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A Hindu analysis of liberalism.

In this thread I will analyze some core tenets of liberalism and how they are antithetical to those of Hinduism. Please note that I am talking about a person who is truly a liberal and that he treats all communities equally.

I don't know what a liberal reads or whom he sees as his inspiration but going by their views,I can list their ideology as :
1. Tolerate every ideology.
2. Everyone has certain rights.
3. Anything is just if done with consent.
4. Anything that doesn't seem rationale is wrong.

Let`s analyse all of these from a Hindu perspective.

1. As Hindus we can not tolerate every ideology, it would be like spitting on our religions if we tolerate Adharma. Shri Krishna himself speaks in Bhagwad Geeta that fighting a Dharmayudhha is the biggest duty of a Kshatriya.

Today so many cults have taken the place of Ravan or Duryodhan. If some liberal asked Shri Ram or Krishna to tolerate their ideologies,what would they have done ?

Hinduism is completely antithetical to this doctrine of tolerance.

2. Hinduism is a duty bound religion, all our scriptures talk about duties of a man, woman, husband, wife , son, daughter, teacher, student, Brahmin, Kshatriya.

Shri Ram went to forest because it was his duty as a son to follow the orders of his father. In his own words :

As shown previously, in Bhagwad Geeta, Shri Krishna rebukes Arjun who is unwilling to fight, he reminds Arjun of his duties as a Kshatriya. He tells him how he incurs sin if he doesn't do his duty. Hinduism is all about doing your Dharma,even Krishna himself does it.

3. Anything done with the consent of all the people involved doesn't necessarily mean that it's correct. Shri Ram kills Bali without any delay when he learns of his crimes of sleeping with his brother`s wife. He says that he went against the laws of Bharat. In his own words

Shri Ram continues further, he says that since his brother is ruling the land, how can he as his proxy tolerate anything like this ? He doesn't justify the deeds of Bali with the argument of consent, he does what he deemed as being Dharmik.

4. The last liberal argument is used against rituals like the famous argument "Why waste milk on a Shivlinga, feed it to a poor child."

This argument if taken to it's logical end would lead to the collapse of civilization. There is no logical reasoning behind staying alive.

There is nothing logically wrong with murder or rape, it's the society and the civilized people who see these things as wrong and hence have laws against them. Even Shri Ram further says that Bali deserved punishment because he broke the ethics of the society.

There is no crime that is logically wrong, yet we have laws against them because we see them as morally or religiously wrong. The liberal argument is like making humans uncivilized animals. Rituals bind humans together and give them a sense of identity.

Conclusion : To compare Hinduism vs liberalism :
1. Duty based vs rights based
2. Religious morality vs rationale morality
3. Sense of tribalism vs lack of tribalism
4. Ethics vs consent
5. Intolerance of Adharma vs Tolerance of everything