{"id":1011,"date":"2023-09-26T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-26T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arshaworld.org\/avs\/?p=1011"},"modified":"2024-05-06T10:40:06","modified_gmt":"2024-05-06T10:40:06","slug":"sanathana-dharma-an-ideology-to-be-eradicated-or-a-philosophy-to-be-embraced-sudarshanam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arshaworld.org\/avs\/sanathana-dharma-an-ideology-to-be-eradicated-or-a-philosophy-to-be-embraced-sudarshanam\/","title":{"rendered":"Sanathana Dharma: an ideology to be eradicated or a philosophy to be\u00a0embraced? &#8211; Sudarshanam"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1011\" class=\"elementor elementor-1011\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9c0deb3 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"9c0deb3\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9b5f9f9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9b5f9f9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-medium\">Sudarshanam - the debate begins\u2026<\/h6>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-96dfd78 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"96dfd78\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-759624d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"759624d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div dir=\"auto\"><div class=\"xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs x126k92a\"><div dir=\"auto\"><strong>Introduction<\/strong><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6199948 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6199948\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d2f58d0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d2f58d0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\"><div dir=\"auto\">Sanathana Dharma is the divine science bestowed upon mankind for the welfare of the universe, by Sree Parameshwara through the Aarsha Guru Paramparas, by manifesting in a human form as Adinatha (Dakshinamoorthy), in the prehistoric age when humans began to exist.<\/div><\/div><div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\"><div dir=\"auto\">This magnificent science is continuing to exist actively even today through the countless Aarsha Guru Paramparas like Atri, Anasuya, Atreya Durvasa, Dattatreya, Somatreya, Agastya Maharshi, Natha Siddha Yogis, Sri Sankara Gurudev, Sri Mahavatar Babaji, Sri Lahiri Mahasaya, Sri Yukteshwar Giri Maharaj, Sri Parmahansa Yogananda ji, Nikhileshwarananda Paramahansa ji etc.<\/div><\/div><div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\"><div dir=\"auto\">Yugavatars like Badrinarayan, Sri Rama, and Sri Krishna came for the Samrakshana (protection) of this great and sacred Dharma!<\/div><\/div><div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\"><div dir=\"auto\">It is this Aarsha Dharma that gave the world holy souls such as Sri Sankaracharya, Sri Ramakrishna Deva, Swami Vivekananda, Ramana Maharshi, Aravind Maharshi, Swami Rama, Dayananda Saraswathi, the Nayanar &#8211; Azhvar Siddhars of Tamil Nadu, Basaveshwara, Akka Mahadevi, Allamaprabhu, Annamacharyalu, Sant Jnaneshwar, Ayya Vaikunta Swami, Thycaud Ayya Siddha, Chattambi Swami, Sree Narayana Guru, Sadananda Swami, Vagbhatananda, Sivananda Paramahansa, Brahmananda Sivayogi, Agamananda Swami, Chinmayananda, and innumerous others!<\/div><\/div><div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\"><div dir=\"auto\">A philosophy that contributed thousands of talents to the world &#8211; in the form of scientists, philosophers, artists, poets, writers, scholars, researchers, great souls, and brave sacrificers.<\/div><\/div><div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\"><div dir=\"auto\">Even Gautham Siddhartha Buddha, Vardhaman Mahavir, and Gurunanak, the founders of Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism respectively, attained enlightenment through the Sadhana systems of the Sanathana Dharma Gurus!<\/div><\/div><div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\"><div dir=\"auto\">The nation, culture, knowledge, values of life, achievements that are Bharat, are the gift of this Arya Dharma!<\/div><\/div><div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\"><div dir=\"auto\">\u201cSanathana Dharma must reach every cottage and every palace\u201d &#8211; proclaimed Swami Vivekananda.<\/div><\/div><div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\"><div dir=\"auto\">\u201cSanathana Dharma is Nationalism\u201d &#8211; Aravind Maharshi (Aurobindo) stated in his famous Uttarpara Speech.<\/div><\/div><div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\"><div dir=\"auto\">\u201cThose who want to convert must convert to Sanathana Dharma which considers all human beings as equal\u201d &#8211; said Sree Narayana Guru in his last message at the SNDP conference at Pallathuruthy!<\/div><\/div><div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\"><div dir=\"auto\">The Vaidik Dharma whose motto is \u201cKrinwantho Vishwamaryam\u201d<\/div><\/div><div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\"><div dir=\"auto\">The Hindu Dharma that wished\u201cLokah Samastah Sukhino Bhavanthu\u201d.<\/div><\/div><div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\"><div dir=\"auto\">The Manava Dharma that taught us to pray \u201cSarve Bhavanthu Sukhinah, Sarve Santhu Niramayah, Sarve Bhadrani Pashyanthu, Ma Kaschith Dukha Bhagbhaveth\u201d and live in such a way as to fulfill this goal through Karma Yoga.