Aug 09, 2012

Brahminical Culture and Cows are basis of spirituality

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When we talk about human society and other species in existence, we distinguishes ourself from animal society on the basis of progressive civilization. If we ask a person what is the difference between an animal and a human, he will say that we are civilized. So civilization define the difference between human beings and other forms of life. But what does define civilization ?

If we ask any modern man what is definition of Civilization. He would say more technological advancement which will give bodily comfort and minimizes time for those primitive work (like cooking, washing, travelling) thus we can eat, drink and merry. In other words modern civilization is which gives more opportunity for sense gratification . A better way to fullfill our propensity of eating, mating, sleeping and defending more and more. The outcome we see as more resturants and bars for eating, nice  AC room with comfortable bed, Allurement of Investment fund to defend , and ultimately a wide arrangement of uniting man and woman by numerous allurement through media, magazine, movies, adopting and promoting a so-called open westernized culture.

This is the idea a modern day man holds regarding civilization

In other way around we see a totally different view of civilization in Vedic times. Which aim at to reduce the basic propensity of animal instinct in man i.e. sleeping , mating, eating and defending (which is basis of modern civilization) and ultimately lead him to liberation. We find a very nice definition of proper Vedic Civilization in Bhagavad Gita when Arjuna confused whether to fight with Kauravas and ask Krishna what to do then Krishna told Arjuna in BG 2.2

śrī-bhagavān uvāca
kutas tvā kaśmalam idaḿ viṣame samupasthitam
anārya-juṣṭa- m asvargyam akīrti-karam arjuna

Krishna told Arjuna that the impurities not at all befitting an Aryan. So Vedic era was the civilization of Aryans. In this purport Srila Prabhupada (founder Acharya ISKCON) has given a very nice definition of Aryan civilization and a non-Aryan modern civilization. He writes " In the presence of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Arjuna's lamentation for his kinsmen is certainly unbecoming, and therefore. [Kṛṣṇa expressed His surprise with the word kutaḥ, "wherefrom." Such impurities were never expected from a person belonging to the civilized class of men known as Āryans. The word Āryan is applicable to persons who know the value of life and have a civilization based on spiritual realization.]

[Persons who are led by the material conception of life do not know that the aim of life is realization of the Absolute Truth, Viṣṇu, or Bhagavān, and they are captivated by the external features of the material world, and therefore they do not know what liberation is. Persons who have no knowledge of liberation from material bondage are called non-Āryans. ]

In Aryan civilization the basic foundation is Varnashram Dharma. The society used to categorized in four social order namely Brahmana (intellectuals) 2. kshtriya (the warriors ) 3. Vaisya (the Business class) 4. Sudras (the servant class) and four spiritual order 1. Bramhacharya (celibate students). 2. Grihastha (Householders) . 3. Vanprastha (retired life) 4. Sannyas (renunciation and complete dedication to absolute) . So the Aryan civilization emphasis on both aspect ( material +spiritual) of a human life. Because ultimately the aim should be liberation , but in contrast the modern civilization emphasis only on material aspect of life and the goal is endless not satiable sense enjoyment.

Modern man made mockery of the Varna Ashrama system (which is most scientific for elevation of a human towards godly life and sustain peace in society)  to be some superstitious caste system by birth right. Which is a false notion and no support from vedic scriptures. Krishna says in BG

BG 4.13: According to the three modes of material nature(goodness,passion and ignorance) and the work associated with them, the four divisions of human society are created by Me. And although I am the creator of this system, you should know that I am yet the nondoer, being unchangeable.

So Varna Ashrama system was the most scientific system which was made based on the nature of a human not by birth (which modern man adopted) to elevate onself in transcendental platform. That was the aim of Vedic civilization. Where Brahmana was the head of a society and Kstriya the administrator. And Cow was the veichle of progress.Flourish of Brahamanas and Cows are symbol of a spiritually progressive civilization. without these two Civilization is just hellish. Lord himself was praised  by below verse from Vishnu Purana

namo brahmanya-devaya
go-brahmana-hi- taya ca
jagad-dhitaya krshnaya
govindaya namo namah [Vishnu Purana 1.19.65]

“I offer repeated obeisances unto Lord Krishna, who is the protector and well-wisher of the cows and the brahmanas. He is also the protector of the entire society. Unto that Lord, who is always satisfying the senses of the cows,  I offer my obeisance’s again and again.” The purport is that special mention is given in that prayer for the protection of the cows and the brahmanas. Brahmanas are the symbol of spiritual education, and cows are the symbol of the most valuable food; these two living creatures, the brahmanas and the cows, must be given all protection -- that is real advancement of civilization. In modern human society, spiritual knowledge is neglected, and cow killing is encouraged. It is to be understood, then, that human society is advancing in the wrong direction and is clearing the path to its own condemnation. A civilization which guides the citizens to become animals in their next lives is certainly not a human civilization. The present human civilization is, of course, grossly misled by the modes of passion and ignorance.

Todays modern society totally eridicate the Brahaminical culture and protection, and they are opening slaughter houses and tagging Vedas as mythology. Where we are heading towards we must question ourself. Modern people only encoraging a society of Business class (Vaisyas) and labour class (sudras). Vaisyas are opening big big factories, and sudras the labour class are just labouring day and night hard and becoming like a machine. This is where we are standing today. Where Cow slaughtering is going on in automated process. Brahamana is considered the head of the body , and vaisyas are belly and sudras are legs. But we have cut the head of this body, then how long will we survive with this belly and leg. It will gradually die.

We no longer produce Brahmana like Chanakya Pandit, Mahatma gandhi etc. We becoming a bunch of Sudras whos only aim is sense gratification. A society of Varna-Ashrama is the conducive ground for the spiritual health of the entire society, not the society which are running madly like a rat to win the race of sense gratification.


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