Kepercayaan kepada tuhan (Believe in God or Spirituality to the gods)

When I was in school, my teacher taught us that one of the five pillars of Rukun
Negara was ‘ Kepercayaan Kepada Tuhan’ , which meant “Belief in God”.
Some years later, an old man told me that if we don’t believe in God then it is an
offence in Malaysia.
How do we ‘classify’ God?
Are there few ‘Gods’ or only one God? How come one religion says God has no
form; another describes God as one with a big beard and sitting on a throne? Another
religion says that God has several hands and arms (weapons). Yet another says we
should do deity or idol worship. Then another says God has no form. A great
incarnation that took place in India said that everything is void.
Confusion after confusion!
One topic but several philosophies!
In this world almost everywhere people are fighting for this. Is it a question mark
matter?
As I am born Hindu I would like to say that in Bhagavatam there is this verse -
brahmeti parameti bhagavaniti shabdyate (SB 1.2.11). It means “the Lord without
form, or the God in your heart and the Lord with form as deity and idol is the true
supreme God. So, we Hindus have been practising God without form since million
years ago.
In this context I would like to point out that the name ‘Hindu’ that we are proud of is
not actually our religion. We are from Sanatana Dharma.
What is the meaning of Dharma? Dharma means ‘way of life’. Is Sanatana Dharma
is a religion? No, ours is not a religion like others.
There is a short story where in the riverbank of Sindu, there was a lot of civilised
people living in India. When the Persian (Iranians) passed by, they could not
pronounce the word Sindu, but pronounced it as ‘Hindu’.
The Guinness Book of World Record states that Hinduism is the oldest religion of the
world. We are the so called Hindus, proud to have the name given by Persians but
we don’t know our own way of life.
It is so disgusting.
Now in Malaysia temples where you worship deities or idols are being destroyed.
Is it because of government policy?
No, there are several proofs showing that their leaders in history have done it many
years before. 360 idols where destroyed when they tried to establish a religion in the
Middle East. So, is this new?
Now Hindraf has reported of the temple demolitions. Are we aware it has been an
ongoing process for many years and we are always the victims? What have we done
to save the situation? Do you think if you do something politically the problem will be
solved?
Is this a policy of “Believe in God” or “Kepercayaan Kepada Tuhan”?
Malaysia has a unique history, but this history has been carefully hidden.
Let us look at the facts. Many of us know that Parameswara was a Hindu king of the
Srivijaya dynasty and was also the first king of Malacca. From this we know that fact
that a government called Sri Vijaya from Indonesia was a Hindu government. There
are many temples left by Hindus in Indonesia, the most famous one being
Parambanan (Typical Shiva temple) near Jogjakarta. In the north (Thailand), there
was an ancient Hindu government at Ayuthaya. The word ‘Ayuthaya’ mean birth
place of Lord Rama in India. If we take Cambodia, there was a Hindu government
known as the Khemer empire ruled by King Suryavarman II.
There are more historical instances I can relate but I’ll make it short.
So after seeing all this evidence our country Malaysia, which is in the centre of Sri
Vijaya, Ayuthaya and Khmer has no history of Hindus living here before?
This is what we learn from Sejarah Melayu.
Malaysian historians wrote that before Parameswara took over Malacca, there were
only fishermen in Malaysia. Do you think that it is a fact or it is same as temple
demolition? They are cheating us. What kind of ‘Kepercayaan Kepada Tuhan’ is this?
Does the Kepercayaan Kepada Tuhan refers only to the God they wanted?
Now let us look at the word Melayu. There was an article in harakadaily.net on 13 th
December 2008 under the heading “Peta negara Champa dalam simpanan
Peranchis”.
If you read the article carefully, it says that Champa is a country within Cambodia
where the people there were the pioneer Malays who came to Tanah Melayu.
“Penghijrahan Melayu Champa secara besar-besaran ke Tanah Melayu. Bangsa
Melayu Cham terawal bermula daripada Vietnam dan kemudian turun ke Kemboja”
Are they Hindus? If you read wikipedia about the ‘Melayu’ kingdom, it is said that the
Melayu Kingdom is also known as Malayu, Dharmasraya Kingdom or the Jambi
Kingdom.
Are they Hindus too? In Malaysia before independence or even after that we had
many who were following the story of Mahabharata or Ramayana in the East Coast.
They were playing wayang kulit, telling the stories of Lord Rama or Krishna. Where
are they now??? Are they Malays from Champa and Sri Vijaya?
In the present time, in the whole world, even in Iraq and Turkey, many people are
practising yoga. No one can deny this. Is that a threat for Malaysians? Yoga has
been practiced for many million years. It is going on and it will go on. No one can
stop this with his or her political power, but the Malaysian government is thinking that
it can do it.
Now even from our own view they (UMNO government) are slowly removing all our
cultures and traditions. Don’t you think it is an ethnic or religious clearance? Is this
the ‘Kepercayaan Kepada Tuhan’ written in RUKUN NEGARA?
Now I am saying these last words for my dearest Sanatana Dharma brothers and
sisters. If you are not going to follow your religion properly as they do, you are the
one who is killing Sanatana Dharma, not them. First of all, meat eating is not your
religion. Jesus even said Thou shall not kill. Sanatana Dharma said this in many
places. Why you are crossing the borders of your religion?
Are you doing this for your tongue and lust satisfaction or are you doing this for killing
your dharma? Answer all the questions above and change your self. Even if many
Hindraf movements come when you don’t follow your religion properly, everything will
become irreligion. That’s my opinion.
Saravanan