The war of words on Sanatana Dharma is continuing. Mr.A.Raja has reinforced Mr.Udhayanidhi Stalin's argument comparing Sanatana Dharma with diseases. N.Ram quotes from convenient books to claim that every word of condemnation of Sanatana Dharma is valid.
This is no doubt an emotional issue. Therefore, we need to be clear on what is meant by Sanatana Dharma. According to the detractors, Sanatana Dharma is nothing but Varnashrama Dharma cloaked in a different nomenclature. The detractors do not stop there. They go on to define Varnashrama Dharma in a casteist way.
There are two mistakes here which of course do not cancel each other. Rather, they aggravate and mislead. Sanatana Dharma is different from Varnashrama Dharma. As repeated ad nauseam, Sanatana Dharma consists of eternal values or principles like adherence to truth, non-violence, respect for parents, teachers and guests and so on. I do not think that Stalin or Raja or Ram is against these eternal qualities, though they may not practise them. So, Sanatana Dharma is not Varnashrama Dharma. The detractors claim that Varnashrama is defined by birth. As already quoted from Bagavad Gita, the fourfold classification of society is based on profession and practice and not based on birth. This truth does not support the critics' tirade and therefore they misinterpret. Thus, it is a deliberate ploy to mistake one for another and then indulge in misinterpretation.
Ram claims that he is a non-believer in God and therefore can view this objectively. Atheism is not a licence for misinterpretation and falsehood.
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