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Defence of Hindu Society
The first principle which Hindu society has to observe while preparing its defence is that it will stop processing and evaluating its own heritage in terms of ideas and ideals projected by closed creeds and pretentious ideologies. On the contrary, Hindu society will henceforward process and evaluate the heritage of these creeds and ideologies in terms of its own categories of thought, and find out the real worth of Christian, Islamic, Communist, and Modernist Claims. The first need of the hour, therefor, is for Hindus to become aware of the fundamentals of their own faith (Hindu Spirituality), the premises on which their own society has evolved (Hindu Sociology), and the vicissitudes which their own society has experienced in the march of Time (Hindu History). These are the three domains in which the Hindu image has been distorted to the utmost by imperialist thought systems, resulting in a deep sense of inferiority from which Hindus suffer at present.
120 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1983
About the author
Sita Ram Goel
49 books211 followersSita Ram Goel (16 October 1921 – 3 December 2003) was an Indian religious and political activist, writer and publisher in the late twentieth century. He had Marxist leanings during the 1940s, but later became an outspoken anti-communist and also wrote extensively on the damage to Indian culture and heritage wrought by expansionist Islam and missionary activities of Christianity. In his later career he emerged as a commentator on Indian politics, and adhered to Hindu nationalism.
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December 21, 2022
4.5 Stars
One Liner: To the point and informative; gave me more than what I expected
Sita Ram Goel was a communist-turned-anti-communist who wrote a series of books about the centuries of damage done to the Indian subcontinent and culture by several Islamic and European invasions. This book deals with an important theme of how native Hindus should stop being submissive (or ashamed of their identity) and learn to connect to their roots and understand their pagan heritage.
There’s no fluff or needless commentary in this 110-page book. It is crisp, informative, and thought-provoking. The first chapter deals with biased media reporting, pseudo-activism in the name of caste and religion, and the mindless aping of the West without realizing the core differences in both societies.
Polytheism is a recurring theme in the book and helps us understand why there is absolutely no reason to ignore it or try to fit Hinduism into the monotheism category. After all, all pagan and neopagan cultures followed polytheism and idolatry. The book also distinguishes between mysticism in terms of spirituality and mysticism in terms of theology. The clash of spirituality and theology presents an interesting discussion and encourages further reading.
He also mentions the importance of symbolism and how appropriating the symbols or misusing them could take us further away from spirituality. This is 100% spot on, and the proof lies in the various yoga offerings (from beer yoga to gun yoga, naked yoga, and whatevercrap they come up with to commercialize a spiritual process) and the way some people throw around ‘your heart chakra is blocked’ in random comments. This particular point about separating symbolism from its core religion and spiritual roots applies to many ancient symbols that are now used to appear cool/ rebellious/ etc.
The author also points out how saying ‘all religions are the same’ causes more harm than good. Wouldn’t it be better if we acknowledge that each religion is different and can be respected for what it is? Why not celebrate the diversity of religions instead of trying to chop and twist them into predetermined parameters? In an Abrahamic world, why should pagans go on the defensive to follow their cultural heritage?
The international media loves to target a supposedly Hindu majoritarian India, but why don’t we see anyone writing about Islamic domination or Christian authority? No articles about non-Muslims as young as 9 being kidnapped, raped, converted, and married to men thrice their age (that too, as third and fourth wives) in Pakistan. There’s one case every week (sometimes more), but no one bats an eyelid.
The great Ms. Malala doesn’t think these young girls deserve even a tweet of protest. How many Western media outlets covered the attacks on minority Hindus in Bangladesh? Why does no one talk about the minorities in Afghanistan or Baluchistan? Why is there hardly any protest about the grooming gangs in the UK? Don’t children deserve to be safe?
Hindus are a global minority, and there isn’t a single official Hindu country (India is secular). The answer lies in many factors:
• India is a third-world country
• India has browns who are active Hindus (pagans or idolators or kufrs)
The longer Hindus lie dormant or stay on the defensive, it easier it is to rule them (so what if the colonizers have left. They have created enough brown sepoys to take over).
Read Krishen Kak’s experience when he wanted to research American life for his PhD. Was it easy for a brown Indian Hindu to show the mirror to the White West? You probably know the answer.
Racism is real and active, especially in academics. Quote from the blog:
The book highlights the difference in the indoctrinated structure of monotheism and polytheism. When there’s only one god, one book, and one goal, it eliminates the space for others to exist. There is no acceptance of other/ different when ‘one’ is the central point. This may seem nothing when considered from an individual’s perspective. However, this resulted in wiping out civilizations and cultures over the centuries when masses denied the existence of anything other than their ‘one god’.
The book doesn’t just work for Hindu awareness but also for self-awareness and for people to realize that their roots and spiritual well-being could have a common link. Exploring one could create a path to achieve the other and find their inner self. Those who can read it with a balanced mind will see how it could help a person to look beyond the basic constraints/ rules defined by religion and consider things from a spiritual and overarching perspective.
The last chapter sums up the book in neat pointers and provides more information to deal with Hinduphobia. The intent is to have a thirst for native cultural history, go back to the basics, and learn with an open mind.
One Liner: To the point and informative; gave me more than what I expected
Sita Ram Goel was a communist-turned-anti-communist who wrote a series of books about the centuries of damage done to the Indian subcontinent and culture by several Islamic and European invasions. This book deals with an important theme of how native Hindus should stop being submissive (or ashamed of their identity) and learn to connect to their roots and understand their pagan heritage.
