PATRIOTISM AND NAMASMARAN: DR SHRINIWAS KASHALIKAR

Student: Patriotism as a virtue; is held high by many of us. But why is it not actually practiced by majority of us? Is it because majority of us are petty, selfish, sectarian and timid?
Teacher: It is inappropriate to be judgmental about this. But even if it was true; we could still contribute to the nation; if the ambiance in every nook and corner and in every field of life; could become conducive to progressing from selfishness to Self Realization!
Such ambiance would transform the perspective, thinking, feelings, plans, programs and behavior of even the world, who would join hands with such a nation; with love and respect.
Student: What needs to be done to have such an ambiance?
Teacher: NAMASMARAN is the key to usher in such an ambiance, which would make the patriotism a generalized satisfying practice; from its present state of being a practice of few; and a matter of awe, worship or even dismissal as being “impractical”; by majority of us.
Student: Is there any proof for this?
Teacher: No! There is no proof! This is just a perception. Rather; this is a prompting of inner voice. Indeed it is subjective and can only be proved or disproved after being verified on global scale.
Student: Would the majority accept this?
Teacher: What if the majority gets the same prompting from within?