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 इसका मामला सिर्फ मुस्लिम पर्सनल ला बोर्ड तय करेगी………

From Pramod Agrawal < >

नालंदा के बहाने अतीत की महानताओं से मुलाकात..
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कल पटना से दिल्ली की ओर बढ़े तो सोचा कि क्यों न कुछ दर्शनीय स्थानों को देखते चलें। एक-दो वरिष्ठ रिश्तेदारों और बिहार में पोस्टेड दोस्तों से सलाह ली; बिहार का नक्शा उठाया और अपने भीतर के कोलंबस को जगाकर रास्ता निर्धारित किया। योजना बनी कि पहले दिन नालंदा, पावापुरी, राजगीर, गहलौर और बोधगया को कवर किया जाए। वक़्त की कमी के चलते पावापुरी और गहलौर ठीक से नहीं देख पाए, पर बाकी तीन जगहों को ठीक से ‘जिया’।

पहला पड़ाव था- नालंदा। मेरे मन में उसकी छवि यही थी कि वह गुप्त काल में विकसित हुआ एक शानदार विश्वविद्यालय था जिसमें पढ़ने की आकांक्षा लेकर देश-विदेश के बड़े-बड़े जिज्ञासु और शोधार्थी खिंचे चले आते थे। एक बात और सुनी हुई थी कि जब बख्तियार खिलजी ने इसे नष्ट करने के लिये इसकी लाइब्रेरी में आग लगाई थी तो करीब 6 महीनों तक आग जलती रही थी। दंतकथाओं में अक्सर अतिशयोक्तियाँ शामिल हो जाती हैं – इस तर्क से 6 महीनों वाली बात को तथ्य न मानें तो भी इतना तो मान ही सकते हैं कि यहाँ एक अत्यंत समृद्ध पुस्तकालय रहा होगा।

खैर, हम लोग इसी कच्ची-पक्की समझ के साथ नालंदा पहुँचे। वहाँ पुरातत्त्व सर्वेक्षण विभाग ने एक बोर्ड पर नालंदा से जुड़ी बुनियादी जानकारियाँ प्रकाशित की हुई हैं। उस बोर्ड को पढ़ते ही मेरे पैरों तले ज़मीन खिसक गई। उस पर कुछ दार्शनिकों/चिंतकों के नाम लिखे थे जिन्होंने नालंदा में रहकर अध्ययन या अध्यापन कार्य किया था। उस सूची में नागार्जुन, आर्यदेव, वसुबंधु और असंग जैसे महान आचार्यों के नाम पढ़कर मन विह्वल हो गया। अज्ञेय की सिद्ध-कविता ‘असाध्यवीणा’ से एक पंक्ति उधार लेकर कहूँ तो “ध्यान मात्र इनका तो गदगद विह्वल कर देने वाला है”…

कहानी कुछ यूँ है कि बुद्ध की मृत्यु के बाद उनके अनुयायी हीनयान और महायान में बँट गए थे। हीनयान बुद्ध के विचारों के नज़दीक था पर अपनी कठिन मान्यताओं (जैसे निरीश्वरवाद, अनात्मवाद, क्षणिकवाद, निर्वाण की अभावात्मक धारणा और अर्हत) के कारण लोकहृदय में रस उत्पन्न करने में असमर्थ था। हिंदू परंपरा के लोग भी उसे अपनाने में बहुत सहजता महसूस नहीं करते थे क्योंकि यह उनकी परंपरागत धारणाओं से काफी दूर था। इस संकट को दूर करने के लिये बौद्ध परंपरा में महायान की शुरुआत हुई जो आसान और रसपूर्ण रास्ता तो था ही; साथ ही कई वैदिक तथा औपनिषदिक धारणाओं के समावेशन के कारण हिंदू समाज के लिये सुग्राह्य भी था। इस मुश्किल काम को जिन आचार्यों ने अंजाम दिया, लगभग वे सारे नालंदा से ही जुड़े थे। यह महत्कार्य इसी विश्वविद्यालय में संपन्न हुआ था।

नागार्जुन, जो इस विश्वविद्यालय के कुलपति भी रहे थे, अपने शिष्य आर्यदेव के साथ महायान की अत्यंत प्रसिद्ध शाखा माध्यमिक शून्यवाद के प्रवर्तक थे। शून्यवाद के सटीक अर्थ विनिश्चयन में बहुत वाद-विवाद हुए हैं। अब लगभग सहमति है कि ‘शून्यता’ का अर्थ ‘निषेध’ या ‘निहिलिज़्म’ नहीं बल्कि ‘अवर्णनीयता’ या ‘अनिर्वचनीयता’ है। नागार्जुन के ही शब्दों में कहूँ तो यह जगत और पारमार्थिक सत्य दोनों अलग-अलग कारणों से अनिर्वचनीय अर्थात शून्य हैं। जगत एक सामूहिक तथा विराट भ्रम है जिसका मिथ्यात्व परमार्थ का बोध होने पर ही होता है।

