Disciple: How does our family setup influence our culture?
Guru: It is our family setup that sustained our culture. This family setup is that which still keeps up our culture – the Hindu culture. When the other ancient civilisations ruined and vanished with time, the Hindu culture didn’t. Think son, what harsh circumstances have our culture endured! How the Bharateeya way of life, the Hindu culture sustained through all evils is a lesson for humanity.
There are two ways in which a culture decays: one, gradual ruin due to lack of defence; and the other, destruction by enemies - especially due to the invasions of chauvinistic narrow-minded cults over broad-minded and tolerant civilizations. Only when one recognizes the adversities and hardships our age-old Sanskruti (culture) has come through, like the violent onslaught of Islam, soft conversion and inculturation of Christianity, etc. will she appreciate the momentousness of our family system. Ours is a culture that breast-feed ideals and values. The founding principle of our family setup is:
Guru: It is our family setup that sustained our culture. This family setup is that which still keeps up our culture – the Hindu culture. When the other ancient civilisations ruined and vanished with time, the Hindu culture didn’t. Think son, what harsh circumstances have our culture endured! How the Bharateeya way of life, the Hindu culture sustained through all evils is a lesson for humanity.
There are two ways in which a culture decays: one, gradual ruin due to lack of defence; and the other, destruction by enemies - especially due to the invasions of chauvinistic narrow-minded cults over broad-minded and tolerant civilizations. Only when one recognizes the adversities and hardships our age-old Sanskruti (culture) has come through, like the violent onslaught of Islam, soft conversion and inculturation of Christianity, etc. will she appreciate the momentousness of our family system. Ours is a culture that breast-feed ideals and values. The founding principle of our family setup is:
मातृ देवो भव् | पितृ देवो भव् |
Matrudevo bhava Pitru devo bhava
[Revere mother as your god,
Revere father as your god]
Be proud of our Sanatana Samskruti.
Hari Om!
ॐ Chidanandam ॐ
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