Monday, 15 September 2014

15 Questions A Muslim Would Never Like to answer








Q1. Why would God want his creation to not ask, questions, criticize, debate or experiment ideas that he gave us? This can only happen to cover up lies. This is the reason why we can’t question clergy about things like What’s the proof that God exists and what’s the proof that Muhammad is the prophet of God. Seems like a great deceit to make sheep out of humans. Only truth can stand the fierce scrutiny and criticism and still stand tall.

Q2. Why would God make religions appear only in poor, illiterate and desert areas? 1400 years ago, Greek were more scientific and progressive, why religion didn’t appear there instead? I tell you why. Because Muhammad could have only mislead the gullible, ignorant and poor people. In fact, his first followers were actually poor. Rich and literate people thought of him as crazy. Even today, if I go to a illiterate village and proclaim myself as a big saint, millions will follow me. That’s how easy it is to make stupid people more stupid. That’s why you don’t see new religions forming in Europe.

Q3. If there is Science in Islam, why didn’t God tell us how old the Universe is, how old Earth is, whether it is round or flat, how long it took for it to cool down, how Life began, how Life evolved? It seems that Allah knew only things that were already known at that time by the Greek and ancient scientists and philosophers. If I start a religion today, I wouldn’t forget to add an ayat, “And thou will not spread mischief in the earth which took us fifteen billion years to make. There are altogether eleven dimensions, yet the unbelievers deny our signs.” Ridiculous!

Q4. Why Abrahamic religions, specifically Islam is exclusivist? How can a truth be confined to some people and not others (people living in other places, other times etc. can’t be all wrong). Buddhism on the other hand is not exclusivist like Islam. Buddha even said don’t believe me, don’t believe your holy books, don’t believe what people say, but believe only what’s true to your heart and mind, because truth can only come from inside, not outside (outside = scriptures, prophets, gods).

Q5. Why would God care about whether people believe in him or not? The creator of the universes and each and every atom in them, can’t be so narrow minded, arrogant or stupid. Because arrogance means ‘covering up negative feelings about self’ and genuine God would rather be full of self-esteem than arrogance. God’s name being ‘Al-Mutakab-bir’ is beyond me.

Q6. Why would God choose a mass murderer, rapist, blasphemer, pedophile, madman and power and sex hungry person as his prophet? Marriage with 9 year old Aisha, Marriage with his daughter-in-law Zainab, Marriage with Javairah, his slave after killing his father, husband and brother the same day, killing others just because they don’t believed him, killing someone if they change their religion, killing without reason, spreading Islam not with discussion, logic or spirituality but with murder and war is beyond me.

Q7. Ali Sina says that Muhammad was a mentally sick person or what you call a narcissist having temporal lobe epilepsy. I watched a video on ‘Temporal Lobe Epilepsy’ on YouTube. It is a BBC documentary and the way it describes about the experiences of people with sensitive temporal lobe resembles exactly how Muhammad acted when he used to get revelations, sweating, feeling guilty and sad, feeling that he’ll go mad and that sort of thing. Furthermore, why an angle would make him feel so demonic and depressed is beyond me? Aren’t we humans supposed to experience something enlightening, happy and peaceful when such alleged experiences take place?

Q8. Why shouldn’t we accept for others, laws and morals we deem perfect for ourselves. That’s the only measure of truth. If I speak truth, do good, be gentle, I would want the same to happen to all people. Following this logic, if a Muslim who becomes a Hindu should be killed, shouldn’t we teach these great laws to all other religions. Shouldn’t Hindus, Christians and Jews also kill people who become Muslims? Why not? If what we regard as moral and as truth, shouldn’t that be true to all others?

Q9. It seems that Muhammad was not a nice man, I couldn’t find a single act of kindness from this person in the whole of Islam’s history. The only two stories of kindness were the story of Jew lady who used to throw garbage at prophet and he, at the time of her death came to visit her. And another incident about a young man who used to eat too much sugar and her mother requested Muhammad to ask him to stop it. He didn’t ask him to stop anything but later asked him to stop eating too much sugar because this time around he himself stopped eating too much sugar. Both of these stories are fables and are not found in Quran, Hadiths or the complete Islamic History. If I am wrong, find me any ayat or hadith matching these stories. I will not become apostate if you can tell me a single incident of kindness ever done by Muhammad. Remember, you can’t tell me about what Muhammad said to his followers about how to conduct life and be kind etc. I want his own personal acts of kindness only. Any Schmuck can ask others to do good and himself do otherwise.

