The Sanatan Dharma
(a.k.a. "Hindoo -ism")
is a broad spectrum of philosophies and religious practices.
Our tradition focuses on practical applications,
rather than adhering to specific dogmas.
Devotees have the liberty of believing various theories and interpretations
and may dedicate themselves to sundry deities,
and are encouraged to base their beliefs off their first-hand experiences
resulting from daily practice.
sourceIf religion were true, its followers would not try to bludgeon their young into an artificial conformity; but would merely insist on their unbending quest for truth, irrespective of artificial background or practical consequences.
sourceTwo roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
The Left Hand and the Right Hand are members on the same body.
Whereas devotees of the Right Hand (from the Latin "legitimus") Path
follow the tried and true formulae given by prophets and adepts to the masses,
devotees of the Left Hand (from the Latin "sinistra") seek to forge their own way
in the spirit of the original prophets and adepts.
The LHP is adversarial and offensive to ingrained conditioning and the delusion of false ego.
By its own principles, it is the path for the few,
but provides balance to and prevents stagnation in the RHP.
Ultimately, all paths lead to union with the Brahman.
sourceThe appeal of the spectrally macabre is generally narrow because it demands from the reader a certain degree of imagination and a capacity for detachment from everyday life. Relatively few are free enough from the spell of the daily routine to respond to tappings from outside, and tales of ordinary feelings and events, or of common sentimental distortions of such feelings and events, will always take first place in the taste of the majority; rightly, perhaps, since of course these ordinary matters make up the greater part of human experience.
sourceWhen the world knows beauty as beauty, ugliness arises
When it knows good as good, evil arises
Thus being and non-being produce each other
Difficult and easy bring about each other
Long and short reveal each other
High and low support each other
Music and voice harmonize each other
Front and back follow each other
Therefore the sages:
Manage the work of detached actions
Conduct the teaching of no words
They work with myriad things but do not control
They create but do not possess
They act but do not presume
They succeed but do not dwell on success
It is because they do not dwell on success
That it never goes away