India is a philosophy
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January 26, 2012 & August 15, 2012
India is not geography, it is philosophy. It has a huge responsibility towards the world. This land, this civilization, is not created just to contribute in the line of science, money, and atomic or nuclear power. No. These are all unfortunate side-effects of this country. This country was created for fulfilling the spiritual thirst of planet Earth, for being a jagadguru (world teacher) and constantly creating jagadgurus in humanity.
As Sri Aurobindo says very clearly, India is not just a land; it is a collective, solidified energy which will respond to you, relate to you, answer your queries, answer your questions, and respond to your feelings. It was Aurobindo who gave life to the concept of Bharat Mata (Mother India). Let Aurobindo's Bharat Maata be awakened! Let the spiritual purpose of India be fulfilled.
I feel sad that India needs to prove its strength, its greatness, by showing its weapons to the world. No. India should show its strength by having a parade of jagadgurus. Let there be a parade on Republic Day showing the thousands of siddhas and yogis, awakening their spiritual strength and exhibiting all the miracles.
We are unique not because of our weapons, our economic strength, or our GDP. We are unique because of our spiritual strength! It is unfortunate that the Indian constitution does not even have the word meditation. The country and civilization created for meditation does not even have the word meditation! Let India fulfill its spiritual purpose. I tell you, no other country has dedicated the cream of its intelligence to spiritual seeking and its prime property to spiritual seeking. Go to any city and you will see that all the temple sites are prime properties, because whole cities grew around the temples!
Our dance, music, writing, singing and architecture - everything is temple-based! Let this country fulfill its commitment towards humanity by offering a more and more and more stable and continuous lineage of enlightened beings, spiritual leaders, and spiritual support to the universe.
Having patriotism towards India means, protecting the philosophy which will directly save it. I am not promoting patriotism for India in the way other countries promote it - just because you are born in that country, you have to love that country and serve it. My patriotism is not ego-based, it is spirituality-based. So please understand, India is not just a geography, it is a philosophy. Your dedication towards India will protect the world's largest non-violent spiritual land. So service to Bharat is service to the whole universe!