Elite Should Come Forward to Manage Religious Setup
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Progress of an individual and the society depends on their right thinking and right way of working. A needy man can be offered some immediate help but such support does not bring about a permanent solution. Medicines alone cannot cure a patient unless he also exercises self restraints in his overall way of living. If we follow only the treatment part of prescription and ignore the restrictions advised by the physician, the disease will continue to recur again and again. Therefore just offering doles to the poor is not the real solution of poverty. By giving food, we can, temporarily satisfy a poor man's hunger, but it is not at all possible to go on feeding such a man indefinitely. Poverty will vanish only when the poor become industrious and put an effort to earn their livelihood. This holds good for all problems. Self help is the real help.
Mental sickness is the root cause of the miseries and deprivations in the life. The only remedy is to reform and refine the thinking process of man. In fact there cannot be a nobler task than purifying one's thinking and correcting one's erroneous beliefs and wrong notions. Acquiring knowledge and awareness of soul and God and imparting these to others are the noblest of boons. The Brahmins of old use to take a vow to do so throughout their life, were respected as God. Today such persons have become a rarity. To make up for this deficiency elites should come forward to take up this noble task. For the welfare of this world, dedicated workers who can perform the true Brahmin's rite awakening the masses are the urgent need of the hour.
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The only basic cause for these ills of society
Nowadays, everybody is suffering from troubles and tensions. Everyone seems to be falling an easy prey to the onslaughts of disease, worry and financial crisis. Mistrust, suspicion, apprehension, deception, defiance, ingratitude and indiscipline are the order of the day. The vices like corruption, black marketing, bribery, cheating, dishonesty, self-gratification, addictions, selfishness and gangsterism reign supreme in society. Groupism, nepotism and manipulation are becoming rampant in politics. Civil war-like conditions seems spreading fast on the basis of caste, language, region etc. We don't find even an iota of austerity, sacrifice, restrain and moral restitute in the religious field; only trickery, ostentations and hypocrisy dominate the scene. Moral degradation is fast spread in every walk of life. The so called pundits, mahants, priests and monks have become the privileged class. No one is ready to dedicate his life for the good of society. Internationally, exploitation and subjugation of one country by the other through diplomacy and deceit are openly practiced. When evil forces have ascendancy manifesting as injustice, crime, idleness, indiscipline and violent passions, we can expect only unrest and conflict to rein this world, making the globe a veritable hell. If this state of affairs continues unchecked we will be forced to commit mass suicide through deadly nuclear weapons resulting in the total extinction of human species (homosapiens) and all other forms of life. In such dire circumstances, those who really care for human civilization and human survival must contribute their mite towards warding off this catastrophe.
Only material progress is not sufficient
Despite the fact that it has been an era of stupendous material development, tragically mental peace and satisfaction in an individual as well as community life have suffered a severe blow. This is the result of the lack of simultaneous expansion and growth of inner self. Simultaneous enrichment of material and spiritual aspects are indispensable for the integrated life of man. Abundance of material comforts alone does not bring happiness; it also needs refined emotions and clear seeing vision. Erroneously, in modem time attention has been entirely focused on material growth and the means thus acquired have been utilized in increasing the comforts. The result is an insatiable greed, gross self-indulgence, an inflated ego, deceit and crass self-centeredness.
A weak donkey cannot carry a load of heavy decorations for a very long time; similarly, the body also cannot survive the unrelenting pressures of excessive material facilities and sensual indulgence. If education and intelligence are used only for satisfying the ego, the mental level is bound to deteriorate. Science has endowed us with material progress, but the spiritual growth has been totally ignored. Had the soul also grown along with the piling up of luxuries, the humanity would have been spared from the prevalent ills of immense suffering, quarrels and malice. Had the available resources been used in a wise manner for healthy progress, this world would have become a heaven.
Only right thinking and right effort can reverse the downward trend
If the money, labour, resources and mental capabilities engaged in unwarranted activities, are diverted to constructive tasks, they will surely transform the world. Forty crore persons round the globe are associated with military activities. If the huge funds spent on the maintenance of a large number of soldiers and the people engaged in manufacturing of armaments are utilized for eradicating disease, poverty, unemployment, and in the spread of education and improvement of medical facilities, it will produce a miracle.
If the various mass-media like cinema, drama, dance, literature, radio and television etc. which contribute immensely towards the molding of thoughts and feelings, stop propagating vulgarity and try to promote righteous feelings, cooperation, idealism, morality, amity and humanity, then within a few years nobility and divinity will manifest in the human race. If large sums of money being spent on intoxicants like tobacco and liquor are diverted for production of organic fertilizers, nobody will ever starve in this world.
If the criminals, thieves, killers and dissolute persons divert and utilize their talents and energy for the welfare of the community, every wicked man would become Balmiki and every immoral woman would become Amrapali and thus diffuse happiness and radiant zeal themselves all around. If all news-papers and the print media utilize their influence in promoting global fraternity, morality and idealism, millions of people living in this world will adopt a life of high idealism, enabling them to perform noble deeds. If the administration earnestly sets its goal to serve mankind, these countless number of leaders can ensure a bright future for the public. If the huge religious network of 8 million saints, hermits, sermonizing priests, ritualists and merchants of religions who now exists as parasites in a poor country like India, take up the responsibility of propagating righteous values and ideals, religion will transform itself from a bane into a boon.
