Sabarimala: Understanding Hinduism | Anand Prasad | Travancore Devaswom Board | Tatvamasi
Primary Speak: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8HKH09yX_A
On this very enlightening speak, Anand Prasad talks about understanding the Supreme Court docket ruling on Sabarimala. He questions why is it tough for the courtroom to see the standard Indian viewpoint? The notion is {that a} secular State is considered as a godless state, as in opposition to a State that accepts all gods. The courtroom is an establishment of rational thought and therefore struggles to sanctify an argument in fantasy. There are a number of colleges of Hinduism and so they differ from one another. The issue arises when the courtroom applies ideas of the bhakti faculty (or the concept of “religion”) to different colleges of Hinduism.
For presenting the arguments in evaluate earlier than the Supreme Court docket, the science of temples must be understood, the science of vitality must be understood. Additionally it is necessary to know that there are completely different guidelines for various rituals and the way the distinction to at least one set of individuals might appear to be discrimination to a different set of individuals.
An abuse of the foundations of a temple might lead to a depletion of the temple’s particular vitality and an eventual destruction.
About Speaker: –
Anand Prasad is a company lawyer, based mostly in Delhi, with greater than 27 years of expertise representing each home and worldwide shoppers on a wide range of authorized and industrial points inside and out of doors India.
In late 1999/early 2000, Anand helped co-found Trilegal, which as we speak is likely one of the premium legislation companies in India. In March, 2017 Anand left Trilegal within the hope of contributing on to society whereas on the similar time training legislation as an impartial counsel. On this position, on a bro bono foundation, Anand’s work has included (i) helping start-ups with monetary funding transactions and customarily structuring/restructuring their companies, and (ii) advising residents from poorer sections of society on a wide range of civil and prison legislation points. He has additionally been offering mentorship to particular person legal professionals and small legislation companies and advising them with their apply growth.
Apart from being a lawyer, Anand has a eager curiosity and spends appreciable time learning historic Indian historical past, together with in a religo/non secular context. In his view, defining the a number of non secular/cultural traditions in India as one faith, i.e. “Hinduisim”, is a significant error coming from the times of European rule in India, which continues to be perpetuated in as we speak world. This viewpoint has been the most important contributor to the divisions in trendy Indian society. Anand has written a number of articles on these and related points and is within the strategy of penning a ebook on the subject
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