I
viewed 3/4 of your YouTube videos a week ago. Your statement that we Hindus do
"Pran Pristha" in the idols, therefore the location of the
idol/temple is important, nay, sacred. A Masjid, on the other hand is a place
to meet and pray together. Therefore, location is not important as it is not
sanctified.
That
"Pran Pritshtha" bit has stayed with me these last few days; the idea
had weight and you appeared to be a sincere person.
It
occurred to me today, that many of the old temples are just ruins now: Angkor
vat being the most famous. Where did the eternal God's Prana go?
Kindly
allow me to say that the religion and faith themselves are all human constructs:
useful in helping us mortals thru the stressful junctures in the journey called
"life". It is axiomatic therefore that human beings must live by, not
die or kill for these constructs: That Rubicon must never be crossed, as it
negates the very purpose of religion and faith, indeed life.
A
materially prosperous life informed with good family, social and faith-related
values has been the ideal aspired to by all humans thru history. You are
fortunate that you have the means to help your fellow Indians to walk the path
to such a life; at the very least, “out of poverty”. Sri Krishan explained in
Gita that ‘dridrta sab se bada paap hai”
The way
out of poverty is education – teaching people to fish. There is empirical
evidence that US and Europe had very high literacy rates ~90% since 1890s,
which then became the basis of creating prosperous societies. Please see : https://ourworldindata.org/literacy
These very societies gave you also the means to do what you are doing.
On the
other hand mere 18% of us Indians could read or write on Independence, in 1947.
ASER-2017 determined that 62% of class 8, students could not calculate 10%
discount. Our political classes including Dr S Swamy who shared the platform
with you are culpable.
May I
suggest that you please use your resources to establish good primary schools –
one in each Tehsil of the district that you come from. Expand to cover all the
6500 Tehsils of India over the next 10 to 15 years.
Infinity
Foundation may die with you; it works in “my daddy strongest” mode.
Imagine
well rounded healthy young Indians, in mind and body, of all castes and creed,
linguistic and cultural groups and regions coming out of your schools, say
500,000 “The Rajiv Scholars” per year!
A
gigantic wave for building a prosperous Indian nation is created.
A truly
lasting legacy, my friend.
