The Importance of Religious Literature in Boro Literature
The religion is the eternal way of life of man. It prevents human shyness and attempts at debauchery. It must be said that religion is always involved in every aspect of human thought, understanding and action. The religion makes a person wise, virtuous and compassionate. But he who does not have dharma always treads on the wrong path.
The behaviour of people who talk nonsense, gossip, cheat, cheat, and deceive indicates a lack of religion, but also a lack of self-awareness. Non-religious people can never hold a grudge. Non-religious people fail to make progress in life and achieve true success. Religious leaders and great thinkers of the world have said that people who do not know themselves do not know others.
When we say religion, we do not mean that it ends with devotion and faith. The meaning of Dharma is very deep and comprehensive. Apart from devotion, worship, and faith, many things are included in Dharma.
Recognition of self as well as others, mutual love, compassion for all living beings, protection, reformation, and encouragement to good deeds are the principles of Dharma. Bad attitudes and violent thoughts and actions are a hindrance to dharma, and dharma is needed to remove such tendencies.
The Boros can still be said to have had their original religion since time immemorial. In oral literature, legends, folk songs, proverbs, and epics, references to the Bathou religion are found. In ancient times, there was mutual love and trust in the society of the Boros, along with devotion and faith in the Dharma. There were certain rules and regulations of worship and belief among the Boros which have now taken a different form.
It is still difficult to comprehend the details of how the Boros actually worshipped and believed in the Bathou religion without having to put it down in writing. Because of this, the beliefs and devotional practices of the Boros varied from era to era. It has also become unreliable and unreliable for everyone. It's important to know that word-of-mouth referrals or recitation are constantly changing.
Today's scholars argue that there were no pre-existing sacrificial practices in the Bathou religion. Some are also heard commenting that there was already a sacrificial ritual. It is believed that the worship and worship of Bathou Dharma also changed under the influence of Hinduism.
It is under the influence of Hinduism that Bathou Dharma, that is, the blind faith of the Boros, can be seen. Because the illiterate Boros can still be seen mingling and moving back and forth with the sweet language of others in no time. Already to this day, the Boro are a subsistence farming community. They prefer to live in villages along rivers and streams, and in wooded areas.
Vegetables, leaves, fruits and meat found in nature are the staple diet of the Boros. They are deeply attached to nature, so they started worshipping nature. The elements of nature have a deep place in the Bathou Dharma. The term Bathou refers to the five elements of nature, namely, earth, water, fire, air, and sky. They are the creations or parts of the Supreme Lord, the most powerful God in the universe.
It is also customary in Brahmoism to think or sing the Gayatri Mantra with the addition of the sun and the moon with these five principles. This is what people think of as growth (Monday to Sunday) until the creation of the world today. There is a deep connection between the belief in Bathou Dharma and the belief in Brahmo Dharma, and there is also a similarity between the two. Only the features of worship are different.
The concept of devotion and love for nature is also found in Brahmoism. In their worship of the creator, Paramabrahman, the Brahmo-religionists use only materials and fruits obtained from nature. The bonfire is lit with sweet-tasting aromatic fruits.
Although the Boros had their own original religion, their inability to reform and accept it is still seen today. Due to which the Boros continue to migrate to new religions without abandoning their own religion. The Boros do not attempt to properly understand what dualism is. It is seen that they do not try to understand clearly what they worship, what they love, why they love, what they have gained.
The Boros continued to migrate and quarrel with each other as they heard new and new religions in depth. But it must be said that religious conversions have not only put the poor in trouble and danger, but have also led to a lack of unity among themselves in organizing society, building community, and running the country. The blurring of the language, culture, and education of the Boro people can also be seen in the transition to certain religions.
Therefore, there is now a need for religious literature in the literature of the Boros. There is a need to understand what exactly is dualism among the Boros. For this, each of our learned religious teachers and religious leaders should try to write down and teach the essence of religion, its true meaning and how to worship it and the rules of worship without explaining them orally.
In the present context of Boro literature, we find that poetry, composition, and criticism of many subjects have been created more or less. Romances, family stories, novels, and plays have been created. Until now, only articles that could create a sense of self-awareness, genuine human understanding, and compassion for others have not been created. That is to say, there is a great dearth of literature in our country. Boro literature is now like a water-starved family due to the absence of such subjects.
Such a deficiency must be sought to be filled by our learned masters. Dharma-literature should be expanded as much as possible and efforts should be made to overcome the lack of literature. Such a big lacuna can be removed only if it is thought that the Boros are a religious community, they are religious, they understand the meaning of religion, they are civilized and will be considered as a religious community.
But at present, the continued migration of the Boros to new religions only exposes the lack of self-confidence and the lack of unity within the community. It is also the cause of ridicule and hostility by the other community.
The Bodo people need a religion that they can understand and identify with. However, this does not mean that one should convert to other religions. Corrections have to be made by staying where you are. Because only Dharma leads a person to the right and true path. Only a person with dharma can become great.
No non-religious and non-worshiping person in the world could become a great man even if he were the owner of wealth and property. Today, the world's most popular and widely remembered personalities are Mahatma Gandhi, Ramchandra, Jesus Christ, Gautam Buddha, and Muhammad.
Nowadays, if the Boros want to guide and guide the future generation in the right path, they should be taught the right religion. Religion is the only thing that can shape human behaviour. The attitude of respecting and worshipping the great can only be guided by dharma. Therefore, our elders should impart religious education to the youth, make them aware of what is dharma and teach them religious literature in schools. We must make it possible for our youth to read and write religious literature by publishing journals, essays, and books as much as possible.
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