The spiritual aura that envelopes India is not without a reason. Our grand nation had been and still is the home to moral giants. No other nation in its history ever produced sons and daughters who not only sacrificed their pleasures and life for upholding what they call Dharma. Unfortunately, Dharma has no english equivalent - since no other race could delve into the depth of human mysteries so deep as the Hindu mind.
On the world stage India occupies a high position as a teacher of science of the soul. The rishis and munis who by their utter penance and devotion attained the state of transedence realised that man in his natural course would never be able to surass the high wall of Maya and will remain forever lost in it. They understood in entirety that nature is the best teacher and when man respects nature and follows natures laws - he naturally evolves to a state of Self-realisation.
Thus came about the Dharma sastras- which lay down the codes for men to follow. Animals do not need Sastras since they can never dominate or disobey nature. Man is given "intelligence" - he can either influence the world positively or destroy it completely. To tame this intelligence and will power and to lead it in the right direction - Sastras have been given to mankind.
Realising the importance of always following Dharma and remembering the divine daily - the Rishis subtley incorporated the mysteries of the divine into activities that we daily perform. Hence, every custom that we follow has sound logic and grace of the divine messengers - Rishis !
This brings us back to the topic that no other country has been endowed with this wisdom. Hence, India is the spiritual teacher to the world. This by no means discounts other religions or practices in other countries. In a house there are many rooms, but only one puja-room. Similarly in the world house, Bharatvarsha is the Puja-room. Due to millenia of spiritual practices, this cuntry has reached such a state where spiritual practices yield results faster. This point has been very clearly stated in our epics especially The Mahabharata - where gods composed hymns for Bharatvarsha stating that there is something special in our Land and animals.
An outsider to our nation may disagree - let him! But we as Indians should be proud of this fact. Our every activity should be aligned to Dharma.
I shall end it with a quote from Ramayana. Post Lanka war - Vibheeshana (ravana's younger brother) prays to Sri Rama that he rule the mighty kingdom. Sri Rama's reply - "Janani Janma Bhumishcha swargadapi gariyasi" = "Mother and motherland is geater than heaven" !!
May this sentiment sink into every Indian's bosom !!
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