Arrest of Sri Jayendra Saraswathi
The arrest of Sri Jayendra Saraswathi, a controversial and media-savvy godman, did disturb me.
These questions cropped up in my mind immediately. What are godmen for? Why do they exist?
My mother always use to say you need middlemen to reach God as ordinary men like us do not have the maturity or the "power" to reach the Almighty. The arrest will certainly send the wrong signals.
I certainly hold no brief for Sri Jayendra Saraswathi. Compared to his predecessors, he was a big letdown, and he failed miserably in managing the institution. And by making irresponsible statements in the Badri-Masjid case, he only aggravated the conflict.
But what does his arrest mean to a lot of "religious minded" men and women.
As my colleague Ramanan said, "religion will be nice if there is no middlemen."
I am not as sure as Ramanan. I believe there is role for an intermediary. There is Matha Amrithanandmiyee and she is doing a wonderful service to humanity. They enable us to understand spirituality and help us become better person.
Banishing religion and admonishing middlemen are no answer to the problems.
posted by Krithivasan @ 2:44 AM
4 Comments:
Hi, I followed the link from Ramya's site. I've gotta say I think that religion WOULD be better off without middlemen... especially those who get political or meddle in politics. And all the famous ones inevitably do. If there must be a middleman at all, it should be only between the devotee and God. Wishing for abolition of religion is silly, though...
I trust in science :)
You call yourself non controversial then why are you dragging this news to your head.
it may be best when your kind of people don't care a damn of religion. you get sure that where he got in politics.
if god exists then i guess that there is no need for "middle men" as far as i am concerned these "middle men" invented themselves to feed off the insecruties of normal human beings... human race will be better off without these "middle men".... By the way I wonder why God doesn't fight his own battles..... Is HE not strong enough. Why does he need weak humans like US, Who are so dependent on him.
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