Empire and me

 Growing up in the colony of Kenya and is not easy to forget like the Jews of WWII cannot forget the Nazis. Yes the Anglo Saxons have changed but what is troubling is erasing history or memory of Empire in much of discourse today. Today's world was carved out by yesterdays Empire, leaving Australia more than twice the size of India with the population of Mumbai and still keeps allegiance to the Queen. Another legacy is racism, still prevalent in European societies. Born in colonial Kenya surrounded by the "White highlands" of the Rift Valley we were reminded every day of our place as Indians  of Empire. One incident stands out, I was 7 yeas of age, and the local white (english) farmer wanted flour in the middle of the night from our flour mill, so he came knocking to our house in his car, my father had to sit in the back seat and not with him, a black worker required to sit in the boot of the car holding the boot hood over him, this was 1963, and like the Holocaust we must not forget how Empire operated. 

India just celebrated 67 years of independence  and why from whom, must not be forgotten. Arriving in the UK in the 70's was not pleasant experience either, I was beaten on many occasions "Paki bashing"  age 11, I used to think these people ruled half the world and yet why are they so racist. Having learnt WWII history it is odd for Indians decry Hitler when at the same time Churchill vowed never to leave India for all Hitler wanted to do to Europe was what the Europeans did to their colonies around the world in previous centuries. I avidly read about the Jews and Nazis, where race was the all consuming idea of the day, and it was the same for me under the British in Kenya.

PS the US Declaration of Independence  is a constant reminder of the list of horrors committed by the British, to their own kith and kin, in the US colonies, a white Anglo Saxon christian populations of 1777,  after the British defeat by the US the army was sent to India, a pagan brown race and Indians have yet to record what happened there.

 

Jayesh Patel 

born in colonial Kenya

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6000 year old Lord Ram and Hanuman carvings in Silemania Iraq

AN ANCIENT RAM-CHAPEL IN SUMER

One of the major triumphs of modern archaeology was the hair-raising discoveries of Sir Leonard Woolley at Ur. Amidst the ruins of Ur, he unearthed a Ram-chapel but totally missed its relevance in world history. This crucial finding not only bridges the wide gaps between Indian tradition and archaeology but also unfolds the historic bonds that once united ancient India, Iran and Sumer. Ram-Sin of (Larsa) to whose memory this chapel was dedicated must have been Rama of Valmiki. The name Ararama of Larsa may be an echo of Rama. This Ram-Chapel of Ur is the earliest known memorial to the great Rama and may have been erected by Dilmun merchants who resided nearby. Dilmun was always mentioned in the Sumerian texts together with Magan and Melukkha and it is possible that these three states were somehow allied to each other.

RAMA, BHARATA & LAKSHMANA IN SUMER

The Cambridge Ancient History[xvi][iii] which is usually not considered as a sourcebook for Indian history by writers like Romila Thapar contains priceless information relevant to Indian ancient history. In the highly authentic Sumerian king list appears such hallowed names as Bharat (Warad) Sin and Ram Sin. As Sin was the Moon god Chandra Ram Sin can be seen to be same as Rama Chandra. Bharat Sin ruled for 12 years (1834-1822 BC), exactly as stated in the Dasaratha Jataka. The Jataka statement, “Years sixty times hundred, and ten thousand more, all told, / Reigned strong-armed Rama”, only means that Rama reigned for sixty years which agrees exactly with the data of Assyriologists. Ram Sin was the longest reigning monarch of Mesopotamia who ruled for 60 years. The mention of the father in the inscriptions of both Warad Sin and Ram Sin is noteworthy and may point to a palace intrigue. Joan Oates is not aware of the Ramayana but writes with great insight (p. 61) that Warad sin was manoeuvred to the throne by his father. In Mesopotamia, a prince normally became king only after the death of his father. Lakshmana, mentioned the Bible as Lakhamar, ruled as a great king.

