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In our previous article , we explored the global geopolitical conflicts playing out in the microcosm of U.S. college campuses, and how America got there.

In this article, we propose a set of ideas for Hindu parents, especially those living abroad but also in India, to recognise that what they might be passing on to their children as lessons in Hindu culture might not be enough to prepare them for the realities of life in college and after. Dharmārthakāmāḥ kila tāta loke Samīkṣitā dharma phalodayeṣu Te tatra sarve syurasaṃśayaṃ me Bhāryeva vaśyābhimatā suputrā Yasmiṃstu sarve syurasanniviṣṭā Dharmo yatassyāttadupakrameta Dveṣyo bhavatyarthaparo hi loke Kāmātmatā khalvapi na praśastā —Rama explains to Lakshmana that choosing “artha” and “kama” over “dharma” leads to hatred and ruin (Ramayana, Ayodhya Kanda). Here is a simple question for the parents of any child born between, say, the early 2000s and the present: have you given your children a sense of purpose about their lives? If not, don’t worry, even if you haven’t, does it look like they have found a sense of purpose on their anyway? If the answer to this is also no, even then you shouldn’t worry — because most of us frankly don’t quite know the answers either, and it is very rare that modern Hindus sit down and try to impart some kind of a philosophy of life doctrine to children.



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