ON THE NAME OF RELIGION OR CASTE
LET US
NOT FIGHT OR HATE EACH OTHER
(Note :- TO READ TAMIL , KINDLY CONVERT THIS INTO UNICODE 8 )
“Ondre kulamum oruvane thevanum
Nandre ninaiminnamanillai naaname
Sendre pugumgathi illainum siththathu
Nindre nilaipera neerninainthui mine” Verse :2104 in Chapter 7
Says Thirumoolar, there is but one religion and there is but one god. Surrender to him.
“ஒன்றே குலமும் ஒருவனே தேவனும்
நன்றே நினைமின் நமனில்லைநாணாமே நாணாமே
சென்றே புகுங்கதி யில்லைநுஞ் சித்தத்து“
நின்றே நிலைபெற நீர்நினைந துய்மினே.” திருமந்திரம் ஏழாம் தந்திரம் – 2104
Friends,
This is not told by me but a great SHAVATE SAINT THIRUMOOLAR has written this long back.FROM WIKIPEDIA “Tirumular (also spelt Thirumoolar etc., originally known as Sundaranātha) was a Tamil Shaivite mystic and writer, considered one of the sixty-three Nayanars and one of the 18 Siddhars. His main work, the Tirumantiram (also sometimes written Tirumanthiram, Tirumandhiram, etc.), which consists of over 3000 verses, forms a part of the key text of the Tamil Shaiva Siddhanta, the Tirumurai” “The dates of Tirumūlar's life are hotly contested and, because his work makes reference to so many currents of religious thought, the dates that different scholars assign are often appealed to for anchoring the relative chronology of other religious literature in Tamil and Sanskrit. Verse 74 of the Tirumantiram makes the claim that Tirumūlar lived for 7 aeons (yuga) before composing the Tirumantiram. Some are therefore inclined to place his composition well before the Common Era. The scholar and lexicographer S. Vaiyapuripillai, however, suggested that he probably belonged to the beginning of the eighth-century AD, pointing out that Tirumūlar could not very well be placed earlier given that he appears to refer to the Tevaram hymns of Sambandar, Appar and Sundarar, that he used `very late words and that he made mention of the weekdays”
There are some who ignite in others, hatred towards other religions and castes.I request all to read the HISTORY AND CULTURE OF THE INDIAN PEOPLE “ THE VEDIC AGE” written by Prof. R. C. MAJUMDAR published by Bharathiya Vidhya Bhavan. This will give one and all the knowledge about our origin. If you think, purchasing a book of such costly nature is a waste than I request you to go through my write up in Word Press.Com under PALLASSANAS.
Friends, first you realise that HINDUISM is not a religion but a culture which is borrowed by ARYAN TRIBES from The Negritos, Proto-australoids. The Mongoloids, Mediterranians , the Western Brachycephals and the Nordics. It is ,therefore, natural that LINGA (PHALLUS IN YONI), SWASTIKA which we draw to appease Lord GANESHA etc are seen in other religions also. A narration of Linga in Yoni which we see in MECCA and also in other places is seen in certain Webs. Reading this will be very useful. Whenever you get time kindly go through it. Lord Shiva as depicted as LINGA in Yoni was not approved by the ARYAN TRIBES. They believed that INDRA, VARUNA, MARUTH etc as GOD. They called LORD SHIVA as RUDRA ( I refer RUDRA AND CHAMAKA ). Even these tribes called GOD( PARAMAATHMA) during their mixing up with other tribes as only NARAYANA and GODDESS as LAKSHMI. However the previous tribes means, ‘nature,’ or ‘basic trait’.” Why we call the Phallus as SHIVA is because HE is auspicious. Further especially dravidians, called the PHALLUS as SHIVA ( gracious ) , In Wikipedia it is given “शिव, śiva is an adjective meaning "auspicious, kind, gracious". As a proper name it means "The Auspicious One". And PRAKRUTHI ( Yoni) meaning ause when the Auspicious joins PRAKRUTHI, the output will be also very much Nature. In the web I see the meaning as “The term Prakruti is a Sanskrit word that literally the earlier tribes especially the DRAVIDIANS) believed for increase of their progeny, that too gracious. VARNA SYSTEM was also prevalent among Dravidians. THIS IS PURELY MY VIEW. In the SANDHYAVANDANA made by ARYANS it is written as AkAshAth pathitham thOyam yadA gachchathi sAgarA , sarva dEva namaskAra kEshavam prathi gachchathi and not as SHANKARAM OR ISHWARAM PRATHI GACHCHATHI. By writing this I do not mean any insult to VAISHNAVATES. I pray always to Lord Narayana.
We have heard of many tribes like RAKSHASAS, YAKSHAS, KINNARAS, GANDHARVAS, VANARAS etc. Among them also VARNA SYSTEM was prevalent.
Hence, I request one and all not to fight by saying that all most all or few religions came from HINDUISM. Friends, HINDUISM is a way of life, a culture, which we can see in other religions also since I am of the VIEW that all religions and cultures lead us to a perfect life and later to that INFINITY which I call as “OM”.
Regards and NAMASKARAMS
P.R.RADHAKRISHNAN