Attaining Eternal Peace... Man and Nature

5th Oct, 2015, Monday

Ashwin Krishna Saptami,   Vikram Samvat 2072, Somvaar

Such a thing is being revealed to you, whereby,  Divinity (Essence) is realized,  and on realizing it,  it becomes firmly rooted.   This is absolutely everyone’s experience.  The insentient Nature is ever changing,  and the sentient Supreme Essence (Paramatma-tattva),  never undergoes any changes whatsoever.  It remains as-is eternally.   We have experienced both ‒  That which is unchanging and that which is constantly changing.  From childhood to now.  I am that same one ‒ in this the ‘I am the same one’, this is the experience of the unchanging.   The world, the body, the mental tendencies, the feelings-sentiments,  incidents,  situations-circumstances,  state-condition etc.  are all the kind to change.   This is everyone’s experience.   But we,  that knower of the changing, are unchanging.   When we remain established in the changing,  then we experience pleasure and pain ‒

‘पुरुषः सुखदुःखानां भोक्तृत्वे हेतुरुच्यते ।’ (गीता १३ । २०)

"Purushah sukhdukhaanaam bhoktrutve heturuchyate" (Gita 13/20 )

Meaning:   In the experience of pleasure and pain, the Purusha is said to be the cause.  (Gita 13/20)

‘पुरुषः प्रकृतिस्थो हि’ (गीता १३ । २१)

"Purushah prakritistho hi" (Gita 13/21)

Purusha (Self) seated in Prakriti (Nature)

Meaning :  it is the man who is situated in Nature,  that becomes occupier and experiencer of pleasure and pain (bhokta).  

Our mental tendencies keep changing,  our states keep changing,  our condition keeps changing,  our feelings keep changing,  our actions keep changing,  our situation-circumstance keeps changing ‒  when we become situated in the changing,  then we are established in ‘Prakriti’ (Nature).   When we become situated in desires-anger, elation-dejection,  attraction-aversion and various mind-intellect tendencies that arise, then we become dependent and we become the enjoyer-sufferer of pleasure and pain.   

In fact,  the name sorrow (dukha) has two names - pleasure (sukha) and pain (dukha).    Just as herpes infection though one illness, but it has two names -  itching and burning.   Itching and scratching gives the person relief and feels good,  whereas the burning sensation makes one feel bad.   In this the portion that makes one feel good is also an illness, and the part that makes one feel bad,  is also an illness.    In the same way,  when we become happy and sad, while blending with the changing,  that too is an illness.    The meaning of an illness is,  one is not established (swasth) in the self (swaroop).  One is situated in Prakruti (nature).  When we are not situated in the changing tendencies, feelings, actions etc,  when we remain separate from them,  then, we remain ‘swasth’ (in the self).  Then we remain even in both pleasure and pain.   ‒

‘समदुःखसुखः स्वस्थः’ (गीता १४ । २४)

Samadhukhahsukhah Swasthah” (Gita 14 / 24 )

“Remain balanced in pleasure and pain, established in the self” (Gita 14 / 24 ).

It is our experience,  that we remain in all states, conditions, circumstances,  and incidents.   If it weren’t so, then how would we have the knowledge of all states, condition,  etc.  ?   We are aware of this,  from this it is proven that we remain.   We have knowledge of waking, dream, dormancy, deep trance,  unconscious,  states.   We are also aware of pain and pleasure.   We are also aware of affliction,  attachments, worries, attraction,  aversion etc.    Therefore we are devoid of affliction, attachments, worries, fear,  fright etc.   If it were not so,  then we would experience joy,  we would not experience any suffering.   Day and night we would be in remorse,  then we would not experience any joy.  But it is not so. We have awareness of both good and bad,  based on favorable and unfavorable situations.  Therefore in fact we are beyond the good and not so good.   Let us become established in this non-duality, then we will be liberated very easily   ‒

‘निर्द्वन्द्वो हि महाबाहो सुखं बन्धात्प्रमुच्यते ॥’ (गीता ५ । ३) ।

`Nirdwandwo hi mahaabaaho sukham bandhaatpramuchyate' (5/3).

"Only he who has transcended the pairs of opposites is easily set free from bondage".

