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Articles: Philosophy | Matter to Master
- Mr. Bhuvanendra Bhupala
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Here is a brief account of how in ‘Sanatana Dharma’ great reverence was shown to the ‘Pancha bhutas’ and there by maintaining the ecological equilibrium for the welfare of the mankind and the nature.
In the ‘Hindu Dharma’ there is a custom called ‘Surya Namaskara’ meaning ‘Salutations to the Sun’. In this practice water is offered to the sun both during sunrise and sunset timings as a mark of thanks giving and praying sun further to continue to give light and heat to the nature. This is done in return to the immense benefits that humans derive out of Sun. What a rational method indeed in the Indian tradition! The concept is, God is a form of energy and sun is a manifestation of that God who you can experience and hence the firm belief. The whole world should look at this.
Geographically, India has the distinction of availability of Sun in most of the months in a year than many other countries in the world. Sun is considered as God by the Indians. According to science, sun is a star and a burning ball in which nuclear fissions and fusions are occuring every second and that has some limited life too.
Very little has been done by science in terms of realizing the power of human mind and the abilities of the subconscious mind. In ‘Sanatana Dharma’, the significance of ‘Soul’ and its attributes is vital. Soul is indestructible and is eternal. Science believes only in the life between a birth and death and not beyond. Science does not believe in the concept of rebirth thereby the travails of Soul’s journey between death and consequent birth are beyond the scope of it. The gamut of science is limited to the perceptional senses only.
‘Sanatana Dharma’ offers explanation to all such queries beyond doubt. In the recent times only science is getting to know the efficacy of ‘Sanatana Dharma’ practiced widely in India. It might take few centuries for science to catchup to ‘Sanatana Dharma’ ,never the less is a healthy trend as long as the quest is taken along.
In ‘Garuda Purana’, a mammoth book of ancient times in India and which is a part of ‘Ashtaadasha Puranas’(18 volumes) this subject has been exhaustively dealt with. We shall cover a few interesting topics in forth coming issues.
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