I write below in honor of Prahlad, a king in the yester years who ruled Indian subcontinent and Vasudeva Datta who lived in Bengal in 1500s. These individuals are an epitome of compassion. Somehow my heart skips a beat when I run into these two. I feel they touch me very deep. On a plane of consciousness, they are the same incarnation.
The goal of life is to develop compassion to all living beings: human, animals and plants. Compassion, not computer chips or not oil or not software engineers is the most precious commodity in the world.
It is said in India that the purpose of life is dharma, artha, kama and moksha. This translates to justice, economic gains, sense gratification and liberation.
Christians believe that Lord Jesus Christ, their spiritual master, appeared in order to eradicate all the sins of his disciples.
Jesus Christ relieved only his followers from all sinful reactions, but Vasudeva Datta is here prepared to accept the sins of everyone in the universe.
Vasudeva Datta is so liberal that he is prepared to risk everything to rescue the conditioned souls from material existence. Srila Vasudeva Datta Thakura is universal love itself, for he was willing to sacrifice everything and fully engage in the service of others.
Lord Jesus Christ certainly finished the sinful reactions of his followers by his mercy, but that does not mean he completely delivered them from the pangs of material existence. A person may be relieved from sins once, but it is a practice to confess sins and yet commit them again. By getting freed from sins and again engaging in them, one cannot attain freedom from the pangs of material existence. A diseased person may go to a physician for relief, but after he leaves the hospital he may again be infected due to his unclean habits. Thus material existence continues. Srila Vasudeva Datta wanted to completely relieve the conditioned souls from
material existence so that they would no longer have an opportunity to commit sinful acts. It is a great offense to receive pardon for sins and then commit the same sins again. Such an offense is more dangerous than the sinful activity itself. Vasudeva Datta was so liberal that he requested to transfer all offensive activity upon him so the conditioned souls would be purified. This prayer was certainly without duplicity.
Vasudeva Datta was para-duhkha-duhkhi, very much aggrieved to see others suffer. The entire world is purified simply by the appearance of such a great humanist. By and large there innumerable humanists in India who have prayed for good for whole world, irrespective of self situation. That is the fundamental strength of India. The summary of Indian philosophy is energy of all living beings (plants, animals, humans) is same. Let us all be at peace with each other.
I request all Indians to work towards this ideal. Let India become the Guru of the world.
Om shanti om shanti om shanti is the prayer that expresses this.
Om shanti om shanti om shanti
Om tat sat
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