White people’s pseudo equity and the witch hunt against Hindus

 The other day my daughter came home from school upset. Her classmates, and even the teacher, were all saying negative things about India. The students were given an article to read about India and instead of talking about the beauty, the spiritual wisdom that Bharat (India) holds, it was something negative and putting down the festival of Diwali. Will save the details of the article for another blog, but this type of bias and slander is no exception. Every time a Western newspaper writes about India, it is filled with bias, ignorance, and often is some sort of attack on India and Hinduism.

The argument that was also brought up in class was that India has a caste system and that is very unequal. A much-heard argument. Have learnt when looking at something to always start from the top and understand the back-story. Was also brought up with this notion of India has a caste system, but once I came to understand Sanatana Dharma better and did some research into history, a completely different picture emerged.

The truth about caste system

Sanatana Dharma describes something called Varna Ashram Dharma, the gist of which is explained in below image by a Sanatani from India that I found very enlightening. The Varna system is diametrically opposed to caste. Caste is the Portuguese word for class and is not in any of the Hindu Shastras (Scriptures).

This is not something that many people know, but the caste concept was created by the British colonialists to control and destroy Indian culture. In this interview Pandit Satish Sharma and author of the book “Caste, Conversion, A Colonial Conspiracy”, explains how the missionaries decided that the fabric of Hindu society had to be broken apart if they wanted to convert people. That is when they decided to deploy this divide and rule strategy of the caste system.

The Varna system is fluid and flexible, and non-hierarchical. Pandit Satish Sharma also gives a simple and beautiful explanation of the Varna Ashram system from 11:35 min to 15:15 mins (or even 24 mins if you have the time). It is a system where everyone has a place and a role to play which creates homeostasis in the community which is different from societies in western countries that are often based on hierarchical structures and competitiveness.

It is an internationally spread lie that Hindus are casteist, a lie that has created a lot of hatred against Hindus. It is a hate trope proliferated by the colonialists and churches. First the Britishers created the word Hinduism (real word is Sanatana Dharma), just so they could demonize and attack this group of people. Then they created a concept of castes because that is what gave them a leverage to bring Hindus down. Once the white people found out that Hindus are the most scientific, whites had to bring them down. An agenda that has been going on against Hindus for over 4 centuries.

“The word caste is prepackaged Hinduphobia in one word. It is a hate trope.” – Satish Sharma

Brahmins are often most vilified and accused of discrimination against other castes. It is worth looking a little bit deeper into Sanatan Dharma, Brahmins and why Brahmins were targeted especially so we can revisit what we have assumed to be truth. To put it in the words of Satish Sharma “It is important to undo this colonialist hate trope that has been placed around the neck of every Hindu.”

The reason behind the witch hunt against Hindus and Brahmins

The more I learn about Sanatana Dharma, the more I am in awe and can see that the stories that have been created around Hindus being silly idol worshippers, being backwards and casteist are part of an agenda and far from the truth.

Sanatana Dharma - Sanatana means eternal, Dharma can be loosely translated into righteous way of living. This in very simple terms means living in sync with Nature and the Cosmos, in tune with Cosmic Principles. In our incarnated expressions we are energy beings. Sanatanis know this more than anyone and know how to keep their energy field elevated.

Pretty much everyone in the world knows about the greeting of Namaste, it is widely appropriated also. What this means is the Brahman (True Self) within me is witnessing the Brahman in you. It is an understanding that on this plane we both are just energy interacting. One energy being identifying the other energy being and interacting. Sanatanis understand that every tattva (element) inside, every bit and piece inside is nothing but moving energy. We are pure energy beings.

Everything that you can read in the Vedas, the science is that you are an energy being. That’s why you wear a certain kind of outfit, therefore you follow a certain kind of daily routine. The clothes that ancient Indians wore were only one cloth wrapped around the body so that nothing cuts their energy. Nothing would be sitting on the navel, which is the seat of the jivatma. Then they would have elements like gold, silver, copper etc. Everything that they wore was organic, something upping their energy field. In Sanatana Dharma our common identity is understood to be Atma (true spark) and any other identity is a temporary cover. Imagine the depth of knowledge and understanding that is held in Sanatana Dharma.

Sanatana Dharma used to be around the world. There are many temples found in places other than current day India, including Cambodia, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mekka etc. Brahmins were once there too. As soon as Brahmins were destroyed there, everyone forgot who they were, their essence as Atma, their True Self and highest potential as Brahmroop, because there was no teacher to remind them.

A Brahmin was a learned person, a scholar, dedicating many hours of his life to studying the Shastras, realizing Brahman and learning the mantras and methods of doing rituals. He gave his time and energy and then received a donation. Generation of Brahmins have selflessly served others by offering their time and knowledge to them.

