https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mh0aO2nosO0 We had a very complicated indirect tax system. It was indeed so complicated that it was more easy for Mumbai to trade with Shanghai or London, than it was for Mumbai to trade with Delhi. Now this is not a new problem that I have just discovered. This was clearly
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YfD3RhM1gU&t=3s So, really what was the first and the most important thing that needed to be done when this government came to power in 2014, was to impose some sort of an order on the system. So, what was the first reform that this government attempted to do was to introduce
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZY_uokFzLdM&t=1s So, like this Africa got divided. South & Central America. We will not go in every single country, but it has very interesting story. A document named papal bull is released in 1493 named ‘Inter caetera’. ‘Doctrine of discovery’ promulgated through it. How many of you know about ‘doctrine of
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nnp4x0eG7Z0&t=1s Now I'll talk about Hindu resistance, a little the other part of the topic. What created the Hindu resistance? Did they surrender to the terror? How did they cope when their sacred places were desecrated? Conventional psychological theories cannot explain how people in large numbers resisted such brutality. I have
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-NLup44uh8&t=206s When the Great War ended with the disbanding of the Ottoman Empire, Gandhi persuaded the Congress to support the Khilafat Movement – a violent agitation for restoration of the Islamic Caliphate deposed by the victorious British. Before long, he pinched his nose and plunged into the murky waters of religious
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cl4eYhrvH1M I'll come to Sabarimala Hindu resistance. It's interesting for me as a psychologist to see this that never before in recorded history have Hindus come out unified in such large numbers to protect their temples. There is a simmering Hindu rage becoming a movement and I also believe that it
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_NjRAxeBwc&t=92s Shaun Launders, one of the top theorists, said memory surrounds us and defines us. It's an essential dimension of religion and Milan Kundera said that the struggle of man against power is a struggle of memory against forgetting. Very powerful words. It is a memory that stops us from forgetting.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6a5moK26JAw I'll share with a story, because I think the best is to let people know that how I came across this. Any idea, what is this? This is the Kashmiri refugee camp. I was working there, and my wife is also here, and we used to, both, go to the
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-PC0g2BfyY&t=4s This is a map of Gupta empire of about 475 AD ruling on vast geographical area of India, if u see India’s definition is there, upto large extent although there are some kingdoms in between. Look at the map of Europe in 475 AD. Look at western Europe. You will
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYaiydUErHw&t=4s There are many opinions about the origin of the word ‘India’. But Sankrant Sanu gives the most possible answer of this question. According to him, first, the word ‘Hindu’ is derived from the Rigvedic river named ‘Sindhu’. Then, Sankrat says that, some foreigner languages often omit the pronunciation of ‘h’. Thus,
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hztj9oV722Q In his #SrijanTalks, 'India as a Nation', Sankrant Sanu spoke about the Christian tactics to convert local communities and tribes into christianity. One of the chief argument of christian missionaries is that Hinduism has exploited the tribal communities via caste system and to escape from its grip, tribal communities as
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eC68JY7tPCA Conventional language, if you look at it, its all object specific. What is this in English? Hand… What is this? What is this? That’s all. Someone told us.., taught us.., we learnt it. But you do not have the right to ask why it is called ‘Hand’? Why this is
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Tw4IaqZxeE Shiva Agamas are the Agamas which were revealed by Mahadeva Himself. The Kamika Agama which is considered to be one of the most important Agamas describes how they were revealed. It describes Mahadeva as having five faces – Sadyojata, Vamadeva, Aghora, Tatpurusha and Ishana. Each of these faces of Mahadeva
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Fk3FmCHCIE&t=122s What is nation? Who defines it? This is defined by European thinking. What is the idea of sovereign state? In 1648 treaty of peace of Westphalia occurred. How many of you know about Westphalia? Ok. In fact, this is one of the dogma of the church. Europe church first attached
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPjm9bn1cSc&t=10s What is the basic foundational principle of Sanatana Dharma laid out in Gita? Of course there will be many versions, but the one that I like the most is that there are two particular shlokas which I always recite to lay out the basic foundational principles and that agree actually
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0NJAmNgNgc&t=3s Sir Syed Ahmed Khan was the original proponent of the two-nation theory, that Muslims are a separate nation. Then Mohammad Iqbal carried it forward. Mohammad Iqbal was initially a very, what is called he was a little romanticized by the Indian past and he even composed, as everybody knows, the