There’s no fluff or needless commentary in this 110-page book. It is crisp, informative, and thought-provoking. The first chapter deals with biased media reporting, pseudo-activism in the name of caste and religion, and the mindless aping of the West without realizing the core differences in both societies.
Polytheism is a recurring theme in the book and helps us understand why there is absolutely no reason to ignore it or try to fit Hinduism into the monotheism category. After all, all pagan and neopagan cultures followed polytheism and idolatry. The book also distinguishes between mysticism in terms of spirituality and mysticism in terms of theology. The clash of spirituality and theology presents an interesting discussion and encourages further reading.
He also mentions the importance of symbolism and how appropriating the symbols or misusing them could take us further away from spirituality. This is 100% spot on, and the proof lies in the various yoga offerings (from beer yoga to gun yoga, naked yoga, and whatevercrap they come up with to commercialize a spiritual process) and the way some people throw around ‘your heart chakra is blocked’ in random comments. This particular point about separating symbolism from its core religion and spiritual roots applies to many ancient symbols that are now used to appear cool/ rebellious/ etc.
The author also points out how saying ‘all religions are the same’ causes more harm than good. Wouldn’t it be better if we acknowledge that each religion is different and can be respected for what it is? Why not celebrate the diversity of religions instead of trying to chop and twist them into predetermined parameters? In an Abrahamic world, why should pagans go on the defensive to follow their cultural heritage?
The international media loves to target a supposedly Hindu majoritarian India, but why don’t we see anyone writing about Islamic domination or Christian authority? No articles about non-Muslims as young as 9 being kidnapped, raped, converted, and married to men thrice their age (that too, as third and fourth wives) in Pakistan. There’s one case every week (sometimes more), but no one bats an eyelid.
The great Ms. Malala doesn’t think these young girls deserve even a tweet of protest. How many Western media outlets covered the attacks on minority Hindus in Bangladesh? Why does no one talk about the minorities in Afghanistan or Baluchistan? Why is there hardly any protest about the grooming gangs in the UK? Don’t children deserve to be safe?
Hindus are a global minority, and there isn’t a single official Hindu country (India is secular). The answer lies in many factors:
• India is a third-world country
• India has browns who are active Hindus (pagans or idolators or kufrs)
The longer Hindus lie dormant or stay on the defensive, it easier it is to rule them (so what if the colonizers have left. They have created enough brown sepoys to take over).
Read Krishen Kak’s experience when he wanted to research American life for his PhD. Was it easy for a brown Indian Hindu to show the mirror to the White West? You probably know the answer.
Racism is real and active, especially in academics. Quote from the blog:
“Prof Klor de Alva: “Who are you to write this about us? Can this be written about your country too?”
Prof Boon: “Your behaviour is uncharacteristic of Hindu behavior”
Across the table it went, around those two statements of theirs I’ve never forgotten. Cutting, insulting, snubbing. K de A saying that all that was needed was to replace the title page with one saying “India”, and what’s the difference. Boon’s statement suggesting that Hindu (not Indian, mind you, but Hindu) behaviour is characteristically one of humility, of abject and grateful servility.”
The book highlights the difference in the indoctrinated structure of monotheism and polytheism. When there’s only one god, one book, and one goal, it eliminates the space for others to exist. There is no acceptance of other/ different when ‘one’ is the central point. This may seem nothing when considered from an individual’s perspective. However, this resulted in wiping out civilizations and cultures over the centuries when masses denied the existence of anything other than their ‘one god’.
The book doesn’t just work for Hindu awareness but also for self-awareness and for people to realize that their roots and spiritual well-being could have a common link. Exploring one could create a path to achieve the other and find their inner self. Those who can read it with a balanced mind will see how it could help a person to look beyond the basic constraints/ rules defined by religion and consider things from a spiritual and overarching perspective.
The last chapter sums up the book in neat pointers and provides more information to deal with Hinduphobia. The intent is to have a thirst for native cultural history, go back to the basics, and learn with an open mind.
August 4, 2022
Sita ram Goel is an erudite Hindhu scholar, I have heard a lot about his scholarly work from many Dharmic authors I do follow. You can understand why he was admired and researched by many modern Indic revivalists by reading this book.
The overall book gives you a glimpse of how the dharmic way or Abrahamic way(monotheism) are two completely opposite polarities. With references, He has highlighted the need to understand the difference before we utter the baseless secularist slogan "All religions are same". He also pointed out how the imperialist ideologies will massacre the spiritual spirit raised by human inner aspiration with a disguise of false secularism, Wicked moral ethics, and rich progressive verbiage.
he has exposed the imperialist intentions of Chruch and Ummah glued to theology born out of a wicked materialistic aspiration to feel superior. And he also noted how Dharmic land or the modern west will fall if we do not understand the predator in sheep's clothing.
Mainly he has exposed how Islamic imperialistic ideologies still thrive in every corner of the world to turn the whole world into Islamic nations aggressively, and why we need to oppose it aggressively using the same methods instead of being defensive.
Maybe this book title seems like it's only for Hindu awareness, But it's for anyone who is on the path of self-purification to find the truth despite their ethnicity or skin color.
Last chapter sort of sums up many points to give you an overview of what the author is trying to convey. Must read for anyone who wants to preserve the culture of seekers to discover the beauty, truth, joy, and wonders of this great existence on their own. This book is for those who believe humanism is the core of day-to-day life in our limited existence.
