All About Shraddha, Vision Of Life
We often hear this saying, 'As you think, so you become. ‘The Bhagwad Gita declares, 'What and how we think is rooted in a deeper actor-Shraddha. Commonly, 'faith' or 'Shraddha emotes religious faith, faith in God or ith in the other world. Hence 'faith' as come to be associated with people aking statements like, 'I have no faith. am an atheist. I do not believe in God, the scriptures or religious rites and rituals.' Such a misconstrued Connotation of the word leads many to assert, 'I don't have faith. Iam a rational an of reason. ‘This implies a deep cottony between faith and reason. Shraddha is notjustrelated to eligions rites and faith in God alone. hardhack plays a unique and great role our lives. Firstly, to gain any knowledge a physics, chemistry, mathematics, or any other subject one requires a valid means of knowledge. For instance, the eyes are the means of knowledge by which we see the colour and form of an object. To gain any category of knowledge-secular, religious, or spiritual-we need a reliable means of knowledge that is called Pramanas. Pramanas is the instrument or means of knowledge, in whose validity and authenticity one needs to have faith. In science, sense organs are the primary means of knowing. We have absolute faith in them and implicitly believe in the accuracy and truth of their reports. But, observations and analysis gathered through instruments like the microscope or telescope are useful only if we have eyes. Hence, we have faith in our senses, in these instruments and nowadays, great faith in internet se arch engines and the print media. Just because it is printed, does not mean it is true. Mark Twain once said, 'If you don't read the newspaper, you're uninformed. If you read the newspaper, you're misinformed. To gain knowledge, we require instruments in which we have faith. The second aspect of Shraddha is defined as kurta Hethe, the factor that motivates action. We are constantly engaged in actions, but what motivates us to do anything for the first time? It is the specific thought, 'I can do it.'This 'I can do' conviction with faith and trust in our senses and intellect is an important aspect of shraddha. Another facet is our belief and value systems. A communist may not believe in the Vedas or Gita but believes in the philosophy of Karl Marx. Today, people have much faith in the share market! Do we not allow a surgeon to perform an operation because of factor know or do anything, we requirefaith. A religious person holds a particular faith; an atheist ore communist another. Since thoughts dictate faith, Krishna declares, 'Maish what his faith is.' However, shraddha can change; thoughts can change; transformatiooccurs-atheists have become illustrisaints. So, shraddha is a great and powerful virtue; it is the virtue whicupholds the Truth. Therefore, a per with deep faith gains knowledge. To conclude: shraddha is a belief system, a value system, a way of loolat things, knowing and acting. In shoit is a Vision of Life.
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The views expressed in the Article above are Swami Tejomayananda views and kashmiribhatta.in is not in any way responsible for the opinions expressed in the above article. The article belongs to its respective owner or owners and this site does not claim any right over it.
Courtesy: Swami Tejomayananda and Speaking Tree,Times of India
All About Shraddha, Vision Of Life
We often hear this saying, 'As you think, so you become. ‘The Bhagwad Gita declares, 'What and how we think is rooted in a deeper actor-Shraddha. Commonly, 'faith' or 'Shraddha emotes religious faith, faith in God or ith in the other world. Hence 'faith' as come to be associated with people aking statements like, 'I have no faith. am an atheist. I do not believe in God, the scriptures or religious rites and rituals.' Such a misconstrued Connotation of the word leads many to assert, 'I don't have faith. Iam a rational an of reason. ‘This implies a deep cottony between faith and reason. Shraddha is notjustrelated to eligions rites and faith in God alone. hardhack plays a unique and great role our lives. Firstly, to gain any knowledge a physics, chemistry, mathematics, or any other subject one requires a valid means of knowledge. For instance, the eyes are the means of knowledge by which we see the colour and form of an object. To gain any category of knowledge-secular, religious, or spiritual-we need a reliable means of knowledge that is called Pramanas. Pramanas is the instrument or means of knowledge, in whose validity and authenticity one needs to have faith. In science, sense organs are the primary means of knowing. We have absolute faith in them and implicitly believe in the accuracy and truth of their reports. But, observations and analysis gathered through instruments like the microscope or telescope are useful only if we have eyes. Hence, we have faith in our senses, in these instruments and nowadays, great faith in internet se arch engines and the print media. Just because it is printed, does not mean it is true. Mark Twain once said, 'If you don't read the newspaper, you're uninformed. If you read the newspaper, you're misinformed. To gain knowledge, we require instruments in which we have faith. The second aspect of Shraddha is defined as kurta Hethe, the factor that motivates action. We are constantly engaged in actions, but what motivates us to do anything for the first time? It is the specific thought, 'I can do it.'This 'I can do' conviction with faith and trust in our senses and intellect is an important aspect of shraddha. Another facet is our belief and value systems. A communist may not believe in the Vedas or Gita but believes in the philosophy of Karl Marx. Today, people have much faith in the share market! Do we not allow a surgeon to perform an operation because of factor know or do anything, we requirefaith. A religious person holds a particular faith; an atheist ore communist another. Since thoughts dictate faith, Krishna declares, 'Maish what his faith is.' However, shraddha can change; thoughts can change; transformatiooccurs-atheists have become illustrisaints. So, shraddha is a great and powerful virtue; it is the virtue whicupholds the Truth. Therefore, a per with deep faith gains knowledge. To conclude: shraddha is a belief system, a value system, a way of loolat things, knowing and acting. In shoit is a Vision of Life.
DISCLAIMER:
The views expressed in the Article above are Swami Tejomayananda views and kashmiribhatta.in is not in any way responsible for the opinions expressed in the above article. The article belongs to its respective owner or owners and this site does not claim any right over it.
Courtesy: Swami Tejomayananda and Speaking Tree,Times of India