Chapter 1 - Hinduism Where did it came from

Let us run back four thousand years. Can you? Sit on your imaginary horse and gallop your horse using two whips called imaginations and thoughts. It was a period of dark age when history was not able to exactly predict. A period in which the mother nature with mountains and forests scared the humanity.

Himalayan ranges were shivering in biting ice cold wind storm. What a gut for the Indus river? In spite of the freezing bitter cold, it originates from Lake Manosarover, and dances its way over thousands of miles and descends to the plains. It was Afghanistan in those days. Naked people! Did not know how to eat. They were so ignorant of their existence. As the evening fades and the darkness spreads over the earth, the scared people climbs to the top of the cliffs and descends into their own caverns. Only after the sun lights the world in the morning, everyone came out of their hideouts without fear.

The earth was a great puzzle for them. Who is chasing the wolfs? They were afraid! Who is shaking the top of the trees? More scare! Who is pouring the darkness over this world? They were shaking! Among all these scared people, few observed all these scary events without any fear. They looked deep into the sand, the rivers, the trees and the sky. The sun was shining even within their brain cells. The thought process, that is typically attributable only to the humans, was gifted for a select few. With deep convictions they put their thoughts into both their eyes, and drilled deep in understanding this world. The result?

Their ‘Deivam’ (Devine) was invented! It was the same nature or objects that they were afraid of all along. Trees, plants, vines, mountain and the rivers were the ‘Deivam’. The who thought deep into the nature declared that the rays of light that was chasing the darkness was the ‘Deivam’. This Tamil word ‘Deivam’ was called by the Europeans as Devine. A sect of the Aryans who propositioned this ‘Deivam’ migrated to Europe. NATURE is the God. The energy that is chasing and shaking is the God. Those who concentrated deep in exploring the fact kept staring into the nature. Staring! Staring! … and kept Staring!. He was called ‘RISHI’ meaning ’the one looks, looks and will kept on looking deep’.

Those who realized that there is a ‘Shakthi’ (Power) over all of us, devised ways, to live within the laws, of this newfound Devine. Vedas took shape. With the effort of those who realized the fact, a new civilization sprouted. ‘This world is Devine and we must use this world in reverence to maximize our joy’. This is the basics of Vedas. Like the American scientist Mr. Bryce said “Civilization never born But, it is the heritage of humanity”, the civilization continued to develop from then on.

To the humanity that was afraid of the natural happenings, the ‘Rishis’, who studied in depth all those happenings and researched, comforted them by saying “Don’t be afraid, You and I shall live happily and peacefully. For our comfort we shall use these trees. We shall use these rivers prudently. The nature has created everything for our own welfare”. Vedas brought to the society a set of rules to culture the humanity without harming the nature.

This is the Aryan race, as called by the historians and how the Vedic religion had evolved. This common welfare concept has grown and eventually got polished. This culture of social set up shall be preserved and for which a set of rules, regulations and constraints were essential. It shall prevail to protect the nature and humanity. Everyone must learn to live according to the pathway laid out by the Vedas and it shall be taught to everyone. What did they exercise? Group the people into three categories. One to rule themselves and establish law and order “Rulers” and another to exercise what was told to them “Doers”. It did not end there! Yet another to teach the “Rulers” and “Doers”, that pathways laid out by the Vedas and to monitor that there were no deviation from these paths “Authority”.

The “Ruler” was called “Tschathrian”; The “Doer” became “Viashiyan”. The one who held on to the Vedas and taught the Vedic ways as well as kept the society in that pathways was called the “Bramanan”. The “Tschathriyas” so invoved in ruling the masses and they could not find time for other activities. So also the “Vaishiyas”, who were less gifted in thinking and exploring, deeply involved in working and earning a living that they were dedicated to sweat their life away. The “Bramanas” saw that these two groups were so much involved in their own duties and were diverging from the Vedas. Hence, they felt that it was their duty to safeguard the meaning, commandments, and karmas outlined in the Vedas. They felt that they must carry this burden of learning and preserving the vedic teachings and thus the Vedas have ended up in the laps of the “Brahmanas”.
Hinduism … The Evolution?

This entire societal evolution, according to the Vedic era researchers, happened in the present day Afganistan. Such rivers as “Risaa”, “Kubhaa” and “Kramu” were cited in the Vedas and they are rivers in the Afghan region. Hence, those researchers immersed in Vedas believe that most of the Vedic period covered in the Afghan region. After the Vedas slipped into the hands of the “Brahmanas”, the morality, justice and actions were preserved well and hence, the Vedic religion eventually became the “Brahmana” religion.

The Aryan religion became the Vedic religion which evolved into “Brahmana” religion and stepped in to present boundaries of India, At that period, within Indian boundaries, there were approximately 450 religions were prevailing.

End of Chapter One.

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