Q10. Why a person who is religious is more prone to absurdities and away from reality of life? Why an educated person is less likely to be religious? Doesn’t that mean that religion is for the gullible, weak and immature? Why was Einstein, the most intelligent person who walked on earth was not religious. If it didn’t worked for him (most intelligent) How can you claim that you know better? If he worked it out without religion, why it won’t work for you?

Q11. If God created us and sent Adam from Heaven to Earth, why are there fossils found for all early primates that were neither chimp nor humans? Checkout this link. What does God created something actually mean? Wherever science looks, it finds some process involved, no magic! Is God subjugated to natural laws? In our present lives we don’t see magic happening, no waters parted, no virgin births, no moons being cut and no back to the future Miraj happening. Humans have always attributed magical thinking to past and future events to make a sense of the world they live in. In other words, ‘I didn’t see it happen therefore magic man did it!’ Doesn’t it make sense?

Q12. If we have souls and are either to go to heaven or hell, why don’t animals have souls? Since we’ve evolved from animals, and early humans like homo erectus or homo habilis were intelligent too (slightly lower than us) would they also be judged on the judgment day? If not, why not? They didn’t have any prophets too, because their brains didn’t think in malignant ways like us. We are more clever. Doesn’t that prove that the more clever we get the more potential we have to become notorious and the most likely it is for a God to appear out of no where? (God didn’t made us in his own image, we made God in our own image).

Q13. Buddhists are more moral than Muslims. They won’t burn embassies, temples and churches to prove they are true. They don’t believe in a God. Does it not mean that morality doesn’t depend upon God or absolute laws but inner resolve and commitment? Only immature and morally bankrupt people need fear of hell or greed of heaven to be moral.

Q14. If Quran is the Guidance from God, why can it be shaped in any way of thinking imaginable? A book of guidance from God should be straight forward and objective rather than being subjective and full of discrepancies. But it seems our Omniscient God thinks like humans and learns via trial and error.

Q15. If the only reason one should stick to religion is because of the uncertainties of the afterlife, what if it turned out that, there in fact is a God who tested us all to see whether we become fools at the hands of authority, religion and society or discover the truth and reality of life. All those who allow themselves to become fools may end up in hell and all those who turn to truth and reality are given heaven. Doesn’t it seem more rational for a thinking person to assume, by observing all the multitudes of religions in the world than to follow Islam?

Wednesday, 27 August 2014

Bharat Mata An Analysis


The latest addition to the phenomenon of worshiping god as mother was in the late nineteenth century with the growing spirit of nationalism among the masses in India the idea of desamata or mother nation sprang forward into existence . it earliest roots can, however be traced back to the vedic era when our planet earth was compared to mother. Phrases comparing earth with a feminine force is quite common for that era but idea of the nation as a female principle is not that old .

This was perhaps because in a vast multicultural country like India each region differed from the other and identified itself as one particular nation . however it would be incorrect to say that there was absolutely no unity among different regions in India, common beliefs, practices, gods, scriptures maintained a definite national character which was properly projected in the colonial era .

The belief of earth as mother which was nourished in the minds of people for ages found its final shape in the personification of mother India. The most popular praise sung to her was composed by the renowned Bengali writer vankim chandra chatterjee in the famous novel anandamath. It is the vande matram. It speaks of a sujala suphala (plentiful) green country which has the most beautiful moonlit nights abound with choicest flowers. She is ever smiling and has pleasing mannerisms. She herself is the durga of ten arms. It to her that we bow down. In such a description we can see the way in which the prevalent shakta bhakti thought has merged into nationalistic ideals.

