The Indic school of thought

The Indic school of thought

 

https://ramamohanraocheruku.blogspot.com/2016/07/the-indic-school-of-thought.html

It is unfortunate to tell the Indic school of thought to Indians. We can 

imagine how much we have slid down in our knowledge about our on 

nation, its prodigious sons who rose the pride of this great nation sky 

high. Never mind, at least let us now start from the scrap, but with all 

commitment and concern, dedication and devotion, eagerness and 

enthusiasm.

 

What is the Indic school of thought, one might ask? It is not at all 

something new or unknown. It is the great spiritual, philosophical, 

scientific, artistic and cultural traditions of the subcontinent that are 

the largest and oldest in the world. It is the emphasis on dharma, on 

karma, on pluralism and synthesis, on yoga sadhana and moksha, it is 

number one to explain about when the rest of the the world was still in 

dormancy. It is not only the tradition of ancient sages from the Vedas 

and Upanishads to Buddhist and Yoga traditions but also modern 

teachers like Ramana, Swami Sivananda Sri Aurobindo and Swami 

Vivekananda etc. It is not only the vast literature of Sanskrit but also 

that of the regional languages and dialects of the

Subcontinent, most of which have older literary traditions than the 

languages of Europe such as English, German etc. All major cultural 

debates are now framed according to Western values and 

perceptions, 

and so they will naturally serve to uphold them. The important issues 

of Indic civilization today are framed according to the principles or 

biases of the Western School of

Thought. These include what Indian civilization is, when India as a 

nation first arose, what the real history of India is, how to reform 

Indian society, and how India should develop in order to have its 

rightful place in the future world. As the debate is defined according 

to the approach and values of Western civilization, India does not 

always fare well, and India as its own independent source of 

civilization is seldom acknowledged. India is judged as if it should be 

like another USA, UK or Germany, which it can never be, nor should 

be. 

This only makes Indians feel inferior or wrong. The Western school of 

thought has denigrated or overlooked the Indic school, particularly in 

the Indian context. For example, the Indic school has its own history 

sources through the Vedas, Puranas and various historical texts 

(Itihasas) that are quite massive and detailed and have much internal 

consistency. However, in writing the history of India, the Western 

school does not give these any place. They are dismissed as, at best, 

mythology and, at worst, fraud. Instead, it defines the history of India 

according to outside influences, as a series of invasions and 

borrowings mainly from the west, from cultures the West knows better 

and has more affinity with, which makes India seem dependent upon 

the West in order to advance its civilization again today. The Western 

school of thought negates the relevance of the traditions of India. This 

is not simply because the Indic tradition is wrong, unsophisticated or 

irrelevant. It is because Western civilization is hegemonic, if not 

predatory in nature, and such ideas help promote its spread. Its 

information about India contains a built-in poison. It is meant to 

undermine the culture of the region and subordinate it to the West, 

however objective, scientific or modern its approach may appear to 

be. When India as a nation arose is defined by the Western school as 

1947, the year of independence.

Its founders were Nehru and Gandhi, who inherited a united region 

from the British after almost 800 hundred years of rule by the sects 

who are keen on the spread of their so called religions which are 

actually a set of sociopolitical groups with all the selfishness to grab 

lands into their fold by hook or crook. Before this India was spread in 

local kingdoms practicing their regional culture but bounded as the 

followers of the same Vedic dharma throughout Bharata Khanda. In 

that two foreign religions, have taken refugee in the land, namely 

Jews and Persians or Pharisees. They never aspired for grabbing the 

land but comforted themselves on par with the local Hindus. This did 

not create any obstacle for our dharma. 

After the independence we are facing a lot of obstacles from our own 

people who were dragged into two foreign religions by seductions 

swords and bribes who in turn have become the staunch upholders of 

the two alien religions by resorting to various heinous strategies to 

convert the innocent Hindus, of their acts, into their socio -political 

organisations, than to be called as religions as they have postulates, 

axioms and commandments than any logical conclusions.

On the other hand, according to the Indic school, India or Bharat as a 

country arose in the Vedic era as the type of dharmic/yogic culture 

that has been the main characteristic of Indian civilization through 

history. This spiritual or yogic orientation can be found in the 

cultures of all the regions of India from Tamil Nadu to the Himalayas, 

pervading even in the folk art and folk songs of all regions, as well 

as"high" culture.

Only this much up to now.

Swasthi.