Dear Ms.Shaija...
I appreciate your mail particularly amoung hundreds of other mails that come every day into this forum propagating one or the other religion.
People fail to understand the fact that religion is purely personal and that it cannot and should not be imposed upon others. But, sadly we live in a world where religion has taken the top priority surpassing the omnipotent.
The irony is that the so called religion was created or introduced by us to bring in a self obligatory, self discilpinary way of righteousness among ourselves.But the ultimate motive is long forgotten and its the outer shell they are fighting for ignoring the fruit inside.
And its a war out there to decide which religion is the best and which will take you to heaven...to god directly. The evolvement over so many years since religion came into being, has only worsened things. How many of the people out there who are very pious, really know about their actions???
I personally have met a lot of people and tried to find out from them the reason behind most of their religious way of life and their holy book.But i was surprised and shocked that almost 95% of them dont know the reasons for their actions and simply follow what they have been thought blindly.
Its really shocking that they have never tried to learn or question their own actions.Then on what basis do they justify their religion?
Unless every individual thinks practically and logically for himsel, judiciously questioning every action and deed with respect to their religion,than listening blindly to their guardians, will definitely change the outlook of every religion and will receive its due respect from one and all.
Regards
Pramodh
DEAR ALL,
How often do most of us make the mistake of labelling a person a Hindu/ Muslim/ Christian etcetera, based on his name? Perhaps, we do so every other day. The moment a persons name is mentioned, most people start identifying him with the generalized characteristics of his community-background and take it for granted that he follows the dictates of what they consider to be his religion.
Does a doctor-couples son automatically become a doctor? Obviously, he does not; he becomes one only if he decides to be so, works hard, becomes qualified and practises that profession. He may very well choose to be a business-person. The same logic applies to religion, something even more personal than profession. A person may or may not practise his parents religion (or any religion) and he certainly cannot be held responsible for the name his parents have given him.
Thus, it is only common-sense, not rocket-science, that a persons natal-background is not synonymous to his beliefs or ideology. No one is born with either Hindu-chromosomes or Muslim-DNA or Christian-genes or any such thing. Yet, out of sheer habit or thoughtlessness, most people do the labelling, perhaps unaware of how insensitively they are behaving, all the more so if the person they are identifying in terms of religion, is secular in belief or has non-denominational faith.
Thousands of years ago, in India, on the battlefield of Kurukshetra, a voice was heard:
Sarva dharmaan parittyajya
That voice resonates in the hearts and minds of some select-people, who (regardless of the communities into which they have been born), belief and practise what the owner of the voice has said. Would it not be unfair to put religion-based labels on such people?
COURTESY:AYESHA PARVEEN
Aano bhadra krtavo yantu vishwatah.(- RIG VEDA)
"Let noble thoughts come to me from all directions"
REGARDS
Miss.Shaija Vallikatri Bhaskaran
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