सच कहूँ तो नागार्जुन की वैचारिकी भारतीय अमूर्त विचारणा का चरम स्तर है; जिसे हीगेल, फिक्टे और शेलिंग की महान जर्मन परंपरा भी ठोस चुनौती नहीं दे पाती। ब्राह्मणवादी तथा वेदांत-समर्थक दार्शनिक शंकराचार्य के पक्ष में चाहे जितने भी तर्क जुटा लें, इस सच को झुठलाना संभव नहीं है कि शंकर के दर्शन का बुनियादी ढाँचा ठीक वही है जो नागार्जुन उनसे करीब 600 वर्ष पहले प्रस्तावित कर चुके थे। इसे सिर्फ संयोग कहकर टालना शुतुरमुर्गी मुद्रा है, कुछ और नहीं। सच यही है कि शंकर इस परिप्रेक्ष्य में ‘प्रच्छन्न बौद्ध’ ठहरते हैं।

महायान की दूसरी महान परंपरा ‘योगाचार विज्ञानवाद’ भी नालंदा में ही विकसित हुई। आचार्य असंग और वसुबंधु, जो आपस में अर्ध-भ्राता भी थे, एक साथ नालंदा में रहकर इस मौलिक वैचारिकी को धार दे रहे थे। उन्होंने नागार्जुन से आगे बढ़कर यह कल्पना की कि वास्तविक जगत जैसी कोई चीज़ है ही नहीं। हम अनुभव में सिर्फ अनुभूत-विज्ञानों को ही जानते हैं और उनके आधार पर वस्तुजगत की कपोल कल्पना कर लेते हैं। यह दर्शन लोक-अनुभवों की आसान समझ को ख़ारिज करने के कारण विश्वास का कम, कौतूहल का विषय ज़्यादा रहा है। मैं तो इसलिये इससे इतना प्रभावित हूँ कि अगर यह न होता तो हम पश्चिम के बर्कले और लाइबनिज़ जैसे प्रत्ययवादी दार्शनिकों की टक्कर में अपना कोई विचार न रख पाते। पश्चिमी दर्शन के सम्राट ‘कांट’ का ‘अज्ञेयवाद’ हो या एडमंड हुस्सर्ल का ‘संवृत्तिवाद’, हम ‘विज्ञानवाद’ के सहारे सभी को गहराई के मामले में स्पर्धा दे सकते हैं।

अब आप सोचिये कि जब मुझे पता चला होगा कि ये सारे महान आचार्य इस जगह व्याख्यान देते थे; यहाँ बैठते/घूमते थे और इस प्रस्तर-भवन में रहते थे तो मुझ पर क्या गुज़री होगी? एक बार वर्धा में एक संग्रहालय में बताया गया कि जिस कुर्सी पर आप बैठे हैं, उस पर कभी महात्मा गांधी बैठते थे। इतना सुनते ही करंट सा लगा था और फिर उस पर बैठने का साहस नहीं हुआ था। यही हाल निराला, वर्ड्सवर्थ और ग़ालिब के मकानों में लिपटी उनकी यादों को महसूस करते हुए हुआ था।

इसी भाव-बिंदु पर नालंदा के मौन पत्थरों को हौले से थपथपाकर शुक्रिया कह आया हूँ…

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From: Mohan Tatarajan < >

dear all

an excellent article by TUFAIL AHMED.

He is right. Ambedkar said that Muslims can never co-exist with Hindus.

Hence, he told Gandhi to send back all Muslims to Pakistan., AFTER PARTITION.

Ambedkar also warned dalits not to convert to Christianity or Islam for he

felt that by doing so, dalits will lose their nationality and will remain as a

Muslim or Christian only.

Muslims never think, why Hindus were massacred and ethnic cleansed in

Kashmir? Why there was genocide of Hindus in Pakistan and Bangladesh,

resulting in 35 million Hindus vanishing.

Can the Muslims and our seculars show one Muslim majority country

where the minorities enjoy equal rights and freedom.

BECAUSE OF THE VOTE BANK POLITICS, Muslims are made to feel

that they are the victims when the reality is otherwise.