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0Uc5dTkpwk?cc_lang_pref=eng&cc_load_policy=1 The story starts with ascendance of the Marathas in Bharat post Aurangzeb’s death. The Marathas had started taking over large parts of Bharat and the Mughal Empire was witnessing decline, the subjugation was so severe that the Mughal king was reduced to a mere tenant. The Red Fort was now
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9r62SoQBhs&t=2s Why is sanatana dharma superior and the others inferior because they are based only on a blind faith in a story. There is no evidence whatsoever. And that has harmful consequences also. I don’t think colonialism would have been possible, the brutal colonialism that has this attitude that we are
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgAT8WTSsaU&t=43s?cc_lang_pref=eng&cc_load_policy=1 The British were aware that whenever history will be reviewed they will be seen as villain because they have done so many loots, such like massacre made here that they will presented as a criminal. And Bristish also knew that what are the soure of Indian's ideology? From where they
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X84seX-D-CE There is a general misconception among Indians that janapadas existed only during the Bauddha period and not during the Vedic period as there is no reference to them in the Vedas. Shri Mrugendra Vinod refutes this misconception by presenting internal evidence mentioned in the Vedas themselves. Shri Mrugendra quotes many references
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3A_IRrECkg After Swami Ramanand returned from his pilgrimage, he decided that this dangerous problem needs to be addressed at a different level. We will have to wage a cultural and spiritual war. That is why he broke away from his Guru Brother and started a new order. The order founded by him
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KObhh12mrY0 People who criticize Ramanand, claim that Kabir was not his disciple, are unable to come up with any coherent arguments to support their arguments. They keep talking in a confused manner. However, Ramananad ji’s role in bringing back Hindus who had been forcibly converted to other religions is very big.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9g0b4ukK7d8 The Bahmani rulers realised their constant fighting against each other was going to be beneficial to the Vijayanagara Empire. They realised the other thing also. On their own they could not defeat the Vijayanagara Empire. On their own, none of them could defeat the Vijayanagara Empire. So, they decided to
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqCQipG-MC0&t=8s Vijayanagara architecture developed from a combination from different styles like the Chola, Pallava and Chalukya styles. Although influenced by the aforementioned styles, it evolved and emerged as a distinct style on its own in due time. As the entire region was very rocky, granite was used heavily in Vijayanagara architecture. Most
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-o09oID33Hw&t=9s One of the greatest achievements of the Vijayanagara Empire was the irrigation and water supply network, especially since the region was extremely rocky. A massive city like Hampi needed a consistent supply of water round the year. The only source of water nearby was the Tungabhadra river. The credit for establishing
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBySaPAfiJg&t=39s Understanding Bhagwan Shankaracharya is to understand the avatar parampara of Sanatana Dharma. Understanding Shankaracharya is to understand, ‘unity in diversity’. Understanding Shankaracharya is to understand, national integration, to understand social reform. Understanding Shankaracharya is to understand the revival of Sanatana Dharma. To Shankarachya parampara goes the credit of protecting Sanatana Dharma
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-pBRf9GU1g Bhagwan Shankaracharya was 8 years old when he left his house. He took sanyas at the age of 9 years. After that what he accomplished cannot even be conceived of today. Between the ages of 12 and 16 years, Bhagwan Shankaracharya wrote commentaries on Prasthanatrayi, 3 types of Prasthaan and
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2ko_RDhLFc Bhagwan Shankaracharya knew that after his demise, India will have to face a physical war, ideological war, cultural war. He knew this very well. That is why in order to protect the 4 Vedas he set up 4 Amnaya Mutts in the 4 corners of this country. Amnaya means the
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPjTtF4gp7Y What is the problem if everybody became Muslim or Christian? Truth be told, there is no clear answer to this problem, especially with the conscious and aware Hindu. Be as it may, since a question has been raised, an answer needs to be given. The answer is that the Indian
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qsl6nqwFmoI?cc_lang_pref=eng&cc_load_policy=1 Sri Aurobindo had put his views on this in a very pithy and clear manner. Not just once, but many times, when he was a political leader, when he used to edit a newspaper. I found an article written by around 1909, “Swaraj and Musalmaans”. He explains in a very
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFzCcbKkbtY?cc_lang_pref=eng&cc_load_policy=1 Swami Vivekanand had said, when one Hindu converts to Christianity or Islam, then not just one Hindu reduces but one more enemy of Hinduism gets born. Just this one line explains the complete philosophy, our duties. It’s been a 117 years since his death, but what have we done about
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obVouUw1KIs While on a visit to London, Dharampal came across extremely significant archival material - a series of surveys commissioned by the British government in the 19th century to assess the level of indigenous education in India. These surveys were conducted meticulously in various parts of India by the British and
