Hindu Society - A Seamless Colourful Weave Of A Multidimensional Matrix

This course will help to understand and appreciate the seamless weave and matrix of Hindu Society.

Hindu Society is often derided using the terms Caste System, Rigidity, Orthodoxy, Brahminism, Untouchability, Suppression, Unscientific and Superstitious.

This course will start with laying out the fundamental differences between the foreign, undefined, Caste System thrust on Hindus and which continues to date vis-a-vis the native, ingenous and well thought out Varna-Jati system of the Hindus.

It then highlights other aspects which helped the Hindu society function in a cohesive manner to be one of the most productive, wealthy, knowledgeable and culturally rich society of the world.

It will then analyze what caused this cohesive, well oiled functioning to break down, thereby reducing it to a lopsided society with poverty, illiteracy, lack of hygiene, corruption etc. on end of the spectrum with the masses and wealth, education and power with a few on the other end of the spectrum.

It will also examine as to how an individual could be identified in a Hindu Society as also how he/she identified with the society. What were the framework and principles that ensured the functioning of the society without any internal clashes for millennia.

Finally, it will place forth the distortions that this society has become subject to, the reasons thereof and the narratives of the society in present days.

Course Syllabus & Structure

Module 1 – The Varna – Jati System of Hindu Society

1. Course Intro, Intro to Varna – Jati System of Bharat

2. Rigid Caste System in Europe and Its Entry Into India

3. Flexibility in the Varna System

4. Varna – A Flat and not a Hierarchical System

5. Role & Relevance of Jati in Hindu Society. Examples & Significance

6. Flourishing of the Jati

7. Vanavasi & Untouchability

8. Interactive Q&A

Module 2 – Functioning of Hindu Society

9. 7 Perspectives To Society in Sociology

10. Gender Balance, Power Balance & Wealth Balance in Hindu Society

11. Legal Powers of Women in Hindu Society

12. Ashrama – Yet another dimension to support the Hindu Society

13. Common Access to Education and Initiation in Hindu Society

14. Hindu System of Global Education & Travel of Hindu Education System Worldwide

15. Pan Civilizational PMG (Prajapati, Manu Guru) Leaders in Hindu Society

16. Lawfully Managed Uniform Society

17. Administratively Managed Uniform Society

18. Knowledge Led Society - Major Rishi – Common Founding Fathers of Hindu Society

Module 3 – Identity in Hindu Society, Identity of Hindu Society

19. Why Gotra practice, the Distinguishing Factor in Hindu Society?

20. Napumsaka – Handling the 3^rd Indistinguishable Gender

21. Religion and Jati - Matha, Mutt, Sampradaya, Alaya(Temples) as Distinct Attributes in Hindu Society

22. Concept and Role of Temples as Unifiers in Hindu Society

23. Concept of 16 Samskaras as Unifiers in Hindu Society

Module 4 – Distortion of Hindu Society & Distorting Narratives

24. Introduction of Illiteracy Into Hindu Society

25. 2 Myths for Origins of Upper & Lower Caste Difference

26. Myth of Lower Caste Suppression  

27. Myth of Aryan Invasion for Upper Caste Hegemony

28. Myth of Upper Caste Hegemony – 1 In Art

29. Myth of Upper Caste Hegemony – 2 – In Veda (Vedic Education  & Rituals), Vegetarianism

30. Myth of Upper Caste Hegemony – 3 In Gotra,  Janeyu, Jyotisha (Timekeeping), Panchanga (Calendar), Sankalpa

31. Situation Today – The Ground Reality

32. Sanatana Dharma – An Eternal, Ever Evolving, Multidimensional Existence – A Seamless Weave of Distinct Warps and Wefts

Course Duration

Customizable from 8 classes to 32 classes.

Course Reference

Bharath Gyan books, articles, films and multi-media lectures

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