Making of a spiritual India

Making of a spiritual India 

 

 Sri Sri Ravi ShankarFrom a country of snake charmers to a hub of IT and spirituality, the image of India has changed in the past few years. Only the power of spirituality can help resolve the problems faced by people in the modern day world. It was this same power that Mahatma Gandhi used to help us secure freedom. 


Today, we need to begin a revolution for building a strong and a spiritual India. While India has been fortunate to have one entire generation that dedicated itself to the cause of freedom struggle, there is another that has driven the country into the morass of corruption and crime.

  What is needed today are people of character and honesty to check corruption. Corruption begins where a sense of belonging ends. Lack of spirituality has led to corruption.
 Corruption is present in many levels of society; the first level is in the minds of the general public and that needs to be eliminated. We tell God that if you do this work of mine then I will offer something to you.  Let alone our bosses, we don’t even spare God. Secondly, there are bribes that happen on the official level. The third level of corruption, is on the ministerial level, for that quite a bit of work is happening with the Lokpal Bill.

 It is a lack of faith, belongingness, human values, sacrifice and service attitude which is a cause of corruption. Selfish motives and a sense of insecurity is also one of the reasons. It is when you feel so insecure and think that money is the only power or strength, then you become corrupt to the core. There is a lack of role models and examples at the helm of affairs. Also lack of stringent laws and no punishment meted out to the corrupt people encourages corruption at all levels.

Corruption starts where belongingness ends. Nobody will ever ask for a bribe from his or her family or own people. The means through which we can spread belongingness is spirituality. Work hard, be self-sufficient and stand on your own feet. We have to instill this belief that whatever is yours you will get. Inner strength and awareness needs to be awakened in people. With this, we need to bring a big change in the country.

 The younger generation now has to resolve to save the country from corruption and crime. They have to take responsibility on their own and strive for development and realize that they have a huge potential and strength to achieve whatever they want. They need to believe that they can be creative and productive without losing the humanness that they are all born with. Youth yearn for enhanced enthusiasm and spirituality is that which kindles, sustains and enhances enthusiasm.

 

Today's youth need to develop themselves as universal people to attain a holistic personality, where there is appreciation for all ways of life and culture. They have to learn the right things from every one - be it teamwork from the Japanese, precision from the Germans, decency from the British and marketing skills from the Americans. And above all, human values from Indians. 


With one sixth of the world’s population, India now needs to take her rightful place on the world stage. In order for this to occur, her people need to become more confident and take more pride in their cultural and spiritual roots. We need to harness her spiritual values to fight terrorism and other social evils. Inter-faith harmony on the basis of an all-inclusive spiritual movement is needed to prevent our young minds from turning to violence.

 The younger generation now has to resolve to save the country from various evils. We have to take responsibility on our own and strive for development. The government of the day must concentrate more on “gross domestic happiness” rather than “gross domestic product”. Prosperity has meaning when there is happiness. Let us not lose our happiness in the run for prosperity.
 We have to maintain this as well as become prosperous and one of the strongest Nations in the world. Let us begin a revolution for building a strong and spiritual India.