At the World Hindu Congress* 2023, Bangkok, organised between 24-26 Nov, the
theme of the event was “Jayasya Aayatanam Dharmah”. (जयस्य आयतनं धर्मः).
Elaborating on the theme, in his opening, the RSS Chief Shri. Mohan Bhagawat,
simplified it as “Hindus, reach out to everyone in the spirit of service by
winning everyone’s hearts. Aim of the Hindus is “Work for everyone’s benefit and
for everyone’s happiness, बहु जन हिताय, बहु जन सुखाय” This is the Hindu Dharma
View. The world hopes this becomes the world view. It can happen if the Hindus
take it to the world, first to every pocket of Hindus, those we have not yet
reached to, they may even be in far corners, in forests or forgotten in the far
away countries. It is our ordained “national task” because it is sanctified in
the Hindu scriptures from the prehistoric times as:
“World is one family, वसुधैव कुटुंबकम” and “Make the people of the world
righteous-noble-honourable, कृण्वन्तो विश्वमार्यम्”.
And, it is our obligation to execute these two Dharmic civilizational directives
as our duty.
He made a point that all religions and the thought processes of the
entire world have one common theme, “How to behave?”. In India that is Bharat,
referring to the ancient literatures, he repeated the virtues defined in the
Chapter 16th of the Bhagavad Gita as what is “Dharma Behaviour” in Hindu view:
The Fearlessness अभयम्, Pure mind सत्त्वसंशुद्धिः, Knowledge ज्ञान, Resoluteness
at task योगव्यवस्थितिः, Charity दानम्, Control over five senses दमः, Sacrifice
यज्ञः, Study of self स्वाध्यायः, Austerity तपः, Simplicity आर्जवम्, Non-violence
अहिंसा, Truthfulness सत्यम्, Absence of anger अक्रोधः, Renunciation त्यागः,
Peacefulness शान्तिः, Restraint from un-required fault-finding of others
अपैशुनम्, Compassion for living दया, Absence of covetousness अलोलुप्त्वम्,
Gentleness मार्दवं, Modesty ह्रीः, Non-fickleness अचापलम्, Vigor तेजः,
Forgiveness क्षमा, Fortitude धृतिः, Cleanliness शौचम, Non-Enmity अद्रोहः and
Non-Vanity नातिमानिता.
Dharmic Behaviour has no place for Anger, Hatred, Lust
and Foul speech. He further elaborated on Dharmic Behaviour referring to a Tamil
Classic “The Tirukkural” as that also says: No Anger, No Hatred, No Lust, No
Envy and No Ego.
The real problem is विकार-Corrupted desires and Ignorance. Hence the outreach.
Birth of our society, the Hindu society, is for this grand
purpose. World expects this from us. Bharat will provide guidance. We live to
create happiness for all. Our nation is born through the austerities- तपः of
Rishis since before the ‘history’ began. All the pre-Abrahamic so-called “Pagan”
practices were similar in spirit. They had the same quality everywhere. The
theme of 2023 World Hindu Conference, जयस्य आयतनं धर्मः guides us to “Glory by
expanding (reaching) Dharma” and for that, Hindus, Reach out to everyone, start
with reaching out to every Hindu on the earth.
Apart from above many distinguished speakers from various countries and diverse
fields took to the stage and delivered inspiring and informative speeches. What
attracted the attention of many was a message from the Prime Minister of Thailand,
Shri. Srettha Thavisin. As he was unable to attend in person, his message was read out
on stage from the dais: “World is struggling with turmoil in current times.
Hinduism is a religion of principles and values. Inspiration should be taken
from religion, truth, tolerance and harmony. Peace can be established only
through Hindu Values”.
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World Hindu Congress* 2023 was the third since its
inception. It assembles once every four years with predominant Hindu thought
leaders of the world. The World Hindu Congress (WHC) is a global platform for
Hindus to connect, share ideas, inspire one another, and impact the common good.
Interactive sessions offer space to deliberate the challenges and opportunities
facing Hindu communities across the globe, and seek tangible solutions for the
progress and prosperity of Hindus and the betterment of humanity and the world.
World Hindu Congress is organised by the World Hindu Foundation (WHF). ---- ----
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