Contd…..
Do
you see any of these ‘acts’ or ‘thoughts’ in Hinduism?
Remember
the story of Hiranyakashyap and Prahlad. Prahlad was tortured and sent to death
by his own father inspite of being his only child. Why? Because Prahlad did not
accept his father to be God and believed in God in the form of Vishnu.
Next,
let’s take case of Ravana. He was ‘Greatest of Shiva Bhaktha’ but did not
respect/recognise Vishnu even as God. Result – he hated Vishnu and gave trouble
to all his devotees. End – he met his death in the hands of a mortal Prince and
his army of monkeys and bears.
Both
represent the same nature of barbarism where a person assumes it his right to kill the other who doesn’t follow his faith.
“But
they were asuras”. Right! They were asuras and hence their nature is justified
by their act. Asura is not ‘a Hindu’. Asura is a person who has very little
spectrum of perception with regards to issues especially of religion and
ethics. For him might is right. And he believes in subjugating people,
plundering looting people, bringing about chaos, destruction wherever he goes.
Asura is one whose definition of happiness is “What I benefit is of no
importance to me. It is enough if it hurts or harms you”. If this is the
principle that governs a person he is called an ‘asura’ and they didn’t vanish
after ‘Treta Yuga’. They are just as normal as you and me. Whenever I revel in
sadistic pleasure, asura in me raises and each time I live and sacrifice for
the other, I sympathise with the other I let the ‘divine’ in me express
himself. Now a person who lets his ‘demonic’ nature act and express itself
number of times, becomes an epitome of asuric qualities over the period of
time. The religion just helps him to express that nature of him without feeling
guilty of his act or intention or in other words, he uses religion to express
his nature.
Contd……….
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