In this very book there is an interesting comparison between the past present and future of India . the past is shown as Devi jagadhhatri, sitting on a lion .she is bedecked with every possible jewels and holds weapons in her arms . she is the queen of all nations — rajrajeshwari. The present (those days) is compared to terrifying kali. She has been robbed of her jewels and stand naked. She is in ignorance and tramples her own god (shiva) under her feet. She resides in the crematorium like condition of colonial india under british subjugation. In the future she would become the durga . she would be at the top of all the nations once more. she has the complexion of molten gold. She has laxmi (wealth ) saraswati (knowledge and excellence), ganesh ( aupiciousness ) and kartik( strentgh ) at her disposal. She tramples all evil (mahishasur) at her feet. The king of beasts is her vahana.

Numerous authors poets and politicians also contributed to the growth of this concept of mother india. Some songs of rabindranath tagore stand out in particular–

"" you have come out of the heart of bangladesh(colonial state of bengal) in the form of a loving mother .
i keep on staring at your inexpressible beauty .
the doors have opened to a golden temple .
your right hand shines with a dreadfull scimitar,
but your left hand in raised in gesture of fearlessness (abhaya mudra) ,
your eyes are brimming with love and compassion ,
and yet your forehead is shining with anger .
o mother , what a form i behold before me !!""

This expression of durga as mother india enabled the nationalist leaders to stick to their noble cause and ideals. Somwhere in 1930′s mahatma gandhi founded the bharatmata temple in varanasi. Even today this thought remains strong in the country. Quite unknowingly a predominantly shakta philosophy has found its way into and secured a firm foundation in the nationalist sentiments of modern India.

Wednesday, 20 August 2014

:: चीनी साहित्य में राम कथा ::


चीनी साहित्य राम कथा पर आधारित कोई मौलिक रचना नहीं हैं। बौद्ध धर्म ग्रंथ त्रिपिटक के चीनी संस्करण में रामायण से संबद्ध दो रचनाएँ मिलती हैं। 'अनामकं जातकम्' और 'दशरथ कथानम्'। फादर कामिल लुल्के के अनुसार तीसरी शताब्दी ईस्वी में 'अनामकं जातकम्' का कांग-सेंग-हुई द्वारा चीनी भाषा में अनुवाद हुआ था जिसका मूल भारतीय पाठ अप्राप्य है। चीनी अनुवाद लियेऊ-तुत्सी-किंग नामक पुस्तक में सुरक्षित है।

'अनामकं जातकम्' में किसी पात्र का नामोल्लेख नहीं हुआ है, किंतु कथा के रचनात्मक स्वरुप से ज्ञात होता है कि यह रामायण पर आधारित है, क्योंकि इसमें राम वन गमन, सीता हरण, सुग्रीव मैत्री, सेतुबंधष लंका विजय आदि प्रमुख घटनाओं का स्पष्ट संकेत मिलता है। नायिका विहीन 'अनामकं जातकम्', जानकी हरण, वालि वध, लंका दहन, सेतुबंध, रावण वध आदि प्रमुख घटनाओं के अभाव के बावजूद वाल्मीकि रामायण के निकट जान पड़ता है। अहिंसा की प्रमुखता के कारण चीनी राम कथाओं पर बौद्ध धर्म का प्रभाव स्पष्ट रुप से परिलक्षित होता है।

'दशरथ कथानम्' के अनुसार राजा दशरथ जंबू द्वीप के सम्राट थे। राजा की प्रधान रानी के पुत्र का नाम लोमो (राम)। दूसरी रानी के पुत्र का नाम लो-मन (लक्ष्मण) था। राजकुमार लोमो में ना-लो-येन (नारायण) का बल और पराक्रम था। उनमें 'सेन' और 'रा' नामक अलौकिक शक्ति थी तीसरी रानी के पुत्र का ना पो-लो-रो (भरत) और चौथी रानी के पुत्र का नाम शत्रुघ्न था।
राजा तीसरी रानी पर आसक्त थे। वे उसकी इच्छापूर्ति हेतु सर्व न्योछावर करने की बात करते थे। रानी ने उनके वचन को धरोहर के रुप में रख छोड़ा था। कालांतर में राजा बीमार हो गये। उन्होंने राजकुमार लोमो को राजा बना दिया। उनके बालों को रेशम की डोरी से बांधा गया और सिर पर दिव्य मुकुट पहना दिया गया। छोटी रानी को लोमो का राजा बनना रास नहीं आया। राजा के कुछ स्वस्थ होने पर उसने पूर्व में दिये गये वचन के अनुसार अपने पुत्र पो-लो-रो को राजा बनाने के लिए कहा। राजा को अपने ज्येष्ठ पुत्र पर पूरा भरोसा था। उन्होंने उसे अपदस्थ कर पो-लो-रो को राजा बना दिया।

