Dharma and Communalism

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elfishness and arrogance have become so inextricably associated with distortion and misconception of religion that the ordinary person is forgetting the real concept of religion has started accepting divided consciousness as the true form. Many of the different religions that have emerged from divided and self- oriented consciousness are flourishing only because of their ego, selfishness and aggressiveness. This very aggressiveness adopted under the cover of religion is 'Communalism'. This aggressiveness was adopted sometimes for political reasons, sometimes for economic reasons and sometimes for social reasons. Today, the situation has deteriorated to the extent that the money power, wiles and muscle power are being used openly by different groups to impose their own so-called religious philosophies, that too in the name of civilisation and culture.

The goal of religion is to eliminate discriminatory misconceptions and ignorance. But the reality is that this elimination has to be done through cognition at the individual level itself. From this point of view, the existence of the power of duality cannot be denied. Just as the existence of wave in the ocean cannot be denied, the existence of the wave of duality in the ocean of the Supreme Consciousness will have to be accepted; but keeping in mind that the real existence is not that of the wave but of the ocean.

Narendra Mohan was born on 10th October, 1934. He entered the field of journalism at the tender age of around 12 years only. During his lifetime, he authored eight thousand articles, more than five hundred verses, over hundred stories and more than two dozens of dramas. Among many of his published books, the notable ones are 'Bharatiya Sanskriti', 'Dharma Aur Sampradayikta', 'Bharatiya Rajniti Aur Bhrashtachar', 'Amrit Ki Ore', 'Tumhara Sangeet', 'Dasatva Se Ubaro', 'Kholo Dwar' and 'Hindutva'.

He travelled extensively across the country and abroad. He visited major countries of the world many times and had opportunities to meet many prominent heads of state of the world.

Narendra Mohan was Chairman of Press Trust of India (PTI). He also served in different positions besides being associated with the working committees of many other institutions of journalism. He was Editor-In- Chief of Dainik Jagran' for decades. He was elected as a Member of the Rajya Sabha in 1996. Commemoration : 20th September, 2002.

memory of the past is called love; and love should remain silent'-this has continued to be a common saying for ages; could never be a reality. I have known Narendra Mohan, the author of this book, since his childhood. Since those days, he has been extraordinarily brilliant and fearless. He has even gone through tortures behind the bars.

In this book, he has expressed his emotions and sentiments on the subjects like Dharma, society and country covering all aspects of life. 'Dharma' is the word that has the greatest influence on common and universally recognised moral values. It is an irony that 'Dharma', which is eternal, which is never transient and which is worth embracing, is itself being used to spread most of the misconceptions and discords. The same India, which has propagated the message of Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam L.e. 'the world is one family, is today so ensnared by the materialistic glamour of the West that it is not able to find a way to come out of the same.

What could be a better service to humanity than an attempt to establish common and universally recognised moral values, ignoring exposition of Dharma based on philosophical interpretation of hearsays and recollections? There are many aspects common to all religions of the world; it is the need of the hour to propagate and promote those common aspects everywhere. Mankind is currently blessed with a great opportunity with easy accessibility to excellent and effective modes of communication and information exchange on account of scientific developments. If only that opportunity is exploited properly to establish an order of goodwill and cooperation in the world, our earth may get rid of the problems and we may have peace and prosperity all around.

Time and again, persons of great repute from all religions have offered their suggestions and attempted to guide the world for eradication of the ills of contemporary societies. Most of their advices are common in nature, 'compassion' or 'kindness' being the most important of all. Truthfulness is espoused in all religions with the same intensity. Furthermore, even importance given to virtues like righteousness, humility, non-violence, philanthropy (sacrificing surplus resources for use of others), proper care for slaves and servants and refraining oneself from hatred, animosity, anger, theft and self-praise are found in all religions in equal measure. In addition to this, there are references in history to such religious rulers who set out rules and regulations for propagation and promotion of the same moral values and prescribed punishments for not abiding by the same. Inscriptions of Gautama Buddha, Mahavira and Ashoka are still available as testimony to the same.

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