Kahi
mandir bana liya to kahi masjid bana ke baith gaye,
Hum
se ache to ye parinde hai dosto,
Jo kabhi mandir me jaakar to kabhi masjid me
jake baith gaye””
“Peace is not only better than
war, but infinitely more difficult”. Same was India’s situation in the 15th
century. Their established many human races, ethnic groups and religion on
earth. “Religion”- which should have taught the people to treat all human
beings equally, acted as a divertive force. This was the condition when the
founder of “Sikhism”, GURU NANAK DEV JI was born.
Guru Nanak ji always felt that
their cannot be two separate gods. Ram for Hindus and Allah for Muslims, as
generally claimed by different people. He declared that there is only one god
for humanity. We can call him by any name Ram, Rahim, Allah, Jesus, God, etc.
etc. According to him, if we all believed in one single god, spiritual unity
cannot be achieved. Their way of worship may be different but unity among them
is natural if their god is one.
He also had a reverence for
women always. He allowed them to join all the gatherings and conferences
irrespective of their religion. In all, his universal message was Peace, Unity,
Love, Mutual Respect, Service and Dedication to all Mankind.
He always talked of five
“khands”-
·
Dharma khand {Realm of duty}.
·
Gyan khand {Realm of knowledge}.
·
Sharam khand {Realm of ecstasy}.
·
Karma khand {Realm of power}.
·
Sach khand {Realm of truth}.
That was Guru Nanak Dev ji, but
our heads bow immediately when one single question flows to each and
everybody’s mind and that is- “are we following the path that Guru Nanak Dev ji
made for us, NO my friends, Not at all”. It can be well concluded from the famous
Rudrapur riots that just took place a few days ago-
“Na sambhaloge to mit jaoge ae Hindustan walo,
tumhari daastan bhi na hogi daastano me”
I feel sorry when incidents
like this happen. It’s so easy for the anti- social elements to create communal
violence in India. Heads off to the master minds and Heads off to all of us,
who instead of searching the masterminds got busy fighting with each other. We
have still not learnt “How to live” in these 65 years of independence.
People just wake up. Let us
stop looking for an excuse to kill each other. Please be human and respect
human life. As its well quoted-
“Ye nafrat buri hai na paalo ise,
Dilo me
khalish hai nikalo ise,
Na iska, Na uska, Na tera, Na mera,
Ye hum sab
ka watan hai bachalo ise”
Thanks for ur kind patience