लोमो के अनुज ने उनसे इसका विरोध करने के लिए कहा, क्योंकि उनके पास 'सेन' और 'रा' नामक अलौकिक शक्ति थी, किंतु उन्होंने उत्तर दिया कि आज्ञाकारी पुत्र को पिता की इच्छा के प्रतिकूल आचरण नहीं करना चाहिए। छोटी माता को मेरे पूज्य पिता का स्नेह प्राप्त है। इसलिए वही सच्ची माता हैं। रामानुज चुप हो गये। पिता के आदेशानुसार वे दोनों बारह वर्षों के लिए वन चले गये।
राजा का स्वर्गवास हो गया। उस समय पो-लो-रो दूसरे देश में थे। उन्हें स्वदेश बुलाया गया और राजा बना दिया गया, किंतु परंपरा के प्रतिकूल आग्रज को अपदस्थ कर उन्हें राजा बनाया गया था। इसलिए उनके मन में अपनी माता के प्रति घृणा उत्पन्न हो गयी। वे सेना के साथ अपने अग्रज से मिलने पहाड़ परगये। लो-मन के मन में संदेह हुआ, किंतु लोमो के मन में किसी प्रकार का भ्रम उत्पन्न नहीं हुआ। उन्होंने पो-लो-रो से सेना के साथ आने का कारण पूछा,तो उसने बताया कि मार्ग में लुटेरों से बचने के लिए उसने ऐसा किया। उसने अपने अग्रज से स्वदेश लौटकर राज्य का शासन संभालने के लिए बार-बार अनुरोध किया, किंतु लोमो ने पिता की आज्ञा का उल्लंघन करना उचित नहीं समझा। अंतत: पो-लो-रो अपने अग्रज की चरण पादुका लेकर घर लौट गये और उन्हें राज सिंहासन पर स्थापित कर दिया।
पो-लो-रो चरण पादुका की पूजा करते थे और उससे आदेश लेकर शासन संचालन करते थे। लोमो को मालूम हो गया था कि पो-लो-रो उनकी चरण पादुका को आग्रज की तरह सम्मान देते हैं। इसलिए समय पूरा होने पर वे घर लौट गये। राजा का पद ग्रहण करने से इन्कार करने पर पो-लो-रो ने उन्हें यह कहकर निरुत्तर कर दिया कि परंपरानुसार ज्येष्ठ पुत्र ही राज सिंहासन का उत्तराधिकारी होता है। परंपरा भंग करना उचित नहीं है। लोमो राजा बने। देश धन-धान्य से परिपूर्ण हो गया। कोई किसी रोग से पीड़ित नहीं रहा। जंबू द्वीप के लोगों की सुख-समृद्धि पहले से दस  गुनी हो गयी

Monday, 6 January 2014

Hinduism Symbols-- What they actually mean??





In Hinduism much importance is given to the symbols than most other religions. The Hindu symbols range from the mark one puts on the forehead to the idols of the deities that get worshipped by the ardent Hindu devotees. Each one has its own significance.

Why do Hindus regard symbols so much ??

Hinduism at its core maintains that there is one God and many see It in different ways (Ekam sad viprAH bahuta vadanti). This God is Formless and is beyond the limitations of the comprehension. This is the basis on which many of the great sages meditate on this Supreme Being That is beyond any contours. So why are so many forms ? The God in Its natural form being very difficult to comprehend, leave alone loving that God and worshiping with devotion, the simple minds would certainly need a way through which they could worship the Boundless God in a fairly simplified manner. But at the same time it should not contradict the basis that the God is beyond forms in any way. Hinduism maintains that because of the abundant Grace of the God, It revealed Itself in the Holy symbols for the humans and other creatures to worship. These symbols are easy to comprehend for the minds of the normal human beings, but at the same time they are just symbols than objects themselves, which means that they symbolically indicate the God, Which is beyond the exploration of knowledge. Such symbols are the praNava (aum) which is held in high esteem by all sects of Hindus and the glorious shiva lingam  (meaning symbol of Shiva, the God) that is considered the most sacred symbol of worship for the Shaivites. The intention is that the Formless Supreme could be achieved by simpler means of these formless-forms - the symbols.