Hindus must treat the Muslims in the same way, Muslims treat Hindus in

Pakistan, Bangladesh, Kashmir etc.

THEN ONLY MUSLIMS WILL UNDERSTAND AS TO HOW THEY HAVE BEEN ENJOYING UNINTERRUPTED DEMOCRACY IN INDIA FOR THE LAST 70 years.

TUFAIL SHOULD BE CONGRATULATED FOR HIS FINE ARTICLE.

Please disseminate. THIS WILL NEVER FIND A SPACE IN OUR SICKULAR AND MINORITY CONTROLLED MEDIA.

N MOHAN

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SECULARISM IS A NATIONAL SECRUIY Threat to India

The germ of secularism eats at the roots of the Indian republic, feeding itself vigorously at the times of elections.

Tufail Ahmad @tufailelif

Every year in the rainy season, frogs come out and try to say something noisily. Similarly, during elections, some seasonal frogs emerge into India’s mainstream and proclaim loudly: “Muslim vote is secular; Hindu vote is communal;” “Long live India; Long live the Constitution.” Nowadays, the Jamaat-e-Islami Hind, All India Muslim Personal Law Board and the Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind are the leading advocates of the Constitution, not the politicians and police officers of India. Over the past year, All India Muslim Personal Law Board has been organizing a series of conferences under the theme: “Save the Constitution, Save the Religion.” For them, if Islam is in danger, the constitution must be in danger too. The constitution and Islam are not separate for them.

The Urdu newspaper Roznama Inquilab, in its edition of February 10, carried a front page headline, which declared that the first phase of the assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh are “Musalmanon ka Imtehan”— a test for Muslims. Let’s imagine the following: what if the Hindi newspapers declared the UP elections as “Hinduon ka Imtehan?” The government will most likely ban such Hindi newspapers. Most probably, you will declare these Hindi newspapers as communal. But when Urdu newspapers do this, you think of it as secular. Your mind is caught by the sinews of a vichar dhara, an ideology. This vichar dhara is known in India as secularism.

Secularism has emerged as a national security threat to India. Every politician, every police officer, every journalist and every dharma guru knows that secularism is damaging the soul of India. Everyone pretends that everything is right. Cops find secularism as a textbook tool to run the beyawastha, the law and order founded on secularism. Kamlesh Tiwari said something about the prophet of Islam, he was arrested by police officers rightly. But the same police officers don’t have guts to even touch the Islamic clerics of Bijnor, who in 2015 announced a reward of 51 lakh rupees to behead Tiwari either in jail or outside. Secularism has emerged as India’s national sports; everyone participates, everyone pretends, everyone claps, everyone shuts their eyes to reality.

This reality is powerful. It controls minds. In an article in the Urdu Times newspaper of February 7, Urdu writer Muhammad Jaseemuddin Nizami interpreted the practice of secularism in India by an interesting analogy. A thief entered a temple, maintaining full respect and adopting pious manners; but his sole objective was to steal the statues of Hindu gods. Soon, he heard footsteps approaching him and turned back to see a man entering the temple without removing his shoes. The thief was incensed at this sin. He warned, “If I were not busy, I would be punishing you for committing this impiety in the temple!” The thief is secular. This is the truth of Indian society: the secular vichardhara is held aloft by thieves.

Nowadays, secularism views Dalit-Muslim unity as essential to its survival. In Mumbai, at a January 21 conference, Islamic cleric Maulana Khalilur Rahman Nomani joined hands with Dalit leader Waman Meshram, warning against any law to introduce Uniform Civil Code. In 1986, secularism also rose against the Supreme Court in the Shah Bano case. The Urdu daily Roznama Sahafat of February 6 quotes Justice (retired) Suhail Siddiqui, the former Union minister of state in his capacity as the Chairman of the National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions, as saying: “The need of the hour is that Muslims search for a solution to their problems by joining hands with Dalits.” Siddiqui brags that he “silently delivered minority status to hundreds of minority institutions and never in this regard issued a statement to newspapers.”

In a rare article of its kind in Roznama Sahafat of February 6, Sufi cleric Syed Alamgeer Ashraf makes some acerbic observations: “The essence of Indian people and the country’s democracy is that elections not be contested based on religion, color and race. Despite this, a few days before the voting, Islam will be in danger. And Hindus too will be in difficulty. Only the elections will defend the Islam of Muslims and also protect the Hindus against all dangers.” Commenting on the secularism of Dalit-Muslim unity, he says: “It is necessary that such an alliance be for the victory of truth, justice, progress and humanity, not to defeat a specific person or a party.”

