspects of the very opening statement “God said let there be light and there was light.” Many scholars including Dryden, have interpreted the God as word, “As by a word the world was made.” The term Nada Brhma(नादब्रह्म) or Sabda Brahma (शब्दब्रह्म) is almost a common knowledge among Indians. There is a Christian Science, and even a renowned paper namely Christian Science Monitor. Its popularity was based on its quick appropriation of scientific discoveries in some or other line in the Bible. We are in the habit of making fun of politicians when in their eagerness to show that they know something of the mythology and science make some amusing remarks, but In the Christian world even trained scientists do that through written articles. When scientists came with Big Bang Theory such scholars came with new confidence that everything written in the Bible is scientifically valid “Some Writers have seen a connection between this verse and the Big Bang in physical cosmology.”

This was a new found stake for them but a graphic account and philosophical deliberations of exactly the bang (भण्) has been going on in Indian sphot siddhan (स्फोट सिद्धान्त) a more appropriate term for Big Bang theory.

We have taken much of our time in introducing the topic so we shall have to suspend the later discussion after taking a passing glance over two other Biblical researches, “The light is described as being crated by Some Writers have seen a connection between this verse and the Big Bang in physical cosmology.fore the Sun, .Moon, and stars, which appear on the fourth day.
The light created here is primordial light. Different in nature from (and brighter than) that associated with the Sun.”
I can only refer to the emergence of light as the first sign of creation before any thing came into existence as given in the Nasadiya sukta (तिरश्चीना वितता रश्मि: एषा अध: किमं आसीते, उपरि स्विदासीत।

And most of educated persons are aware of the verse हिरणमयेन पात्रेण सत्यस्य अपिहितं मुखम्, तत् ते पूषन अपावृणु सत्यधर्माय दृष्टये । Now read the following in that light, “Psalm 104 (a poem of creation), Where God is described as wrapping himself in light.”

गुलाम निजी पहल से काम करने और अधिक श्रम करने से भागता है पर मालिक के भय या प्रलोभन से सबसे अधिक श्रम उसे ही करना पढ़ता है। फेसबुक आईना है, अपना चेहरा देखे। बन्द आईने तुम हो तो तुम्ही तुम हो जनाब। और कुछ है ही नही, और कहीं कोई नहीं।

#LIBERATING_INDIAN_MIND–44

I believe that the semitic religions developed in violent societies as measures of reform. They used almost the same method that was used by Vedic poets and the later tradition In India. It is combination of miraculous with matter of fact to make the impact of the communication deep and lasting. Sometimes I feel upset as to how religions born after conspicuous gaps could have all kept a live touch with India. The only explanation is that they cherished the sweet memory of having come in contact with the wisest men from the East and took pride in associating them at each stage. This is not a guess but based on facts in each case.

The first inspiration drawn by the Jews is linked to the presence of the enterprising Indian merchants who monopolised horse domestication, training and trade, and settled first in Central Asia (Sintasta, Andronovo, extended their network to Anatolia and its surroundings and maintained their hegemony and Vedic identity for almost a thousand years before merging with the local population not totally obliterating the links with their past. The Kurd and Yezidi even after having embraced Islam have as yet retained some of the relics.*They bore torture and persecution and exile at the hands of ISIS but not deterred from the relics of their belief, shows the bond of tradition.

During their prime time estimated to spread 2000-700 BCE their language, culture, customs, mythology, way of life was avidly being copied creating proximate languages and cultures such as Dialects of Greek and Italy. We all know that Homer wrote his epics in Anatolian Greek which formed the foundation of classical Greek. Under the circumstances in which not even Egyptian monarchs could ward off the influence of this aristocracy, it was only imperative that the founder of Semitic religion should have imbibed from this fountain.

Regarding Christianity apart from deep impact of the Buddhist organisation and symbols Bible it self is vocal about the wise-men from the East having visited Jerusalem, “Soon afterward, some men who studied stars came from the east to Jerusalem and asked ‘Where is the baby born to the king of the Jews? We saw his star when it came in the east, and we have come to worship him….Mathews, 2-9’.”

Notable presence of Hindus on and around trade route in Arabia is a matter of history. For all that we know about Prophet Muhammad he had special regard both for the East and things eastern, including the ideas. The statement attributed to him that sweet breeze came from India forms the ground for tracings similarities to be attempted by us to establish Indian inspiration in emergence of the three versions of the same religion.

{fn. *The Yazidis are monotheists, believing in God as creator of the world, which he has placed under the care of seven holy beings or angels, the chief of whom is Melek Taus, the Peacock Angel. The Peacock Angel, as world-ruler, causes both good and bad to befall individuals, and this ambivalent character is reflected in myths of his own temporary fall from God’s favour, before his remorseful tears extinguished the fires of his hellish prison and he was reconciled with God.”(Wikipedia)