Going through I saw about three Saffron clad bearded babas giving 'discourses' !! Well fine at the face value , but underlying all the 3 satsangs I saw a common thread wherein a dumb looking guy
who doesnt even have an ounce of serenity or piousness on his face sits amidst huge Garlands of flowers , with pictures of Gods and Goddess in the background : with tasteless extravagant and gaudy Decorations - talking anything but Philosophy !
Its fine till here ! I panicked when the the cameraman Panned the camera over the huge crowd that had gathered and was listening to this guy ! Well what was more striking was half of them weren't interested and rest half who were , were not so much interested in listening to this guy as they were in just being present ' at some devotional event' ! Some sort of a mental medicine of 'being present at such an event would wash me off my sins ' !!
When I was a chess Player , I remember a guy telling me " Nowadays I dont get Angry because I have done Advance course of Art of Living " and I was like " OHK !! even I dont get anrgy without even knowing what Art of living is " . All respect to Mr. Sri sri Ravishankar but I want you people to see that this person , doesnt get angry because He has done a Course and not really coz he understood the futility of getting angry !!
People look at religion philosophy and devotion to God not as a way of life but more so of some sort of repair mechanism !! Its same throughout all religions Jesus has suffered for you so you would be free of all your guilt if you follow him , Ganga mein Snan karlo sab paap dhul jayenge , Allah ki marzi ye nahi hua,uske marzi bina kuch nahi hota !!
Come on people grow up , stop treating religion as mental medcine for your wrongdoings !
Be Rational !
