Defence of Hindu Society
Book Specification
Item Code: | NAM192 |
Author: | Sita Ram Goel |
Publisher: | Voice of India New Delhi |
Language: | English |
Edition: | 2022 |
ISBN: | 9788185990248 |
Pages: | 122 |
Cover: | Paperback |
Other Details | 8.5 inch x 5.5 inch |
Weight | 170 gm |
Book Description
Born in 1921, Sita Ram Goel took his M.A. in History in 1944, from the University of Delhi. He won scholarships and distinctions in school as well as college.
Well-versed in several languages, he had studied the literature, philosophy, religion, history and sociology of several cultures-ancient, medieval and modern. For his judgements and evaluations, however, he drew his inspiration from the Mahabbarata, the Suttapitaka, Plato and Sri Aurobindo.
He had written several documented studies on Communism, Soviet Russia, Red China, Christianity and Islam. Author of eight novels, he had translated into Hindi quite a few books from English, including some dialogue of Plato a biography of Shivaji. His other works include compilations from the Mahabbarata and the Suttapitaka.
Having become a convinced Communist by the time he came out of college, he turned against this criminal ideology in 1949 when he came to know what was happening inside Soviet Russia. From 1950 onwards he participated in a movement for informing the Indian people about the theory as well as the practice of Communism in Stalin’s Russia and Mao’s China. The numerous studies published the movement in the fifties exist in cold print in many libraries and can be consulted for finding out how the movement anticipated by many years the recent revelations about Communist regimes.
1 | The Situation at Present | 1 |
i | My Diffidence | 2 |
ii | But My Heart Bleeds | 3 |
iii | Openness of Hindu Society | 4 |
iv | A Painful Sight | 5 |
v | The Brood of Hindu-Baiters | 5 |
vi | The Failures of Hinu Society | 8 |
vii | The First Principle of Defence | 9 |
2 | Sanatana Dharma Versus Prophetic Creeds | 11 |
i | Hindu Psychology of Surrender | 12 |
ii | Hindu Psychology of Imitation | 13 |
iii | The Way Out | 14 |
iv | A Free Society Versus a Closed Fraternity | 14 |
v | Spiritual Freedom VersusReligious Regimentation | 16 |
vi | Psychology of Closed Creeds | 20 |
3 | The Spiritual Centre of HinduSociety | 22 |
i | Three Sublimities of Sanatana Dharma | 25 |
ii | True and False Universalism | 27 |
4 | Hindu Spirituality Versus Monotheism | 31 |
i | Hostility to Hindu Psyche | 34 |
ii | Theology of Monotheism | 35 |
iii | Monotheism is Disguised Materialism | 38 |
5 | The Basis of Universal Spirituality | 41 |
i | Secret of Image-Worship | 43 |
ii | Plurality of Gods | 44 |
iii | The Physical and the Spiritual | 45 |
iv | The One God of Theology | 47 |
v | No Opposition Between One and Many | 47 |
vi | Opposition is Between True and False Worship | 49 |
6 | Revival of Universal Spirituality | 52 |
i | All Ancient Nations Worshipped Many Gods | 52 |
ii | Hindu Gods Provide a Link with All Ancient Gods | 53 |
iii | Return of Ancient Gods | 55 |
iv | Monotheism is Theology, not Spirituality | 57 |
v | Monstrosities of Monotheism | 59 |
vi | Piety without Universality is Poisonous | 61 |
7 | Starting Point of Universal Spirituality | 63 |
i | Theology Versus Spirituality | 64 |
ii | Hindu Concept of Man | 67 |
iii | The Mystic Quest is Universal | 68 |
iv | Subjugation of Mysticism to Theology | 69 |
v | Misinformation About Monotheistic Creeds | 71 |
vi | A Rescue Operation Needed | 73 |
8 | Christianity and Islam: Ideologies of Imperialism | 75 |
i | The Sufi as a Fanatic | 77 |
ii | The Christian Missionary and the Mystic | 79 |
iii | Politics Masquerading as Religion | 81 |
iv | Genesis and Character of Christianity | 82 |
v | Genesis and Character of Islam | 85 |
vi | The Mistake Made by Hindu Society | 85 |
9 | Character of Nehruvian Secularism | 87 |
i | Genesis of Secularism in Europe | 90 |
ii | Hindu Society has Always been Secular | 91 |
iii | The Rising Tide of Muslim Revivalism | 92 |
iv | Genesis of Secularism in India | 95 |
v | Sappers and Miners of Several Imperialisms | 97 |
vi | Hindus should Reject this sham Secularism | 99 |
10 | The Trap and Way Out | 101 |
i | Hindu Society Stands Trapped by its Own Slogan | 106 |
ii | The Way Out | 109 |
Index | 112 | |