Re: Bombay Massacre
Originally Posted by
vcindiana
If these people think that they are oppressed, can they not learn from Gandhi or ML King who brought the oppressors to their knees. Is non violence against their religious beliefs?
VC
Namaste vcindiana,
An article in the morning paper says:
"Terrorists may have a religion but death has none. In the first roll call of death issued by the JJ Hospital, the name next to Karkare was that of Mastan Qureshi. There were six Hindus, four Muslims and two Christians."
I add that Jews have also not been spared.
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It has been very depressing and nauseating, sitting through the live TV coverages, which I could not get away from. The aftermath has also been nauseating. I specifically remember a lady who was fiery with her accusatory tone against the Government and the politicians (especially against those who wish to make Bombay only for Maharashtrians). That was OK, since Governments should protect the citizens. But finally she said something that was surprising. She exhorted in an animated tone "Government should give back the taxes we pay, to us, for us and for the city alone. Government should not fritter our money for all and sundry". She forgot that the very policemen and the NSG commandos who freed the hostages also need food.
This is a challenging time, yet every challenge is an opportunity. I believe that this challenge gives us an opportunity to see the cosmos as one interlinked breathing living being -- called as divine purusha in Hindu Dharma.
I pay taxes for my own well being and not for any other (though it feels painful to the ego). I fulfill my obligations for my own self and not for any other (though it feels painful to the ego). And the mis-deeds do not go unaccounted for, though it seems that one has been spared.
In summary, I feel that this may be an opportunity to go above petty differences of the ego, which creates artificial boundaries.
Sarva Janah Sukhinu Bhavantu. May all attain happiness.
Regards
Om
That which is without letters (parts) is the Fourth, beyond apprehension through ordinary means, the cessation of the phenomenal world, the auspicious and the non-dual. Thus Om is certainly the Self. He who knows thus enters the Self by the Self.
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