The overall book gives you a glimpse of how the dharmic way or Abrahamic way(monotheism) are two completely opposite polarities. With references, He has highlighted the need to understand the difference before we utter the baseless secularist slogan "All religions are same". He also pointed out how the imperialist ideologies will massacre the spiritual spirit raised by human inner aspiration with a disguise of false secularism, Wicked moral ethics, and rich progressive verbiage.
he has exposed the imperialist intentions of Chruch and Ummah glued to theology born out of a wicked materialistic aspiration to feel superior. And he also noted how Dharmic land or the modern west will fall if we do not understand the predator in sheep's clothing.
Mainly he has exposed how Islamic imperialistic ideologies still thrive in every corner of the world to turn the whole world into Islamic nations aggressively, and why we need to oppose it aggressively using the same methods instead of being defensive.
Maybe this book title seems like it's only for Hindu awareness, But it's for anyone who is on the path of self-purification to find the truth despite their ethnicity or skin color.
Last chapter sort of sums up many points to give you an overview of what the author is trying to convey. Must read for anyone who wants to preserve the culture of seekers to discover the beauty, truth, joy, and wonders of this great existence on their own. This book is for those who believe humanism is the core of day-to-day life in our limited existence.
September 30, 2018
Another great book. Everyone should read it. So many things author has mentioned still exist in current scenarios and read to know more how propaganda is done to disdain the name of Hindus or Hinduism. The author mentioned how some propagandist try to divide Hindu and he also mentioned anti-hindu armies. Must Read.
May 2, 2022
While people having imperialist tendencies are masquerading it behind the false claiming that their God is the only God and denouncing those of others' why should we Hindus who have given the most scientific explanation of the concept of God feel self loathing?? We have always been secular for the simple reason that our's is the religion of nature, religion of humanity. No pseudo secular being have to teach us about the secularism. Need of the hour is that we should wake up to our real potent. The author throws light upon all these issues
February 3, 2021
This is a short and old book but it gives a very important message that Hindus should reawaken to their own ancient heritage and spiritual centre, and most importantly to stop being defensive. Especially in the face of inherently violent mono-cultural creeds like Islam, Christianity and Communism.
February 26, 2023
Even though this book has been first published in 1983, every sentence of it still holds true for today's India. The search for the lost spiritual Hindu centre is on, the recognition of the threat of Islam and Christianity as ideologies rather than religions is yet to happen and we are currently witnessing a resurgence of khalistani 'movement'. But there is finally light at the end of the tunnel: there is a resurgence of Hindu consciousness amidst a new group of thinkers and writers. These intellectuals and public figures have support from wider stratas of the Hindu society and take the work of Sita Ram Goel and Ram Swarup further to the masses. Hope is there!
February 25, 2016
not so elaborate but it contains some jewels here and there, i feel that the subject is repetitive. nice read
June 17, 2019
A piercing summary of how propaganda has been made to defile a practise-a dharma that asks one to bow to the divine in all (Namaste).
Once we read this we realize the lies fed to us over the years!
Once we read this we realize the lies fed to us over the years!
November 4, 2019
This work by Sita Ram ji was first published in 1983. And no wonder the scenario still remains the same, if not gotten worse!
The author begins the book by describing the current (1983) situation. He laments about the state of Hindu Society and how it has been perverted over the years by the out-of-context quoting of vedic sayings such as "Ekam Sat Viprā: Bahudhā Vadanti" or the farce Gandhian concept of "Sarvadharma Samabhāva".
He then goes on to show the "clear-as-daylight" difference between Sanātana Dharma & the Prophetic Creeds. He traces the history of origin of both Christianity & Islam to show that they are rather imperialist ideologies instead of religions. He says and I quote:
"𝐻𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑢 𝑠𝑜𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑡𝑦 𝑖𝑠 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎 𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑜𝑢𝑠 𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐶𝘩𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑦 & 𝐼𝑠𝑙𝑎𝑚 𝑎𝑠 𝑟𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑔𝑖𝑜𝑢𝑠, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑏𝑦 𝑒𝑥𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑡𝘩𝑒𝑚 𝑡𝘩𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑚𝑎𝑏𝘩ā𝑣𝑎 𝑎𝑠 𝘩𝑎𝑠 𝑎𝑙𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑣𝑎𝑖𝑙𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝘩𝑒 𝑣𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑜𝑢𝑠 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑆𝑎𝑛ā𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑎 𝐷𝘩𝑎𝑟𝑚𝑎".
In the last part of the book, the author questions, criticises and exposes the self-inflicted & self-sabotaging epidemic that is "Nehruvian Secularism". How it has continued to destroy the very fabric of our Rāṣṭra and subsequently working as a catalyst for those who want to establish 'Dār-ul-Islām' by performing 'Ghazwa-e-Hind'.
