If Shri Krishna, the exponent of the four-fold division of the society, were to descend on earth and see the state of the social structure, he would be shocked to see what people have done to this society. Evils have crept into the society because of vested interests, greed, lust for power and animalistic nature of some of the so-called guardians of the society themselves. Originally Krishna never proposed untouchability, discrimination, harassment and social violence. Even a layman can understand that Lord Krishna, who reigned in this world some 3,500 years ago, is much above these petty prejudices and no texts coming out of his lips ever spell anything otherwise.
God is not a Christian. He is not a Hindu, neither a Muslim nor a Buddhist. He is above all these religions or cultures. He governs over everything in the entirety. He is the Supreme Will whose manifestation is the vast creation where we find ourselves occupying the multi-microscopic spot on this planet. Under His command, the solar system, the galaxies, the planets, the gravity and all other heavenly bodies perform their duty. He is not up there in heaven. He is everywhere, knows everything and He is the most powerful. One of the world's greatest Scientist Albert Einstein towards the end of his career concluded that 'the more I go on discovering this universe, the more I am convinced that there is a mysterious energy sustaining the entire universe". This is what has been said by our sages thousands of years before him. We know that the person you call yourself is the mind, body, emotions and the life energy. You are a miniature cosmos by yourself which is longing for infinite expansion. It is a generally held belief all around the world to fight against the negativity and secure a situation where good triumphs over the evil. Since historic times the trend to fight the evil has been pretty much there in the own definitions of those exerting themselves. Countless numbers of battles and big wars fought in different parts of the world have however only remained a nightmare despite all the striving primarily because there are two or more conflicting parties involved each claiming themselves for the greater good. Question to ponder however arises as to what is the measuring rod for what is good or evil? Or where have we practically gone wrong in these assumptions? Why have individual countries and the world at large not been a better place despite all these struggles? Bhutanese nationhood needs to be well defined. It should encompass a broader sense of the term which takes into account aspirations of all the peoples in the east, west, north and south alike not just the rulers and it must be in the best interest of the nation. What is in the best interest of the nation anyway? Given the Bhutan situation, the idea of nationhood must include all those people who are rightfully the tillers of that soil and serving the nation in one way or the other. The narrow concept of nationhood is still incubated like in a cocoon and it can only realize the blissful open sky from the freedom experienced in the real world. Many of the times the vested interest intellectuals or the so-called statesmen project such a narrow sense of reality that they put the whole country at stake. It is time all people in the country, in the refugee camp and those settled elsewhere realize the gravity of the situation, fathom the depth of the issue and realize these as the shadows of the mistaken past which has come down to haunt the minds of young generation of Bhutanese today. |
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