It is time
for the reform to build a strong society free from religion, religious beliefs, and dogmas superstitions.
All the
Orthodox ideas were rejected by Sage Sankara. There
is no need to indulge in rituals, to realize the ultimate truth or
Brahman. There is no need to study philosophy, to realize the ultimate
truth or Brahman then why do you indulge in studying philosophy.
Sage Sankara pokes fun at ascetics and points out that all their austerities
do not cause desires to go (Altar Flowers" Page 205, v.2 P.207 v.4)
Sage Sankara pointed out those rituals could in no way bring about wisdom,
much less moksha.
Sage Sankara says the rewards of the rituals are not a matter of direct
realization. Advaitic wisdom is based on personal realization.
The
orthodox Advaitin believes that rituals alone would lead one to higher levels
of attainment. Further, the deities would reward only those entitled to perform
the rituals alone. The entitlement involved the caste, creed, and other
parameters.
The
scriptural authority and value of rituals are part of the Advaitic orthodoxy,
which is meant for ignorant people.
The
Advaitic wisdom of Sage Sankara is nothing to do with religion, caste, rituals, worships, yoga, and other practices. Therefore an
obvious disparity between Sage Sankara‘s path of
Gnana, and the path of Karma. The path of Gnana is meant for the advanced seeker of
truth and the path of Karma is meant for the ignorant populace.
Even Sage Sankara appears and tells the orthodox people the path of orthodoxy is
the path of ignorance they will not be able to drop their inherited samskara or
conditioning, which they think is the only way to reach heaven and reap a happy life in the next life.
As
regards the rituals, Sage Sankara says, the person who
performs rituals and aspires for rewards will view himself in terms of the
caste into which he is born, his age, the stage of his life, his standing in
society, etc. In addition, he is required to perform rituals all through his
life. However, the Self has none of those attributes or tags. Hence, the person
who superimposes all those attributes on the changeless, eternal Self and
identifies the ‘Self’ with the body is confusing one for the other; and is,
therefore, an ignorant person. The scriptures dealing with rituals, rewards,
etc. are therefore addressed to an ignorant person.- (11- Adhyasa Bhashya)
First
Mundaka - Chapter 2 (10) - Ignorant fools, regarding sacrifices and
humanitarian works as the highest, do not know any higher good. Having enjoyed
their reward on the heights of heaven, gained by good works, they still remain
in ignorance of the Atman the real God.
As a
person, one performs rituals throughout his life. The person who performs
rituals and aspires for rewards will view the world in which he exists as a
reality. However, the Soul, the Self unborn eternal hidden by the world in
which he exists. From the standpoint of the Soul, the world in which he exists
is merely an illusion.
The
scriptures dealing with rituals, rewards, etc. are therefore addressed to an
ignorant person.
Orthodox
people impose their outdated religious ideas on their children and force them
into Self-imposed prison.
First
Mundaka - Chapter 2 (10) - Ignorant fools, regarding sacrifices and
humanitarian works as the highest, do not know any higher good. Having enjoyed
their reward on the heights of heaven, gained by good works, they enter again
this world or a lower one.
It is high
time for the orthodox people to realize the fact that their inherited belief
system is meant for ignorant people. If they think they are on the right
path, but the Vedas declare they are on the wrong path because they indulge in
non-Vedic activities. Orthodox people think that they are on the right path to
Moksha, but such moksha is mere an imagination within the dualistic illusion.
It is high
time to realize the truth of their own inherited religion is full of
adulteration and they are simply indulging in worships and activities barred by
the Vedas. Vedas warns not to indulge in non-Vedic activities.
According
to Advaita Vedanta, the Vedas addresses
itself to two kinds of audiences - the ordinary ones who desire the transitory
heaven and other pleasures obtained as a result of ritual sacrifices, and the more advanced seeker who seeks to know Brahman. Thus, the Purva mimam. sa, with
its emphasis on the karma kanda of the Vedas, is meant for the first audience,
to help lead its followers along the way. However, the Vedanta, with its
emphasis on the jnana kanda, is meant for those who wish to go beyond such
transient pleasures.
The
Orthodox people are ordinary people. Thus the ordinary ones who desire the
transitory heaven and other pleasures obtained as a result of ritual
sacrifices. The karma kanda of the Vedas is meant for the ordinary audience, to
help lead its followers along the way.
Most orthodox families, today live in the prison of dogmas. The orthodox
people expect their clan to follow a certain outdated religious code of conduct
(Shastras) and live dogmatically following the traditional lifestyle.
Their
chosen path of orthodoxy is meant for the ignorant who have a sheepish
mentality and blindly accept the inherited dogmas and superstition. From the
ultimate standpoint, the concept of God itself is a superstition. Thus, all
religious ideas of heaven, hell, sin, karma are mere imaginary theories meant
for the ignorant people of ancient times.
It is
high time to stop judging who is right and who is wrong in this unreal world
instead, spend the same time to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma
Gnana to realize the world (Samsara) is unreal the Brahman alone is real. ~
Santthosh Kumaar
