Posted by: ujl January 9, 2015
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What are the things that our leaders are trying to achieve after this ethnic division? Is this division conducive for Nepali's peace and prosperity? Is this ethnic division really a division in a sense that this division really exist as a solid division? Or is this division purely psychological? Where is this division happening: in the human mind or somewhere else? These are some elemental questions that needs to be scrutinized before even taking about Federalism Based on Ethnic Division.
Now, let's try to understand two fundamental words in this context which are: 1) Ethnicity and 2) Division.
1) What is this thing called Ethnicity? Is it real in a sense that this thing called ethnic groups are eternal no matter what? Why do we have different ethnic classes at all? In other words, what is this tendency in us that is creating a strong impulse to diversify ourselves? Is it (ethnicity) necessary for life to continue? Will our survival be at peril if we resist to diversify ourselves?
2) What is 'Division'? Leaders are trying to divide Nepal according to ethnic groups. But, what is this division? Is it real in a sense that this so called division really exist as a solid reality or is this division merely a psychological division? Can we divide anything at all? Is this possible?
Wherever there is an object, we give it a name. Name and form co-exist. You can name the object anything you like. These nomenclature have a tremendous practical purpose in our practical life. I do not want to confuse people by saying milk and wanting rice instead. When I say milk, the vendor will give me a white liquid which I can use it to make tea and fulfill my desire to drink tea. When I say rice, the vendor will give me some white solid stuff, which I have to cook and it fulfills my satiety. Milk can be rice and rice can be milk! It is very simple. Just exchange the name of two and let the mind know that name has been exchange and from today onwards when I say milk, the vendor will give me a solid white stuff which I have to cook. The universe is like this. It exist as a name and a form. Wherever there is a form, there is also a name just for the practical purpose. These things do not have eternal value. They are born, they live for some time, and then they die. That which doesn't exist at the beginning, that which doesn't exist at the end, also doesn't exist in the middle whatsoever. The division based on ethnic groups is also like this. If there is no integrating principle, then the very act of dividing can be catastrophic. Should I believe that Nepalese leaders understand what this integrating principle is?
Now, let's try to understand two fundamental words in this context which are: 1) Ethnicity and 2) Division.
1) What is this thing called Ethnicity? Is it real in a sense that this thing called ethnic groups are eternal no matter what? Why do we have different ethnic classes at all? In other words, what is this tendency in us that is creating a strong impulse to diversify ourselves? Is it (ethnicity) necessary for life to continue? Will our survival be at peril if we resist to diversify ourselves?
2) What is 'Division'? Leaders are trying to divide Nepal according to ethnic groups. But, what is this division? Is it real in a sense that this so called division really exist as a solid reality or is this division merely a psychological division? Can we divide anything at all? Is this possible?
Wherever there is an object, we give it a name. Name and form co-exist. You can name the object anything you like. These nomenclature have a tremendous practical purpose in our practical life. I do not want to confuse people by saying milk and wanting rice instead. When I say milk, the vendor will give me a white liquid which I can use it to make tea and fulfill my desire to drink tea. When I say rice, the vendor will give me some white solid stuff, which I have to cook and it fulfills my satiety. Milk can be rice and rice can be milk! It is very simple. Just exchange the name of two and let the mind know that name has been exchange and from today onwards when I say milk, the vendor will give me a solid white stuff which I have to cook. The universe is like this. It exist as a name and a form. Wherever there is a form, there is also a name just for the practical purpose. These things do not have eternal value. They are born, they live for some time, and then they die. That which doesn't exist at the beginning, that which doesn't exist at the end, also doesn't exist in the middle whatsoever. The division based on ethnic groups is also like this. If there is no integrating principle, then the very act of dividing can be catastrophic. Should I believe that Nepalese leaders understand what this integrating principle is?