Hinduism Offers Management of Self & Society
Seeking
the divine spirit is a spiritual pursuit. And within that pursuit is
the social aspects of the divinity which impact the Hindu mind to
develop a personality of goodness.
Divine
or divinity relates to all those aspects coming from God or god which
are basically understood as heavenly and transcendental. But in social
divinity it has attributes of humankind relating to ethical conduct of
life toward an ultimate goal of perfection in every possible way.
The
praxis of social divinity goes beyond the rituals, customs and beliefs.
Also cardinal in Hindu theology is the induction of divinity in
thoughts, words and deeds. Hinduism encourages spiritual believability based on knowledge and rationality. And that is where the divine spirit finds acceptable residency in every moment of life.
In
creating the divine residency in an individual’s mind Hinduism offers
liberal environment guided by disciplined and righteous karma.
Karma
is biased by rituals, customs and beliefs. What matters most that karma
is also influenced by Hindu epistemology seeking rationality in an
action. And when the reasoning is established in all its sincerity Karma
develops into prayer. For a practicing Hindu Karma is dharma.
Assembly
of good karmas from earnest deeds over a long period can lead to
moksha. It is a stage when material satisfactions are not attractions
anymore. Rather in austere and ascetic life transcendental consciousness
develops toward oneness with the Supreme-being.
Societal Reconstruction
The execution of karma in Hindu thought has an impact on the society as well.
Societal
reconstruction is part of karmas’ obligations to clean up the religion
from discriminatory and inhumane practices. An all inclusive full
empowerment of women and annihilation of castes as envisioned by Ambedkar are part of these needed corrections to institute human rights traditions in Hinduism.
Whereas
religion started as management of the society, at the personal level
religiosity of karma implies management of the self. This governance of
the self is conducted by virtue of conscious and divine living.
Consequent to Hinduism’s democratic framework the management of self is what we call as a way of life.
From
rituals to murti-puja, mantra and metaphysics, karma and moksha, to
meditation and yoga, and all its recreational aspects like music, dance
and drama, Hinduism in its management of individual is a disciplinary as
well as a comprehensive experience of spiritual development in liberal
and progressive regime.
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