Strength of the Vedic Tradition
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December 27, 2010
Yesterday I was reading a book, American Veda, where they are thoroughly analyzing the Hindu gurus, Hindu philosophy, and Vedic tradition's influence on America. They are analyzing from very critical angle. The book describes the great contributions of gurus and also the scandals which happened around them; how some survived and some did not. They are analyzing the cumulative effect of all this on the American civilization, the American mind.
When I was going through this book, it was shocking to see the amazing impact on the American psyche, the American consciousness, by a handful of babas, gurus and swamis who did not even have an organized network. I contemplated the whole night - what can be the reason? Without a proper organized structure or a friendly network among themselves, how could they create such a huge impact on the American consciousness?
I realized - or I can say, I
reconfirmed my realization, that the
Vedic tradition does not need a
marketing department! The
strength of the philosophy, the
strength of the truth, puts anybody
on the throne, if they just decide to
represent it as much as they
understand.
I tell you, you don't need to do
anything. Whatever you understand,
represent that part; that's enough.
If you understand only the ritual part - just pouring ghee into the homa fire - and you don't know anything else, you represent that part. You will be on the throne, because Vedic tradition is time-tested, foolproof. Anything you understand, just represent that, and you will be sharing strong honest truths with the world. If you understand only washing and clothing the deities, putting food in front of them, and waving incense sticks, and you don't know anything else, just represent that. You will see that the power of the tradition will put you on a throne.
If you don't understand about washing the deities or pouring ghee into the homa, but you understand a few Sanskrit words, you can repeat like a parrot, or you can read from some Upanishad or from some purana, that is enough. Represent that. You will be transforming thousands.
Understand, I am giving you the essence of the tradition without any manipulation, interpolation, interpretation, or the stuff added for marketing. The Vedic tradition is so powerful, foolproof and time-tested that any small dimension or way you understand it, the moment you represent that tradition, it puts you on the throne.