We did not come to the cities so that we could please our ego all the more, that was not at all the objective, though that’s what we might be doing today. The objective was to have more peace in our external space, so that we can devote ourselves to higher pursuits in life. ‘Sanatana Dharma’ really is the authentic thing. Or else, tomorrow you too will become ancient like everybody who is gone and done and dusted.
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Questioner: How is ‘Sanatana Dharma’ related to Hindutva? What is the relationship between Sanatana Dharma and Hinduism or Hindutva Ideology?
Acharya Prashant: See, ‘Sanatana Dharma’ really is the authentic thing. Let alone Hindutva, even Hinduism does not really come close to or stand representative to ‘Sanatan Dharma.’ It’s just that when you want to move to the ‘Sanatana Truth,’ then you do it in your own contemporary way.
So, ‘Sanatan Dharma’ needs to have a timely, topical, contemporary face today; that face can be given any name. What matters however is, that the face must be truthfully of the Sanatan. Just as we talk of the Nirgun and the Sagun, the Sagun appears as somewhat of a representative to the Nirgun. Similarly in every age, in every time depending on the place, the conditions, a lot of things; history, geography, everything, there will be a need to realize what the right action, what the right code of living for these situations these circumstances is. So, that needs to be meditated over, thought out and practiced and that will change from time to time.
