01-12-2005, 02:50 PM
Obviously most persons have been jarred by the shankaracharya arrest. And my seemingly non sympathy is not helping either.
Here is something I wrote recently explaining the Hindu understanding of events, tsunamis in this instance, but equally applicable to the kanchi arrest. The attitude is one of joyous acceptance blaming no one.
<b>Six Hindu principles, linked and overlapping, are involved here in explaining the tsunami and natural disasters:</b>
1. that nature is alive with inherent spirit beings, who play a part in evolving the physical world, and periodic readjustments are to be expected,
2. that in the ultimate analysis, in the highest macro Hindu view, not an atom moves, not a blade of grass sways, but by the will of god. He is the only doer. There is no other.
3. karma - not a single thing can happen to us if its not our karma. We were therefore born exactly to experience this tsunami, either as victims or as non-victims,
4. there is no instrinsic evil in the world - all that happens is for the ultimate good. Death is renewal. Death is birth in the antarloka.
5. loss, destitution, loneliness, fear of the unknown and the future, uncertainty - these are the very factors that instil humility, soul searching, compassion, understanding, acceptance, forbearance, sharing and giving without reward - all godly qualities, the very nature of the soul exposed, shattering the bonds that fetters the soul. These are exactly what is to be welcomed, and why we are here for.
6. Gods dont get angry - they have no emotions, and they cannot do one thing that is not born out of love.
Knowing this Hindu seers offered flowers to the rising tsunami, palms together, in reverance and thanksgiving to the towering wall of water, a linga, and seeing this too as gods blessing, .
Tamil aphorisms:
1. Oru pollapum ellai - there is not one evil (wrong) thing at all
2. Naam ariyom - we will never know (the reasons and intricacies of god and world)
3. Eppolutho mudintha kaariyam - it was done(decided)long ago,
The world and all the souls have already evolved, achieved moksha, merged with the Lord and mahapralaya has already taken place. Only now we are seeing these 'already happened events' slowly unfolding, us being the spectators and participants.
Regards.
Pathma
Here is something I wrote recently explaining the Hindu understanding of events, tsunamis in this instance, but equally applicable to the kanchi arrest. The attitude is one of joyous acceptance blaming no one.
<b>Six Hindu principles, linked and overlapping, are involved here in explaining the tsunami and natural disasters:</b>
1. that nature is alive with inherent spirit beings, who play a part in evolving the physical world, and periodic readjustments are to be expected,
2. that in the ultimate analysis, in the highest macro Hindu view, not an atom moves, not a blade of grass sways, but by the will of god. He is the only doer. There is no other.
3. karma - not a single thing can happen to us if its not our karma. We were therefore born exactly to experience this tsunami, either as victims or as non-victims,
4. there is no instrinsic evil in the world - all that happens is for the ultimate good. Death is renewal. Death is birth in the antarloka.
5. loss, destitution, loneliness, fear of the unknown and the future, uncertainty - these are the very factors that instil humility, soul searching, compassion, understanding, acceptance, forbearance, sharing and giving without reward - all godly qualities, the very nature of the soul exposed, shattering the bonds that fetters the soul. These are exactly what is to be welcomed, and why we are here for.
6. Gods dont get angry - they have no emotions, and they cannot do one thing that is not born out of love.
Knowing this Hindu seers offered flowers to the rising tsunami, palms together, in reverance and thanksgiving to the towering wall of water, a linga, and seeing this too as gods blessing, .
Tamil aphorisms:
1. Oru pollapum ellai - there is not one evil (wrong) thing at all
2. Naam ariyom - we will never know (the reasons and intricacies of god and world)
3. Eppolutho mudintha kaariyam - it was done(decided)long ago,
The world and all the souls have already evolved, achieved moksha, merged with the Lord and mahapralaya has already taken place. Only now we are seeing these 'already happened events' slowly unfolding, us being the spectators and participants.
Regards.
Pathma