If you look at Dharma (righteous conduct), the Dharma of a Shudra is different from a Brahmin. For a Brahmin, without a shower he can’t eat. But for a Shudra this is okay. Brahmins wanted to hold on to their energy template to the highest possible level, never deplete and always replenish it and increase their vibration by doing the Gayatri Mantra. The Dharma of a Brahmin was very disciplined so that he could maintain this energetic elevation.

Just on a side note, what Brahmins were doing, aren’t we doing that right now? Wearing a mask, washing hands and social distancing to not pick up some disease from someone. We do understand that we can pick up something from someone else. We believe our fear is real, but if the Brahmins understood the metaphysical vibrations and how something can be passed on, then why are they being called out for that? I believe these are things we need to reflect on to be able to come out of our biases.

When you put the pieces of the puzzle together, the picture that emerges is clear. The colonialist Britisher hated Brahmins as they resisted conversion to Christianity. To the Britishers, Brahmins posed the highest level of threat to their agenda. To destroy the fabric of Hindu society and the upholders of knowledge so they could establish their rule and conversion agenda, the Britishers created the caste system, which has been used as a weapon against Indians till date.

It is interesting to note that this Christian conversion agenda, with India as a prime target, is still going on today as is explained in detail with ample proof by Karolina Goswami in this Youtube video and this one . The sad reality is that people who are trying to convert Indians want to get rid of Brahmins so that people forget their true identity and can be converted. That is why this witch hunt against Hindus and that is why the allegation of caste system is still being proliferated by the church, media and academia around the world today.

White people’s pseudo equality and equity

White people are always talking about equality and equity but seem to be selectively applying it. The Netherlands prides itself on equal rights and Dutch people are the first to stand up for LGBTQs but have never seen us stand up for the Brahmins or Hindus. Why is that? Instead, we hold our biases and hold all sorts of judgements against Hinduism. We actually are so misguided and deluded that we are criticizing Hindus for the caste system, a system that was created by white people in the first place. I have been thinking about this for a long time and done my research. This has given me an opportunity to come out of my personal bias and out of the narratives spun against Hindus and Hinduism. It has also opened my eyes to the irony and hypocrisy that we as white people are pointing fingers at Hindus in the name of equality and equity. Our own people tried to colonize them and tried to sell them Christianity, convert Hindus out of some white man’s burden nonsense. Today we claim to believe in freedom and democracy, what happened to democracy then? By the way, an excellent, impactful response to white man’s burden can be read here.

What right did we have in the first place to colonize other nations? My epigenetics is made of my ancestors. My ancestors colonized numerous other nations including India and traded over 1.5 million people as slaves. Talk about a horrible history. I would like to deeply apologize on their behalf, on behalf of all Dutch people. I know we have wronged certain nations and so many people, and I don’t agree what is going on in the name of equity today.

Am very happy at least the mayor of Amsterdam has given an official apology for the colonial crimes and slave trade and believe the prime minister of the Netherlands should do the same. I find it astounding that after all that the Britishers did to the Indians, there is not even one apology from them. The British colonialists looted India’s wealth and brought so much destruction. A whopping 45 trillion dollars’ worth of wealth the Britishers took out of India. The kind of destruction of life the Church has done is tremendous, but we have yet to hear an apology from the pope to the Hindus. What are we talking about equity? As long as this has not been set straight, we cannot talk about big subjects like equity and do a witch hunt of people in India. Really wonder sometimes, what is wrong with our conscience that we are still behaving like our ancestors in the name of pseudo democracy and pseudo equality?

What real equity looks like

Real equity is rooted in a deeper understanding of life and truth. Rather than pointing fingers at Hindus, I believe we should open our hearts and minds and learn from Hindus. So many Hindu temples let white people come in. If they want to take on to Sanatana Dharma and become a follower of ISKON or another Sampraday, white people are allowed to enter. You will never see any injustice being done to a white person. A person’s skin colour doesn’t come in the way. The first thing that Sanatanis see is that you are Atma (the true spark), you have the right to access Bhagwan, Ishwar and Gnan just like any other Atma has. I can vouch for this personally. Have always been accepted with open arms. If we don’t see Hindus holding white people to account for what their ancestors did, then we as white people should learn something from them. Hindus have always practiced equity. It is us as white people who need to learn how to practice real equity and not point fingers at Hindus.

We need to take responsibility for our colonial past and stop proliferating this false notion of caste system, which was created by white people in the first place with a destructive agenda. We as white people need to do our inner corrections, come out of our biases and white superiority complex, stop pushing our flawed concepts and way of thinking onto others and appreciate the pluralism of humanity.