The Protection of Dharma is more important than anything else - Swami

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There is One Very important question that many people have often asked me about Krishna. Krishna is the Lord of the universe. He is all-pervading, and yet the same Krishna was responsible for the destruction of forty Lakhs of men on the battlefield. Is it violence or non-violence?This is my answer to this question. An individual, let us say, has developed cancer on his back. There are millions of germs in that cancerous boil. Does the doctor pause and ask, "Should I kill so many millions of germs?" Is it not the duty of the doctor to save the life of the patient? Which is of greater importance? Should he protect the life of the patient or should he have consideration for the germs? The doctor comes to the conclusion that these germs are dangerous and kills them and saves the patient's life. In this process, the doctor has

taken into consideration quality and not quantity.In the same manner, the world at that time had developed a cancer in the shape of Kauravas. When Krishna found that these Kauravas were like cancer, He became a surgeon, took Arjuna as His assistant and performed the great operation. In that operation, forty Lakhs of germs were killed. So we must always take into consideration the greater need for protection of Dharma. The protection of Dharma is more important thananything else.- From Bhagawan's Divine Discourse in Whitefield in May'1972.

 

Om Sai Ram

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