CYBERNATING THEOLOGY OR GIMMICKS FOR ENHANCED DEVOTION??
India is a secular ,democratic nation where myriad cultures religions coexist.Just like we evolve with changing times so does our religion,our beliefs and traditions which are interconnected evolve.Religion in India is also not been able to escape modulated modernization…
Modernization has metamorphosed the outlook of tradition,be it karvachauth or baby shower Maa ka Jagraata or to make it sound more chic Maa ka jaagran we do it stylish or glam way…..
Baby shower traditionally known as godh bharai ‘’’ can be as glamorous and indulgent affair you want it to be not to worry about strings of your purse cybernetic gurus offer a varied choice from bingo games to cute sms,baby shower invites to name it anything there are options galore…even choice of food and beverages can be decided….
The divine realms have been percolated by modernity or profanity is for you to decide?
Hit bollywood songs tunes have effaced humbly jagrattas ,the tangible effects coated are this fascinates non attenders devotion also,and everybody relates better to hit songs tune then be it Dabangs latest song tune “”munni badnam hui””……….transposing bhakts to an altered matrix of intense religious fervor…….
Wondering if maa would also feel greater fascination to posses on someone after inspirational musings from raunchy numbers? Btw why not if modulating bhajans or paeans helps rekindle diminishing religious sentiments why not? Support the believers…..
Religion and its varied interpretations have quite surprised the patent dogmas of some like me to quote,
one such weird incidence I read few days back in Economic times was that a private religious trust in Mumbai wanted to open share accounts and demat accounts in names of five dietes, which of course was rejected by the court stating that Gods are meant to be worshipped in temples and had no place in commercial ventures like sharing ( the case strangely enough was brought before the court after securing income tax cards ,pan cards and savings accounts had been issued for the dieties )…..
one such weird incidence I read few days back in Economic times was that a private religious trust in Mumbai wanted to open share accounts and demat accounts in names of five dietes, which of course was rejected by the court stating that Gods are meant to be worshipped in temples and had no place in commercial ventures like sharing ( the case strangely enough was brought before the court after securing income tax cards ,pan cards and savings accounts had been issued for the dieties )…..
Imagine your and mine chances in stock market if Lord Ganesha himself got in the trade???
Should I call it modernization of the theology of religion or gimmicks of clever promoters and their cause? Or is this Jeannie of westernization ,globalization becoming a little difficult to handle? The Jeannie seems to be choosing confused sentiments rather than healthy constructive ideology.
Not to mention the eccentricities of fraud babas feigning as spiritual healers to cure people,be it burying alive babies in sand to cure handicap during eclipse or lashing young men to cure illness .Everyday such incidents come to fore.
Every one elucidates religion according to ones own felicity..Elites choose vulgar,licentious ostentation while poor extract superstitious rituals modulating to their own bias and rationale…
..whatever suits whomever is the scene of today's religion,no wonder people like V.S.saxena a retired senior engineer of railways and inspectorD.K.Panda have opted in a self proclaimed religious fluff to follow transvestite cult.To rationalize this they say they were chosen by LORD Krishna himself to become his sakhis….. or Radha ji herself, not to awe only others but their family members who have been mute witness to this melodrama for years now .
I sometimes wonder what kind of religion is this as these kinds have not made it idiosyncratic , but it is day by day falling its paradigms of morality.
Is it that the Hindu pantheism,encompassing 330 million gods manifests itself in inexplicable accommodations of Gods , or sentient of followers choose its own fabricated following...
Not to mention the eccentricities of fraud babas feigning as spiritual healers to cure people,be it burying alive babies in sand to cure handicap during eclipse or lashing young men to cure illness .Everyday such incidents come to fore.
Every one elucidates religion according to ones own felicity..Elites choose vulgar,licentious ostentation while poor extract superstitious rituals modulating to their own bias and rationale…
..whatever suits whomever is the scene of today's religion,no wonder people like V.S.saxena a retired senior engineer of railways and inspectorD.K.Panda have opted in a self proclaimed religious fluff to follow transvestite cult.To rationalize this they say they were chosen by LORD Krishna himself to become his sakhis….. or Radha ji herself, not to awe only others but their family members who have been mute witness to this melodrama for years now .
I sometimes wonder what kind of religion is this as these kinds have not made it idiosyncratic , but it is day by day falling its paradigms of morality.
Is it that the Hindu pantheism,encompassing 330 million gods manifests itself in inexplicable accommodations of Gods , or sentient of followers choose its own fabricated following...
Are patency and authenticity not falling into gimmicks of our self proclaimed dogmas???????????
P.S-The views expressed above are solely my own opinion,I am in no way propogating or advocating them to those who disagree....
P.S-The views expressed above are solely my own opinion,I am in no way propogating or advocating them to those who disagree....
Interesting thoughts Shaleen ...
ReplyDeleteAnd I especially wonder about my chances in share market had lord Ganesha opened his account :-)
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