Belief System

Published on 30th January, 2018, in The Economic Times. In the Ramayana, how did Bharat demonstrate to the people that he had rejected his mother’s ideology of capturing the throne through cunning, and how he wanted Ram to be king and spend his life serving as Ram’s regent? He did so by placing Ram’s footwear on the throne. He did it by choosing to live as a hermit outside the city of Ayodhya. As a member of the royal family, he knew demonstration was key to communicate with the public. People see more than they hear. Darshan is far more effective than shruti. Likewise, in ..