Can Mahabharat and Geeta be extolled to justify onslaught on minorities?What is the penalty and penance provided for those who pervert the interpretion,here and herein after, according ot Hindu religion?
2006-07-04 06:05:24 · 9 answers · asked by yahoofan 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
Non-violence is the ideal for the individual, but society needs protection and cannot remain non-violent in the face of aggression.
The Gita mentions repeatedly that ahimsa, or non-violence, is the highest virtue.
In his famous Essays on the Gita, Sri Aurobindo summed up the whole problem in these words:
We will use only soul-force and never destroy by war or any even defensive employment of physical violence ? Good, though until soul-force is effective, the Asuric force in men and nations tramples down, breaks, slaughters, burns, pollutes, as we see it doing today, but then at its ease and unhindered, and you have perhaps caused as much destruction of life by your abstinence as others by resort to violence. Strength founded on the Truth and the dharmic use of force are thus the Gita’s answer to pacifism and non-violence. Rooted in the ancient Indian genius, this third way can only be practised by those who have risen above egoism, above asuric ambition or greed.
The Gita certainly does not advocate war ; what it advocates is the active and selfless defence of dharma. If sincerely followed, its teaching could have altered the course of human history. It can yet alter the course of Indian history."
The Gita is, in Sri Aurobindo’s words, “our chief national heritage, our hope for the future."
(source: The Gita in Today’s World - by Michel Danino - bharatvani.org).
Metaphorically, the battle and battlefield is life itself. For in life we are constantly engaged in a struggle both within and without between the forces of good and evil.
The supreme thought of the Gita is concerned with a tolerance: "Whatsoever devotee seeks to worship whatsoever divine form (rupa) with fervent faith, I, verily, make that faith of his unwavering."
The finale of Mahabharat are impressive. Rishi Vyasa concludes: "Dharma is eternal; life, its joys and sorrow are not. Do not give away the eternal for the temporal values of life."
Do not to others what ye do not wish
Done to yourself; and wish for others too
What ye desire and long for, for yourself — This is the whole of dharma — heed —it well.
— Veda Vyasa, The Mahabharata.
By the way, where is that onslought you are talking about ?
Indians have a tendency to exaggerat isolated incidents, as a regular custom.
Just get out of the country and see other places.
May you learn what exactlly is called "onslaught".
Added:
Good answer Avik.
2006-07-04 06:10:54 · answer #1 · answered by Karma 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
What minorities? Are you talking about Muslims in Gujarat riots. No, it cannot be used to justify onslaught on minorities. The riots were just a manifestation of growing frustration among Hindus. The "minorities" are not exactly a paragon of virtue. I do not support killing of innocent people but Hindus are human beings too. Anyone who perverts the meaning of religion is a fake guru. Vedas, Gita and many other Hindu books have warned people of fake gurus and have said that they will be punished. Mahabharata was a war between good and evil. Kauravas were not a minority. The Gita and Mahabharata goes against the Hindu caste system by saying that anyone who can know God through substantial spiritual knowledge is a Brahmin. No one is born as a Brahmin.
2006-07-04 06:13:43 · answer #2 · answered by avik_d2000 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Mahabharat, describes the completed geography of India. It tells us intimately approximately all the present 'tirtha-sthaan' ( places of pilgrimage) of India. Of Badrinath etc. Even cutting-edge historians can not supply the biggest factors that are written interior the Mahabharata. So if Geographically that's right, then traditionally this is going to likely be actual too.
2016-12-08 15:39:18 · answer #3 · answered by riveria 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't know. The only Hindu that interests me is studying the Kama Sutra with the little Indian chick who runs the 7/11 down the street. I might even convert for her!
2006-07-16 10:00:24 · answer #4 · answered by Tom 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The message to the world throguh Mahabharatha:
1. To Bring down evil, blood relationships also should not be thought of. All good men should fight evil.
2. God will be always with good men to fight evil.
3. He appears in this world when there is a need to bring down evil.
Ramachandran V.
2006-07-13 19:46:55 · answer #5 · answered by sarayu 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mahabharata was fought due to ego and lack in control of tongue.
2006-07-04 06:09:23 · answer #6 · answered by Ashish M 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
MAHABHARAT WAS FOUGHT FOR KUNTI DEAR
2006-07-14 14:49:47 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
for land
2006-07-04 06:08:11 · answer #8 · answered by viraj n 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they fifight for yu
2006-07-14 09:49:14 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