Hinduism Se Mushkil Sawalat: Karma, Caste, Aur Aik Arab Raaste

Pichle mazmoon mein hum Hinduism ke khazanon ki sair kar aaye — Upanishads, Gita, aur wo kahaniyan jo aadha Asia sunata hai. Ab wo kaam karna hai jo khud is riwayat ka tareeqa raha hai: sawal. Yaad rahe ke Upanishads khud sawalon ki kitabein hain, aur Rig Veda ka Nasadiya Sukta — takhleeq ka geet — is jumle par khatam hota hai ke shayad kainat banane wala bhi nahi jaanta ke yeh kaise bani, "ya shayad wo bhi nahi jaanta." Jo riwayat apne aghaz mein itni imandar thi, wo hamare sawalon se nahi ghabrayegi.

1. Caste Ka Sawal

Yeh sab se bhari sawal hai, aur ise narm karna be-imani hogi. Rig Veda ke Purusha Sukta (10.90) mein chaar varna ke nizam ko kainati insaan ke jism se nikalta dikhaya gaya: Brahmin sar se, Kshatriya bazu se, Vaishya raanon se, Shudra pairon se. Aur Manusmriti ne is nizam ko qanoon ki shakal di — aisi shakal jis mein neeche wale ke liye taleem tak mamnoo thi. Is nizam ke neeche kuchle hue karoron insanon ka dard koi falsafiyana masla nahi; wo tareekh ka khoon hai. B.R. Ambedkar — jo khud "achhoot" paida hua aur India ke aaeen ka memaar bana — ne 1927 mein Manusmriti ko alaniya jalaya, aur aakhir mein Hinduism chhor kar Buddhism qabool kar liya.