Rashtra Chintan Sarvapanth Sammelan vs Sarvadharma Sammelan

Prof Rameshwar Mishra Pankaj

   The people are unaware of both the Indian and European education system. It has reached to the acme due to state controlled education in the country’s educated community Post-Independence. Whatever true educationists are in Europe, are eager for the fundamental knowledge of India. They make contemporary Indian intellectualism mockery because they find that Indians are unable to understand their own knowledge tradition. The Indians follow the European knowledge tradition blindly. That’s why, the great thinkers and scientists of Europe and America visit India to know Indian Vedic Darshan, Sankhya Darshan, Yog Darshan and Advait Darshan through enlightened persons. The leading personalities of India’s educated community know that the foreigners are eager to know about Indian knowledge tradition. That’s why, writers and intellectuals keep opposing sanatan religion and Hindu religion in India. They term themselves as true representatives of India or Hindu tradition. For this, they generally use Indian phraseology.
But Europe and America are also the part of the world. Therefore, representatives of satvagun, rajogun, tamogun are widely found there. They engage into scuffle among themselves. Those power wants to dominate world with medieval ekpanthvad is revered as that educated community of India. The educated community is opponent of the sanatan religion. They imitate the medieval Europe. They are unaware of new knowledge-science emerging in Europe and America. One of the main reasons is terming ‘religion’ as ‘dharm’. It’s worth mentioning that in the beginning when the eager European people came including German, French, British and Dutch visited India, then they translated dharm into their own universal law, human duty and fundamental virtue. But in 19th century, some priests as workers of company became active to spread Christianity in India. They searched some obedient and committed Hindu, then they termed ‘dharm’ as ‘religion’. They started to term religion as separate dharm.
The condition is that English, French and German dictionary themselves mention dharm and religion as two different words. There are separate entries for them in the dictionary. For example, in New Oxford English Dictionary, the word ‘religion’ is entered in the word beginning with ‘R’ and it has been termed as the reverence towards a panthpravartak’s thought. While, the word ‘dharm’ has been entered in the serial of word beginning with ‘D’. according to Hindu Darshan, it has been termed as universal law. But at the same time, a group of people hating both the knowledge an religion continue to present religion and dharm as synonym. They present sanatan religion as a separate religion at par with Islam and Christianity. They keep all these in the same category. They deem the international recognition given to the diversity during last 70 years as equal recognition of Hindu, Muslim, Christian, etc. They conceal the facts that darshan and behaviour of diversity has been in practice in Hindu religion and sanatan tradition since time immemorial. There are harmony, coordination and affection in the hundreds of cults. Therefore, everybody devoid of modern education see Islam and Christianity as one of the cults in the world. They determine their good and bad habits on the basis of universal conclusion of religion.
Ignorance spread due to state controlled education in a large section of modern educated Indians makes an impact that they are still unaware of common parameters and facts. For example, separate communities of Christianity have been organising conferences in which ekpanthvadi representatives and sanatan religion representatives are given equal treatment. And, they are called sarvadharma conference, while sarvadharma conference is an impossible task. Only sarvapanth conference is possible. Because, sarvadharm has opposite virtues.
For example, fire has quality of getting fired and water has quality of mitigation. Therefore, conference of quality of fire and water is almost impossible. Because, both will ruin one another. Similarly, the earth has virtue of smelling, while air has virtue of flowing. It’s impossible to gather both of them. They can remain balanced in their own atmosphere. They are unable to gather.
It can be understood very easily with reference to human behaviour. When it’s understood that the general religion is different for human beings, then why will their conference be organised? For example, if a human community is ready to kill others, while other human community has characteristics of non-violence, kindness, etc, then is it possible to gather?
In fact, only sarvapanth conference of human being is possible if we deem that the entire human being has some basic virtues and habits which are disciplined. Later, as per their specialities, they will prosper their communities and human being by getting expertise and skilled.
