{"product_id":"9781946515551","title":"Demystifying Brahminism and Re-Inventing Hinduism: Volume 2 - Re-Inventing Hinduism","description":"There is nothing more miserable than to feel that emancipation is in the air and yet suffer the slavery of a mistaken idea.\u003cp\u003eThe author seeks to re-invent Hinduism by bringing to the fore its most fundamental postulates as:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Worship of the monotheistic formless Brahm. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2. God-realisation through Nishkam Sewa (selfless service). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3. Social equality and brotherhood (vasudhaiva kutumbakam).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4. Self-realisation through Jnana Yoga, Karma Yoga and Bhakti Yoga.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5. Salvation through worldly life of Purushaarth (Dharm, Arth, Kaam, Moksha).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'EK Samaj' repudiates the following attributes as excrescences and repugnant to the faith:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Mixing philosophy and religion made Hinduism an unorganised religion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2. Worshipping numerous deities and limiting religious service to mere darshan of the idols fragmented Hinduism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3. Hereditary priesthood, as permanent intermediaries for communion with God, polluted the religion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4. Occupational 'purity' and 'pollution' camouflaged iniquitous social divisions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5. Individual instead of congregational worship smothered Hindu brotherhood.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6. Pretensions of attaining Siddhis through 'meditation and penances' eulogised.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7. Escapism in worldly renunciation honoured.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8. Fatalist karma theory made Hindus pessimistic and other-worldly.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9. Transmigration, reincarnation, 84-lakh births used as props for gradation of castes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e10. Acceptance of Ahimsa made Hindus a doormat for the ruthless barbarians.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e11. Karma kand and Mantra, Tantra, Yantra etc. justified as the sole religious expressions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e12. Lack of proselytisation prevented Hinduism from becoming a world religion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e13. Devdasi tradition made temples the venues of entertainment and recreation.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Notion Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47053394641136,"sku":"9781946515551","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781946515551_p0.jpg?v=1763794455","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781946515551","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}