There are two meanings of secularism. First, as a movement of ideas it removes the excessive influence of religion from society. In this meaning, secularism undermines religious orthodoxies, frees individuals from the clutches of religion and empowers people to live their life in rational ways. Second, there is a constitutional meaning of secularism, which requires the Indian state to maintain distance from religion in policymaking. You cannot disagree with these two meanings of secularism. However, at issue is the third meaning of secularism. In its behavioral meaning, secularism influences us in how we understand day-to-day developments in our societies and impacts on the minds of policymakers, government leaders, journalists and others.

In its behavioral meaning, secularism has emerged as a national security threat. I have a message for the generation of my grandchildren. In your times, secularism will force Hindus to leave parts of Kerala, West Bengal, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh – much like Hindus were forced to exit Kashmir in my lifetime. As I write, secularism has risen in West Bengal like it rose in 1986 against the Supreme Court of India. Secularism successfully overruled the members of the parliament in the Shah Bano case. As I write, reports are coming out from Malda and other parts of West Bengal that police officers are being treated as thugs and criminals by those who proclaim to be secular. The government has no solution to secularism. Like termites, the germ of secularism eats at the roots of the Indian republic, feeding itself vigorously at the times of elections.

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Disclaimer: The facts and opinions expressed within this article are the personal opinions of the author. IndiaFacts does not assume any responsibility or liability for the accuracy, completeness,suitability,or validity of any information in this article.

Tufail Ahmad

Former BBC journalist Tufail Ahmad is the executive director of the Open Source Institute, New Delhi. Ahmad is the author of “Jihadist Threat to India – The Case for Islamic Reformation by an Indian Muslim.” He tweets @tufailelif

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From OMEGA

Dear Vyasji.,

Greetings.,

Recently serial about Ashoka in 2015.

Depicting a foreigner as Ashoka second mother , which was promptly written to Indian broadcasting authority.

Where as 2500 ago , no foriegner visited or discovered india.

Carefully planned prepostion to stall & mis represent indian history

But No response.

InCidently ~ I have a copy of broadcasting authrty acknowledging recpt but no reply.

Sharmila tagore was chairperson.

Thks

S bhanushali

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From: Avnish Kashyap < >

MUKHERJEE – MODI

SERVANTS OF JAZZIA SULTANATE

DILIGENTLY ENFORCING THIS CRIMINAL LAW

why are the Hindus lying down and taking all these abuses and humiliations without striking back?

Please forward this to ALL Hindus all over the world”

It’s time we realize our culture is being wiped away!!!

If you care forward this….IF NOT Delete!!!!!

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Why are we Hindus taking all this lying down. Why is there an IAS officer as head of very temple. Can they dare TO go to a MUSLIM Masjid or a CHRISTIAN church? OR A SIKH GURUDWAARAA Please see the article and decide for yourself.

Foreign writer opens our eyes.

The Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowment

Act of 1951 allows State Governments and politicians to take over thousands of Hindu Temples and maintain complete control over them and their properties. It is claimed that they can sell the temple assets and properties and use the money in any way they choose.

A charge has been made not by any Temple authority, but by a foreign writer, Stephen Knapp in a book (Crimes Against India and the Need to Protect Ancient Vedic Tradition) published in the United States that makes shocking reading.

Hundreds of temples in centuries past have been built in India by devout rulers and the donations given to them by devotees have been used for the benefit of the (other) people. If, presently, money collected has ever been misused (and that word needs to be defined),

It is for the devotees to protest and not for any government to interfere. This letter is what has been happening currently under an intrusive law.

It would seem, for instance, that under a Temple Empowerment Act, about 43,000 temples in Andhra Pradesh have come under government control and only 18 per cent of the revenue of these temples have been returned for temple purposes, the remaining 82 per cent being used for purposes unstated.

Apparently even the world-famous Tirumala Tirupati Temple has not been spared. According to Knapp, the temple collects over Rs 3,100 crores every year and the State Government has not denied the charge that as much as 85 per cent of this is transferred to the State Exchequer, much of which goes to causes that are not connected with the Hindu community. Was it for that reason that devotees make their offering to the temples? Another charge that has been made is that the Andhra Government has also allowed the demolition of at least ten temples for the construction of a golf course. Imagine the outcry.

Writes Knapp, if ten mosques had been demolished.

It would seem that in Karnataka, Rs. 79 crores were collected from about two lakh temples and from that, temples received Rs seven crores for their maintenance, Muslim madrassahs and Haj subsidy were given Rs. 59 crore and churches about Rs 13 crore. Very generous of the government.

