"I owed a magnificent day to the Bhagavad Gita.It was the first of books; it was as if an empire spoke to us, nothing small or unworthy, but large, serene, consistent, the voice of an old intelligencewhich in another age and climate had pondered andthus disposed of the same questions which exercise us." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
A Siberian court yesterday threw out a petition that sought to ban a translation of the Bhagavad Gita as"extremist" literature. Judge Galina Butenko of the Leninsky District Court in Tomsk ruled on Wednesday that there were no grounds for recognising 'Bhagavad Gita As It Is' as extremist because the book was "one of the interpretations of the sacred Hindu scripture."
Not just Hinduism, of which the Bhagawad Gitais a holy book, no religion instructs intolerance or violence against worshippers of 'false gods'.
Monotheistic religious founders Jesus Christ and Mohammed never conceptualised any new religion in their time. Theyall sought reformation within their own religious practices and it was theirfollowers who turned their teachings into religions. The zealousness of the followers made them to pursue their beliefs with severity which led to religious divisions.
Even in the ancient Indianreligions, a divide broke out such as - Shwethambar-Digambar among the Jains, Mahayana-Hinayana among the Buddhists. As for the Western ones, Roman Catholic-Protestant among the Christians, Sunni-Shia among the Muslims. The Shaivaite-Vaishnavite divide too was evident tilla few centuries ago.
Hinduism preaches universal brotherhood, Mahavira abstinence, Buddha peace, Jesus love and Mohammed oneness.Jainism and Buddhism have never seen the ugly face of intolerance. Among the two other monotheistic religions, 'Jihad' as associated withmystics, rejects the legaldefinition of jihad as armed conflict and teaches Muslims to withdraw from the worldly concerns to achieve spiritual depth.
The 'Crusades' being conceived of by Jesus, one who was readily crucified, too are unimaginable. It is thus a matter of simple conjecture that each religious founder's preaching was diametrically opposed to that of his followers.
The founder's physical image itself gradually saw a sea change, the Buddha took the likeness of his worshipper, whether in India or in southeast Asia, Mahavira's appearance was different in the North from the South of India. Jesus Christ, though Palestinian by birth, took on a Caucasianappearance with fair complexion and pink lips. In Hinduism too, the godsare invariably breathtakingly beautiful and serene. It may be fair to say that gods generally were representative of serenity and beauty.
No religious symbol can be representative of hatred or intolerance and if any religion were to preach it, it would never enjoy mass appeal. Each religion had to have a central theme that united humanity to succeed. If it did not, its existence would be shortlived.
Most religions therefore held out a hope for the shunned, depraved or thepathetic. The cruelest of men - 'Angulimala', who killed men and wore their fingers as trophies, was drawn by the Buddha, so much so that he decided to become a monk - he was eventually lynched by a mob of people who thought that it was a ploy to kill them all.
Similarly, Jesus brought under his ambit depressed persons from varied cross-sections, and Mohammed the prophet exemplified compassion, particularly to orphans.
Chimpanzees are notoriously quarrelsome and would feud at the slightest opportunity, butnot so their counter parts, the Capuchins or even the Bonobos. The Bonobos live in groups of about 100 and share a bond of cooperation and tolerance. The Bonobos have sex as a strong means of conflict resolution.
The Bonobos and Common Chimpanzees are our closest living relatives, sharing approximately 95 per cent of their DNA with us. Yet, the temperamental difference between these cousins is phenomenal.
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