The Genesis
whenever I look up in the night sky "I" shrink to nothingness. What remains is just an awareness of some kind filled with only one question; what happens to me when my body is no more? Will there be a continuation of some kind or a complete termination of my existence? Will I continue to have some role in the cosmic dance of the future or the death will bring a complete extinction?
I always shuddered at the thought even when I was a 10 year old.
The seed of "Banaras" was sown in those very moments.
posted by Unknown @ Monday, April 24, 2006
9 Comments:
i saw the movie and i was moved...pls read my post on Banaras at http://himanisarkar18.blogspot.com
please share with us all the positive response you got after the movie, which segment did this movie make the maximum impact??
one thing im confused about is elaborate prayers, going to temples and pilgrimages, i used to earlier scorn at people who took the kanwar yatra barefoot and though that if it was really of relevance then all of them would have been made rich by God. Now i can understand that all this has relevance but still....is it right to pour down so much milk over a diety , to construct elaborate temples,and pilgrimages to holy places ...they are quite dirty,im sorry , i know one should look above these things but still......??
And another question that arises is should we believe in God's will ,when all around you see people flourishing with the help of numerology,vastu,etc.. how much belief should one place in these things?
Dear Sir,
I have a question can you eloborate " on the opening lines of Shewtambari " Satya Kya Hain Tumhara man, jo dar aur bhay se bhara hain........ aur usse puj te hain"
there are people who tell you ,you should visit temples cause if you love god then you should go and show it and bow down in front of him,but i dont feel inclined to do so but start feeling guilty, should i??
people say one should give up non -veg should we give up out of fear of the karmic debt ?? or only when you feel true compassion for that animal??
which form of god should one worship? i like one image of god ,then i star to like him in some other form ,and feel guilty , they are after all diffrent forms of the same god ,so why the guilt??
Dear Meeta,
If you find peace in the temple, go there. If you feel filled with devotion, worship, if not don’t. In Banaras, Babaji tells Soham that bowing-in- fear is not a prayer. To worship you need to have the feeling of love and devotion. When that feeling comes you don’t need a temple, you bow to that feeling. That would still be a prayer.
The guilt is because of the strictures of the religion. Learn to see through them by listening to yourself.
We are entangled in the non-ending web of fear. Truth is where there is aesthetics. What appeals to heart is the truth. You don’t have to give up non-veg. When you will see the inter-connection among the living beings, the compassion will get born. There is no need to push it. If you don’t feel connected eating non-veg is absolutely fine. There is no sin. When you will feel the oneness, you will give up. No one will have to tell you.
God doesn’t have a form. Only beliefs have. In Banaras a mystic love story, there is an exert from Ramayana: Ja kee rahee bhavna jaisee, prabhu murati dekhi tin taisee, meaning, the God appears as different to people as their own beliefs.
Guilt is the result of judging your own actions by someone else’s beliefs rather than your own faith.
Affectinately,
LC
dear sir, thank you. yes these answers were there in you movie thats why people feel connected to the movie , because it says something about their own life ,it answers their questions.
sir, i was drawn to the diffrent paths to worship of god of soham and shwetambari can you elaborate on the idea behind it
how much is destined and how much is free will?. soham says to gunjan that it is all destined.can destiny be changed by hard work/prayer/penance?
were soham and the psychatrist both destined to die. but miracles do occcur and the psychatrist was saved???
when one brother killed the other in anger was it both brothers destiny or was a life cut short?
dear sir, could you discuss the stges of shwetas development.
also can you shed some light on "to know the truth first understand yourself"
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