Know"how"!

I wonder how? 

Criticism and leftism changed its attire totally. The "buddhijeevigalu" on my social media list are so secular to wish eid, Christmas and other festivals to all of us. Very appreciative task,no doubt. It's wonderful to be so, an ideal society can be formed when we wish each other on such fantastic festivals.

 Culture creates civilization.

But?

Few don't seem to enjoy and wish same for our festivals too. Right from yugadi to sankranti!!!! 

A Hindu doesn't enjoy his own festival!!!! Not just it but passes critical statements against their own festivals. That sounds wierd.

The goodness of saying let your year be filled with sweet and sour on yugadi! ( Ideologically- only when we face difficulty the happiness will have meaning)

The goodness of saying "eLLu Bella tindu olle mAthadi(have till and jaggery and speak good)".

The joy of visiting 21 homes to see lord Ganesh, binds us so much together. 

The merriness in distributing lemon juice and kosambari on sriramanavami.

Wah!!!

Each festival has its own glory. 

And how can one criticize? 

To our amazement, there was another forward circulated on social media- to construct more hospitals than temples. Wow! How merciless. 

Illness is temporary but hunger.... ??????

Hindu temples are not just temples. We believe tulsi theertha can solve our Physical illness, we believe doing pradakshina to god is a good exercise, we believe feeding people is the greatest possible karma. 

Potentially this was altered by few and miscommunicated to many and several misunderstood it. We did not live in past, so we do not know what was it like in the previous era of societal set-up. There are 100s of books which show negation over hindu dharma but there are 1000s which say positives. Let's live in present, embracing the goodness of Dharma. 

To believe or not is personal choice but to speak ill about temples which serve food to 1000s and lakhs- is it fair enough? 

One can watch it in India's mega kitchen series. How temples serve food! 

Shirdi

Dharmasthala

And many...

So now can it be compared? 

Between hospitals and temples? 

Coming back, dharma is left to people's choice. To idealise it or not is left to individuals' mindset. 

My Hindu dharma taught me to respect humanity ( vasudhaiva Kutumbakam). That is total secularism. It helped me pray - lokah samasthah sukino bhavantu. And I am proud I am born and brought up in such a divine culture. 

No doubt, every dharma has different dimensions, it is upto us whether we take it from the right source or from such gangs of "buddhijeevigalu" who have known it half. When dharma flows in right direction people behave right, but when there's illusions added to it midway negation develops and spreads. 

Take aways : 

1. It is ok even if you don't follow your dharma, but your fellow countrymen does. Atleast have respect for their sake. 

2. IMPORTANTLY, Know full before criticizing. Read information from sources directly.

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