1. STUDY
OF
GITA 3rd flower
November 4, 2009
9:30 pm.
Dr.
Shriniwas
Kashalikar

2. November 4, 2009
9:45 pm.
During my first few years of study of
Namasmaran, Vishnusahasranama and
Gita, I was instinctively or intuitively
convinced that the essence of the
teachings of saints and philosophical
literature were not in opposition to the
welfare of all. I felt that inequality and
exploitation were aberrations and not
teachings of saints and Hindu
philosophy.
During those days equality meant a lot to
me; because inequality symbolized
exploitation. But gradually it became
clear that being not equal can mean
merely being different and
complimentary (and not unequal in the
sense of constituting exploiter and
exploited)!

3. Hence I was possessed by only one
question: How to show that Hindu
philosophy acceptable in the mainstream
society; is in favor of the essence of
socialism and communism in terms of
welfare of all? I was obsessed by only
one concern: Showing that the
philosophy of Hindu dharma and
teachings of saints advocated more
appropriate, more humane and more
progressive complementarity and so I
wrote my comments or interpretations on
all these with this view in mind.
But as the time passed, I started realizing
that my efforts were honest but were
subjective, incomplete and not absolute.
I was really frustrated because I didn’t
quite understand the subtle difference

4. between subjective and objective
perspectives. I was unable to see how my
efforts; admired by most readers; could
make no impact whatsoever on the
society!
My contention however did not dwindle.
I still felt quite strongly that real
spiritualism; if it is real; then must
blossom the universe in every possible
way. Gradually I began to realize that it
was useless or counterproductive to
simply despise what ever was being
marketed under the guise of spiritualism;
constituting only devotional songs,
dances and eating good food. There was
no sense in getting frustrated i.e. blaming
myself or accepting defeat or blaming
the “spiritual” activities, which many
times were tarnished by a variety of
accusations and allegations.

5. What is required, is blossoming together
and empowering one another; through
the study and practice of
NAMASMARAN and Gita. Everyone
would then realize that being “spiritual”
in absence of global blossoming is
actually not being really spiritual but
being actually escapist and/or
schizophrenic. This conviction would
enable everyone to grow from within to
such an extent; that intellectual,
emotional, instinctual and physical
actions; in terms of globally nurturing
and blossoming policy making, planning,
administration and implementation
would ensue.