Marga-Sampradaya

One should seek admission to a good school and study under an efficient teacher in order to obtain learning. Similarly, in order to obtain religious learning or wisdom, one should seek admission to a religious school, known as Marga or Sampradaya. To obtain admission in any Sampradaya one has to match ones goal with the goal of the Sampradaya and ones ability and inclination to attain the goal the way sampradaya preaches to attain.

A number of Dharma-margas or Sampradayas are as old as Bharath culture itself is. Today this false belief has spread out that our social unity breaks down by different Dharma-Sampradayas. In a way power-loving political leaders spread jealousy, quarrels and disquiet in society by existing group of labourers, farmers, employees, students, Adivasis etc. belonging to different languages, provinces, districts and castes. Should we believe, then, that any language or province etc. is an element that disunites all the classes and breaks up the social unity! Or if we believe in it, how can we be free from it? In fact, different Sampradayas are the centres to provide training regarding religion. They are such types of schools that enhance moral prosperity of the society together with spiritual promotion. Because of these Sampradayas wise people experience all-prevading necessity and well-being of religion in society and not of disunity and divisibility.

In fact all scriptural Sampradayas have come into being for the people of different nature by the command of Bhagavan. All Sampradayas have got different field of working. Hence, in any ideal form, there should not arise any question of conflict, opposition or rivalry with one Sampradaya with any other Sampradaya. For example, there are innemerable schools, throughout Bharat, that impart learning and training of different subjects to people of different classes and groups. When our social unity and indivisibility is not endangered by these innumerable schools, how can the social unity and indivisibility harmed by our Schools of Dharma, which can be counted on the tips of our fingers? Hence we should understand the tradition of Bharat’s Dharma-Sampradaya is not the symbol of narrowness or divisibility but it is the symbol of universal and all-prevading necessity. If we can look into the all- prevasiveness contained in this variety, there remains no reason of any fear or doubt. Thus, we have seen the true nature and significance of Dharma-Sampradaya.