Recently there have been agitation by media channels that this ritual must be stopped. According to them it is just a blind faith and should not be followed.
Urulu Seve: This is a ritual involves people rolling on the plantain leaves left by other devotees after their meal.
Belief: Devotees believe that by taking up Urulu Seva, they will be freed from diseases and dosha (sorrows).
Media: Media agitation is about stopping this ritual, as media thinks it has no meaning and is a pure blind faith.
As far as I know, according to Shastras (when I say Shastras I am referring to scriptures like Yoga Vasishta and other Upanishads) egotism creates bondage and it creates false notions and conditioning of mind blocking all the ways to liberation. Egotism takes the form when mind creates false notions such as "I", "This is mine", "I am great", "I am something" etc. So thing to understand is mind and egotism created by mind is the whole and sole reason of sorrows (both physical and mental). If we are able to break this ego or "I-ness" then we will be liberated and no sorrow can touch us. One who has ego or "I-ness" will never take part in Urulu Seva or rolling on plantain leaves left by others after their meal. His ego will never allow him to do that. But one who determines to do it, have to leave his ego and take part. Hence, Urulu Seve is a very smart ritual or custom that provides a way of breaking once ego, hence freeing devotees from sorrow and pain they suffer because of terrible goblin called mind.
I hope you have understood the subtleties that are encoded in this ritual. Hence, it is not a blind faith.
Belief: Devotees believe that by taking up Urulu Seva, they will be freed from diseases and dosha (sorrows).
Media: Media agitation is about stopping this ritual, as media thinks it has no meaning and is a pure blind faith.
As far as I know, according to Shastras (when I say Shastras I am referring to scriptures like Yoga Vasishta and other Upanishads) egotism creates bondage and it creates false notions and conditioning of mind blocking all the ways to liberation. Egotism takes the form when mind creates false notions such as "I", "This is mine", "I am great", "I am something" etc. So thing to understand is mind and egotism created by mind is the whole and sole reason of sorrows (both physical and mental). If we are able to break this ego or "I-ness" then we will be liberated and no sorrow can touch us. One who has ego or "I-ness" will never take part in Urulu Seva or rolling on plantain leaves left by others after their meal. His ego will never allow him to do that. But one who determines to do it, have to leave his ego and take part. Hence, Urulu Seve is a very smart ritual or custom that provides a way of breaking once ego, hence freeing devotees from sorrow and pain they suffer because of terrible goblin called mind.
I hope you have understood the subtleties that are encoded in this ritual. Hence, it is not a blind faith.
But the other devotees in specific is brahmins(only brahmins) which is in a way against the dharma that all are equal irrespective of caste or creed
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