In a way these Hindu symbols are abstract representation of the God. These are quite closer to the ideal as they form a bridge between the Formless one and the mind that expects a form. The simpler minds benefit better if the God could be correlated with the day to day lives they interact with. The God certainly is Graceful to the upliftment of the creatures, It took various forms in various occasions blessing either in valorous or joyful or yogic postures. There are numerous of these forms that Hindus worship in their temples, which are built in a gigantic manner with the patronage of various emperors that stand as the glorious homes of art and architecture. The mAhEshvara mUrthams  are good examples of such forms of God.

In fact the Hindus wear various marks on their forehead that also have spiritual significance. For example the ash that the Shaivites wear represents the ash that the Supreme Flame - Lord Shiva has smeared on Him always. The same way the shrIchUrNa and the tilak have their significance and indications. In essence Hindus achieve the Supreme Things, by simple ways following the symbols.


Oh God, Your Feet is beyond the worlds beneath 
and Your Crown beyond the universes above ! 
You are Immeasurable, Unexplorable, Unimaginable ! 
But how simple You have come as a shivalinga in my hand !! 

- basavaNNa

Thursday, 28 November 2013

Common questions on Sanatan Dharma



Why should not the ordinary spoken language be used in worship instead of Sanskrit? Will this not enable us to understand and follow these rites better? ?

Pita (worship), Homa (sacrifice) and other similar religious rites are considered as sacred and holy acts. It is the Rishis (sages), the originators of our religious traditions, that have given us these rites including the procedure and the mantras to be used. Hence it is quite proper that we conform strictly to the pattern of the rites and the language in which they have been transmitted to us. This produces a solemn and sacred atmosphere.
Again, according to the science of the Mantras, the various Mantras used in the rites have a special potency. When they are pronounced and intoned properly, they exert a salutary effect on the minds of those who hear them. Hence, if translations or versions in the spoken language are used, they will just be translations only and do not act as Mantras. 

It would, perhaps, be helpful if a general description of the rites and the meaning of the mantras are given first in the spoken language, followed by the rituals in the traditional manner. The rites would then become more intelligible to the votaries. 

It should not be forgotten here that even in other religions, the religious rites and ceremonies are being conducted in the language of the original scriptures. 


Are non Hindus permitted into Hindu temples??

Of late, non Hindus also are being permitted to enter many Hindu temples. In some temples, however, admission is restricted to certain parts of the temple only. Even if their entry is completely prohibited it will not be unjustified.
The reason is simple: If the non Hindus visit our temples with the same faith they show while visiting the places of worship of their own religions, feeling that these temples are also holy, there should be no objection to their being admitted.

However, if they come without being endowed with such faith, just out of curiosity or for fun, or even to find fault, then, they would not be benefited in the least by such visits. On the other hand, it could hurt the religious feelings and sentiments of the Hindus visiting the temples. Frankly speaking, let us learn first to admit all sections of Hindus, without any distinction, into temples and see that such visits take place in a more organized and solemn way.

We can consider the admission of others later on. This is certainly not a matter of great concern for the present. 

Sunday, 17 November 2013

Sushruta: ‘The Father of Surgery’ :: 300 different types Operations, and 125 Surgical Instruments