Faith of different communities can be different. They can worship the God with different methods. On the basis of it, they can be said as diversity of cult. Sutra of dialogue and harmony among themselves can be searched. It can’t be said as diversity of religion. For this, there must be a single human religion which is the fundamental of entire human beings in the world. The separate cult may have different methods of worshiping the God. With this central thought, it’s easy to hold sarvapanth conference.  But “I will kill different worshiping method and make others believing in love and harmony my follower by force. I will hate others.” With this intention, it’s impossible to hold conference of various cults. Therefore, it’s mandatory to have faith in human religion to hold conference of various cults. Without respect, loving and harmonious behaviour is impossible.
Importantly, the people with no knowledge of Indian knowledge tradition boast of humanity but at the same time, they fail to make it clear that what’s the common religion of humanity? According to them, followers of humanity are those who either hate or oppose Hindu religion, Christianity and Islamic. This is ridiculous concept that opposing around 99 percent human being out of 6 billion world population is called humanity. Similarly, opposing humanity is called humanity. The reason behind it is that they didn’t think about human religion. They know nothing about basic characteristics and virtues of human being. There is anger towards certain thoughts and imagination. They keep chanting humanity-humanity to spread atheism and materialism. Deep spiritualistic eagerness and meditation are the basic characteristics of the human being. They feel pride in leading the great spiritual intention. They are ready to sacrifice their life. This is the worldwide intensity of human being. Therefore, opposing it is nothing but opposing humanity.
It’s worth mentioning that sanatan religion has always been mentioning about human religion India. The human religion has been used only in sanatan religion or Hindu religion. For this, either common religion or sanatan religion is used. Buddha has called it as arya religion and rishi religion. Aryadharm has been used abundantly in Buddha scriptures like dirgh nikay, sanyukta nikay, etc.   
In brief, it will be judicious to understand fundamental meaning of word ‘dharm’. The word ‘dharm’ has been used as noun and adjective in the Ringved (total 56 times). The meaning of ‘Ghri’ dhatu –to bear, to support, to rear. The word ‘dharm’ arising out of that ‘ghri’ dhatu has been used in masculine and neutral gender.
“Tani dharmani pratamanyasan” (Ri 1/164/43 and 10/90/16) is richa. Apart from it, “prathama dharmah” (Ringved 3/17/1 and 10/56/3) and “sanata dharmani” (Ringved 3/3/1) are used. It makes it clear that ancient religion, pratham religion and sanatan religion have been used widely. In Ramayana, Mahabharata and Purana, word “sanatan religion” has been used. “rishi religion” and “arya religion” were used first of all by Buddha.
The fundamental rules of sanatan religion have been named as general religion and human religion. It has been called general religion of entire humanity. Rajadharmanushasanparva comes under shantiparv of Mahabharat in which in 60th chapter, describing sanatan religion, Bhishma Pitamah says that nine duty or religion are necessary for the entire humanity. Therefore, it has been called sarvavarnik religion. These are victory over anger, speaking truth, equal distribution of resources, forgiveness, sexual intercourse with own wife, external and internal purity, love and affection for animals, conducive nature and simplicity and rearing the people (wife, children, servant, poor). The entire human being must follow these nine religions.
In Manusmriti, these common religions have been called as social religion. These are non violence, avoiding stealing, purity, donation, controlling sense organ, morality, satsang, visiting worshiping places, kindness, simplicity, worshiping, respect, avoiding anger, etc. In Manusmriti, apart from aforesaid four religions, 10 essential features have been mentioned—
“Dhritih kshama damoasteyam shaucham indriya nigrahah I
Dhira vidya satyam akrodho, dashakam dharm lakshanam II”
It means that capacity to assimilate necessary facts, forgiveness, avoiding stealing, purity, morality and studying, losing anger, truth, intellectual duty are 10 features of human religion. In the background of common religion, every Hindu cult devised special religious rules for their followers.
Therefore, human religion is the common religion and concept of common human religion has been mentioned in Indian scriptures. General religion can be the base of peaceful habitation among various cults. All the human being must comply with it. Worshiping method and respect related method can be different. But the human religion can be the base of mutual dialogue among them. The sarvapanth conference will be simple and result oriented. Sarvadharm conference itself is a useless word because it has no concept of general religion followed by entire human being. But it seeks dialogue between each other having thought of violence. When you call somebody who have no belief in your methods of worshiping and faith kafir or hidan or vidharmi and ask for no human religion, then such conference is nothing but a part of strategy. It will provide no result. Holding sarvapanth conference with unanimous consent on general human religion will yield desired result and set up coordination, harmony and brotherhood among entire human being. 

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