Peace can be established in the world only by following Indian Sanatan culture.

Today there is an atmosphere of unrest and anarchy all over the world. While the war was going on between Russia and Ukraine, the war between Hamas and Israel has started and Lebanon and Syria have also jumped into this war. Meanwhile, due to China’s expansionist policies, its relations with almost all its neighboring countries are not going well. Peace-loving countries like Taiwan, Mongolia, Japan, Indonesia, Philippines, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, India etc. are also very upset with China’s policies today. On one hand, developed countries are struggling with many types of economic and social problems due to the failure of their economic policies, while on the other hand, many countries in the African continent region are still yearning for economic development and the citizens of these countries are living a life of poverty. Are forced to live. Overall, there is panic all over the world. Amidst all these adverse circumstances, today India’s economic growth rate continues to be the fastest among all the major economies of the world, because today India works in the economic, social, cultural, spiritual, etc. fields while following its eternal culture. It is visible that this has happened and due to this, India is today showing the way to the whole world in many fields.

Anyway, there are certain elements inherent in the core of any nation, on the strength of which that country moves forward and keeps different sections of the society united. India as a nation has, at its core, the basis of the eternal Hindu culture which has kept India alive in its original form for thousands of years. Otherwise, in the last 1000 years, many attempts have been made by the Arab invaders and the British to break India. The Arab invaders and the British made a lot of efforts to somehow destroy the original Indian culture, destroy the education system, forcibly convert Hindus, etc. He definitely got some success in these efforts but could not completely destroy Indian culture. Whereas in many other countries (Iran, Lebanon, Indonesia, Egypt, Greece etc.) their efforts were completely successful and they were successful in converting almost all the citizens there to Islam. Since Sanatan Hindu religion is dominant in India, these elements have not got success till date, although their efforts are still going on.

When the British started ruling India, out of their ignorance they thought that the citizens here did not know anything and had no understanding of science. He also believed that India was a collection of many states and not a nation. The British also thought that India has never been a nation, nor is it a nation now, nor will it ever be a nation in the future. Because different kings rule here and their kingdoms have different geographical boundaries, hence India has never existed as a nation. The British also believed that it was never possible for the people of entire India to unite.

The British arrogantly called Indians illiterate, uncivilized and even conservative. In their eyes, Indians have no historical achievements and it is our (British) responsibility to teach civilization to the barbaric, wild people of India. The people of India are unfit to administer. If for some reason India is given the status of an independent nation, then the destruction of this country is certain and then the responsibility for this will be on us (the British). He was especially afraid of Hindus and stressed the need to be cautious of Hindus. He thought that India would be ruined very soon after gaining independence. Democracy cannot survive in India, it is a very unnatural state. As soon as India gets independence, it will disintegrate into many pieces because there are 52 crore people here and they have different languages, they keep fighting among themselves and will never be able to remain united. After independence, India will become a burden for the whole world and its citizens will die of hunger. The above thinking was also shared by many countries including Britain, America and almost all European countries. Even today, terrorist organizations and foreign forces who want to destabilize India start their work on this concept and are seen trying to make different sections of the society fight among themselves.

This was the thinking of the above mentioned countries because they did not have any knowledge of Hindu Sanatan culture, rather they had their own western based thinking which believed only in “I”, for them country meant only a piece of land with geographical boundaries and The people living on that piece of land are special. His thinking is deeply filled with ego. Only I am the best. Everyone else living in this world is inferior to us. The German people presented their special philosophy to the world in which they did not accept any other philosophy and considered only their own philosophy as superior and expressed a sense of arrogance. German is different from French. Every country in Europe has kept itself completely isolated from other countries. Western nationalism is isolated and lacks inclusivity. That is why today Russia is fighting with Ukraine and Germany does not get along with France. Similarly, some kind of difference is visible in the mutual views of almost all the countries of Europe. Whereas almost all these countries are countries that follow Christianity.

Today, many Islamic countries are also seen following the path of western thinking that only our religion is superior. Anyone on this earth who does not believe in Islam is an infidel and has no right to live. The infidel must either accept Islam or he will be killed. What’s more, even in Islamic countries, many different sects keep fighting among themselves and try to prove that each other is superior to them.

Whereas Indian ideology teaches to behave exactly the opposite, especially in Sanatan culture, the more special a person is, the more humble he will be and hence, Indian Sanatan culture is all-inclusive by following the non-divisive philosophy. The divine feeling is evident in this. What is inside me is also inside you, that is, God resides in me and God resides in you too. In this way, every Indian, irrespective of caste, religion or creed, feels proud to call himself a son of Mother India. And, therefore, Indian Sanatan culture has the ability to assimilate other cultures also. Many examples of this type are visible in history. For example, Parsis have not been able to survive in their native country today but they have become established in India. Similarly, almost all the sects following the religion of Islam reside in India, whereas in many Islamic countries of the world only a special type of sects are found.

Indian thinking is founded on these four pillars: Dharma, Artha, Kama and Moksha. From this point of view, whether it is a person, a family, a country or the world, the basis of thinking about any subject is not considered one-sided but is considered integral. It has also been said in the Upanishads, Vedas and scriptures of India that man gets life for doing good deeds and even the gods are eager to get the life of man. Man can liberate himself by doing good deeds, that is why the Indian land has been considered as Karmabhoomi whereas the lands of other countries have been called Bhogabhoomi. Other religions promote enjoyment while Hindu Sanatana culture promotes yoga. Thus, in the scriptures, Puranas and Vedas of Hindu religion, hurting the heart of any living being or killing it is prohibited, whereas such things are not described in the scriptures of other religions. Due to this reason, the followers of Hindu religion are very gentle in nature and consider the living beings living all over the world as members of their family. These types of teachings are imparted by our elders right in our childhood.

There is a thought of unity in Indian culture. India wishes well for the entire world and believes in principles like “Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam”, “Sarvajan Hitay Sarvajan Sukhay”. No matter what the method of worship of any individual, the Hindu philosophy is the same throughout India. Hindu philosophy is the national element in India which is different from the thinking of the West. Hindu philosophy is a fundamental philosophy.

After attaining independence, contrary to the thinking of the British and many other countries, Indians belonging to different faiths and sects are not only successfully living in harmony with each other with 26 different national languages, but today Indian democracy is popular all over the world. It has made its place as the largest and strongest democracy in India. This has been possible only because of Sanatan Hindu culture. The feeling of unity is mainly reflected in Sanatan Hindu culture. Therefore, the efforts currently being made by terrorists and many other countries to spread instability in the entire world can be completely suppressed only by adopting the philosophy of Indian Sanatan Hindu culture. However, in recent times, interest towards Indian culture is increasing in many countries like Japan, Russia, America, Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia etc.

Now many developed countries of the world have also started to realize that Indian Sanatan culture is one of the oldest cultures on this earth and the things written in Indian Vedas, Puranas and ancient texts are being found to be true in many ways. These facts are coming to light only after research has been done on these in many big universities of the world. Therefore, many countries have now started to realize that peace in the world can be established only by adopting Indian Sanatan culture.

-Prahlad Sabnani

Retired Deputy General Manager

state Bank of India