Are we Hindus Preaching and following True Sanatana Dharma

In today’s India, the glorious Sanatana Dharma — once a sublime spiritual path toward self-realization, service, and divine truth — is being hollowed out and reshaped into a transactional religion. What passes for “Hinduism” today is largely focused on two objectives:

Quick fulfillment of personal desires, and
Accumulation of punya (merit) to offset paap (sin), with the hope of reaching swarga (heaven) and avoiding naraka (hell).

This mindset has created a culture of convenience and greed disguised as devotion — where God is seen as a wish-fulfilling machine, temples have become fundraising hubs, and many spiritual leaders have become brand managers rather than guides of the soul.

🔄 The Two-Fold Problem in Modern Hindu Practice

1. Desire-Driven Devotion

People today want their material wishes fulfilled instantly — health, wealth, jobs, children, relationships, and even revenge. For this, they are advised to:

Worship specific deities for specific needs,
Perform certain japas, pujas, and anusthans,
Recite various chalisas and mantras,
Make hefty donations — all in the hope of a quick divine fix.

Many are even willing to bow before mazars of Muslim peers for results — a complete distortion of spiritual integrity and identity.

This entire system has been turned into an industry — with a growing number of sects, gurus, astrologers, and religious marketers who feed off our insecurities, fears, and desires.

2. Sin-Cleansing Charity

The second focus is the transactional use of charity (daan) — not to serve society, but to “buy punya” and wash away one’s sins.
There is now a market of daans — gau daan, tuladaan, bhoj daan, and more — promoted as ways to escape spiritual accountability. And of course, the more you give, the more punya you supposedly earn. The result? Wealthy wrongdoers try to erase karmic debt with cash. A dangerous delusion.

🏛️ The Rise of Religious Commercialism

Temples and ashrams are expanding rapidly — not as centers of dharma or social upliftment, but as economic empires. Each devotee is seen as a revenue stream. Rituals are commercialized. Katha events are ticketed. Yatras are turned into spiritual tourism. Gurus and babas are becoming celebrities with political affiliations and luxurious lifestyles.

The entire system is promoting ritual without realization, and religion without responsibility.

Religious leaders claim they stay away from politics — yet many are aligned with parties, use their influence for lobbying, and manipulate sentiments for personal or institutional gains.

🌺 The Essence of True Sanatana Dharma

Sanatana Dharma, as revealed in the Bhagavad Gita, Upanishads, and Srimad Bhagavatam, is not about external rituals or accumulating punya. It is about:

Realizing the eternal soul (Atman),
Understanding our relationship with the Supreme (Paramatma),
Living according to dharma — righteousness, self-discipline, compassion, and service,
Attaining moksha — liberation from the cycle of birth and death.

The Gita, spoken directly by Lord Krishna on the battlefield of Kurukshetra, is the crown jewel of Hindu wisdom. In just 700+ verses, it distills the core truths of the Vedas, Upanishads, and Puranas. It does not promote fear or superstition, but courage, clarity, and liberation.

🚩 Spiritual Practices Vs. Spiritual Progress

Let’s look at some common Hindu practices today — and question their spiritual depth:

Naam Japa — mechanically repeated while the mind wanders.
Temple visits and Aartis — done routinely, without inner devotion.
Chalisas and Mantras — recited for wish-fulfillment, not transformation.
Anusthans, Yagnas — performed to escape consequences, not accept karmic responsibility.
Teerth yatras and river baths — seen as karma-neutralizers rather than experiences of surrender.
Katha events — run like commercial concerts with “celebrity” speakers promising instant salvation.

Much of this is aimed at personal gain, with little thought of dharma, desh (nation), or seva (selfless service). The result? A disconnected, confused Hindu society — vulnerable to religious conversions, political manipulation, and civilizational decline.

📉 The Real Crisis: Commercialized Hinduism

No other religion has allowed itself to be so deeply commercialized. Today’s Hindu spiritual market is massive — yet deeply hollow. While donations, temples, and rituals grow, moral strength, unity, and clarity have declined.

The Upanishads and the Bhagavad Gita remain the only texts that truly emphasize self-purification, mental discipline, and universal love, free from transactional dogma. But these are rarely taught or internalized.

Instead, Hindu society is drowning in confusion:

Rituals over realization,
Identity over integrity,
Crowd-following over conscious living.

🔥 The Call to Dharma: Reclaim the Sanatana Spirit

It is time for religious and spiritual leaders to rise — not to gain more followers or build more ashrams, but to:

Awaken people to their true spiritual nature,
Preach self-realization and dharma-based living,
Protect Hindu society from internal decay and external threats.

Bharat today faces existential threats from forces that seek to dismantle Hindu identity and Sanatana Dharma. These include anti-national, anti-Hindu elements backed by decades of appeasement politics. These forces want to: