26. How is Hinduism the most systematically organized Religion?As said earlier, Hinduism covers all walks of life. There are different types of collections of Hindu Scriptures that are written in a different way or different purposes. Accordingly they are called as a SAstra, sUtra, siddhAnta or samhitA. SAstra is that covers all aspect of life, it is the word of God. sUtra or aphorism is that which means to explain anything in the most precise and shortest way. siddhAnta is generally a rule or a principle or an established theory. samhitA is any methodically arranged collection of established texts or verses We will try to briefly understand in what way Hinduism covers all aspects of life. veda-s – Topmost Authority covering mantras and where to chant a particular mantra or personal and universal well being. vedAnta (upanishads) – Philosophical Part of veda-s unfolding the highest truth. bhagavad gItA and other gItA-s independent and from purANas- and itihAsa brahma sUtra – Topmost canonical text clearing contradictions, refuting multiple views and establishing truth (This texts is to be studied last after studing Gita and Upanishads) itihAsa (history) – rAmAyaNa and mahAbhArata purANa-s – Speaking of God in a friendly way through stories yoga – control of mind, body and breath. Texts like patangali yoga sUtra, thirumandiram, etc – for meditatative purposes dharma smriti-s – civil codes nATya SAstra – Doctrine of Drama and Acting nritya SAstra like bhArata NATyam, and other dance forms niti SAstra-s – vidur niti, chANakya niti haTha yoga – haTha pradipikA, gerANDa samhitA yaska's nirukta – splitting of sanskrits words and giving multiple meaning amarkoSa – sanskrit dictionary pANiNi's aShTAdhyAyi – sanskrit grammar patanjali mahAbhASya – commentary on pAnini's aShTAdhyAyi further explaining sanskrit grammar grihya sUtra-s – describing day-2-day activities of house holders vAstu SAstra – Art of house and temple building, city planning Silpa SAstra for idol making and temple construction. jyotiSa SAstra-s – Texts on Astrology like brighu samhitA and rAvaNa samhitA paulisa siddhAnta, surya siddhanta, arya siddhAnta of Arya bhaTTa and others for Astronomy ank SAstra – Science of Mathematics, mystery of numbers nyAya and tarka SAstra – School of Logic chAyA SiddhAnta – Problem solving through the science of shadow tantra – external, internal and mixed for of worship of God, related to awakening of kuNDalini and activation of chakra-s and other subtle bodies. vimAnika SAstra – science of aeronautics.
The Taboo An e.g. is aghori sAdhu-s. They are masters of energies and subtle bodies and do not consider anything as unholy as Siva is present in everything and is everywhere. Nothing exists that is not Siva. Other paths which are corrupted from pure paths are secret techniques invoking ghosts, and Gods invisible power either for personal gain or for destructive purpose. latA sAdhanA-s found in 64 bhairava tantra-s are connected with spiritual gains via sexual pleasures. They are rejected even by Saiva-s, sects worshipping Lord Siva as supreme, probably due to being born as a result of corrupted understanding of tantra. Lokayata / brihaspatya / cArvAka of prajApati daksha – An athiest docrtine supposedly founded by prajApati daksha of athiest nature which emphasizes on materialism. CarvAka-s consider lust as the cause of creation. According to pancAdaSi and sarvadarSana samgrah of SrI vidyAraNya svAmI, there were two types of cArvAka-s – (1) those who thinks Atman (Self or 'I') is physical gross body and (2), those believing that jIva is 'I' or Self or Atman.
Four upa-veda-s (sub veda-s or secondary veda-s) Artha Sastra – kauTilya's artha Sastra for Financial management dhanurveda – martial arts and art of war planning using different forms like cronch vyuh, chakra vyuh Ayurveda – Science of medicine e.g. charaka samhitA, dhanvantari samhitA, Sushruta samhitA (plastic surgery). It is said that there was also blood transmutation in Ancient Indian technique. gandharva veda – Science and art of singing and music. Music originated from sAma veda (sargam – sA, re, ga, ma, pa, dha, ni) From the above we can conclude that Hinduism is a religion which covers all major walks of life and is the most organized religion. |