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ETHICS MORE STRESSED THAN PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION IN
ANCIENT INDIA
Punishments in Hell help to bring down Tree to Seed
O Learned and Devoted Servants of God,
The case of the present politicians, officials, contractors,
businessmen etc., can be
compared to the case of Kuchela as far as the sin is concerned.
You cannotcompare Kuchela with these people as far as the nature of
the soul is concerned.Regarding the nature of the sin, the
comparison is that all these people snatch away
the wealth of others in spite of their stabilized life. God has
given you sufficientwealth to maintain your health. But, you steal
others wealth in doing the
corruption, which develops tension that spoils your health. All
these people will beseverely punished like Kuchela, who suffered
with poverty for a long time. The sin
of these people is common to the sin of Kuchela. But, there is
difference betweenthe sinners. Kuchela is a good soul devoted to
God. It is the spur of the moment in
which Kuchela slipped. The wife of the preacher gave two parts
of food, one forhim and the other for Krishna. The part of the food
given to Kuchela is sufficient to
pacify his hunger. But, due to over ambition, he stole the food
of Krishna and ate it
also. In this way, the nature of the sin is similar to the
nature of the present people
because they steal others wealth through corruption in spite of
the sufficientwealth given to them. But, the nature of the sinners
is different because Kuchela
repented a lot for doing sin especially in the case of God. When
the sin happened,Kuchela did not know that Krishna was God. Later
on, when Krishna brought the
dead son of the preacher alive, he recognized that Krishna was
God. His
repentance was extreme and he became a very strong devotee of
Lord Krishna. He
never bothered about the poverty because he knows that it is the
punishment givento him committed towards God. He went to Krishna
only due to the pressure of his
wife but, did not ask any help since he realized the background
of his punishment.You may think that corruption in the case of God
is only serious and the corruption
in the case of human beings is not that much serious. In fact,
this point is totallyreverse. God is not affected by the corruption
of Kuchela since He is omnipotent.
But, the human beings are with limited energy and limited
wealth. God becomesmore furious towards the corruption done to the
human beings. This will spoil the
balance of the society and God becomes extremely furious. Even
though God didnot affect by the stealing of the Kuchela, God
punished him because such behavior
of Kuchela may be extended to the human beings in course of
time. You shouldnot steal the money from the temple thinking that
it will not affect God. The
money of the temple is used in the service of the human beings
only. The jewels ofGod are also important to attract the human
beings to come to the temple and see
God. The sin of Kuchela was his first sin, which also was the
last sin. Thepunishment of Kuchela in this world itself is to
preach the world. If all the sins are
punished in the hell only, there will be no practical proof to
realize here theinevitable punishment of a sin. The protection of
Kuchela was also for preaching
the world. If you do not repeat any sin, all the record of your
punishments and sins
is destroyed. The realization that brings the reformation is the
fire of divine
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knowledge that burns all the sins (jnaangnih Gita ).
The punishment can only reduce the magnitude of the sin. The
reduced sin in theform of a tiny seed can never be burnt by
punishment. But, reduction of the sin is
also useful to the world. The sinner takes lot of time to do the
sin just like the seedtakes lot of time to become a huge tree. The
childhood is this time of growth.
When the sin becomes a huge tree, the human being becomes a
demon. Thenagain, the cycle of punishments repeats. If the soul
enters this world like a demon
in the beginning itself, this world is always severely
disturbed. Hence, the hell,
where the punishments are given, is useful in the divine
administration. Only thedivine knowledge and subsequent divine
devotion can burn the seed of the sin.In ancient India, the
education system was mainly concentrated on divine
knowledge and development of devotion. There were no courts,
police departmentand anti corruption-department. Only the king used
to deal all the cases with the
help of a board of judges because the number of sins was very
little. The educationsystem contained little concentration on the
earning of money needed for food,
cloth and shelter. Only little money is sufficient for the basic
needs and hence,much concentration on professional education was
not done. The ethics of the
society was the most predominant field of education, which can
be achieved onlyby knowledge and devotion. Temples were many than
universities and colleges.
The scholars in the temple used to preach the spiritual
knowledge to develop ethics
in public. Hence, such huge temples are seen. They were learning
centers of
spiritual education. Now, the temples have also become centers
of businessbecause here the devotees come and bargain with the
Lord. They offer money to
God for some favour in return. Even God is dragged into
corruption! Today, thecenters of professional education are
everywhere and the spiritual knowledge
disappeared. This is the reason for the present corruption,
which is going to disturb
the society finally leading to chaos.
Written by
His Holiness Shri Datta Swami
website address: http://www.universal-spirituality.org
e-mail address: [email protected]
Jai Guru Datta
