My conversation with a swamiji when I was doing my MBA
I was doing my MBA in a college whose chairman was associated with a spiritual organization and hence he used to invite swamijis to address in the name of guest lecture.We did not have a choice to skip it, but we used to attend such speeches.
In one such sessions a young swamiji was invited to address us. Swamiji started with a question : how many of you believe in God now?
Many hands raised
Next he asked how many of you will believe in God after 50, few hands raised.
Swamiji said " I saw many hands raised for my first question, few raised for my second question but I saw few who never raised for both"
Swamiji added " if I ask how many of you are males I accept males to raise their hands and how many of you are females I expect females to raise their hands, but I saw few who never raised their hand " he gave sarcastic smile and my classmates did join him.
I was one among them who did not raise my hands for both of his questions but I felt insulted and I know he was insulting transgender without even realising Arjuna played the role of a transgender in Mahabharata as Brihannala
My Young blood was boiling and I told swamiji your question is incomplete. "He asked what do you mean by that"
I said you never asked how many of you don't believe in God at all.
Swamiji with pseudo tolerence asked what , "you don't believe in God?"
I said "I don't."
He gave a unholy smile at my faculty members and he communicated to take care of me
After few minutes I saw one of my faculty members asking me to keep quiet.
I switched off my mind for the rest of the meaningless session which was no way connected to my course.
I recollected this incident and I would like to appeal that Keep Spiritualism and Religion out of education. Let students decide what they should follow, let them explore so that they develop the habit being rational.
I choose what I should believe and what I should I not
M.L.Narendra Kumar
I was doing my MBA in a college whose chairman was associated with a spiritual organization and hence he used to invite swamijis to address in the name of guest lecture.We did not have a choice to skip it, but we used to attend such speeches.
In one such sessions a young swamiji was invited to address us. Swamiji started with a question : how many of you believe in God now?
Many hands raised
Next he asked how many of you will believe in God after 50, few hands raised.
Swamiji said " I saw many hands raised for my first question, few raised for my second question but I saw few who never raised for both"
Swamiji added " if I ask how many of you are males I accept males to raise their hands and how many of you are females I expect females to raise their hands, but I saw few who never raised their hand " he gave sarcastic smile and my classmates did join him.
I was one among them who did not raise my hands for both of his questions but I felt insulted and I know he was insulting transgender without even realising Arjuna played the role of a transgender in Mahabharata as Brihannala
My Young blood was boiling and I told swamiji your question is incomplete. "He asked what do you mean by that"
I said you never asked how many of you don't believe in God at all.
Swamiji with pseudo tolerence asked what , "you don't believe in God?"
I said "I don't."
He gave a unholy smile at my faculty members and he communicated to take care of me
After few minutes I saw one of my faculty members asking me to keep quiet.
I switched off my mind for the rest of the meaningless session which was no way connected to my course.
I recollected this incident and I would like to appeal that Keep Spiritualism and Religion out of education. Let students decide what they should follow, let them explore so that they develop the habit being rational.
I choose what I should believe and what I should I not
M.L.Narendra Kumar
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