Posted by: pine77 September 20, 2004
Quran on non-Muslims
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Sali jee, (CONTINUED) According to the theory of Krishna, when an action is committed by an ego, the karmic reaction will go to the same ego. However, if you do your duty as if you are merely a conduit of Lord then the karmic reaction will go to Lord, not to you. For example, if you imprison a person, then it is a crime. But if you are a jailor on duty, then it is not. For Arjun, a warrior sworn to upheld justice, the duty to fight the battle was clear. However, he grieved to see that he has to fight his own relatives (not non-Hindus). Here Arjun could have simple went along the way of love that he would rather die than fight. That is a valid �way of love� or �Bhakti yoga�. However, Krishna was teaching Karma yoga, not Bhakti yoga. Bhakti yoga is taught by sages like Ramanujam, Tulsidas and others. According to the karma yoga Arjun has to fight. However, he should do that as performing unattached duty �niskam karma�, not for victory or riches or revenge. You may disagree with Krishna and have your own way. It is perfectly fine. The multitude of spiritual ways is the hall mark of Hinduism. You may even criticize Krishna. However, you may do so only after reflecting on what he actually said. There is tons of exegesis on Gita to read. There is one more important point here. There are many cases of Muslims following Quran and attacking Kafirs, beginning with Muhammad himself. You may read Islamic history how it spread in Iran, Byzantium empire, north Africa etc., and how Iranian Zoroastrians, Syrian Christians ran away to India and found refuse among Hindus. The state of Bihar, named so because of many Buddhist Bihars or monasteries, now it has almost no Buddhists. Because Islamists massacred them off. Only a few monks and nuns escaped to Tibet and Burma. However, you will not find Hindus fighting their cousins, relatives and teachers because Arjuna did so. Evidently, the battle of Mahabharat is understood by Hindus not as an exhortation to fight. THANKS.
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