Sarvadarshi Chintana - From Sanatana to western fantasy of rurals

 

Many rural places had a high-level heritage of having great sanatana dharma followed. The inspiration of Madhwas and Brahmin was so high that everyone in the village had borrowed lots of great stuff. Like doing namaskara to elders, daily visits to the temple, discussion of adhyatmik topics, even to the extent of providing useful quotes from Bhagavatha, Ramayana, and Mahabharatha.

The women who are a strong foundation for generation after generation were highly protecting the culture and its knowledge transfer to next generations. While men are thought to be supreme of family, women were always supreme in building cultural values into kids. Thus both balanced generations very well.

Today, if we turn back to any rural, tier 2, or 3 cities all you find is modern western adopting lifestyles. People are thinking they are growing and all they can find growth reference is through movies, serials, corrupt leaders, unethical stars(sports or movie). 

The modern world making our dharma weak and weak and not strong in the western approach as well. Thus we are in a kind of TRISHANKU situation. While Westerners have great abilities, great values to be adopted but unfortunately they are not even known to our society. 

When we look at our rural people, now we see that people making cake cutting as rituals, not applying kumkum or bindi as common practice. Modern ways of marriages, adopting Pizza type food for breakfast, more bars/clubs open for everyone. On top of that convent and missionaries driven schools. These schools can easily build a half-cooked western lifestyle which is made grand as modern and improved lifestyle.

Believe it or not:

One cannot simply adopt the life style of others. The given life span is not enough to copy and execute it in same way. Thus either western into sanatan or sanatan into western lifestyle change will be half coocked leading to diseased gratification in life.

 While in metro politan cities like Bangalore, Hyderabad, Mumbai etc most madhwas are turning towards sanatana dharmik lifestyle. They understood moving towards western lifestyle is just a makeup that goes aways when washed or it does not have importance when many others also can apply it. 

This has given birth to lots of Satsangas, Parayana groups, volunteer groups, self help groups and also learning shastras by men, learning dasa sahitya by men & women, hari kathamrutasara groups, Bharatanatyam, Yoga and many many things. These things not only giving families good peaceful lifestyle but also create opportunities for others to deliver such services and make their life. 

While in villages, ties 2 & 3 cities people are moving towards clubs, pubs, bar, birthday parties, movies etc. This is giving birth to unwanted earning thirst, showoff, half baked modern lifestyle, waward kids. This type of lifestyle helping other doing wine, hotel, theatre, etc business which are not driven by madhwas and thus taking away all opportunities from our own scholars. Believe or not if any one says "I can teach Yoga" in village people laugh at them, thinking that person is idiot. While if anyone says "I can organize nice birthday party service" to you, people welcome them. 

The choice is ours. While we are angry that invaders are still ruling us within and outside and we dont want to let our core dharma rule us.