Charity/Dana?or prejudice, persecution and paanoia ?

[Guest guest]

Dear Pradeep ,

 

You have brought up another interesting point up for discussion. You

mention about "prejudice" and "hatred" .

 

I do not know if you are familiar with what happened in the wake of

september 11 attacks . Many mosques were attacked . Muslims (

american or others) were targeted and even Hindus and Sikhs were not

spared . But fortunately, such incidents were only sporadic and

because of an efficient Police, these incidents were at a minimum.

 

If you recall, in the wake of the Indira Gandhi Assasination , how

violence erupted in India between Sikhs and Hindus . Also, remember

the large scale communal violence and RIOTS between Hindus and

Muslims in the wake of demolition of "babri" mosque and the "train"

burning incident. There was Mayhem , confusion and total chaos all in

the name of "religion" .

 

In Mesa , Arizona, a sikh man named Balbir Singh Sodhi, a gas station

owner , was killed by an American after the september 11 attacks. Why

was a hard-working immigrant attacked at his place of work? The man

who killed Sodhi was acting out of rage, fuelled by prejudice and

hatred . Sodhi was attacked only because he was wearing a "turban"

just like Osama-bin-laden . The american who attacked Sodhi obviously

knew nothing about sikh culture -Sodhi wore a Turban and sported a

beard as part of his sikh faith.

 

Sodhi was neither Muslim nor from the Middle East yet , he was

targeted by an ignorant American only because of his appearance and

ethnic background. .

 

Pradeep, "hatred" and "prejudice" are Twin evils that go hand in

hand.

 

Sardarji asked about Lord Krishna . Why would God steal? Only a rrue

Rasika or bhakta can understand the "tattwa" of Lord Krishna stealing

the butter . When lORD Krishna stole the butter , was he merely

stealing the "butter." No! He was verily stealing the Gopi's hearts

along with the butter . And when Mother Yashoda Chatised Baby Krishna

and tied him to a mortar , what happened ? Baby Krishna pulled the

mortar so hard in trying to free himself and the two demons (who were

in the form of the two trees to which the mortar was tied) were

Liberated ... this is one of bhagwan Krishna's leela . The butter

stealing incident was just an excuse . Krishna's many wives ? were

they really wives ? or the many jivatmas wanting to unite with the

paramatma? there are no answers to these questions for a rasika saint

just enjoys the leela of the bhagwan. Also, when naughy krishna , a

mere lad, steals the gopi's clothes and askes them to approach lord

krishna 'naked' , was he teasing or tormenting them? No. Lord Krishna

was merely illustrating a great philosophy- you need to approach the

feet of the lord with the "innocence" of a child , totally naked and

guileless. This is in the Bible also in the Gospel of Thomas.

 

Thank you, Pradeep.

 

Namashkar