Ep-1: The meaning of Tradition | Ashish Dhar and Aditya Raj Sinha

Welcome to Dharma 101, our new podcast in which Ashish and Aditya will articulate the traditionalist point of view on a variety of topics. We believe that the future of Hindu civilisation depends on our sincere adherence to the traditional ways of thinking and living. In this first episode, we try to get the fundamentals in place by answering the most elementary question, "What does Tradition mean?"

Chapters

00:00 - Introduction
1:15 - General chit-chat & a few caveats
5:20 - Tradition, Traditionalism & Conservatism
11:58 - Tradition vs Traditions
24:30 - Tradition & Individualism
30:45 - Traditional Institutions
38:45 - Svadharma, Diversity & Modernity's war on sense-making
43:50 - Timescales of Dharma
49:00 - The myth of Samudramanthan
58:25 - Ego and Dharma
1:01:35 - State of Hindu tradition today & the way ahead
1:06:15 - Eternality of Veda
1:11:44 - Psychology of Reform
1:18:30 - Few questions
1:28:00 - Concluding remarks

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