Avoid Becoming a Rakshasa
…. Isn’t it true that all the mythological rakshasas were great
sdhakas too? With their sadhana or practice they had impressed gods and sought
boons.
Ravana was a great scholar, Bhasmasura and Hiranyakashipu did penance,
but they were remembered for all the wrong reasons. Ravana kidnapped Sita,
Bhasamasur had wanted to obliterate Shiva by placing his hand on his head and
Hiranyakashipu declared himself to be God.
Mythological rakshasas don’t exist in reality, but we run the risk
of becoming like them, by being arrogant, hurting others and justifying our
actions in the name of spirituality.
According to the
Buddhists, a demon is a man obsessed with violence, is angry and is unable to
find peaceful solutions to problems…..
Read the full
Article – ‘Are You A Rakshasa?”
Blog by Sonal Shrivastava
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