Spirituality of The Arts

Monday, August 17, 2015

Spirituality of The Arts

In India children in most of the homes are given lessons in music and dance from a very early age. Most of the children would have swarjnana. Knowledge of the swara. It is only now that people in the West are accepting the spirituality of the arts. Previously they thought that music and dance were the best means of entertainment. We do not think like this. We consider music and dance to be a means of worshipping and pleasing God. In the West, music and dance are seen as the best means of entertainment and now this concept is invading India.

It is necessary to teach our children classical dance and music from childhood . if they are not given proper lessons in music and dance in their childhood , when they grow up they will take up that very music and dance which you disapprove of . but what is the use of approving or disapproving? There is no other alternative left . if you give them proper training and expose them to classical music and dance in childhood , then as they grow up no cultural current, no music of lesser type can influence them. Any culture will have its impact on you only if you have a void in your life, otherwise it is not possible.

Music and dance are fine arts Music has had its origin in the Sama Veda from time immemorial. Sama means richa, or hymns. The Sama Veda contains hymns . they richas of the Rig Veda, when sung to a tune , become the Sama Veda. In English it is called psalm

Dance has a primordial origin. Dance is Shiva himself. There are many books on dance in our classical literature, the most authentic being Bharatnatayam, the Natyashestra of Bharata in the Sanskrit language . Dance is a language not or words but or mudras, or gestures. The language of dance  and music is symbolic. It is a codified language in which communication takes place through music and gestures. Postures and mudras. It is a language of feeling and moods. . From Bhakti Yoga Sagar

Quote from the True Charm and power of Vedanta

Swami Vivekananda was certainly a Hindu monk of India’ but he was ‘Hindu’ in the broadest sense of the term. The word ‘Hindu’ was used by the Persians with reference to the people living across the river ‘Sindhu’ Hinduism is the religion of these people . But the word ‘Hindu’ or ‘Hinduism’ occurs in no scriptures. The religion which now passes as Hinduism is derived from the Vedas. But it has undergone much change with the addition of many new beliefs and practices which it has assimilated over the centrueis form many sources. The change has been so deep and extensive that is no longer the same religion as the Vedas speak of. But this is not to say that the present Hinduism has completely deviated from the Vedas. The spirit remains the same but it express itself in different forms to suit different tastes. This flexibility has saved Hinduism even in its most difficult days. It has changed in details but its basic character has remained intact. The Vedas continue t inspire it, but it has drifted and is still drifting away from the mores characteristic of the past ages. It is ancient in its roots, but modern in its outlook.

Swami Vivekanda was not happy about the word ‘Hinduism ‘ He would have preferred the word ‘Vedic’ But by Vedic’ he meant the spiritual contents of the religion. The Vedas preach nothing but truth. Truth is one, but it can be variously explained. This brief statement sums up the infinite Vedas. The Vedas are no books, they are ‘Knowledge’ they are also known as ‘Truth’ The Vedas are infinite because is infinite. Truth is everything . Truth is everything because it is impersonal. There is no way of describing truth. Truth is truth. Truth bridges the gulf between .’ I’ and ‘you’ or ‘this and ‘that’. Truth is All. Truth is One. Truth is that Self –of –all , good or bad big or small.

He described Hinduism as a science. It is a science because it is based on truths which are verified and verifiable. If there has been one saint there can be many saints. Courtesy Vedanta in Practice

But, if He exists? 

I drive joy There was a doctor in Benaras who spent 7 minutes in the morning and evening for mediation on God. Knowing this, his colleagues and friends laughed at him. One day they argued that he was wasting ten precious minutes on something, which he had been misled into believing. The doctor replied, “Well, if God does not exist, I agree that I am wasting ten minutes a day. But, if He exists? I am afraid you are wasting your entire lifetime. I prefer to waste ten minutes rather than a lifetime. Why should you grudge me the 10 minutes joy that I derive 4m.

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