2600 years ago he and health scientists of his time conducted complicated surgeries like cesareans, cataract, artificial limbs, fractures, urinary stones and even plastic surgery and brain surgery. Usage of anesthesia was well known in ancient India. Over 125 surgical equipment were used. Deep knowledge of anatomy, etiology, embryology, digestion, metabolism, genetics and immunity is also found in many texts.
Sushruta (also spelt Susruta or Sushrutha) (c. 6th century BC) was a surgeon who lived in ancient India and is the author of the book Sushruta Samhita, in which he describes over 120 surgical instruments, 300 surgical procedures and classifies human surgery in 8 categories. He lived and taught and practiced his art on the banks of the Ganges in the area that corresponds to the present day city of Varanasi in North India.
In the Sushruta school, the first person to expound Āyurvedic knowledge was Dhanvantari who then taught it to Divodasa who, in turn, taught it to Sushruta, Aupadhenava, Aurabhra, Paushakalāvata, Gopurarakshita, and Bhoja.
Because of his seminal and numerous contributions to the science and art of surgery he is also known by the title “Father of Surgery.” Much of what is known about this inventive surgeon is contained in a series of volumes he authored, which are collectively known as the Susrutha Samhita. The “Samhita” has some writings that date as late as the 1st century, and some scholars believe that there were contributions and additions to his teachings from generations of his students and disciples. Susrutha is also the father of Plastic Surgery and Cosmetic Surgery since his technique of forehead flap rhinoplasty (repairing the disfigured nose with a flap of skin from the forehead),that he used to reconstruct noses that were amputated as a punishment for crimes, is practiced almost unchanged in technique to this day. The Susrutha Samhita contains the first known description of several operations, including the uniting of bowel, the removal of the prostate gland, the removal of cataract lenses and the draining of abscesses. Susrutha was also the first surgeon to advocate the practice of operations on inanimate objects such as watermelons, clay plots and reeds; thus predating the modern practice of the surgical workshop by half a millenium.
The Sushruta Samhita is one of two early texts that form the cornerstone of the Indian medical tradition of Ayurveda (Ayurveda means science of life). The other treatise is called the Charaka Samhita. Samhita is Sanskrit for compendium, and Sushruta and Charaka are proper names. So thetitles translate as “Sushruta’s Compendium” and “Charaka’s Compendium.” Likethe Charaka Samhita, the Sushruta Samhita made revisions and alterations to an earlier text on which it is based, in this case, the writingsof Divodasa Dhanvantari, the author’s teacher. The author, Sushruta, is identified as the son of the Vedic sage Visvamitra. The text is long, running over 1,700 pages in English translation. The exact date of its composition is unknown, but is generally thought to be around 100 A.D.
Like the Charaka Samhita, the Sushruta Samhita refers to the eight branches of Ayurvedic medicine. Sushruta is organized similarly toCharaka, but in addition to emphasizing therapeutics, it also discusses surgery, which Charaka barely mentions. The text is divided into six sections and 184 chapters. In another major departure from Charaka,Sushruta describes the need for and way to conduct dissections on human cadavers to gain knowledge of anatomy. Students might practice on natural and artificial objects, for example, vegetables and leather bags full of water. Quartered sacrifical animals were used to study different kinds of anatomy.
Sushruta details about 650 drugs of animal, plant, and mineral origin.In addition, it describes more than 300 kinds of operations that call for 42different surgical processes and 121 different types of instruments. Other chapters in Sushruta make clear the high value put on the well-being ofchildren, and on that of expectant mothers. Sushruta’s coverage of toxicology (the study of poisons) is more extensive than that in Charaka, and goes into great detail regarding symptoms, first-aid measures, and long-term treatment, as well as classification of poisons and methods of poisoning.
In keeping with the Ayurvedic philosophy of preserving life and preventing the infirmity of old age, Sushruta extols the benefits of clean living,pure thinking, good habits and regular exercise, and special diets and drug preparations. A plant called soma that is described in the early texts but hasnever been clearly identified was recommended as a treatment for rejuvenating body and mind. Sushruta explains the need of all living creatures tosleep and to dream as a function of two principles of the mind that give glimpses of previous existences or warn of future ill health. When both principles are weakened, coma results.
Sushruta explains the origins of disease as imbalances of vital humorsthat occur either individually or in combination, and that originate from within the body or outside of it, or for no known reason. It discusses the useof surgical devices such as tourniquets and setting plasters, and surgical tools and procedures. Operations are described for amputations, hemorrhoids, hernia repair, eye surgery, and Cesarean section. An operation using skin flaps, for example, to repair a nose, was also described in Sushruta. The procedure was observed in India by a British surgeon in 1793 and published inLondon the following year, thus changing the course of plastic surgery in Europe.
 Sushruta also admits members of the lowest of the four classes. However, such persons would be excluded from special ceremonies accorded to students of more respectable parentage. Sushruta describesthe day-to-day life of the physician in ancient India, who made the rounds ofpatients’ residences and also maintained a consulting room in his own home,complete with a storeroom of drugs and equipment. Although doctors could command a good living, they might also treat learned brahmins–priests–and the poor for free. Sushruta describes the ideal qualities of a nurse, and suggests that doctors may have been required to have licenses.
The drugs described in Sushruta include 395 plant substances, 57 substances of animal origin, and 64 mineral substances, metals, and so on. Many ofthe complicated procedures for dissolving, macerating, extracting, and combusting a variety of solid, squashy, and liquid substances remain part of modern Ayurvedic pharmacological practice.
The conquest by Arabs of the Indian province of Sind (now a part of Pakistan)in the eighth century unleashed a scholarly exchange of scientific ideas. The Sushruta samhita was translated into Arabic and later into Persian.These translations, as well as those of Charaka, helped to spread thescience of Ayurveda far beyond India.

Surgery: 300 different types Operations, and 125 Surgical Instruments::
The ancient Indians were also the first to perform amputation, cesarean surgery and cranial surgery. Sushruta as early as 600 BC used cheek skin to perform plastic surgery to restore and reshape human nose, ears, and lips with incredible results. In his treatise, Shushruta Samhita, he classified surgery into eight types:
aaharya (extracting solid bodies),
bhedya (excision),
eshya (probing),
lekhya (sarification),
vedhya (puncturing),
visravya (extracting fluids), and
sivya (suturing).

Shushruta describes the details of more than 300 operations such as extracting solid bodies, excision, incision, probing, puncturing, evacuating fluids and suturing. Ancient Indians were also the first to perform amputations, caesarean and cranall surgeries with 42 surgical processes. He worked with 125 kinds of surgical instruments including scalpels, lancets, needles, catheters, etc. Sushruta even devised non-invasive surgical treatments with the aid of light rays and heat. Sushrata & his team conducted complicated surgeries like cataract, artificial limbs, cesareans, fractures, urinary stones and also plastic surgery and brain surgeries.
Chanakya's Arthashãstra describes post-mortems, and Bhoja Prabandha describes brain surgery, successfully performed in 927 AD by two surgeons on King Bhoja to remove a growth from his brain. Usage of anesthesia was well known in ancient India medicine. Detailed knowledge of anatomy, embryology, digestion, metabolism, physiology, etiology, genetics and immunity is also found in many ancient Indian texts.

Saturday, 9 November 2013

हिन्दू धर्म प़र ऊँगली उठाने वालो के लिये एक लेख




मेरी यह पोस्ट उन लोगो के लिये है जो लोग अक्सर हिन्दू धर्म प़र ऊँगली उठाते है और प्रतिदिन बखेड़ा खड़े करे रहते है . तभी कुछ दिनों से मै भी कुछ सवालों के जवाब तलाशने की कोशिश कर रहा था . जो मेरे ही नही हर हिन्दू के मन में भी उठते है . उन सवालों के जवाब तलाशने के लिये मै कई साधुओ के पास गया और जितनी जानकारी मै एकत्रित कर सका वह प्रस्तुत है उसके कुछ अंश .मै समझता हूँ टीवी प़र धारावाहिकों के माध्यम से हिन्दू धर्म प़र जो दुष्प्रचार किया जा रहा है वह भ्रम लोगो में फैलना कम होगा और लोग जागृत होंगे .
क्यों करते है तुलसी है पूजा =हिन्दू स्तरीय तुलसी की पूजा अपने सोभाग्य एवं वंश वृद्धि के लिये करती है . रामायण कथा में वर्णित एक परसंग के अनुसार राम दूत हनुमान जी जब सीता का पता लगाने गये तो वहा उन्होंने एक घर के आंगन में तुलसी का पोधा देखा जो की विभिष्ण का घर था उन्होंने तुरंत अनुमान लगा लिया की यह किसी धर्म परायण व्यक्ति का घर है अर्थात तुलसी पूजा की प्रथा प्राचीन काल से चली आ रही है .
वज्ञानिक अर्थ = तुलसी की पतियों में स्क्राम्क ‘ कितानुओ ‘ को मारने की अद्भुत शक्ति होती है . तुलसी एक दिव्य ओषधि का पोधा है . जुकाम खासी , मलेरिया आदि में लाभदायक है . इतना ही नही केंसर जैसी भयानक बिमारी में भी ठीक करने में लाभदायक है .
क्यों हिन्दू धर्म में मृतक की अस्थियो को गंगा में प्रवाहित करते है = हिन्दुओ की धार्मिक आस्था के अनुसार मृतक की अस्थियो को गंगा में प्रवाहित करने से मृतक की आत्मा को शान्ति मिलती है .
वज्ञानिक अर्थ = वज्ञानिक परीक्षणों से यह निष्कर्ष निकला है की अस्थियो में फास्फोरस अत्याधिक मात्रा में पायी जाती है जो खाद के रूप में भूमि को उपजाऊ बनाने में सहायक है . गंगा नदी के जल से हमारी अन्न उपजाने वाली जमीन की सिचाई होती है . जमीन की उर्वरा शक्ति बढाने में फास्फोरस सहायक है जो की गंगा के जल में अस्थिया प्रवाहित करने के कारण बहुत अधिक मात्रा में निहित है
आज के लिये इतना ही वक्त की कमी के कारण बाकी का लेख कल लिखा जाएगा . लेकिन इन दो बातो से भी यह प्रमाणित होता है की जिन बातो को आज रुढ़िवादी बताया जा रहा है और प्रहार किये जा रहे है वे बिलकुल निराधर है और ऋषि मुनियों ने जो परम्पराए बनाई है उनका वज्ञानिक अर्थ भी है