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The BBC and an anti Hindu History

I feel uneasy whenever the BBC decides to broadcast programs on Ancient India, two recent broadcasts reflect the general anti Hindu bias built into the BBC. Firstly  "Genius of the Ancient World by Bettany Hughes on the Buddha and "Treasures of the Indus" with Dr Sona Datta on the History of Pakistan. Both avoid talking of the influence of the Sarasvati civilization which dates some 9000 years ago. I would use the term Aryan but that has problems with Europeans since WWII. Bettany does a whole episode on the Buddha without discussing the Hindu culture which produced the Buddha, though plenty Hindu imagery was used. Dr Datta goes on to extol the virtues of the Buddha (him again) Greece and Islam in the 5000 year history of "Pakistan". No mention of the Mahabharat Vedas Sarawati or Aryans (Hindus). I made a similar point to Dr Miles Russell, Senior Lecturer In Archaeology at Bournemouth University, on his article about the Swastika for the BBC Magazine, he replied, he wasn't given the space, and suggested that I write to the BBC myself. I am very tempted to do just that

"Islamic Havoc in Indian History" by P N Oak an Introduction

This volume represents only a small cross-section of the vast number of Muslim chronicles, chronicles that have recorded the fiendish deeds of Islamic raiders and rulers for over a millenium in India alone. This amounts to a sickening tale of unrelieved and uninterrupted trickery, treachery, tyranny, torture, terror, temptation and taxation. The book is hereby soulfully dedicated to the following groups: (1) The Muslim chroniclers themselves for leaving behind a factual record of the gory deeds of murder, massacre, rape and plunder, indulged in by every Muslim from the Sultan to the fakir against all non-Muslims and also often against his own kith and kin with great Islamic glee, gusto and pride. (2)The pre-Islamic Arab Deval Dal Durj community (briefly referred to as “Durj”) who still maintain their bravely and fiercely defended holy Vedic (Hindu) faith, inhabiting the Rab-al-Khali region in Saudi Arabia. There they continue to worship in temples, with or without idols, reciting verbatim their pious chants. Unlike Muslim women, their women wear no veil. Their Sanskrit name signifies ‘The invincible temple guards (or brigade) indicating that though overwhelmed by hordes of neo-Muslim fellow Arabs, that Vedic guard has successfully preserved its Vedic faith till today. (3) All Muslims who have renounced or denounced Islam for its sickening record of unmitigated barbarism. (4) To history readers and scholars in Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei, Borneo, Philippines and Spain with the request that they immediately undertake the task of collecting, translating and publishing Muslim chronicles of Islamic raids and ravages on their countries. This will dispel the false notion that Islam came to their countries peacefully and not with a sword and a Koran in their two hands. (5) The many millions of Hindus, Buddhists and Sikhs massacred in India since the onslaught of the first Muslim raider in India. Wrote Swami Vivekananda in the “Rules & Regulations of the Rama Krishna Math, Belur”, in 1897-98, pages 19-20: “When the Muslims first came to India, there were, according to their historical records, sixty crores of Hindus in India. This calculation suffers rather from underestimation than exaggeration; for lots of people perished through the persecution of the Muslims. Therefore it is obvious that the number of the Hindus was even more than sixty crores - on no account less than that. But today, the same Hindus have dwindled into

Pre Buddhist Hindu Dieties worship in Japan

Please note that Buddhism was started only around 2500 year ago whereas सनातन धर्म is in existence since thousands of years ago. Please also note that our ऋषि-मुनी were engaged in spreading Bhaarateey culture since long. All the lands in the world had the benefit of getting initiated in Bhaarateey culture by these great people. That is why whatever Religion, the Japanese were following that time, they got attracted to these Bhaarateey ऋषि-मुनी and modified (if they had anything earlier) in the सनातन धर्म way and became सनातनी. As we know, their religion prior to Buddhism was शिंटो. This is mere अपभ्रंश of the word सनातन. So they must have picked up the pantheon of Hindu Gods then. That is why we are finding so many temples of many Gods (similar to those of Hindus) there even now. Buddhism is nothing but सनातन धर्म giving more importance of the अहिंसा principle as compared to others that is all.

Most people are not aware that numerous Hindu deities are very actively worshiped in Japan. In fact, there are hundreds of shrines to Saraswati alone. There are innumerable representations of Lakshmi, Indra, Brahma, Ganesha, Garuda and other deities. In fact, deities we have practically forgotten in India, such as Vayu and Varuna are still worshiped in Japan.

In many ways, I find that Japan has preserved ancient Hindu traditions, even when they may have changed here in India. A study of Japanese Buddhism also provides missing links in our study of the evolution of Buddhism in its present form in Tibet