Bhagavad Gita Must be Mandatory for all the Students in Hindustan – GHHF

Shravan Krushnapaksha 9, Kaliyug Varsha 5116

If Hindus do not maintain Hinduism, who shall save it? If India's own children do not cling to her faith, who shall guard it. India alone can save India and India and Hinduism are one.

“Read the Gita and other good works on Vedanta. That is all you need. The present system of education is all wrong. The mind is crammed with facts before it knows how to think. Control of the mind should be taught first.” Swami Vivekananda

Global Hindu Heritage Foundation (GHHF) appreciates and congratulates Supreme Court Justice A K Dave for expressing his views to introduce Bhagavad Gita and Mahabharata in Class I to revive the rich cultural heritage, Bharat is known for centuries. It is high time that the present government embark on revising the curriculum from Class I through university that was highly slanted, openly anti Hindu, clearly pro minority religion and undoubtedly adharmic. All the organizations such that were stabbing the very fabric of Hindutva principles must be removed from the present positions and replace them with people who are knowledgeable about the rich cultural heritage, guru-shishya sampradaya, importance of morals from all our Ramayana, Mahabharata, Bhagavad Gita, Puranas, Upanishad, Yoga and other scriptures. Justice Dave as well as BJP and other concerned leaders should stand firm to defend dharma. It is the hour of the need. As Mohan Bhagwat, RSS leader stated that, “As long as dharma exists in India, the world will continue to respect this country. But once dharma is gone, no force on earth can stop the country from crumbling.”

GHHF is ready to stand by the introduction of Hindu scriptures into the educational curriculum at all levels, will support all measures that can be adopted to negate the present curriculum and rewrite the history reflecting the eternal contribution of Sanatan Dharma to the humanity. We have to stand by to nourish and nurture the roots that will invigorate the much neglected India’s cultural heritage so that present adharmic curriculum can be rooted out from the educational system.  As former President observed that India is the only country that has not conquered other countries for the expansion of their faith. Bharath has not spoken her last word, it’s contribution will me immeasurable in the next few decades. It is responsibility of every Hindu to take the ownership of their religion, support it, tender it, practice it, preserve it and protect it from within and without. As Anne Besant observed, “If Hindus do not maintain Hinduism, who shall save it? If India's own children do not cling to her faith, who shall guard it. India alone can save India and India and Hinduism are one.”

On August 3, Supreme Court Justice made a history while giving a lecture on '”Contemporary Issues and Challenges of Human Rights in the Era of Globalization' during the inaugural ceremony of a workshop, by saying "Somebody who is very secular… so-called secular will not agree… Had I been the dictator of India, I would have introduced the Gita and the Mahabharata in class 1. That is the way you learn how to live life."

The SC judge stressed the importance of preserving the rich cultural heritage and also urged people to go back to traditions to solve modern problems. "Our old tradition such as 'Guru-Sishya parampara' is lost. If it had been there, we would not have all these problems (violence, conflicts and terrorism) in our country. Now we see terrorism in other countries." On the requirement of being good to form a just society, he said, "If I am good, if every person of my country is good, my administrator is bound to be good. If everybody in a democratic country is good, then they would naturally elect somebody who is very good. And that person will never think of damaging anybody else."Dave also said that to curb terrorism and violence, children at the young age should be introduced to religious books like Mahabharata and Bhagwat Gita.

Bhagavad Gita’s Influence

The Bhagavad Gita, Mahabharata, Ramayana, Upanishad and Puranasa have influenced the greatest minds all across the globe for many centuries that include mathematicians, astronomers, physicist, Chemists, political leaders, scientists, artists, philosophers of diverse backgrounds. Many Nobel laureates admired our scriptures as they provided spark and life into their research

Bhagavad Gita would equip the children, youth and children to cope with the challenges they face in life, trials and tribulations they encounter on a daily basis, problems they meet in the modern world, frustrations they may be bumped into the competitive world of work, adjustment they have to make in the family life, ancient wisdom they may use to differentiate between the dharmic and adharmic values, and stress they may face in their hectic, hurried and materialistic world. Bhagavad Gita would teach the high morals that promote peace and harmony.

What do Nobel Laureates say about Bhagavad Gita?

            “Bhagavad Gita is one of the most beautiful and profound texts of world literature.”Octavio Paz, Nobel laureate

Eugene Wigner, winner of the Prize for Physics in 1963, said. “In particular it acquainted me some with the Bhagavad Gita. I learned that the basic philosophical ideas of this on ‘existence’ are virtually identical with those which quantum mechanics lead me to.”  
     
