AYODHYA, SRI RAM, HINDU, LORD SHIVA AND ALLAH.
Dear sir,
Say with Pride, We are Hindus.
I am still a proud Hindu but some times it makes me wonder whether Lord Sri ram and the supreme Lord Shiva are happy with our actions.
HINDUISM - the most tolerant, diverse and rich religion and has lot to offer to the rest of the world. We worship SAGUN Brahma (Form) and we also worship NIRGUN (Form less). Every one is free to worship any form and in whatever fashion they desire. No body can trace back the origin of this religion.
Despite all the above, we must realize that God created Man and Man has invented religion to take him closer to God.
No body has limbs before one’s birth and parents after one’s death, hence we must transcend all religious, class, caste distinctions. This is birth is a means to realize our true selves by getting rid of our limited ego.
Babar may well have destroyed Hindu temples and may have built Mosques in their place. He was ignorant, so as many of us now, of the fact that there resides God in every body and God does not belong to any one particular religion. We call Him Lord Shiva, Christians call him the ‘The Lord’, Muslims call him Allah but it is one and the same.
Babar and so as some other (not all) Muslim rulers, and the founders of Pakistan and even the present leaders of Pakistan never ever tolerated any other religion. But that does not give us any justification to become exactly like them. Sri Ram belongs to the whole humanity. If people from all over the world happen to worship the same Lord (May be under different names and means) at the birth place of Lord Ram, what more you desire.
Let us construct a Mosque, a Temple, a Gurudwara, a Church, a Budhist monastery at the disputed site (Janma bhoomi) and let the world know by our actions what Hindus stand for.
Muslims have been and are very much part of our society. Some of them may feel that religious calling is more important than the call of the Nation. But our actions should not further alienate them. We must all learn that we have to live together no matter what. We can not ethnically cleanse each other in the name of God as every creature is the creation of that same supreme Lord. Other religions may not preach this fact but our great religion states this fact unequivocally in more than 10000000 times in different scriptures. Let us become what we were during the period of Ram.
Most of the Muslims living in India are there for generations and have equal rights ( some times political parties give them more rights than accorded to majority which naturally causes backlash from majority ).
No amount of weaponry and the nuclear arsenal is going to protect any nation in future.
It is the Lord. So let us strive to attain his mercy by at least behaving like his worthy sons.
Hence I appeal, my fellow Hindus, let us construct a universal prayer center at the site of birth place of Lord Ram, so that every one in the world will get the merit of visiting that holy site .
I say it with pride - I am a Hindu.
Thanks
Sanjeev