Again in the words of the author:
"𝑇𝑟𝑢𝑒 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑚 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑎𝑑𝑑𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝐶𝘩𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑦 & 𝐼𝑠𝑙𝑎𝑚 𝑤𝘩𝑖𝑐𝘩 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑡𝘩𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑔𝘩𝑜𝑙𝑑𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑒𝑥𝑐𝑙𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑡𝘩𝑒 𝐻𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑢𝑠 𝑤𝘩𝑜 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝘩𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑙𝑦 𝑝𝑙𝑢𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑠. 𝐻𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑢 ����𝑜𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑡𝑦 𝑠𝘩𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑠𝑒𝑒 𝑡𝘩𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔𝘩 𝑡𝘩𝑖𝑠 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑆𝑒𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑚, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑟𝑒𝑗𝑒𝑐𝑡 𝑖𝑡 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑦 𝑎𝑠 𝑎 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑓𝑒𝑖𝑡 𝑐𝑜𝑖𝑛 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑎𝑙𝑠𝑜 𝑎𝑠 𝘩𝑖𝑔𝘩 𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑜𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝑡𝘩𝑒 𝐼𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛. 𝑇𝘩𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑡𝘩𝑒 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑦 𝑤𝑎𝑦 𝑡𝑜 𝑑𝑒𝑓𝑒𝑎𝑡 𝑡𝘩𝑒 𝑔𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑔𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑤𝘩𝑖𝑐𝘩 𝑔𝑜𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑎𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝐻𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑢 𝑠𝑜𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑡𝑦, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤𝘩𝑖𝑐𝘩 𝑡𝘩𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑟𝑒𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑒 𝑖𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑎 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑖𝑛 𝑖𝑡𝑠 𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑙 𝘩𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑑. 𝑇𝘩𝑒 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡 𝑤𝘩𝑜 𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑢𝑠𝑒𝑠 𝐻𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑢 𝑠𝑜𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑡𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑢𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑠𝑚 𝑖𝑠 𝑛𝑜 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑡𝘩𝑎𝑛 𝑎 𝑤𝘩𝑜 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝘩𝑜𝑜𝑑𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑘 𝑡𝘩𝑖𝑠 𝑠𝑜𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑡𝑦 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝘩𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑡𝑠 𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑠𝑚 𝑖𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑢𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑠𝑚. 𝐻𝑒 𝘩𝑎𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑢𝑛𝑚𝑎𝑠𝑘𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑠𝑜𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑.
So what is the way out? Sita Ram ji says:
"𝐻𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑢 𝑠𝑜𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑡𝑦 𝘩𝑎𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑧𝑒 𝑡𝘩𝑎𝑡 𝐶𝘩𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐼𝑠𝑙𝑎𝑚 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑟𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑔𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑝𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑜𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑝𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑠𝑡 𝑎𝑚𝑏𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠. 𝑇𝘩𝑒𝑠𝑒 𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑜𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑐𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝐼𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑎 𝑎𝑠 𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑖𝑐𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝐼𝑠𝑙𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑐 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑊𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑚 𝑎𝑟𝑚𝑖𝑒𝑠. 𝑇𝘩𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑚𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝘩𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑑𝑒𝑓𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑑𝑟𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑎𝑤𝑎𝑦. 𝑇𝘩𝑒 𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑜𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑤𝘩𝑖𝑐𝘩 𝑐𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑡𝘩 𝑡𝘩𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑚𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑠𝘩𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑛𝑜 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝐼𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑎. 𝑇𝘩𝑒𝑦, 𝑡𝑜𝑜, 𝘩𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑑𝑒𝑓𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑒𝑑. 𝐻𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑢 𝑠𝑜𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑡𝑦 𝘩𝑎𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑡𝘩𝑒 𝑔𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑡𝘩𝑎𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑡𝘩𝑒𝑠𝑒 𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑜𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑑𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑜𝑑𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝐼𝑠𝑙𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑐 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐶𝘩𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑑𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛. 𝑇𝘩𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝐻𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑢 𝑠𝑜𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑡𝑦 𝑤𝘩𝑖𝑐𝘩 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑐𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑟 𝑙𝑢𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑡𝘩𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑙𝑑𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑡𝘩𝑒𝑠𝑒 𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑜𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑖𝑒𝑠, 𝘩𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑏𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔𝘩𝑡 𝑏𝑎𝑐𝑘 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑡𝘩𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑙 𝑓𝑜𝑙𝑑. 𝑇𝘩𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑠 𝑡𝘩𝑒 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑚𝑢𝑚 𝑡𝑎𝑠𝑘 𝑤𝘩𝑖𝑐𝘩 𝐻𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑢 𝑠𝑜𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑡𝑦 𝘩𝑎𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑒𝑡 𝑏𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑡𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓. 𝑇𝘩𝑒 𝑚𝑎𝑥𝑖𝑚𝑢𝑚 𝑡𝑎𝑠𝑘 𝑖𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑦 𝑡𝘩𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑚𝑝𝑎𝑖𝑔𝑛 𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑡 𝑡𝘩𝑒𝑠𝑒 𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑜𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑡𝘩𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝘩𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑠, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝑒 𝑙𝑎𝑟𝑔𝑒 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑡𝘩𝑒 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑠𝑢𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑤𝘩𝑖𝑐𝘩 𝑏𝑟𝑒𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜𝑙𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑔𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛. 𝐵𝑢𝑡 𝑏𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝐻𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑢 𝑠𝑜𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑡𝑦 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑓𝑜𝑚 𝑡𝘩𝑒𝑠𝑒 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑚𝑢𝑚 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑚𝑎𝑥𝑖𝑚𝑢𝑚 𝑡𝑎𝑠𝑘𝑠, 𝑖𝑡 𝘩𝑎𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑟𝑒𝑣𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑖𝑡𝑠 𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑠𝑝𝑖𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑢𝑎𝑙 𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑟𝑒-𝑎𝑤𝑎𝑘𝑒𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝑖𝑡𝑠 𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝘩𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑔𝑒. 𝑇𝘩𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑓𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤."
The author begins the book by describing the current (1983) situation. He laments about the state of Hindu Society and how it has been perverted over the years by the out-of-context quoting of vedic sayings such as "Ekam Sat Viprā: Bahudhā Vadanti" or the farce Gandhian concept of "Sarvadharma Samabhāva".
He then goes on to show the "clear-as-daylight" difference between Sanātana Dharma & the Prophetic Creeds. He traces the history of origin of both Christianity & Islam to show that they are rather imperialist ideologies instead of religions. He says and I quote:
"𝐻𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑢 𝑠𝑜𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑡𝑦 𝑖𝑠 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎 𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑜𝑢𝑠 𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐶𝘩𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑦 & 𝐼𝑠𝑙𝑎𝑚 𝑎𝑠 𝑟𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑔𝑖𝑜𝑢𝑠, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑏𝑦 𝑒𝑥𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑡𝘩𝑒𝑚 𝑡𝘩𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑚𝑎𝑏𝘩ā𝑣𝑎 𝑎𝑠 𝘩𝑎𝑠 𝑎𝑙𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑣𝑎𝑖𝑙𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝘩𝑒 𝑣𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑜𝑢𝑠 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑆𝑎𝑛ā𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑎 𝐷𝘩𝑎𝑟𝑚𝑎".
