***** Matter Of Fact. Actually *****
...this write-up was NEVER supposed to be EVER coming.
This has been an INVITED post. Rather... an ELICITED one.
Actually a PROVOKED post...
For I have had NIL intention to offer my ideas on such things which are way TOO out of my domain.
*****
On Brahm-Bhoj in Sanatana Dharma
Few years back, I went for Brahm Bhoj nay 'Daawat' ( = Feast ).
Generally, I avoid attending such "bhoj-bhaats".
Therein, I saw a good wastage of the money by way of giving the Brahm bhoj ( = feast ) by the family of the deceased person.
Brahm-Bhoj is given as a way of ending the 10-13 day mourning session, after soneone's death.
HEREIN...
The amount of money spent becomes huge if one considers that if the same spent amount is kept in a bank under a compounding interest scheme for -
20/ 30/ 40/ 50/ 100 years becomes such a huge amount of money.
What money is thus spent ( say this is the PRINCIPAL amount, upfront ) could be otherwise put in a compounding interest scheme in a bank, and
thereby saved.
WHAT ABOUT -
Money spent MUST be seen as an UPFRONT ( = initial ) principal amount for the investment.
That money can easily be utilised to establish in life a couple of the sons/ daughters/ grand-sons/ grand-daughters ( of the the already deceased person ) in life. For good.
What a waste. What a waste.
All... Whilst certain set of people make merry. The money thus lavishly spent by the dead person's family - goes on to add to the coffers of a certain set of people.
Would it NOT be much more convenient to go for the 4-day Arya Samaj method as propounded by Swami DayaNanda Saraswati ?
Some REAL SMART set of people MUST bring out an AMALGAM between these two methods.
i.e. retaining the 13-day mourning period ( as a NEEDED < 1 % ) whilst utilizing the Arya Samaj VEDIC method to do the ( so to say > 99 % ) of the needful.
...
...
...
After all - we are NOT living in villages, anymore.
That people gather and mourn for 10/ 13 days, all at one go.
In modern times... life is FAST.
END NOTE -
Btw if today someone is told that (s)he be the sole beneficiery of all the money spent by her/ his ancestors over the past 200 - 500 - 1000 years...
The money spent was to be LOCKED in a banking instrument - say, a compounding interest scheme.
Needless to say - today they would be as rich as the Birlas, Tatas and Ambanis, COMBINED.
Am I right on this ?
SANATANA DHARMINs aka Hindus - Just think about it.
We ALL seem to have a perspective on the dowry system.
What about paring of unnecessary expenditure in Brahm bhoj.
NOTE -
This post has been written keeping the rural, agrarian set of people in mind.
NOW...
Whilst... in case the urban and urbane people start a reformational trend then this percolates back to the villages.
Sooner or later.
SO... Time for this rip-off to R.I.P. ??
EoP
...this write-up was NEVER supposed to be EVER coming.
This has been an INVITED post. Rather... an ELICITED one.
Actually a PROVOKED post...
For I have had NIL intention to offer my ideas on such things which are way TOO out of my domain.
*****
On Brahm-Bhoj in Sanatana Dharma
Few years back, I went for Brahm Bhoj nay 'Daawat' ( = Feast ).
Generally, I avoid attending such "bhoj-bhaats".
Therein, I saw a good wastage of the money by way of giving the Brahm bhoj ( = feast ) by the family of the deceased person.
Brahm-Bhoj is given as a way of ending the 10-13 day mourning session, after soneone's death.
HEREIN...
The amount of money spent becomes huge if one considers that if the same spent amount is kept in a bank under a compounding interest scheme for -
20/ 30/ 40/ 50/ 100 years becomes such a huge amount of money.
What money is thus spent ( say this is the PRINCIPAL amount, upfront ) could be otherwise put in a compounding interest scheme in a bank, and
thereby saved.
WHAT ABOUT -
Money spent MUST be seen as an UPFRONT ( = initial ) principal amount for the investment.
That money can easily be utilised to establish in life a couple of the sons/ daughters/ grand-sons/ grand-daughters ( of the the already deceased person ) in life. For good.
What a waste. What a waste.
All... Whilst certain set of people make merry. The money thus lavishly spent by the dead person's family - goes on to add to the coffers of a certain set of people.
Would it NOT be much more convenient to go for the 4-day Arya Samaj method as propounded by Swami DayaNanda Saraswati ?
Some REAL SMART set of people MUST bring out an AMALGAM between these two methods.
i.e. retaining the 13-day mourning period ( as a NEEDED < 1 % ) whilst utilizing the Arya Samaj VEDIC method to do the ( so to say > 99 % ) of the needful.
...
...
...
After all - we are NOT living in villages, anymore.
That people gather and mourn for 10/ 13 days, all at one go.
In modern times... life is FAST.
END NOTE -
Btw if today someone is told that (s)he be the sole beneficiery of all the money spent by her/ his ancestors over the past 200 - 500 - 1000 years...
The money spent was to be LOCKED in a banking instrument - say, a compounding interest scheme.
Needless to say - today they would be as rich as the Birlas, Tatas and Ambanis, COMBINED.
Am I right on this ?
SANATANA DHARMINs aka Hindus - Just think about it.
We ALL seem to have a perspective on the dowry system.
What about paring of unnecessary expenditure in Brahm bhoj.
NOTE -
This post has been written keeping the rural, agrarian set of people in mind.
NOW...
Whilst... in case the urban and urbane people start a reformational trend then this percolates back to the villages.
Sooner or later.
SO... Time for this rip-off to R.I.P. ??
EoP
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