{"id":381,"date":"2010-01-02T20:59:32","date_gmt":"2010-01-02T20:59:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kedar.nitty-witty.com\/?p=381"},"modified":"2010-10-27T06:20:36","modified_gmt":"2010-10-27T06:20:36","slug":"waiting-for-another-avatar-discussion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kedar.nitty-witty.com\/blog\/waiting-for-another-avatar-discussion","title":{"rendered":"waiting for another Avatar \u2013 discussion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Are we waiting for another \u201cAvatar\u201d??<\/p>\n<p>As per Hindu mythology, lord <em>Vishnu<\/em> took 10 different avatars to save our world. As per mythology, lord Vishnu will take avatar when <em>Rakshasas<\/em> get out of control. <em>Rakshasas<\/em> will come from <em>PatalLok<\/em>. <em>Rakshasas<\/em> will kill innocents to gain power and money. Their guru <em>Shukracharya<\/em> will promise them that if they follow his orders they will get heaven. After all the sufferings,\u00a0 people will start praying to Lord <em>Vishu<\/em> to save them from <em>Rakshasas<\/em> and this is when lord Vishnu listens to their followers (<em>bhakts<\/em>) and take avatar on earth (<em>ManushyaLok<\/em>). The avatar of lord will have difficult battle with powerful <em>Rakshasas<\/em> but at the end truth only wins. That\u2019s why in Sanskrit we have \u201cSatyam-ev Jayate\u201d , which is also written under the statue with four lions. (<em>Ashoka-stambh<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p>So how this does relates to today\u2019s world? Today we are dealing with a different kind of <em>Rakshasas<\/em>. Now we call them terrorists. Yes, they did not come from \u201c<em>PatalLok<\/em>\u201d this time, but they have similar characteristics. Both kill people very easily. Both are aiming for heaven. Both are guided by gurus (guru <em>Shukracharya<\/em> previously, some <em>moulana<\/em> now).<\/p>\n<p>Now the question remains, are we again going to pray to the lord to save us from these modern <em>Rakshasas<\/em> armed with Ak47 and hand grenades? Are we waiting for the miracle to happen? Are we ready for the battle of the <em>Satya<\/em> and <em>Asatya<\/em>?<\/p>\n<p>There is a bomb blast somewhere in the world every day. Innocent people are dying. More than 20,000 people have died till date in Kashmir. Last year 26<sup>th<\/sup> November 2008, over 200 people died in terrorist attack in our own Mumbai. The terrorism has risen to an insufferable level. We saw thousands of people came protesting on road to punish the one who have attacked\/ planned the attack on Mumbai on 26\/11\/2008. Many of them are asking for a war against terrorism. Now, are we ready for a war? Many are saying that war is a foolish thing to do. There are two points that they put here, firstly our country cannot afford a war.\u00a0 Secondly war will not stop terrorism.<\/p>\n<p>They may be true, but they are not ready to understand one thing here; the war is always on from terrorists\u2019 side. When I say, I support war on terrorism; I do not support invade on another country. I support war so that terrorists do not invade my life. I support war for truth.<\/p>\n<p>When I say war for truth, let me go back to Hindu mythologies again. Hindu mythology has two mahagranths: <em>Ramayana<\/em> and <em>Mahabharata<\/em>. Both the mahagranths depict war for truth. In <em>Ramayana<\/em>, lord <em>Ram<\/em> (Avatar of Lord <em>Vishnu<\/em>) fights with <em>Rakshasa<\/em> king <em>Ravan<\/em>. <em>Ravan<\/em> takes away <em>Mata<\/em> <em>Sita<\/em> by tricking her and kidnaps her in his <em>Pushpak Viman<\/em>. Lord <em>Ram<\/em> is now forced to attack on <em>Ravan\u2019s<\/em> <em>Lanka<\/em> to save <em>Mata<\/em> <em>Sita<\/em>. With the help of Lord <em>Hanuman<\/em> and <em>Vanar Sena(Army of Monkey)<\/em> lord <em>Ram<\/em> attacks on <em>Lanka<\/em> and kills <em>Ravan<\/em> and saves <em>Mata Sita<\/em>. In <em>Mahabharata<\/em>, <em>Kauravas<\/em> forcefully captured kingdoms of <em>Pandavas<\/em>, hence <em>Pandavas<\/em> with the help of lord <em>Krishna<\/em> (Avatar of lord <em>Vishnu<\/em>) wins over <em>Kauravas<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>What is so common in between both the Mahagranths? First, both have avatars of lord <em>Vishnu<\/em> and second, war is forced upon lord <em>Ram<\/em> and <em>Pandavas<\/em>. Now let\u2019s apply peace formula here. Lord <em>Ram<\/em> meets <em>Ravan<\/em> in bilateral meeting of peace. Or say <em>Pandavas<\/em> and <em>Kauravas<\/em> sits together and decides on peace process. Will <em>Ravan<\/em> or <em>Kauravas<\/em> want peace? I guess no, that\u2019s what even lord <em>Ram<\/em> has thought and he attacked <em>Lanka<\/em>. When <em>Arjun<\/em> gave up on the war field with the fear of lose, lord <em>Krishna<\/em> guided him to war. Why isn\u2019t the same situation applied here?<\/p>\n<p>The terrorist are never going to stop. In my opinion, the peace process is of no use with terrorism, instead we make ourselves look like frightened cowards.\u00a0 We afraid of cost of war but we like paying in EMIs. We are ready to pay with our lives and properties every day but cannot afford a war. The fear of lose drives us towards the peace process. But aren\u2019t we losing with every bullet, every bomb blast?<\/p>\n<p>To conclude this, it\u2019s time for us to <strong>stand up for ourselves and fight<\/strong>. We cannot wait for these modern <em>Rakshasas<\/em> to invade our life.<\/p>\n<p>-d&#8217; Chix.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Are we waiting for another \u201cAvatar\u201d?? As per Hindu mythology, lord Vishnu took 10 different avatars to save our world. 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