Why Devdutt Pattanaik traces Ahimsa back to Harappan Civilization

[@DanielChe]

Ahimsa Paramo Dharma ✋

[@ArattaTube]

Maybe the woman is their mother who don't want them to fight.

[@ArattaTube]

Very good!

[@Asgramavahjj]

Jainism is oldest religion in world ❤

[@yahqappu74]

True but Hinduism is trying to hijack this truth...

[@jainawle4901]

😂😂😂

[@yahqappu74]

@jainawle4901 What is Hinduism? +++++++++++++++ I have long pondered on what constitutes this so called religion that sweepingly generalises the 'Indian' people and sitting on their head (as cultural hegemony) and have come up with some conclusions .... The priest from the Zoroastrian religion( known as Aryans) came to india with their Avestan language and fire rituals and later created some slogans in old Sanskrit to form the Oral Vedas which was never in written form until after the 5th century AD. These priest learnt the principles of the Samana tradition( the source of Jainism and Buddhism) that originated in the Indus Valley Civilization and is found in southern part of the sub continent namely in the Tamizh tradition and started incorporating it into their already existent vaiteegam(burning) rituals and produced the Upanishads(philosophical treatise) and became vegetarians. For a solid philosophical footing which they needed in a highly philosophized Tamizh (Samana Palli language) infused land about the 8th century Adi Sankara came up with Advaita logic that distorted the original Buddhist(Sunya-Void) thoughts and produced a dichotomical nonsense which did not last the test of time. Later they took up the Tantric Samana Tamizh tradition and put forth the bakti methodology (blind surrender). This they took also from the Christian tradition and desperately created for the Islamic onslaught. Bakti was based on erotism and appealed to the masses(like cinemas). The high Samana tantric philosophical basis was ruined for the newly conjectured 'Hindu' religion of the wretched puranic tales(porn stories). This is the history of the Priestly class(Brahmins) that still retain their priesthood in the agamic temples(lifeless stone worship) that held sway through the bakti movement from the 10th century onwards. The consecutive non-Tamizh rulers(Vaduga Telugus) firmly rooted the new found 'Hindu' religion with its caste system( twisted from the Samana four occupational make-up of society aka Farmers, Merchants, Rulers, Philosophers)with the insidious brahmin agenda segregation which the colonial British gave the general name and sealing the new found religion with their law....

[@jainawle4901]

@@yahqappu74 Dharma

[@yahqappu74]

@jainawle4901 Tarumam is a Tamizh word meaning Giving and became Service and Righteousness, this is found only in the Samana religions aka Jainism and Buddhism...

[@heritagewalk90]

In modern time we all have armies and borders and so many conflicts we everyday face in society as well as on a global level, but all countries are still practicing trade. So i dont think so that Harappan were ahimsa type of people... of course that time may be conflicts were minimum but without a strong political leadership or political control they could not reached on stratification. Every society goes through dilactism, then transforms into another society. We found historical materialism because society doesn't act with constant behaviour like Ahimsa. At that time, economics was the main reason for the development of Harappans. No economy can go through plain without violence or diplomacy. You can say it, they were diplomatic, not Ahimsa people.

[@phaddu7737]

Finding credibility or any nuance in Devdutt's book is hard, after seeing his seething twitter rants it's harder.

[@yahqappu74]

What is Hinduism? +++++++++++++++ I have long pondered on what constitutes this so called religion that is sitting on the head of my Tamizh people and have come up with some conclusions .... The priest from the Zoroastrian religion came to india with their Avestan language and fire rituals and later created some slogans in old Sanskrit to form the Vedas which was never written down. These priest learnt the principles of the Samana tradition that originated in the southern part of the sub continent namely in the Tamizh tradition and started incorporating it into their already existent vaiteegam rituals and produced the Upanishads and became vegetarians. For a solid philosophical footing which they needed in a highly philosophical Tamizh infused land about the 8th century Adi Sankara came up with Advaita logic that distorted the original Buddhist thoughts and produced a dichotomical nonsense which did not last the test of time. Later they took up the Tantric Samana Tamizh tradition and put forth the bakti religiosity. This they took also from the Christian tradition and desperately created for the Islamic onslaught. Bakti was based on erotism and appealed to the masses. The high Samana tantric philosophical basis was ruined for the newly conjectured 'Hindu' religion of the wretched puranic tales. This is the history of the Priestly class(Brahmins) that still retain their priesthood in the agamic temples that held sway through the bakti movement from the 10th century onwards. The consecutive non-Tamizh rulers firmly rooted the new found 'Hindu' religion with its caste system( the four varnas) that the British gave the final seal to....

[@SattickDas2001]

There is no one "Hindu" religion. There never was. There never will be. What we have is a set of interrelated sets of religious practices that are usually called the umbrella term - "Hinduism"

[@SattickDas2001]

Also, don't think everything is Tamizh. 😂. Tantra has been present in eastern India for thousands of years, and we have been mother goddess worshippers for millenia as well. Maybe it is due to our proximity to Tibet and tibeto burman peoples. Also tribal ideas were incorporated into buddhist and puranic tantric systems to form the modern tantra we find today. A "Hindu" is probably a member of this civilisation in my opinion. And every civilisation is formed from a set of different peoples interacting with each other, that are different with different origins but bound by a common cultural thread. One common example is the lungi/dhoti. Other examples include Tamizh loanwords into Sanakrit and vice versa.

[@yahqappu74]

@@SattickDas2001 but came to one source and that is Tamizh Samana Tantra Aaseevagam tradition

[@yahqappu74]

@@SattickDas2001 I have to think that way after doing much research..