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“Fundamentally your life is by your Dharma. Nobody prevents you from
Karma. Hence, those things are not following your beliefs inside your house,
mandatory, but it is better if you follow until and unless you take it to the streets.”
earnestly for your betterment. You always
have choice and lot of options there. But I Sanatan Dharma in a nut shell =
would insist you to follow those rituals; it Varna+Ashrama+Dharma and
is not for beliefs or gods. It's for you, Purushartha plus Shodasha Sanskar. Our
family and the society. “ sages have written nearly 29 books on
dharma Sastra (for each and every role of
"Why do you insist?” human being) if you don't know about
your dharma. For your mental, physical
"All our rituals are either or any or all and social health, they have given us
these results: Psychological effect, yoga, Ayurveda, pranayama etc. For
physiological affect, physical benefits, Kama, they have provided authentic
spiritual family bondage, social bondage scriptures on arts, science, kamasastra...
and national integration, environmental Everything that's needed for the world is
protection, sustainable healthy living...” thus already provided with abundance. All
we have to do is live happily! So that the
"Can we do it outside India or can non-
Hindus do it?" entire world would be happy.
"Yes. We don't have any superstitious or
illogical rituals. Our ancients worked
out16 rituals or sacraments during the
lifetime of a person - that's called
Shodasa (=16) Sanskar (=culture). There
is nothing religious or exclusiveness in it. Udaylal Pai
These 16 rituals have nothing to do with
temples, gods or beliefs. Anybody who
wants betterment in life, family and Freelance Journalist, writer and Author.
society can do it. As I said, it's for He writes mostly about the human
psychological, physiological and social experiences and how it can be useful for
health that will bring happiness and the young generation to lead a happy,
contentment for entire world.” peaceful and blessed life, founded upon
our dharma taught by our ancestors. He
“What about belief in god?”
shares his experiences in life in various
"It's also optional. If you have some blog sites site like Times of India's
beliefs, you may follow it in any country - Speaking Tree. But now he is focused
but without hurting or implementing on only in his website and his blogs. He can
others. If you follow superstitions, then be reached at his website
you are not a follower of Sanatan http://udaypai.in
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