In the last part of the book, the author questions, criticises and exposes the self-inflicted & self-sabotaging epidemic that is "Nehruvian Secularism". How it has continued to destroy the very fabric of our Rāṣṭra and subsequently working as a catalyst for those who want to establish 'Dār-ul-Islām' by performing 'Ghazwa-e-Hind'.
Again in the words of the author:
"𝑇𝑟𝑢𝑒 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑚 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑎𝑑𝑑𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝐶𝘩𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑦 & 𝐼𝑠𝑙𝑎𝑚 𝑤𝘩𝑖𝑐𝘩 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑡𝘩𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑔𝘩𝑜𝑙𝑑𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑒𝑥𝑐𝑙𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑡𝘩𝑒 𝐻𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑢𝑠 𝑤𝘩𝑜 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝘩𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑙𝑦 𝑝𝑙𝑢𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑠. 𝐻𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑢 ����𝑜𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑡𝑦 𝑠𝘩𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑠𝑒𝑒 𝑡𝘩𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔𝘩 𝑡𝘩𝑖𝑠 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑆𝑒𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑚, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑟𝑒𝑗𝑒𝑐𝑡 𝑖𝑡 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑦 𝑎𝑠 𝑎 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑓𝑒𝑖𝑡 𝑐𝑜𝑖𝑛 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑎𝑙𝑠𝑜 𝑎𝑠 𝘩𝑖𝑔𝘩 𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑜𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝑡𝘩𝑒 𝐼𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛. 𝑇𝘩𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑡𝘩𝑒 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑦 𝑤𝑎𝑦 𝑡𝑜 𝑑𝑒𝑓𝑒𝑎𝑡 𝑡𝘩𝑒 𝑔𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑔𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑤𝘩𝑖𝑐𝘩 𝑔𝑜𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑎𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝐻𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑢 𝑠𝑜𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑡𝑦, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤𝘩𝑖𝑐𝘩 𝑡𝘩𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑟𝑒𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑒 𝑖𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑎 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑖𝑛 𝑖𝑡𝑠 𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑙 𝘩𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑑. 𝑇𝘩𝑒 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡 𝑤𝘩𝑜 𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑢𝑠𝑒𝑠 𝐻𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑢 𝑠𝑜𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑡𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑢𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑠𝑚 𝑖𝑠 𝑛𝑜 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑡𝘩𝑎𝑛 𝑎 𝑤𝘩𝑜 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝘩𝑜𝑜𝑑𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑘 𝑡𝘩𝑖𝑠 𝑠𝑜𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑡𝑦 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝘩𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑡𝑠 𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑠𝑚 𝑖𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑢𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑠𝑚. 𝐻𝑒 𝘩𝑎𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑢𝑛𝑚𝑎𝑠𝑘𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑠𝑜𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑.
So what is the way out? Sita Ram ji says:
"𝐻𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑢 𝑠𝑜𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑡𝑦 𝘩𝑎𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑧𝑒 𝑡𝘩𝑎𝑡 𝐶𝘩𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐼𝑠𝑙𝑎𝑚 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑟𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑔𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑝𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑜𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑝𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑠𝑡 𝑎𝑚𝑏𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠. 𝑇𝘩𝑒𝑠𝑒 𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑜𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑐𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝐼𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑎 𝑎𝑠 𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑖𝑐𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝐼𝑠𝑙𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑐 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑊𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑚 𝑎𝑟𝑚𝑖𝑒𝑠. 𝑇𝘩𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑚𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝘩𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑑𝑒𝑓𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑑𝑟𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑎𝑤𝑎𝑦. 𝑇𝘩𝑒 𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑜𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑤𝘩𝑖𝑐𝘩 𝑐𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑡𝘩 𝑡𝘩𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑚𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑠𝘩𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑛𝑜 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝐼𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑎. 𝑇𝘩𝑒𝑦, 𝑡𝑜𝑜, 𝘩𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑑𝑒𝑓𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑒𝑑. 𝐻𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑢 𝑠𝑜𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑡𝑦 𝘩𝑎𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑡𝘩𝑒 𝑔𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑡𝘩𝑎𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑡𝘩𝑒𝑠𝑒 𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑜𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑑𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑜𝑑𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝐼𝑠𝑙𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑐 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐶𝘩𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑑𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛. 𝑇𝘩𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝐻𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑢 𝑠𝑜𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑡𝑦 𝑤𝘩𝑖𝑐𝘩 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑐𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑟 𝑙𝑢𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑡𝘩𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑙𝑑𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑡𝘩𝑒𝑠𝑒 𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑜𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑖𝑒𝑠, 𝘩𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑏𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔𝘩𝑡 𝑏𝑎𝑐𝑘 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑡𝘩𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑙 𝑓𝑜𝑙𝑑. 𝑇𝘩𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑠 𝑡𝘩𝑒 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑚𝑢𝑚 𝑡𝑎𝑠𝑘 𝑤𝘩𝑖𝑐𝘩 𝐻𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑢 𝑠𝑜𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑡𝑦 𝘩𝑎𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑒𝑡 𝑏𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑡𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓. 𝑇𝘩𝑒 𝑚𝑎𝑥𝑖𝑚𝑢𝑚 𝑡𝑎𝑠𝑘 𝑖𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑦 𝑡𝘩𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑚𝑝𝑎𝑖𝑔𝑛 𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑡 𝑡𝘩𝑒𝑠𝑒 𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑜𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑡𝘩𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝘩𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑠, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝑒 𝑙𝑎𝑟𝑔𝑒 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑡𝘩𝑒 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑠𝑢𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑤𝘩𝑖𝑐𝘩 𝑏𝑟𝑒𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜𝑙𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑔𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛. 𝐵𝑢𝑡 𝑏𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝐻𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑢 𝑠𝑜𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑡𝑦 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑓𝑜𝑚 𝑡𝘩𝑒𝑠𝑒 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑚𝑢𝑚 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑚𝑎𝑥𝑖𝑚𝑢𝑚 𝑡𝑎𝑠𝑘𝑠, 𝑖𝑡 𝘩𝑎𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑟𝑒𝑣𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑖𝑡𝑠 𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑠𝑝𝑖𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑢𝑎𝑙 𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑟𝑒-𝑎𝑤𝑎𝑘𝑒𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝑖𝑡𝑠 𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝘩𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑔𝑒. 𝑇𝘩𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑓𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤."
