Dwelling of
Maharana pratap in various forests without any stability, the grand donation by
Bhamashas, Hakikat rai’s buriral alive in the wall, the boiling alive of banda
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ABDONED AND SACRIFICE--THE PICK TIME |
vairagi in the heated oil in a vessel, the selling of wife and son by king
Harishchandra, the donation of own bones by dadhichi, the sacrifice of his son
by Moradhwaj, Rani padmini’s jumping into fire, the drinking of poison by
Socrates, the crucifixion of Christ--- these are all true incidents and events
that evince the absolute devotion of the great personalities to their great
principles and their limitless sacrifice for noble duties. Putting everything
they own, even their lives, at stake for protection of great ideals is possible
only for the enlightened souls, as their sraddha is also elevaded. If such
occasions aries for the people of today with superficial faith, they will
immediately become turncoats. Hakikat rai, the child, preferred getting buried alive in the wall but did not
agree to relinquish his Hindu religion; a cunning child of today would have
thought it right to turn to any religion or cult to save his live, he would
have done so most willingly lf there were extra gains. In the ancient times
people were ready for sacrifices of any size for their principles for remaining
true to their commitment, for guarding the ethics of their divine culture and
religion.Todays culture and
principles seem to revolve around diplomacy,
opportunism, clever manipulation and
cunningness. People adopt ideologist and
follow religious philosophies as a fashion, just as they grow beard and maintain
it till they are fond of it and shave it off anytime at will. They preach
elaborately on the importance of consumerism and capitalism. They bost of
religion, but are themselves responsible for sinful acts. These examples show
that today there seems to be no place in human life for faith, principled
thoughts and values; is one way or the other these have also become commodities
of fashion and explotation for most people.
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