POPULAR AND UNPOPULAR
VIEWS
Given below are the miscellaneous views
of two well-known Indian personalities.
The first one is Bhagwan Shree
Rajneesh popularly known as Osho (1931-1990).
By profession, he was a college professor
but by contemplation he was a mystic, a great thinker, and philosopher. His
talks on various topics of life run into a number of published books which are best sellers in the whole
world.
He concluded one of his discourses
with these words:
But to return to a bygone culture or
civilization is an impossibility. No culture ----be it Hindu, Muslim or
Christian ---can ever make man happy by taking him back to the past. The ideal
lies n the future ---where there is no Hindu, no Christian, no Muslim;---just
man, and man alone. To this man belongs the future. To give birth to him, we
need more productivity, more thinking, more consciousness.
We need healthy people ----healthy
in body and in mind.
This man will create for us the music
of bliss, the bliss that will ultimately take us to God himself!
Osho is not wrong. Some orthodox
people may disagree with him but they cannot reject all his views without valid
arguments.
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The second world-famous personality is
Lord Buddha with reference to his secret of happiness.
By birth he was a prince. He was
born in Lumbini (in present-day Nepal). His biographical years are Circa 563 BCE-483
BCE). He was married, had a son, yet became sad when he observed outside his
palace --- a wretched old man. a sick
man, and a dead man.
This made him believe that the world
is a place of suffering, and he must abandon his palace life, wander and
wander, meet all sorts of learned people , and find the secret of happiness.
After several years of this mode of
life, one day he suddenly attained supreme knowledge. He was then 35 years old
and was eager to share his supreme knowledge with entire humanity.
It was at Sarnath near Benares (now
Varanasi) that he delivered his main sermon. He said:
There are four noble truths: 1. Life
is full of suffering. 2. The cause of this suffering is that man is selfish and
has desires. 3. Suffering ceases when the desire ceases. 4. Desire can be abolished
by following the eightfold path which consists of:
1.Right faith. 2. Right Resolve. 3.
Right Speech. 4. Right conduct. 5.Right Living. 6. Right Effort. 7. Right
Remembrance. 8. Right Meditation.
Lord Buddha also preached the middle
path. Neither too much enjoyment , nor too much torture. He preferred self-control
to anger; compassion and kindness to hatred and malice. He also preached compassion, love and kindness to all
living beings.
To conclude, Lord Buddha suggested that one should not lie, steal, kill or drink.
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G.R.Kanwal
4th August2026
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