The Religion of Humanism

 

Dear Friends, its been a long time since I wrote anything here on this blog!! For the past few months, I have been noticing one thing on the internet being written about our holy Gurudev by various people which I found to be highly objectionable on my part and subsequently thought that it must be brought before all of you for your knowledge!!!

Our beloved Gurudev, Sri Sri Ramthakur has always been a very strong supporter of the Religion of Humanism rather than other various religions viz. Hinduism, Muslim or Christianity etc. prevalent in the society. There had been many instances where Guruji had indicated on this fact very clearly that his disciples should always strive to give first priority to Humanity before their respective religions. That was the main reason why He had disciples from both the Hindu and Muslim communities from the undivided Bengal of India before the partition days. Infact His very first disciple was Sadhu Cherag Ali who was a muslim from the present Bangladesh and who was one of the greatest devotees of our beloved Gurudev and presently whose house is being visited by lakhs of devotees of our Guruji every year as a place of pilgrimage. Sri Sri Thakur used to initiate all His disciples as per their beliefs or the religion they were into, like for example Sadhu Cherag Ali was initiated by the holy name of Allah and similarly various other hindu disciples were being initated by Sri Sri Thakur by the holy names of various hindu Dieties as per their respective beliefs and faiths!! But when asked by one of His disciples as to which community we all belong Sri Sri Thakur immediately without a second replied that you all belong to the community or religion of Humanity or Humanism!!! My Doyal Gurudev’s doors were always open for all and He never ever differentiated between His disciples on the basis of their caste, colour, creed, religion or community etc. He had even welcomed the prostitutes whom our city based modern & intellectual society people wanted to stop from visiting Him!! It happened once that some prostitutes went to have His darshan which was stopped by the houseowner and other people present there, & when this news reached Him inside the house, Sri Sri Thakur remarked I am old hence I cannot see or hear properly!!! These words had a deep indepth meaning (God never differentiates between anybody, He only gives importance to the pure devotion and love)!! After that Gurudev asked the houseowner to not to stop the mothers to visit Him and even accepted some fruits brought by them in front of all which many people didn’t liked at all!! Like this there are hundreds of incidents where we can find that our Gurudev’s mercy and blessings were showered on each n every person of each n every community or religion!!

But it is very unfortunate & disgusting to notice that some people of their own vested interests are trying their hard to label our beloved Gurudev as an ambassador of the religion of Hinduism!! These people through every possible social networks & sites of internet like facebook, twitter or Wikipedia are always trying their level best to brand Sri Sri Thakur as a Hindu Saint who only believed in the religion of Hinduism but in reality which was not!! Prima facie it seems that these people belong to Bangladesh and they are hell bent on declaring our Guruji as a supporter of Hindu religion but in reality even now in Bangladesh there are many many muslim devotees of our Guruji and they worship Him as a form of Lord Sri Sri Satyanarayan as well as Sri Satya Pir!! Sri Satyanarayan Puja and Harinam Sankirtan procession from the house of Sadhu Cherag Ali is being followed with full devotion even today on a particular day every year which is a must to witness by each one of us!! Through this forum, I appeal to all my Guru brothers & sisters to boycott & not to believe those ideals and people believing or propagating them who want to categorize our beloved Gurudev as a believer of only the religion of Hinduism!! Please oppose them very strongly whenever you see such type of thing as Lord is for all just like the Sunlight falls on each and everybody equally without any type of differentiation based on their caste, colour, creed or religion etc. Remember the famous quotation from Srimad Bhagvad Gita, Yada Yade Hi Dharmasya… Did the Lord mentioned here about any name of a religion or people of a particular community??? No, because this message was meant for all and for the Humanity of which all are His dear children!!! Jai Ram!!