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Is there really a Hindu religion?

 Original Source: https://www.jeyamohan.in/183585/ For the past month or so, readers have been asking me this question via email - Is there really a Hindu religion? Majority of them are youngsters, beneficiaries of modern education and are interested in culture. But all they listen to are social media and the politicians' blather only. I replied rather irritated, "Hindus have a uniqueness. It is only them, who learn about their religion from their enemies and from those who have vowed to destroy their religion." Just give it a thought. How many numerous philosophers and scholars have existed here. How many books have been written. Nobody reads those. But they form an opinion about Hindu religion listening to the hatred speeches of those who do not have even an iota of understanding on the history or the spirituality of Hindu religion. Is there any other religion that exhibits such a pitiful state? To form an understanding by reading books and placing the concepts within t...
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Apolitical

  Original Source: https://www.jeyamohan.in/168246/ Date: 7-Jul-2022   Dear J, Someone had posted this in Facebook. Personalities in Tamil Nadu, who did a great job in preventing people like me, who were born in the 80s and had reached the mid-life stage, from getting ensnared in any party based politics are: Rajinikanth et al in Cinema, Jaggi Vasudev et al in Spirituality, Nammalvar et al in agriculture, Sundara Ramaswamy then and Jeyamohan now in literature... This is my assertion, people with different opinion - move on. What's your perspective? Anonymous   Dear friend, If its asked as to what really is my job, I would like to cite this sentence. I wouldn't place myself in the list. Still, I am certainly trying to create a circle of thinkers who are apolitical. My communication is not with the general community per se. I do not have any correspondence with them. They cannot get through to my writings. Nor do I have the inclination to reach through to them. So, I am not...
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Was it the Hindu religion that created Caste?

Original Source: https://www.jeyamohan.in/185101/ 28-Jun-2023 In the field of ideologies, the one thing we must realize is that any ideology is a product of its times. We must understand the ideology only through its origin, its logical methods etc. We must also be re-evaluating that ideology constantly through the contemporary perspectives. When European researchers arrived on our shores, they saw the caste system that was prevailing here. During their research, the proponents of caste system cited the scriptures that emphasized the Varna system. The researchers interpreted this to mean that the Hindu scriptures were propounding the Varna system. They theorized that the Varna system was the one that morphed into the Caste system Two centuries have elapsed whence this occurred. Several scientific studies like sociology and anthropology have since been developed. There are now myriad new principles. We now have the facility to collect and analyze on all information from around the world...
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