Amar-Ghandi was NOT a pacifist! According to Yogananda who knew him personally he (Ghandi) maintained "it is better to resist with physical force than to be a coward"!! Gita/Yogananda's comment.
Just as we fight evil within us, so too we must fight the evil in the larger us...the world! Ahimsa does not equal cowardise! --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "amarnath" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Namaste, > > Gandhi faced the fierce Indian mountain worriers and asked them, "Why > are you afraid?" > They said, "What? We are the fiercest worriers in the world; we are > not afraid of anything." > Gandhi said, "Why all those guns and straps of ammunition around your > body? I am not afraid of anything. That's why I don't need the guns." > Gandhi won them over and they were the most courageous fighters for > non-violence. > > Perhaps there were times when the good and evil could be separated by > groups of people and Avatars like Rama and Krishna came and slew them. > But, in these times, the evil is within each one person even within > the so called good ones. And, the Gita( see Yogananda's Translation ), > for these times especially, is best interpreted in term of the > psychology of the mind. > > Amma says the mind is the Kurushetra( field of battle ). And says, > that we are headed for an abyss and due to the unbridled selfishness > it is possible that the human race might not survive. > > So, perhaps there is a time to kill like Rama and Krishna did and > perhaps there is a time to die like Gandhi, King, Jesus, and even > Krishna allowed himself to be shot by an arrow and before that all his > people drowned in the sea. Not sure how Rama left the body. When the > curtain is drawn, the play is over. > > It is the nature of the mind which needs to be understood and > conquered. Quoting MMY blindly will not lead to your own Awakening. > Good book to read on the nature of mind: > "Awaken Children" Vol 7 teachings of Mata Amritanandamayi. Reading the > book will not be enough; observing the nature of one's own mind and > some inquiry are needed besides whatever other spiritual practices you do. > > This is my 2cents, my opinion. Your opinion may be different. > > Om santi, > anatol > PS ~ > from below "> ...make no mistake about it, God knows what is good and > > what is evil!!" > my comment: do you? > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Mr. Magoo" <wgm4u@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Richard J. Williams" > > <willytex@> wrote: > > > > > > amarnath wrote: > > > > i feel what America needs right now is a 1,000 Gandhis, > > > > > > > Maybe what America needs right now are 2,000 Arjunas. In my opinion, > > > we don't need any more pacifistic Gandhis right now. Because of > > > extreme pacifism the Muslims raped and plundered India, cutting off > > > the heads of the meditating Buddhists. I'm not in favor of that - > > > people should fight for their self-defense. > > > > > > Read the Bhagavad Gita: Lord Krishna said - stand up and fight. > > > > Right on Willy...one should fight, not only the internal enemies of > > the soul, but the external enemies of Truth, which is evil. Soldiers > > who do this are heros, kshatriyas! > > > > > > Peace Pilgrims and a US Department of Peace > > > > > > > America's peace keepers and brain wave coherence generators! The > > > Maharishi's formula is to bring military power in alliance with the > > > invincible power of Natural Law. > > > > > > > to turn things around for America; > > > > > > > Fort Bliss - America's Homeland Security. "The purpose of the military > > > is to keep war from happening or to end it quickly if it does > > > happen." - Maharishi Mahesh Yogi > > > > > > http://www.invincibleamerica.org/ > > > > > > > perhaps, it's too late. > > > > > > > Maybe too late to protect Europe - the enemy is already storming the > > > gates. But it's not too late for America - we can still surge forward, > > > like Arjuna in the battle of Kurukshetra, and kill the enemy before > > > they strike us first. > > > > According to Yogananda Ghandi was NOT a pacifist. Also Yogananda says: > > "Those who enter the portals of death while engaged in righteous > > battle to banish any kind of evil, fall asleep on the soft down of > > meritorious inner soul-satisfaction and are lifted in glory to the > > astral heaven"...make no mistake about it, God knows what is good and > > what is evil!! > > >