<\/div><\/div><div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\"><div dir=\"auto\">When the history of the brave men who fought to uphold the values of Sanathana Dharma and fought against conservatism is right in front of our eyes, there are politicians who argue that Sanathana Dharma must be eradicated like Malaria, Dengue, Corona, or Leprosy! Politicians and a section of the media who find multiple ways to justify them are spreading evil propaganda. It is such circumstances, that Aacharya Sri KR Manoj ji, the Founder and Director of Aarsha Vidya Samajam, is initiating a series of articles despite his hectic schedule. You are requested to read every article carefully. We welcome your comments, doubts, and questions. All criticism and disagreement in decorous language will be responded to.<\/div><\/div><div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\"><div dir=\"auto\">Hope this becomes a healthy discussion!<\/div><\/div><div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\"><div dir=\"auto\">Aarsha Vidya Samajam<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">Mission Sudarshanam<\/div><\/div><div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\"><div dir=\"auto\">(The term Sudharshanam means good vision, the truth that is proven through a scientific thought process that is devoid of defective reasoning! Mission Sudarshanam is aimed to be a brave fight against all kinds of brainwashing forces that fabricate and propagate lies! It is a weapon of the Dharmic forces!)<\/div><\/div><div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\"><div dir=\"auto\">To be continued\u2026.<\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sudarshanam &#8211; the debate begins\u2026 IntroductionSanathana Dharma is the divine science bestowed upon mankind for the welfare of the universe,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":830,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1011","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-blog-english"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/arshaworld.org\/avs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Sanatana-Dharma-Ganga-Arti.jpg?fit=1344%2C768&ssl=1","wpmagazine_modules_lite_featured_media_urls":{"thumbnail":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/arshaworld.org\/avs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Sanatana-Dharma-Ganga-Arti.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1",150,150,true],"cvmm-medium":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/arshaworld.org\/avs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Sanatana-Dharma-Ganga-Arti.jpg?resize=300%2C300&ssl=1",300,300,true],"cvmm-medium-plus":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/arshaworld.org\/avs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Sanatana-Dharma-Ganga-Arti.jpg?resize=305%2C207&ssl=1",305,207,true],"cvmm-portrait":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/arshaworld.org\/avs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Sanatana-Dharma-Ganga-Arti.jpg?resize=400%2C600&ssl=1",400,600,true],"cvmm-medium-square":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/arshaworld.org\/avs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Sanatana-Dharma-Ganga-Arti.jpg?resize=600%2C600&ssl=1",600,600,true],"cvmm-large":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/arshaworld.org\/avs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Sanatana-Dharma-Ganga-Arti.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1",1024,768,true],"cvmm-small":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/arshaworld.org\/avs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Sanatana-Dharma-Ganga-Arti.jpg?resize=130%2C95&ssl=1",130,95,true],"full":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/arshaworld.org\/avs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Sanatana-Dharma-Ganga-Arti.jpg?fit=1344%2C768&ssl=1",1344,768,false]},"categories_names":{"23":{"name":"blog","link":"https:\/\/arshaworld.org\/avs\/category\/blog\/"},"27":{"name":"blog-english","link":"https:\/\/arshaworld.org\/avs\/category\/blog-english\/"}},"tags_names":[],"comments_number":"0","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arshaworld.org\/avs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1011","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arshaworld.org\/avs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arshaworld.org\/avs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arshaworld.org\/avs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arshaworld.org\/avs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1011"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/arshaworld.org\/avs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1011\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1015,"href":"https:\/\/arshaworld.org\/avs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1011\/revisions\/1015"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arshaworld.org\/avs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/830"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arshaworld.org\/avs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arshaworld.org\/avs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arshaworld.org\/avs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}