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Thread: Purpose of Puranas and need for repackaging

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    Re: Purpose of Puranas and need for repackaging

    I am all against Universal/New Age Hinduism. But I didnt see TBTL's post as one. He brought up the sunday school - he did take pains to qualify it. It would be wonderful if all Hindu kids attended a weekly Hindu school. As a matter of fact there are Balavihars, Balagokulam etc. run by Chinmaya Mission and others. They meet every weekend and kids ranging from 5 to 18 read Puranas, slokas, moral stories, vedanta, Gita etc depending on their level - they even have homework! They give an excellent grounding on Hinduism and within 2-4 years the kids know more than their parents! Some Hindu temples in the West have these Balavihars in the weekend. Otherwise it is conducted at the teacher's house.

    Quote Originally Posted by TouchedbytheLord View Post
    One day my nephew-in-law (a big burly good ol' boy long-haul trucker) sat in rapt attention as I told him the story of Lord Narasimha and Hiranyakashipu.
    That is a beautiful story. There is contradiction there in that Vishnu is shown as extremely angry even after killing Hiranyakashipu (remember how it is important to overcome anger). But there is a lot of gems you can learn from it:

    1. Lord is everywhere even in immaterial things.
    2. Prahlada says Bhakti to Lord will sublimate ego. How true
    3. When God asks what he wants Prahlada says these material things have no lasting value - only God does.
    4. Prahlada's faith was unshakeable even when he was being put to death - compare with people converting based on money or sword.

    Profound Vedantic concepts in simple layman language.

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    Re: Purpose of Puranas and need for repackaging

    If we see the way the schooling had been done in old day and the modern way of teaching or imparting knowledge, there is a vast difference.

    How one interprets hinduism is the question. If one is interpreting this as something which has nothing to do with material science or material life then ofcourse it needs the rigid way of reaching out to the young minds or old minds.

    But if hinduism touch our material science and the material life as we live, then the message should be coming along with our daily activities.

    We had our grandmothers to impart the knowledge of puranas to us. We got attracted to the Amar chitra katha through those. Who is doing the grandmother's job ? TV, Computers, Cartoons, Games, which one ? Today's kids' live in these only.

    If we can influence the kids through Superman, Batman, Spiderman, why not we package the Puranas in similar ways. We do not have dearth of heros.

    We should keep in mind that if one cannot change and adapt to the new scenarios then they are left out.

    Hinduism by nature is adaptive but as in general scenarios, the change is always tough. There are veru few Shankaracharyas, Raja Rammohan roys, Vivekanandas, etc.

    Think change and make change for the betterment of the flowing time and society. Nothing can be static.
    Love and best wishes:hug:

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