"The curiosity of the Bhagavad-Gita is its absolutely admirable adumbration of life's acumen which enables aesthetics to bloom into religion." Herman Hesse (1877-1962), recipient of the Nobel Prize in 1946.

Albert Einstein expressed his admiration by saying, “When I read the Bhagavad-Gita and reflect about how God created this universe, everything else seems so superfluous.”

School Curriculum – What can Bhagavad Gita Teach?

The Bhagavad Gita’s message is universal and eternal. It is a book for all ages. It addresses to each and every human individual, irrespective of religion, to help him to solve the difficult vexing and puzzling issues one faces in his daily living, whether at work or at home. It transcends race, religion, boundaries, time and space. Swami Sivananda says that Bhagavad Gita is a “divine wisdom addressed to mankind for all times, in order to help human beings face and solve the ever-present problems of birth and death, of pain, suffering, fear, bondage, love and hate. It enables man to liberate himself from all limiting factors and reach a state of perfect balance, inner stability and mental peace, complete freedom from grief, fear and anxiety… This is the experience of everyone in this world, the drama of the ascent of man from a state of utter dejection, sorrow and total breakdown and hopelessness to a state of perfect understanding, clarity, renewed strength and triumph.” Swami Sivananda

For too long, Hindus have been insulted and denigrated. Their nobility is disrespected. Tolerance was considered weakness.  Their dis-unity was taken advantage to the fullest.  Their national heroes like Bhagat Singh, Rajguru, Sukhdev, Chandershekar Azad, Kartar Singh Sarabha, Veer Savarkar and many more who donated their last drop of blood for Indian struggle were maligned in the textbooks as terrorists. But pity and shame on Indians who have forgotten these heroes. If we as Indians cannot respect our martyrs, we have no right to say that we are Indians. Hindu Temples were damaged and destroyed, but we remain indifferent.Our scriptures were insulted, but we remain silent. Our people were raped, and massacred, but we failed to learn any lessons from it. They hurt our sentiments by calling us Saffron terrorists, but we have not responded.  Our people welcomed different religions with open arm only to be stabbed, but we have neglected our responsibility to protect our Bharat Mata. It is time to wake up. It is time to bring changes. It is time to be proud of being a Hindu. It is time to protect the humanity from being sacrificed to the terror. It is the dharma of every Hindu to shoulder the responsibility to safeguard the Mother.

Much More to Learn

            The sessions conducted at IIM in Indore will serve as guiding principles that can be introduced at different levels in the educational system subject to the level of knowledge. Ten modules developed by Swami Samarpananda of Ramakrishna Mission are appropriate for proper discussion to be included in the curriculum: (1) Harnessing mental energy (2) Values in leadership and administration (3) Philosophy of life and its importance (4) Acquiring excellence (5) Managing stress, (6) Duty  (7) Karma Yoga; (8) Dynamics of work (9). Self-Upliftment (10). The goal supreme and looking back.

Hinduism Represents Humanism

For many liberals, so called secularists, media, Congress spokesperson, Communist Party Polit Bureau, Macaulay’s children and other minority religious representatives, the words like Hindu, Hindutva, Hindustan, Hinduism, Hindu Rashtra immediately drive them to a panic level because of their selfish personal interest, their exclusive religious belief, their vote bank formula and their greed for unlimited wealth. They have so much to lose.  So they have to opposed and paint these words as anti-minority.

            Hinduism is more of a humanistic way of life that embraces the dignity of an individual rather than looking through the glass of religion. They want to deny the rights and privileges of Hindus for the sake of 20 percent other religious people. It is time to meet the needs of the majority population rather than succumb to people whose intension is to disintegrate the country by building barriers along the religious and caste lines. What is wrong with teaching the humanistic values as espoused in Sanatana dharma? Dharma is humanism which means rationality, righteousness, responsibility, justice, compassion, peace, tolerance, truthfulness, service, caring, charity, respect, dialogue, freedom, forgiveness and compassion. These humanistic values do not promote violence, hatred, terror, illegal conversion, denigration, and animosity toward other people. These universal values do not call others as kaafirs, pagans, or sinners? Do they condemn certain religions to hell and burn them in eternal fire? Let everyone shine, progress and evolve without ever discussing the religion. Let universal humanistic values spread the earth. Do these liberals digest the idea of equality, freedom, humanism and independence? Let us transmit these eternal humanistic values from Bhagavad Gita, Mahabharata, Ramayana and scriptures to our next generations. Let us support the efforts to revise the curriculum to reflect the ethical compass of Bharat. As Albert Einstein mentioned everything else is so superfluous compared to Bhagavad Gita, let us enrich them to be good citizens by teaching Bhagavad Gita and other scriptures. Jai Hind