July 4, 2021
If Hindus are to start their journey to understand Sanatana Dharma, then this book is an excellent starting point.
If Hindus has to understand Islam & Christianity, then this book is a very good starting point.
If Hindus want to know why the world continues to denigrate Sanatana Dharma, then this book will provide you some answers for sure.
Simply amazing service that Shri Sitaram ji has done for all of us. 🙏🙏🙏
If Hindus has to understand Islam & Christianity, then this book is a very good starting point.
If Hindus want to know why the world continues to denigrate Sanatana Dharma, then this book will provide you some answers for sure.
Simply amazing service that Shri Sitaram ji has done for all of us. 🙏🙏🙏
September 21, 2016
Book is almost same as Hindu Society Under Siege, but here he talks about his experiences and how we Hindu protect our self from Abrahamic creeds.
November 13, 2021
Defence of Hindu Society is part of a series of books written by Sita Ram Goel to awaken Hindu society to the existential threats they face and the need to counter them. It is always awe-inspiring to read the boldness and clarity of thought employed by Sita Ram Goel, especially given the era he lived in and the opposition he faced. This book is no different than many of his other works, like India's Secularism.
SRG makes a case for the Hindu society by highlighting that its spiritual center, Sanatana Dharma, has always sustained the Hindu community, especially during the onslaught of Islamic and Christian invasions. He claims that reviving this spiritual center is the only way Hindu society can be revitalized.
He echoes that we need to evaluate our ideologies in our terms and world view and not in an imperialist ethnocentric manner. He makes a mockery of oft-touted Hindu phrases like (ekam sad viprah bahudha vadanti and Sarva-dharma-samabhava, the latter coined by Mahatma Gandhi) and how Hindu society has tried to mold itself into a monotheistic framework to be accepted by such creeds.
SRG then explores Hindu spirituality and consciousness and its greatness. He explains why we have different concrete images and millions of Gods as forms are the way the sense-bound human mind can reach something of higher spiritual knowledge. Sanatana Dharma aspires for absolute truth, goodness, beauty, and power in every human being and explores human consciousness. And the way to God-discovery is through self-discovery. He compares this to other polytheistic cultures that existed worldwide before Christianity and Islam went about eliminating them almost entirely.
He then expounds on why Christianity and Islam impede the path of spiritual progress and divide humanity into warring camps using words like infidel and kafir. They profess to one almighty god with a prophet or savior to escape from eternal hell or be admitted to eternal heaven. A study of the genesis of these theologies explains why they're not mere religions but are political ideologies with imperialist ambitions. He also shares personal anecdotes of his experiences with Muslim Sufis and Christian mystics. They were on the same path of universal spirituality as Sanatana Dharma but were forced to serve the ambitions of the theocratic nature of these states.
Finally, he explains how Nehruvain ideologues perverted the meaning of Secularism and the way out for Hindu society by acknowledging Islam and Christianity for what they represent and reviving its spiritual center. A short book that packs a punch.
SRG makes a case for the Hindu society by highlighting that its spiritual center, Sanatana Dharma, has always sustained the Hindu community, especially during the onslaught of Islamic and Christian invasions. He claims that reviving this spiritual center is the only way Hindu society can be revitalized.
He echoes that we need to evaluate our ideologies in our terms and world view and not in an imperialist ethnocentric manner. He makes a mockery of oft-touted Hindu phrases like (ekam sad viprah bahudha vadanti and Sarva-dharma-samabhava, the latter coined by Mahatma Gandhi) and how Hindu society has tried to mold itself into a monotheistic framework to be accepted by such creeds.
SRG then explores Hindu spirituality and consciousness and its greatness. He explains why we have different concrete images and millions of Gods as forms are the way the sense-bound human mind can reach something of higher spiritual knowledge. Sanatana Dharma aspires for absolute truth, goodness, beauty, and power in every human being and explores human consciousness. And the way to God-discovery is through self-discovery. He compares this to other polytheistic cultures that existed worldwide before Christianity and Islam went about eliminating them almost entirely.
He then expounds on why Christianity and Islam impede the path of spiritual progress and divide humanity into warring camps using words like infidel and kafir. They profess to one almighty god with a prophet or savior to escape from eternal hell or be admitted to eternal heaven. A study of the genesis of these theologies explains why they're not mere religions but are political ideologies with imperialist ambitions. He also shares personal anecdotes of his experiences with Muslim Sufis and Christian mystics. They were on the same path of universal spirituality as Sanatana Dharma but were forced to serve the ambitions of the theocratic nature of these states.