Because of this, Knapp writes, 25 per cent of the two lakh temples or about 50,000 temples in Karnataka will be closed down for lack of resources, and he adds: The only way the government can continue to do this is because people have not stood up enough to stop it.

Knapp then refers to Kerala where, he says, funds from the Guruvayur Temple are diverted to other government projects denying improvement to 45 Hindu temples. Land belonging to the Ayyappa Temple, apparently has been grabbed and Church encroaches are occupying huge areas of forest land, running into thousands of acres, near Sabarimala.

A charge is made that the Communist state government of Kerala wants to pass an Ordinance to disband the Travancore & Cochin Autonomous Devaswom Boards (TCDBs) and take over their limited independent authority of 1,800 Hindu temples. If what the author says is true, even the Maharashtra Government wants to take over some 450,000 temples in the state which would supply a huge amount of revenue to correct the states bankrupt conditions.

And to top it all, Knapp says that in Orissa, the state government intends to sell over 70,000 acres of endowment lands from the Jagannath Temple, the proceeds of which would solve a huge financial crunch brought about by its own mismanagement of temple assets.

Says Knapp: Why such occurrences are so often not known is that the Indian media, especially the English television and press, are often anti-Hindu in their approach, and thus not inclined to give much coverage, and certainly no sympathy, for anything that may affect the Hindu community. Therefore, such government action that play against.

The Hindu community go on without much or any attention attracted to them.

Knapp obviously is on record. If the facts produced by him are incorrect, it is up to the government to say so. It is quite possible that some individuals might have set up temples to deal with lucrative earnings. But that, surely, is none of the governments business?

Instead of taking over all earnings, the government surely can appoint local committees to look into temple affairs so that the amount discovered is fairly used for the public good?

Says Knapp: Nowhere in the free, democratic world are the religious institutions managed, maligned and controlled by the government, thus denying the religious freedom of the people of the country. But it is happening in India. Government officials have taken control of Hindu temples because they smell money in them, they recognize the indifference of Hindus, they are aware of the unlimited patience and tolerance of Hindus, they also know that it is not in the blood of Hindus to go to the streets to demonstrate, destroy property, threaten, loot, harm and kill.

Many Hindus are sitting and watching the demise of their culture. They need to express their views loud and clear Knapp obviously does not know that should they do so, they would be damned as communalists. But it is time someone asked the Government to lay down all the facts on the table so that the public would know what is happening behind.

its back. Robbing Peter to pay Paul is not secularism. And temples are not for looting, under any name. One thought that Mohammad of Ghazni has long been dead.

HARD REALITIES………

Hinduism remains the most attacked and under siege of all the major world religions. This is in spite of the fact that Hinduism is the most tolerant, pluralistic and synthetic of the world’s major religions.

Money is diverted for Muslim causes and paid to the Muslims.

From: Deepak Das < >

From: Pramod Agrawal < >

RUSSIA’S VLADIMIR PUTIN ON MUSLIMS

No wonder he was selected by Forbes as the most powerful person in the world. This is one time our elected leaders should pay attention to the advice of Vladimir Putin.

I would suggest that not only our leaders but every citizen of USA should pay attention to this advice. How scary is that?

It is a sad day when a Communist Leader makes more sense than our LEADERS here in the U.S.A. but here it is!

Vladimir Putin’s speech – SHORTEST SPEECH EVER.

On August 04, 2013, Vladimir Putin, the Russian president, addressed the Duma, (Russian Parliament), and gave a speech about the tensions with minorities in Russia:

“In Russia, live like Russians. Any minority, from anywhere, if it wants to live in Russia, to work and eat in Russia, it should speak Russian, and should respect the Russian laws. If they prefer Sharia Law, and live the life of Muslim’s then we advise them to go to those places where that’s the state law.

“Russia does not need Muslim minorities. Minorities need Russia, and we will not grant them special privileges, or try to change our laws to fit their desires, no matter how loud they yell ‘discrimination’. We will not tolerate disrespect of our Russian culture. We better learn from the suicides of America, England, Holland and France, if we are to survive as a nation. The Muslims are taking over those countries and they will not take over Russia. The Russian customs and traditions are not compatible with the lack of culture or the primitive ways of Sharia Law and Muslims.

“When this honorable legislative body thinks of creating new laws, it should have in mind the Russian national interest first, observing that the Muslims Minorities Are Not Russians.”

The politicians in the Duma gave Putin a five-minute standing ovation.

If you keep this to yourself, you are part of the problem!