To Natabara /New breed of rulers

[Guest guest]

Here is a short story I read this morning. It was told to Varsana dasi, a

disciple of Sivarama Swami who works in the UK National Communications Office,

by Romapada dasa who is the Secretary of the UK Hindu Council. HRH the Prince

of Wales (Charles) had invited me to attend a reception to launch his

interfaith project called "Respect" last Sunday. There were dignitaries from

all the major faiths, and I attended as the General Secretary of the Hindu

Council UK. The Prince of Wales unveiled his plans for cross community

voluntary work across different faiths. He later came and shook hands with me,

and I expressed the Hindu Council's support for his initiative and said we were

priviliged to be a part of it. After this I told him that it was good that

Britain had focussed on the wisdom of the Abrahamic traditions (Judaism,

Christianity and Islam), but should now also start looking at the wisdom of the

Eastern religions like Hinduism. The Vedic tradition, I said, contained the

virtues of respect and tolerance as one of its fundamental principles. He

agreed with me and said that this was very true and Hinduism had many

principles that were relevant to interfaith respect and understanding. He then

took two steps to walk away, then remembered something, came back, took my

hands and said, "The Pandavas were one of the most tolerant of rulers. We must

learn from the example set by the Pandavas."

Kind regards

Nicholas

 

By then, the transit of Pluto into Sagittarius will be making a new breed of

leaders and together, those 3 planets will indicate a new direction in human

society, with a new and positive generation in power.

 

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