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RE:Rediff-give coverage to muslim reformers also
by Anand Iyer on May 17, 2007 09:16 PM

Dear Pritish.

Whatever I see is backed by scriptural injunctions. Please read chapter no.18, verse no.63 of Bhagavad Geeta. The Lord clearly says: "Deeply ponder over what I have revealed unto u and then do as u please."
(Vimrushaitadsheshena Yathaichasi tath kuru).

Clearly he says that even divine revealations should not be bilndly believed and acted upon. What this means? It is a kind of wonderful theology.I call it rationalist theology.
1.God has created reason.
2.If God did not want man to exercise reason and blindly believe his revelations, then he would not have given him reason.
3.God cannot go against his own laws. He is bound by them. If he says blindly believe me, he is violating his own laws.
4.Therefore, free human will supercedes divine revealation. If by applying my resaon, I find something illogical in divine scriptures, I can reject them.
5.Read Bhagvad Gita from cover to cover. The relation between God and Man is decribed as "Piteava Putasya Sakheva sakhyuhu Priyapriyarhasi deva na sodum". Arjuna asks the Lord to forgive him as a father would forgive his son, as a friend would forgive another and lovers would forgive each other. Krishna himself calls Arjuan his dear friend.
6. Geeta as a theology rejects the concept that man is slave of God and man has been born to worship him. SO ALL MEN ARE FREE AND NOT SLAVES OF EVEN GOD. IF HE HAD TO BE GOD'S SLAVE, GOD WOULD NOT HAVE GIVEN HIM "REASON".

I was shocked out of my senses when I read Gita the first time with English translation (Gorakhpur Press). I cannot cover more here. This Gita was the inspiration of Einstein and Oppenheimer. We hindus confined Gita to Puja room and implemented Manu Smriti and taht is why we were plundered and beaten by invaders. I feel set free from bondage of ignorance by reading it.

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