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CHAPTER 9. THE COSMOS IS A DANCE OF OPPOSITES
Your tradition has made a comparison between Rama and Krishna, but not between Hanumana and
Meera. It is not that necessary to evaluate Meera and Hanumana comparatively. Since you raised
the question I have to say something about it. Where will you place Hanumana when his lord Rama
himself is only a kitchen garden? At best he can be a flower pot; nothing more than that. And as
a flower pot in the garden of Rama he is very neat and clean, at times more orderly than Rama
himself.
Question 4
QUESTIONER: DOES HANUMANA TAKE TO DANCING ONCE IN A WHILE?
It is possible. When a strong wind comes, the plants of a garden sway and dance, even the plant in a
flower pot begins to sway. But the dance of a jungle is like Shiva’s tandava, his dance of destruction.
This dance is mighty. It is immense; it is awesome. This dance of the jungle is, as the jungle is,
beyond our control, and it is frightening to us. The dance of a garden is small and manageable; we
can manage it. Hanumana can dance, but he is subject to Rama’s control. Meera is different. When
she dances even Krishna cannot control her. Hanumana cannot disobey Rama; he is disciplined
and obedient.
It is true that we need discipline in the world, but discipline is not everything. Everything that is
profound, great and immense in life is free from discipline. Everything that is true, good and beautiful
in life comes exploding; it follows no rules, no discipline.
However, this is how I see them, Meera and Hanumana. And I told you about my choice: I choose
Meera. But it does not mean that you should do the same. And I don’t think in terms of the superiority
or inferiority of one; I am simply pointing out the difference that is there. Everyone has his own criteria
of what is superior and what is inferior. If someone finds greatness in Hanumana, it only shows his
way of evaluation. And if I find Meera to be great, it speaks for my meaning of greatness. In this
evaluation Meera and Hanumana are not that important; they only reflect our preferences.
Question 5
QUESTIONER: WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT COW WORSHIP? AS DARWIN SAYS THAT THE
MONKEY IS MAN’S PREDECESSOR IN PHYSICAL EVOLUTION, YOU SAY THAT THE COW
PRECEDES MAN IN THE EVOLUTION OF THE SOUL. HOW IS IT THAT AMONG ALL ANIMALS
THE COW COMES SO CLOSE TO MAN SPIRITUALLY? OR IS IT THAT WE CALL THE COW
OUR MOTHER BECAUSE WE ARE AN AGRICULTURAL COMMUNITY? AND WHAT IS YOUR
VIEW ON THE QUESTION OF COW SLAUGHTER?
When Charles Darwin first said, looking at man’s physical frame, that it seems he has evolved from
some species of monkeys, we were shocked and could not easily take it. How could man, who
believed God was his father, suddenly come to replace God with the monkey? It came as a great
blow to our egos, but there was no way out. Darwin backed his theory with powerful evidence. and
the whole scientific discipline supported him. That is why, in spite of tremendous opposition, it had
to be accepted. There was no way out.
There is so much similarity, both physical and mental, between man and monkey that it is difficult
to deny Darwin. Even the ways of their being and living are so strikingly similar that we had to
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