Hindus

The Hindus claim that they are the original people of India. Many scholars in the West believe that they are descended from the Aryan tribes who once originated either in Asia minor or near around Finland. The word Aryan is Sanskrit and originated in the Four Vedas- the sacred books of Vedic Aryans. The word Aryan means noble people.

This kind of knowledge started by the English governor of Bengal of the East India Company in the seventeen century. His name was William Jones. he was scholar of Greek and Latin Languages, Out of curiosity and past times he started learning Sanskrit from the Hindu priests who knew Sanskrit. At that time not many people and even the Hindus knew Sanskrit. People used their own languages or dialects they were called. Most of the current language was Urdu and court language was Persian.

William Jones found similarity of Grammar and many words in the ancient Greek and Latin languages. Further study developed a new branch of knowledge called Linguistics and a name was given to it called Indo European, Further study developed resulting that there were once some Tribes called Aryan who created civilizations of Greece, Persia and India.

Numerous European literary figures got influenced by their new knowledge and they started taking interest in Sanskrit literature. The German literary figure Wolfgang Goethe headed this knew interest. From this grew up what is called Oriental ism and Romanticism. Both influenced art literature and political and social thoughts during the 18th Century. In England William Blake poets like Shelley By run Keats etc were influenced.

In Germany more scholars and artists of all kinds got influenced and interested in Sanskrit. They studied fully Sanskrit literature and present knowledge about Sanskrit came from German study,

Some how Nazi Germans got the word Aryan mistaken for their own instance that they were of that race and pure re than other people. The symbol Swastika which is a one of the many Hindu symbols of Hindu religion was adopted by the Nazis as their ensign, Nazi Germany created worse periods in human history by this kind of mistake.

However what started as the branch of new knowledge out of curiosity was not destroyed in the second world war, It grew up and Hindus found it as the basis for their nationalism and eventually India became Independent and with it started the destruction of the Imperialism and eventually most of the countries which were used as colonies became Independent and all over the world people suddenly started identifying themselves with the Nationalism of their own land or some kind of mapping started.

Sooner Hindus who claimed their Aryan roots started looking for answers to many things in the sacred books of Vedas. It is now accepted that the Vedas had a balanced view for the Human way of life. According to the experts on this view point they claim that for good healthy life needs to have good healthy mind. Mind is very easily lead by various emotions and desires and wants etc. These not only cause an individual mentally disorder but many can become ill healthy as well.

The sacred books of knowledge correct these and help human being to lead mentally healthy life.

The following branches of knowledge broadly may correct the mental illness or help people preventing becoming mentally ill.:

There are two kinds of Yogas: One os called Hata Yoga that shows doing various physical Asanas or positions. Second is mental Yoga that comprises to have a series of understanding about mind body world and cosmos.

Then there is one called Mantra. The Mantra is often mistake with magic. But it has both visual symbols and doing some complicated exercises and a few other things.

Then there is one Veda called Ayurveda. Ayurveda can be described as Indian Allopathic and the doctors are called Vaidya. The Vadyas have been there all through the history and present time as well. Now a days there are Auyrvedic Medical colleges in various cities in India and even one in England as well.

There are many other cures in many forms as well. Once woman Saadhu explained to me that the red mark or ash or black mark on the forehead is a cure for keeping mental energies in balance. There are many more like this explanations about many things Hindus do and it is difficult to find their scientific analysis.

 

7) All the knowledge is good and we must live in unison with nature and other people.

 

Buddha got many followers within his life time and he died at the age of eighty years. His followers took his message to all over India and most of the Indians at that time converted to his new philosophy. His message spread outside India as well.

After his death for three hundred years Buddhist people created huge body of knowledge and philosophy and strict ways of living. They elevated Buddha to the state of God and temples were created about him just like the temples of Hindu gods.

Today there are two main sects of Buddhist religion. One is called Helena and the other Mahayana. Both are slightly different form each other.

However after 1956 Dr Ambedkar a Constitutionalist of Independent India who himself was an untouchable and felt that he would not get equal treatment in staying with the Hindu people. So he and his followers became Buddhists. Now there are more Buddhists in India that Hindus.

In England among the immigrants from the sub-continent there are more followers of Dr Ambedkar than any other religious people. They all had converted to Buddhist religion.

The Buddhist religion in the world have their own countries flavor. So there are mainly following verities: Indian, Nepalese, Tibetan, Mongolian, Chinese, Indonesian, Japanese, European and Californian.

Mostly Buddhists are vegetarian but Mongolian, Chinese, Indonesian and Japanese do eat meat and fish etc.

Mostly Buddhists people have ancient Buddhists texts as their holy books and often the individual country have evolved their own brand of life.

Medicine is mostly herbal and the Buddhists monks offer the treatments. Since the time of Buddha mental diseases are recognized and Buddhists have created elaborate system of cures for them. Apart from the herbal treatment, tantric and mantric formulas used to create normalcy in the mind. But the mental patients have to stay in the monastery until the person is cured or all his or her life.

 

That knowledge made him Buddha i.e. the one who acquired knowledge.