Hinduism The Eternal Dharma

About the Book

Hinduism is known as Sanatana Dharma (Eternal Dharma) because it is not founded by any person or person. It has evolved from the spiritual life of all the people of India for over 5,000 Years. It rests on universal and eternal spiritual principles and not on belief and dogmas, or on the word of a Prophet etc. it is spiritual science based on self-disciplined systematic investigations, reasonings, meditations, and realizations in super conscious stages by great spiritual scientists called Rishis and other spiritual geniuses. Some of them, like Sri Krsna (the preacher of the wonderful Bhagavad-gita), Bhagavan Buddha, Acarya Sankara, and others, were so great that they are considered as incarnations of Divinity. Sri krsna is even considered as the very God Himself in human form. Even then, Hinduism does not rest on them, but on Impersonal Universal Truth. Hinduism, being a science, is not a once-for-all-fixed-religion of dogmas like most other religions, nor is it a closed system. And like science, it continues to explore the Infinite Divine Reality and keeps on growing vaster and richer and improving upon the past by incorporating the discoveries and teachings of great spiritual men and women, even from outside, from time to time. It invites noble thoughts from everywhere.

 

About the Author

The Author, who has been in contact with the Ramakrishna order since 1935, and formally joined it in 1943, has a long history of distinguished service to the Organization in various capacities, especially in the literary and cultural fields. He has made a deep study of Hinduism over the years in its socio-religions and philosophical aspects, especially from the evolutionary and historical perspective, bearing fruit in this important work. Apart from this work, meant for thinkers and scholars, he has also published several booklets on Hinduism in its different aspects to propagate its ideas and ideals in a simple way among the general public. In this he had the advantage and experience of teaching the subjects to the monastic students of the Training Centre of the Ramakrishna order at Belur Math, its Headquarters, in the modern scientific context, for over 10 year, besides conducting discourses for the laity at various places in the country. A list of the booklets and other important works of the author bearing on Indian philosophical and cosmological thought in the context of Modern Science is appended in the present work. These works are popular and have received much appreciation in India and abroad.