Akbar wrote:[Fear is a cult and freedom is emancipation or nirvana.]
What is a cult? Fear itself? I never knew fear can be a noun to be a cult. Very interesting cult name is given by Mr. Akbar da.
Freedom is always used in an argument as a propaganda term calling for a need to fight but never heard of freedom is being as nirvana. "You have to fight for freedom" is the way the word is usually used, though not in those words. For example, the oppressors won't grant freedom voluntarily.
Isn't it nirvana a peaceful mental state due to being self-awakening or being enlightened? I heard and read that Buddha had devoted his life almost 40 years which was characterized as nirvana but what freedom has to do with nirvana?
Don't you think, charity-giving can be characterize as one form of nirvana as well? I think, Charity is better form of nirvana than bhramachari and/or lecturing others about nirvana! because words are cheap form of nirvana.
--- In alochona@yahoogroups.com, Akbar Hussain <akbar_50@...> wrote:
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> An unknown friend of mine has underscored the importance of humanity than nationality in response to my post where I described an incident in Rawalpindi in 1970 regarding my identity. The reference was an emotional necessity at that time which nobody can deny. One thing I would make clear that I do not give preference to any religion in my life. But if I am pressed to make a declaration in this regard I would say that my identity or identity of any person is based on his/her ethnicity. This narrow description widens when we know someone closely by his/her views on life, philosophical basis of thinking and overall generosity towards the diversities of life. These are independent qualifications based on the degree of freedom by a soul not influenced by narrow jurisdictions of religion which always lead us to a quagmire of conflicts. This is not the first time that I am lectured by people who are too afraid to free themselves from the shackles of religious fear to venture into the wide open horizon of life. Fear is a cult and freedom is emancipation or nirvana.
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