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12qJ2fOqe1w A large number of Indians seem to have a tendency to conveniently brush the past under the carpet. They don’t see the need to study history. They don’t understand the need to know our past. They talk of concentrating on the present, on what can be done today. They talk
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbcKs9dDxB8 Why did the British impose English education on India? There were many reasons, the foremost of which was convenience as it was difficult for them to learn so many Indian languages. It was far simpler to have English-speaking menials to help them govern the millions of unwashed masses. There was, however,
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OCO41T_lHM Not many Indians are aware of the tremendous amount of knowledge transfer from India to China in ancient times. Not many know that a large number of Sanskrit manuscripts were carried to China by either Chinese scholars or by Indian scholars hired by Chinese kings. Translating ancient Sanskrit manuscripts into
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHu6EM_fu98 Now, I come to debating, which was an intrinsic part of Indian education. So, you can look I have chosen this picture of Adi Sankara debating with Mandana Misra and look who is the judge it's a lady who is, who was a renowned scholar in her own right –
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_DdHPQqPpY&t=27s I also visited this place and then the only way we get to know what it looked like is when you read the autobiography of Huan-Tsang and I-Tsing, so what Huan-Tsang said is that, it was the most beautiful campus he had ever seen. It had a huge gate all
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osdQQhuICKs Here's a map, I have tried to map out the universities in the ancient times until the eleventh or twelfth century and you know it was, there are so many universities you can see that it's completely, it's every part of India is covered so far. The oldest one we
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqeTF_6oyRg Rishi Kanva’s ashrama was not a single ashrama, it was a collection, an assemblage of hermitages of which he was the presiding rishi. So, a student would go to one in ashrama and specialize in one subject underthe Guru, then go to another ashrama, adjoining ashram, and get specialization in another
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0Kj89dL38g Charles Dellon has described that the palace of Inquisition was a dreaded, imposing building, that contained about 200 prison cells, many of which were dark and windowless. According to Dellon, the 2 inquisitors had their living quarters as well as their chapel in the palace. All inquisitors were nominated by
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2iYryABHbA How was the Court of Inquisition formed? The Court of Inquisition had 2 inquisitors, both were answerable only to the King. They were appointed only by the King of Portugal. They were not answerable to the Archbishops of Goa. They were not answerable even to the Viceroy of Goa who
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xA1iawkw2o So along with the systematic persecution of Hindus, the Portuguese embarked upon aggressive proselytization. But most people converted out of violence, avarice or fear. Richard Burton, the famous British traveler who had visited Goa during that time, had said that “fire and steel, dungeon and the rack, the rice pot
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPxUV5lEtxw Then in 1620, the Viceroy issued an edict that no Hindu could marry in the Portuguese territories. Hindus were forced to either cross the river and go to the main island in Adil Shah’s territories to marry. They couldn’t even cremate their dead. They had to cremate their dead in
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8mrMoxzDKw&t=16s So the Portuguese had two kinds of policies. One was to make life so difficult for Hindus that being Hindu became a huge burden, a remaining Hindu became a huge burden and on the other hand if you became a Christian you had all sorts of incentives, you had financial
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QN1QQC6Oa-Q&t=44s And this is also the time Miguel Vaz actually went to Portugal, because he realized, even the proselytization was happening in Goa, it was not happening fast enough for his comfort. So he actually went to Portugal. He convinced the King and he got a diktat, saying that, “the regime should
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueZY-JGq6Kw Goa was first ruled by the Kadambas. Then by the Vijayanagara empire for some time, then by Ibrahim Adil Shah. And when it was ruled by the Muslims, obviously there were a lot of Hindus in Goa at that point of time. But they were being discriminated against. So they
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YttpuDIZdJg I would like to talk to you about transmission of this knowledge to Medieval Europe. In Toledo, if you remember there was a Christian Spain and Muslim Spain. Muslim Spain Cordoba was the capital; in the Christian side Toledo. At Toledo there was a monastery whose only job was to
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=es5mva8sfnI I would like to talk about Hipparchus and Trigonometry. Before that Surya Siddhanta contains chord tables. Aryabhatta composed, there should be only one ‘t’ over here, I apologize, it is a mistake, composed sign tables in 3.5° segments the Gian sine and cosine. Pingala and Chandasastra in 400 BCE worked
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