भूलिये नहीं ! हिन्दू धर्म के बिना भारत का कोई भविष्य नहीं है। हिन्दू धर्म वह भूमि है जिसमे भारत की जड़े गहरी जमी हुई हैं और यदि इस भूमि से इसे उखाड़ा गया तो भारत वैसे ही सूख जायेगा जैसे कोई वृक्ष भूमि से उखाड़ने पर सूख जाता है। भारत में अनेक मत,संप्रदाय और वंशों के लोग पनप रहे हैं,किन्तु उनमे से कोई भी न तो भारत के अतीत के उषा काल में था, न उनमे कोई राष्ट्र के रूप में उसके स्थायित्व के लिए अनिवार्यत: आवयशक है। 
यदि आप हिन्दू धर्म छोड़ते है तो आप अपनी भारत माता के ह्रदय में छुरा घोंपते हैं।यदि भारत माता के जीवन-रक्त स्वरुप हिन्दू धर्म निकल जाता है तो माता गत-प्राण हो जाएगी। आर्य जाती की यह माता ,यह पद्भ्रष्ट जगत -सम्राज्ञी पहले ही आहत क्षत-विक्षत ,विजित और अवनत हुई है। किन्तु हिन्दू धर्म उसे जीवित रखे हुए है,अन्यथा उसकी गर्णा म्रतों में हुई होती। 

यदि आप अपने भविष्य को मूल्यवान समझते हैं, अपनी मात्रभूमि से प्रेम करते हैं,तो अपने प्राचीन धर्म की अपनी पकड़ को छोडिये नहीं,उस निष्ठां से अलग मत होइए जिस पर भारत के प्राण निर्भर हैं। हिन्दू धर्म के अतिरिक्त अन्य किसी मत की रक्त -वाहिनिया ऐसी स्वर्ण सी ,ऐसी अमूल्य नहीं हैं,जिनमे आध्यात्मिक जीवन का रक्त प्रवाहित किया जा सके। 

परन्तु एक धोखा है --

-- एक वास्तविक और भारी धोखा --- कि भारत से कभी हिन्दू धर्म का लोप न हो जाए ,
नए -पुराने के झगडे में कहीं हिन्दू धर्म ही नष्ट न हो जाए। यदि हिन्दू ही हिन्दू धर्म को न बचा सके तो और कोन बचाएगा ? यदि भारत की संतान अपने धर्म पर अडिग नहीं रही तो कोन उस धर्म कीरक्षा करेगा ?भारत और हिन्दू धर्म एक रूप हैं। मै यह कार्य भार aapko de रही हूँ,कि हिन्दू धर्म के प्रति निष्ठावान रहो,वही आपका सच्चा जीवन है। कोई भ्रष्ट मत या विकृत धर्म अपने कलंकित हाथों से आपको सोंपी गयी इस पवित्र धरोहर को स्पर्श न कर सके।