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54 : Śramaņa, Vol 67, No. 1, January-March 2016 The Svetāśvalara upanişad (2.5) says : Amrtasyaputrāḥ i.e. we all are the sons of the same immortal God. Ātmavat sarvabhūteņu (Śrimadbhāgavat canto 6) i.e. behold all living beings as of equal intrinsic values as of oneself. The whole universe is single whole supporting trees keep suggesting for peaceful co-existence without discriminating between a man and a man on the narrow principles of class, colour, languages, province, caste or creed. Today we see there is a kind of absolute notion of sexual superiority, colour superiority, caste superiority, class, country and religious superiority which is creating reactive violence and inhuman behaviour in the name of untouchable considering the other as inferior. The outstanding philosopher of the day Richard Rorty has discussed the cause of distinction between male and female. In male dominated society, only male are considered as human beings as they possess rationality. Women are emotional so they are not human beings. This kind of approach is threatening to the human solidarity. It is conceived both men and women nine times out of ten, are firmly convinced of the superior excellence of their own sex. There is abundant evidence on both sides. Today one man or one country fight with each other because their views vary. Views are bound to differ, because we are guided by different conditions, thoughts, modes and attitudes. Hence it is wrong to think oneself right and rest others wrong.? Country Discrimination
We are all, whatever part of the world we come from, persuaded that our own nation is superior to all others. Seeing that each nation has its characteristics, merits and demerits, we adjust our standard of values so as to make out that the merits possessed by our nation are the really important ones, while its demerits are comparatively trivial. It is more difficult to deal with the self-esteem of man as man because we cannot argue out the matter with some non-human mind. Caste Discrimination
The only way I know of dealing with this general human conceit is to remind ourselves that man is a brief episode in the life of a small
| SR No. | 525095 |
| Book Title | Sramana 2016 01 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Shreeprakash Pandey, Rahulkumar Singh, Omprakash Singh |
| Publisher | Parshvanath Vidhyashram Varanasi |
| Publication Year | 2016 |
| Total Pages | 114 |
| Language | Hindi |
| Classification | Magazine, India_Sramana, & India |
| File Size | 14 MB |