A religion is terrorism when it demands, as a religious duty, to
exterminate the unbeliever/s, as their presence is irreligious.
And Bhagavad-gita, the holy scripture of Hinduism, demands such
extermination.
Bhagavad-gita, also known as Gitopanisad, is the essence of
Vedic knowledge and one of the most important Upanisads in Vedic
literature. 'It is the conversation between Krishna, who is God
in human form come to guide and protect the righteous, and
Arjuna, who is the rest of us in human form, confused about what
the right course of action in life is and sickened by the horror
we see in the world around us.' (See Linda Johnsen, The complete
idiot's guide to Hinduism. Penguin Group: 2002) Krishna advises
Arjuna to fight in the battlefield for he, Arjuna, is Ksatriya.
Krishna tells Arjuna that his enemy is considered to be
irreligious, and, being one from the Ksatriya (i.e. warrior)
cast, it is his religious duty to fight and protect his
religion. Also, through the verses 7 and 8 in Chapter 4 of
Bhagavad-gita, Krishna makes it clear that whenever and wherever
there is a decline in religious practice and a predominant rise
of irreligion - at that time He descends Himself. To deliver the
pious and to annihilate the miscreants, as well as to
reestablish the principles of religion, He Himself appears,
millennium after millennium. (See 'Bhagavad-gita as it is' by A.
C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. The Bhaktivedatna Book Trust:
2003).
This implies that the message of Bhagavad-gita is to fight, if
necessary with violent means, for the protection of the
religion, say Hinduism; to annihilate those whose beliefs and
practices are other than Hinduism, which would include atheists,
free thinkers, other religious people like Christians, Muslims,
Jews, etc. That is why Hinduism is terrorism. (For more info
please consult my article 'The Satanic Verses of
Bhagavad-gita'.)
About the author:
I was born on 31 Dec 1979 in Mumbai (Bombay), India, where I
lived for the first 15 years of my life. Then I moved to Pune
(Poona). In March 2004 I came to Cambridge, England where I
currently live and work.
Founder & President- Superultramodern Scientific Institution St
John's Innovation Centre Cowley Road Cambridge CB4 0WS
http://www.bssi.org.uk email: kedarkj1@rediffmail.com
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