According to the Rigveda 10/101/5 - the farmer is one, who is by tilling the lands, fills the bellies of the people; therefore, he must be accorded the best status in the society. Only the educated people can be good farmers.
Message: God makes advance arrangement for filling the belly of every animal before it is born. First of all the new-born gets the milk of his mother. God has appointed the farmer as his representative for producing grain for filling the bellies of the people throughout the life. Thus the farmer is our 'Anna data parameshwar' (God, the donor of food). The farmers produce not only wheat, grams, rice and pulses, but a wide variety of nourishing fruits, vegetables, medicinal plants and herbs. By their labor, they also provide proper food for animals and literally make Flow Rivers of milk and ghee (butter, oil). Only the farmer by his hard labor and diligence gets for us the grant from mother-earth of grains, fruits, medicines, water, air, animal-wealth and means of comfort and happiness. he is our life-force, the supporter of our life, the sustainer of the people. His status is in no way less than God's. Without his cooperation, no work in this world is possible. There is a saying - bhookhe bhajan na hoye Gopala, which means "one cannot worship on an empty stomach".
This farmer must get the best status in the society. To set an example, king Janak (father of Sita, the consort of the incarnation Ram of Ramayan) himself ploughed the fields to show the importance of the farmer and impart glory to him. But in today's economist situation, there is maximum exploitation of the farmer. The political leaders, government officers, the businessman, traders try to keep all the comforts and facilities in their own possession and it is an irony that despite back-breaking work the farmer is not able to fill his own belly. Why is all this happening? Do we display a lack of desire in observing our limits and civic-duties? The truth is that today our thoughts have become immoral and wicked. We are not able to see anything else because of our selfishness, possessiveness, attachment, greed and distorted thinking.
The Brahman or the knowledgeable person himself has fallen by blind selfishness. He has forgotten the most important responsibility of rousing the society to do its duty and to become work-conscious. That is why the farmer is also heading towards ruin. He too is now tempted to join the mad rat-race for possessing the material objects all around him. By imitating others he too has started avoiding physical labor and is becoming weak and work-shirker, and his personality is becoming dull. He is not properly utilizing his power of discretion that is why the activeness and profoundness of his body, mind and intelligence are diminishing. In every way the farmer has to suffer loss, disappointment and hopelessness because of his wrong thinking and thoughtless decisions.
The root-cause of this is the lack of education among the farmers. The basic foundations of farming are to cooperate with one another, to benefit from each-other's experience and to use collectively the nature's means. It is essential to prevent unnecessary loss of rain-water, to collect it properly and keep the earth green.
It is the duty of the Brahmans and the knowledgeable people to provide proper guidance to the farmers.
Message: God makes advance arrangement for filling the belly of every animal before it is born. First of all the new-born gets the milk of his mother. God has appointed the farmer as his representative for producing grain for filling the bellies of the people throughout the life. Thus the farmer is our 'Anna data parameshwar' (God, the donor of food). The farmers produce not only wheat, grams, rice and pulses, but a wide variety of nourishing fruits, vegetables, medicinal plants and herbs. By their labor, they also provide proper food for animals and literally make Flow Rivers of milk and ghee (butter, oil). Only the farmer by his hard labor and diligence gets for us the grant from mother-earth of grains, fruits, medicines, water, air, animal-wealth and means of comfort and happiness. he is our life-force, the supporter of our life, the sustainer of the people. His status is in no way less than God's. Without his cooperation, no work in this world is possible. There is a saying - bhookhe bhajan na hoye Gopala, which means "one cannot worship on an empty stomach".
This farmer must get the best status in the society. To set an example, king Janak (father of Sita, the consort of the incarnation Ram of Ramayan) himself ploughed the fields to show the importance of the farmer and impart glory to him. But in today's economist situation, there is maximum exploitation of the farmer. The political leaders, government officers, the businessman, traders try to keep all the comforts and facilities in their own possession and it is an irony that despite back-breaking work the farmer is not able to fill his own belly. Why is all this happening? Do we display a lack of desire in observing our limits and civic-duties? The truth is that today our thoughts have become immoral and wicked. We are not able to see anything else because of our selfishness, possessiveness, attachment, greed and distorted thinking.
The Brahman or the knowledgeable person himself has fallen by blind selfishness. He has forgotten the most important responsibility of rousing the society to do its duty and to become work-conscious. That is why the farmer is also heading towards ruin. He too is now tempted to join the mad rat-race for possessing the material objects all around him. By imitating others he too has started avoiding physical labor and is becoming weak and work-shirker, and his personality is becoming dull. He is not properly utilizing his power of discretion that is why the activeness and profoundness of his body, mind and intelligence are diminishing. In every way the farmer has to suffer loss, disappointment and hopelessness because of his wrong thinking and thoughtless decisions.
The root-cause of this is the lack of education among the farmers. The basic foundations of farming are to cooperate with one another, to benefit from each-other's experience and to use collectively the nature's means. It is essential to prevent unnecessary loss of rain-water, to collect it properly and keep the earth green.
It is the duty of the Brahmans and the knowledgeable people to provide proper guidance to the farmers.
No comments:
Post a Comment
Spiritual spirit comes from the very inner layer of our body. This is known as feeling of an individuals.