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santu niramayah, sarve bhadrani pash-yantu, ma kashchid
dukhabhagbhavet,” (May all beings be happy. May all
beings be healthy. May all see the divinity in everything.
May there be no unhappiness or sorrow). For, if we, too,
start to pray only “Hindavah bhavantu sukhinah, Hindavah
santu niramayah…” (May Hindus be happy. May Hindus
be healthy…) or “Americaha bhavantu sukhinah, Americaha
santu niramayaha” (May Americans be happy. May
Americans be healthy…), then we will fall into the same
well of despair as those who have committed these
horrendous acts.
In the months since this tragedy, we have seen more
bloodshed, we have seen vengeance, we have seen more
and more killing across the world along the lines of
“religion.” Whether it is in Afganistan, in Israel, in India or
in other nations of the world, the violence is only increasing.
We may squash one rebellious regime only to see another
popping up in its place. We arrest, convict or kill one
villainous leader only to see another rising to power in his
place.
governmental systems which allow and encourage
violence must be dealt with strictly and properly.
However, that is not enough. The change must come from
the inside. For example, I frequently hear parents tell
stories of their teenage daughters who have been strictly
forbidden from dating, who have been punished time and
again for talking endlessly on the phone with boys, who
have been sternly prohibited from being alone with a boy.
These girls appear to concede in the face of their parents’
severity, and they appear to be remorseful and repentant
as the punishment is issued. However, the parents continue
to find that the girls are escaping through their windows
at night, or are concocting stories of study groups with
girlfriends, while they are at the movies with their
sweethearts.
Yes, the parents must continue to act authoritatively. They
must not give up and allow their girls boundless freedom
simply because the girls are disobeying. They must continue
to punish when rules are broken, and they must continue
to enact rules that will prevent further disobedience.
The answer, therefore, cannot come from wildly swinging
the bats of our “punishment” at terrorists, at tyrannical
However, once the parents realize that the girls are merely
leaders, or at regimes dedicated to genocide. For every
acquiescing on the surface -- to avoid the same lecture,
step we take on the path to “eradicating” the leaders and
punishment or castigation -- they must look deeper into
regimes that exist, it seems that another two are born in
their place.
why the girls are engaging in this rebellious behavior.
The point here is not about disciplining teenage girls or
This does not mean we should be lenient. This does not
about rules for dating. The point is that it is never enough
mean we should give up in defeat. Yes, the murderous,
to simply censure, punish or seek revenge. That does not
oppressive leaders must be removed from power. Yes, the
change the nature of the criminal and does not prevent
terrorists must be brought to justice. Yes, those
future aggressive, rebellious acts.
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