Finally, he explains how Nehruvain ideologues perverted the meaning of Secularism and the way out for Hindu society by acknowledging Islam and Christianity for what they represent and reviving its spiritual center. A short book that packs a punch.
November 8, 2024
This book was written in the 1980s, but it still totally applies to today’s situation.All of Sita Ram Goel's books are essential reading.
August 4, 2020
This book purely defends the Sanathan Dharm and explains the essence of our Vedic philosophies, about the way people understand, and how it has to be understood, This book focuses mostly on monotheism, it's Dogma. If anybody wants to defend their culture, this would work.
July 30, 2022
SRG and Ram Swarup in one: Sachin-Sehwag duo of Indic thought
“Defense of Hindu Society” is a gem, a platinum one at that. For it combines the scriptural understanding of supreme being with the behavioral comprehension of mono/polytheisms.
For it coalesces the core philosophies of theistic paradigms with the manifested realities of religions.
And, most of all, for it synthesizes the spiritual acumen of Ram Swarup with the political acumen of Sita Ram Goel (SRG) .
SRG quotes amply from the spiritual theses of his friend and mentor, Ram Swarup, to fill in wherever he thinks he falls short (I don’t think he falls short anywhere, for the record).
Read this book to understand:
1. Why Hindu Society keeps playing catch-up when Islam/Christinity attack it?
2. Why monotheistic philosophies are inadequate in catering to the fundamental spiritual needs of humans?
3. Why polytheism (including Zero-theism or Nastikvaad) is the natural and organic state of human beings and hence why paganism is the native religion of the world, while monotheistic belief systems are manufactured doctrines?
4. Monotheism is like the state controlled Soviet system, whereas polytheism is like a free market economy.
5. Hindu Society must realize that Hinduism is far more inherently organic, naturally suited, intellectually stimulating, and logically liberating than monotheistic philosophies. And hence, it must not be on the backfoot while dealing with the attacks of Islam/Christianity.
6. Monotheism starts with an A priori assumption focused on an intangible God. Sanatana’s base point is something far more practical and tangible: humans.
7. Sanatana is universal spirituality, while monotheism is closed creed.
8. Sanatana doesn’t need state sponsorship to grow, while monotheism only grew because of state or military support (Christianity because of Roman Empire; Islam because of Jihad)
9. Hindu Society has always been secular. No matter what sampradays a Hindu king subscribed to in private, he took care to extend patronage to all sects. Hindus do not need lessons in plurality.
10. The current Indian secularism is a sham counterfeit that condemns evertuthing Hindu, while giving a free pass to Islam/Christianity.
11. The miscalculation of Nehruvian Secularism and how it was detrimental to the country
12. How the sham Indian Secularism festered the wound of Islamic separatism. How seeing this example, the Sikh panth started getting Abrahamized too (SRG wrote this for the Punjab of 1980s. However, it’s more true even today)
If you can’t read the whole book, don’t miss the last chapter, which details the summary of Hindu spirituality in 15 points.
Read this book to confidently defend Sanatana, not because SRG was a Sanatani or you might me. But because Sanatana (or paganism in general) IS the natural choice for humankind.
“Defense of Hindu Society” is a gem, a platinum one at that. For it combines the scriptural understanding of supreme being with the behavioral comprehension of mono/polytheisms.
For it coalesces the core philosophies of theistic paradigms with the manifested realities of religions.
And, most of all, for it synthesizes the spiritual acumen of Ram Swarup with the political acumen of Sita Ram Goel (SRG) .
SRG quotes amply from the spiritual theses of his friend and mentor, Ram Swarup, to fill in wherever he thinks he falls short (I don’t think he falls short anywhere, for the record).
Read this book to understand:
1. Why Hindu Society keeps playing catch-up when Islam/Christinity attack it?
2. Why monotheistic philosophies are inadequate in catering to the fundamental spiritual needs of humans?
3. Why polytheism (including Zero-theism or Nastikvaad) is the natural and organic state of human beings and hence why paganism is the native religion of the world, while monotheistic belief systems are manufactured doctrines?
4. Monotheism is like the state controlled Soviet system, whereas polytheism is like a free market economy.
5. Hindu Society must realize that Hinduism is far more inherently organic, naturally suited, intellectually stimulating, and logically liberating than monotheistic philosophies. And hence, it must not be on the backfoot while dealing with the attacks of Islam/Christianity.
6. Monotheism starts with an A priori assumption focused on an intangible God. Sanatana’s base point is something far more practical and tangible: humans.
7. Sanatana is universal spirituality, while monotheism is closed creed.
8. Sanatana doesn’t need state sponsorship to grow, while monotheism only grew because of state or military support (Christianity because of Roman Empire; Islam because of Jihad)
9. Hindu Society has always been secular. No matter what sampradays a Hindu king subscribed to in private, he took care to extend patronage to all sects. Hindus do not need lessons in plurality.
10. The current Indian secularism is a sham counterfeit that condemns evertuthing Hindu, while giving a free pass to Islam/Christianity.
11. The miscalculation of Nehruvian Secularism and how it was detrimental to the country
12. How the sham Indian Secularism festered the wound of Islamic separatism. How seeing this example, the Sikh panth started getting Abrahamized too (SRG wrote this for the Punjab of 1980s. However, it’s more true even today)
If you can’t read the whole book, don’t miss the last chapter, which details the summary of Hindu spirituality in 15 points.
Read this book to confidently defend Sanatana, not because SRG was a Sanatani or you might me. But because Sanatana (or paganism in general) IS the natural choice for humankind.
