Namaskar dear Shree Gopa
I recently happened to read your response on your blog to the Clinton and Obama image in TOI.
Since I am a Hindu concerned by the denigration of Hindu sacred concepts in this picture, I request your audience for the below points. Through them, it is my humble attempt to explain why it is important for us to do something about some denigration which comes across like a crude and rude depiction.
Is it not our responsibility to help educate society about the sacred concepts and dispel misconceptions as propagated by such crudeness on Hinduism? Here the so-called humor is about something held sacred in our Holy Scriptures
Does any of our Scriptures sanction joking about the sacred? Today, what little faith and following Hindus have in Hinduism is a result of our ancestors teaching us by example its importance through revering the various Hindu Holy practices and concepts. If we not only turn a blind eye towards such denigration of Hindu sacred concepts, but also encourage each other to laugh along, what ideals will it set for our future generations? Can we expect our future generations, growing up under an increasingly materialistic, non-Hindu influence, to hold those Hindu concepts sacred in that case? The biggest danger I see of condoning this issue, especially when our opinion was sought after from a Hindu, is the precedent it sets for far more denigrating pictures or movies on Hinduism in future, as being ‘ok by Hindus’.
Before a person can be expected to stand up for the cause of Hinduism, he will need to have sufficient pride and feeling for the cause, which will come only after some education about the cause. As representatives from Hindu organizations, is it not our responsibility to help educate our Hindu community about the sacred concepts and dispel misconceptions as propagated by such picture in widely distributed news paper.
Amazing to learn that one can "loved the image". What was so inspiring about it dear Gopa?
Although the Hindu dharma is known to be tolerant, we should not also make it known to be coward too. Wonder why TOI chose to publish such a crude picture?
Analyzing your case studies
Case A:
Think it is not correct to consider yourself as a murderer in this case, it was his time that he had to go. You attempted to pull him away from death but he died anyway. Your effort was admirable from a your view point, however he was destined to die that moment. Thus you will neither acquire negative or positive karma. You were negligible there in that situation.
Case B: Again after studying your case B,"historic buried treasure" means money I take it. Luxurious life with money, yes but one cannot claim that he/she was happy for 50 years. Money can buy things but not happiness or health or bliss.
you neither accumulated negative or positive karma by fetching him treasure.
As you correctly said that the energy controlling this universe knows a lot better. Do we know what energy we are referring to?
Lord Krushna and his principals are way above than human created legal context aren't they?
Makes me wonder when one Hindu speaks about denigration, immediately several Hindu roar that its being fanaticism. Let alone other religions.
Dear Shree Gopa its not about going crazy over a picture published by a newspaper, its about your faith and my faith and faith or our children's and generations to come.
I thank you for your time and patient audience, and hope that these points will help develop a mutual understanding between your blog and those who have taken the time to protest the denigration for this picture.
Sincerely,
Nilesh Shirodkar
Dharmo rakshati rakshitaha
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