In this site, Swami Niranjananda of Bihar School of Yoga makes the above statement. Do you agree that a monk or a Hindu sanyasi, because of his monkhood, loses his religion? Is a Hindu monk not a Hindu?
2006-12-19 20:58:03 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Hindus do not hae a religion as the otehrs have . hinduism is an ancient culure and philosophy which includes the part of worship of god . so those who do not belong to the Hidu culture called the hidnu philosphy and culture as hindu religion.It is the name iven by the Arab traders .
2006-12-21 06:31:50 · answer #1 · answered by Infinity 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A Saint is definetly a religions figure. I do not know on what contest Swami Niranjananda made this statement. The definition of Sanyasi or Sanyas as per Wikipedia is -
Samnyasa (IAST saá¹nyÄsa, also spelled sannyÄsa, Sannyasa) in Hinduism symbolizes the conception of the life of a monk, a person is now integrated into the spiritual world after wholly giving up material life. One who walks this path is known as a sannyasi, sannyasin or sanyasi. The sannyasi lives without possessions, practises yoga meditation — or in other traditions, bhakti, or devotional meditation, with prayers to his or her conception of God. The goal of the Hindu Sannsyasin is moksha (liberation), the conception of which also varies. For the devotion oriented traditions, liberation consists in reunion with the Divine, while for Yoga oriented traditions, liberation is a continuous experience of samadhi (enlightenment). For the Advaita tradition, liberation is synonymous with the removal of all ignorance and consists in abiding in the universal and ultimate reality, which is also one's own true identity.-
So when a true sanyasi is practicing and preaching divinity, Bhakri, Liberation, devotional and related traditions, which are religious traditions, he is a religious figure only.
But in the name of Sanyasi a few have committed criminal offences and they should not be taken as example here. -
2006-12-20 00:31:14 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In this context, 'religion' refers to the rituals in temples, the dogma, the creed. A saint is a Saint because of high place in a religion. Here the 'religion' means the Concept and the knowledge of The Supreme Deity like Parmatma/ Brahman/ Parmishwar. Swamiji is correct.
2006-12-20 01:16:20 · answer #3 · answered by sunamwal 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like mumbo jumbo to confuse and decieve.
2006-12-19 21:07:56 · answer #4 · answered by djm749 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