Friday, July 12, 2013

The Purshotam or The MarYada PuruShottAm



Ram is described as "MARYADA PURUSHOTTAM"  not PURUSHOTTAM, 
meaning "One who follows rules ideally',not the ideal man". 

Krishna is described as "LEELA PURUSHPTTAM" not "PURUSHOTTAM"
meaning "'One who plays games perfectly' not the perfect man".

This obsession with the IDEAL and the PERFECT is making us an intolerant society. 

We seek ideal fathers, ideal mothers, ideal brothers, ideal sisters, perfect sons, perfect daughters, perfect bosses, perfect friends, perfect relatives, ideal politicians, ideal bureaucrats, ideal policemen, ideal judges, ideal doctors, perfect husbands, perfect wives, perfect girlfriends, perfect boyfriends, ideal journalists, ideal gods, ideal demons..

 Idealism and perfection exists only in IMAGINATION. 
We crave it, we fight for it, we kill for it, we argue for it. We imagine others having it. 
This is the recipe for eternal frustration..

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