True! all of existence is His manifestation. So, we shouldn’t be making distinction. But this is possible only if we really have that kind of awareness in all things we do. Only when we are completely free from விருப்பு வெறுப்பு, when we are a இகபந்தங்களை முற்றிலும் துறந்த ஆத்மா, then we will be able to practise that kind of constant awareness. Sanyasis did not have a specific country; they were free to travel anywhere. They were not bothered by the small fights and unions that anyways keep happening in இக உலகம்.

For people who are still engaged in material life, we are assigned certain duties to do during our life time. All kinds of anustanams and family traditions are included. We will be able to do this in our land only when it is safe from invasions. Therefore, for every member of the society to be able to do our respective duties, a part of society was assigned the duty to protect the rest of the society from invasions. So, the sense of patriotism is an extension of our determination to preserve our precious tradition and pass it on to the next generation so that they too can make steady progress towards the goal of life. 

Even in the past when people were patriotic to protect their kingdom, they didn’t hesitate to migrate to another kingdom if there was better conditions for executing one’s anustanams and duties. eg. when the Pandavas started converting Khandavamprastha to Indraprastam, many people migrated there and settled. They were able to do their respective anustanams properly and this made the land prosperous.

We have to be patriotic to what we call as “India” today, because, this is the land where the principles of Sanatana dharma are preserved. Great acharyas have blessed this land in the past and present. Great acharyas from this landscape have travelled to other parts of the world and gifted the principles of sanatana dharma to souls there. Therefore we have to protect this land and spiritual resources against all kinds of assaults – military, cultural, virtual or any other form.

Without this attachment to sanatana dharma principles and the urge to preserve them, simply speaking of “Bharat mahan” is merely political or sentimental.

dhanyosmi.

adiyen.

PS: what I have expressed here is my personal thought process. If anyone shares view points as heard from acharyas, I am happy to submit to it. adiyen.

Namaskaaram Swami,

Adiyen belong to ‘this gen’ 🙂

So let me reply to this. Patriotism means we should treat the whole Bharatham with great reverence. So the reason is quite simple. Although all nations belong to Bhagavan, He personally chose Bharatham for His avatarams. Also a lot of Divyadesams are also in Bharatham (mostly in and around Tamil Nadu).

So the point is if we have this understanding that a lot of punya kshetrams are there in this place, then there is nothing wrong in feeling patriotic.

But if we feel that this is ‘my birthplace’, ‘my people’, ‘my family’, etc., certain problems might also come along with it. So it all depends on the right viewpoint.

So perhaps devareer could explain to ‘this gen’ the former reason. They are probably not very much into patriotism due to the problems created by the latter reason.

adiyen dasan.