Fight With Equanimity, Channelise Energy- His Holiness Sri Sri Ravishankar
When there is an attack on society and we lose our loved ones, it causes a
lot of sorrow and fear. If we keep reeling in sorrow, fear and anger, then
life moves on the path of destruction. But if we want to channelise this
energy and prepare to face this war bravely, we need to first calm the
mind and come to a state of equanimity.
We need to become sam-darshi or one whose vision is equanimous. Today,
we are all angry with the politicians or with our system. Our police lack
the necessary tools... The whole of Mumbai seems angry. In a way, we have
woken up. We are no longer ready to take the ?chalta hai? attitude. For so
many years India has seen terrorist attacks in different places, for the
first time, the entire community, especially the youth, has woken up...
How to make our system stronger? Firstly, we need to come together...
We need social leaders who are satya-darshi or truthful, sam-darshi or
equanimous, and door-darshi or far-sighted. So let?s also resolve to first
examine the qualifications of those whom we elect. We need to protect our
country from those who mani-pulate issues for their personal gains and
lead by playing vote-bank politics. Secondly, we must resolve not to act
out of anger, but instead channelise our dynamic energy for the common
good; to expose all those who are supporting violence, no matter what
religion they belong to; to get rid of the mentality which asks us to
protect people from our own religion, or community, even if they are doing
wrong. This is very important.
Three things need to be done today: Stringent laws should be in place
and the hands of the police have to be strengthened. Second, intelligence
agencies and the police should be wellequipped and third, politicians
should allow them to take necessary steps independently. We consider the
entire world ours... We might have different religions, communities,
languages and cultures, but underneath all this diversity, every Indian is
One. We are proponents of peace, but we are also from the land of Guru
Gobind Singh. Today, we need Sant-sipahis or soldier-saints. Every one of
us needs to be a peace soldier...
Peace does not mean inaction. We want a revolution, but a peaceful one.
Mahatma advocated peace, but he did not just sit back and allow injustice.
Being in peace, he took action. The essence of the Bhagavad Gita is this ?
to fight with equanimity. Today, we are again seeing a dharma yuddha ? a
battle for righteousness. ..
Whenever i visited Israel, i have been told by Jewish leaders that
India is the only nation in the world where a Jew has never been attacked.
India is known for its tolerance and peace... We shall not let the terror
attacks in Mumbai sag our spirits. We shall overcome. And in doing so we
will not let go of our culture and nature of peace and non-violence.
I would like to say to all the families who have lost their dear ones
that the soul never dies. Know that once you drop the body, there is no
more suffering to the soul. Those who have departed have merged with the
divine, and their souls are still with you, with us, with the entire
nation... Everyone will die, including us. But they have sacrificed their
lives to wake us up and make us realise that others should not suffer,
that this should not happen again. They are asking us to be Arjuna
Jaigurudev !!!!!!!!!