June 12, 2019
By now, we know what to expect from Sita Ram Goel. And Defence of Hindu Society lives up to its billing adequately!
But there is no mistaking Goel’s erudition. Even if one finds the book “Islamophobic”, “Hindu fanaticism” etc, it can be profitably read as a useful introduction to the basics of Hindu spirituality as enunciated by the sacred texts (should I put the word ‘sacred’ within inverted commas? No, I shouldn’t!) of the Sanatana Dharma.
The book was written in 1983. More than thirty five years later, how different the world is!
Whether Narendra Modi’s thumping victory is an assertion of Hindu identity is a question that I am not competent enough to comment on. But it may not be wrong to believe that the results of the 2019 General Elections forcefully prove that India has rejected the kind of secularism that her political class espouses. For Gandhis and Yadavs and Banerjees and Naidus of the country, secularism is not an article of faith. It is just a vote-grabbing slogan.
How has the country changed in the last three decades and a half?
For a start, a “right-wing Hindutva party” (as Time and the New York Times and the Guardian and the Le Monde and the New Statesman love to call) is in a position to steer the course of the nation’s destiny under the leadership of a man who is considered to be one of the strongest leaders in the country’s 72-year independent history.
Economy has been opened up. We know of the world more than our parents ever did.
Technology is changing the way we look at life (and, yes, at religion) and the life looks back at us.
An aspirational generation that can make India the best in the world (with UNSC Permanent Membership for a loose change!) or, if not properly taken care of, can be a ticking time bomb that will drag us down to the abyss.
Nehrivian socialism has lost much of its relevance and the Communists are struggling for political survival.
Goel, who passed away in 2003, fondly hoped and fervently desired that the Sanatana Dharma will regain its rightful place in India that is Bharat. Is that wish coming true in India of 2019? When Barack Obama or Donald Trump illuminate the White House on Diwali or when, from Berlin to Brasilia, people take to yoga practices on 21 June, are we looking at revival of genuine interest in the Sanatana Dharma?
Time will tell. But we need to tell ourselves (all of us – whether we go to the temple, mosque, church, gurdwara or nowhere at all) that to be Sanatana Bharatiya need not necessarily mean compromising our faiths and beliefs.
Can we? Again, time will tell. But as one-sixth of humanity, we have a great role to play to steer the course of history in this century.
Goel’s book makes for an interesting reading.
But there is no mistaking Goel’s erudition. Even if one finds the book “Islamophobic”, “Hindu fanaticism” etc, it can be profitably read as a useful introduction to the basics of Hindu spirituality as enunciated by the sacred texts (should I put the word ‘sacred’ within inverted commas? No, I shouldn’t!) of the Sanatana Dharma.
The book was written in 1983. More than thirty five years later, how different the world is!
Whether Narendra Modi’s thumping victory is an assertion of Hindu identity is a question that I am not competent enough to comment on. But it may not be wrong to believe that the results of the 2019 General Elections forcefully prove that India has rejected the kind of secularism that her political class espouses. For Gandhis and Yadavs and Banerjees and Naidus of the country, secularism is not an article of faith. It is just a vote-grabbing slogan.
How has the country changed in the last three decades and a half?
For a start, a “right-wing Hindutva party” (as Time and the New York Times and the Guardian and the Le Monde and the New Statesman love to call) is in a position to steer the course of the nation’s destiny under the leadership of a man who is considered to be one of the strongest leaders in the country’s 72-year independent history.
Economy has been opened up. We know of the world more than our parents ever did.
Technology is changing the way we look at life (and, yes, at religion) and the life looks back at us.
An aspirational generation that can make India the best in the world (with UNSC Permanent Membership for a loose change!) or, if not properly taken care of, can be a ticking time bomb that will drag us down to the abyss.
Nehrivian socialism has lost much of its relevance and the Communists are struggling for political survival.
Goel, who passed away in 2003, fondly hoped and fervently desired that the Sanatana Dharma will regain its rightful place in India that is Bharat. Is that wish coming true in India of 2019? When Barack Obama or Donald Trump illuminate the White House on Diwali or when, from Berlin to Brasilia, people take to yoga practices on 21 June, are we looking at revival of genuine interest in the Sanatana Dharma?
Time will tell. But we need to tell ourselves (all of us – whether we go to the temple, mosque, church, gurdwara or nowhere at all) that to be Sanatana Bharatiya need not necessarily mean compromising our faiths and beliefs.
Can we? Again, time will tell. But as one-sixth of humanity, we have a great role to play to steer the course of history in this century.
Goel’s book makes for an interesting reading.
December 1, 2022
"As one reads the scriptures of Christianity and Islam with a morally alert mind one starts getting sick of the very sound of the word "God" which word is littered all over this literature like dead leaves in autumn. The deeds which are ascribed to or approved off by this God are quite often so cruel and obnoxious as to leave one wondering that if these are the doings of the Divine, what else is there which is left for the Devil to do."
As my friend puts it, Geolji got no chill.
As my friend puts it, Geolji got no chill.
October 31, 2024
A brief description of the many villians that India has faced and is currently facing.
Reading in 2024 a book published in 1994 and it's depressing that it's still the same. Reviving our history in our country seems to be a never ending struggle.
Reading in 2024 a book published in 1994 and it's depressing that it's still the same. Reviving our history in our country seems to be a never ending struggle.
June 16, 2022
101 Book. Hindus and other Pagans, natives must read.
July 17, 2023
Except for the pan-Pagan nonsense, the criticism is well-done. But remedial measures are pathetic.
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