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    Equality
    Equality
    Equality
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    Equality

    By Krishna's Mercy

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    This book consists of five essays discussing the issue of equality from the spiritual point of view and how all forms of spirit, even beyond the human species, share a singular constitutional position. The essays incorporate the teachings from India's most sacred texts, such as the Bhagavad-gita and Shrimad Bhagavatam.

    "From the distinctions between black and white,
    Man makes judgments just at first sight.
    Through outward distinctions man discriminates,
    The weaker the more powerful look to dominate.
    Struggle has been fought since the beginning of time,
    Even with equality movement, at race draw the line.
    Only in sacred Vedas’ sublime teaching,
    Find of equality the true meaning.
    Presence of pure spirit in all species do you see,
    Only then from prejudice will you be set free.
    Through Vedic wisdom apply real equality vision,
    Follow divine love to eschew strife and division."

    Chapters: 1 - Equality, 2 - Hyphenation, 3 - Fighting For One Cause, 4 - No Labels, 5 - The Same As Me

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherKrishna's Mercy
    Release dateNov 28, 2011
    ISBN9781465823007
    Equality
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    Krishna's Mercy

    Krishna’s Mercy is a nonprofit organization established to serve Lord Krishna. Our primary activity is to serve Lord Krishna with our thoughts, words and deeds as much as we can. Though He may be referred to by different names such as Jesus, Allah, or Krishna, God is one. Krishna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, as mentioned in the ancient Vedic texts of India. Mankind can attribute all of its suffering due to forgetfulness of his relationship to God. We are all constitutionally spirit souls, but from time immemorial we are associating ourselves with our physical bodies in this material world. Thus the soul has been transmigrating from one body to another through the laws of karma. This human form of life is our opportunity to break out of this cycle of birth and death and return to our original home, with Krishna, or God.

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      Equality - Krishna's Mercy

      Equality

      Krishna’s Mercy

      Published by Krishna’s Mercy at Smashwords

      Copyright © 2011 Krishna’s Mercy

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      Introduction

      From the distinctions between black and white,

      Man makes judgments just at first sight.

      Through outward distinctions man discriminates,

      The weaker the more powerful look to dominate.

      Struggle has been fought since the beginning of time,

      Even with equality movement, at race draw the line.

      Only in sacred Vedas’ sublime teaching,

      Find of equality the true meaning.

      Presence of pure spirit in all species do you see,

      Only then from prejudice will you be set free.

      Through Vedic wisdom apply real equality vision,

      Follow divine love to eschew strife and division.

      Chapter 1 - Equality

      The recent election of Barrack Obama to the presidency of the United States was regarded worldwide as a landmark occasion. America has officially been a country for over two hundred years, but this was the first time in its history that a person of color, an African-American, was elected as president. Many thought that this day would never come, for they viewed America as a racist country. Yet, one is left to wonder whether Obama’s election was really that groundbreaking.

      Black people have not been treated very well historically in America. During the country’s founding, most blacks weren’t even treated as human beings, but rather were slaves, owned and traded as property. The founding fathers struggled very hard with the issue of slavery while adopting the Constitution, eventually tabling the issue, allowing the practice to continue. Slowly but surely however, slavery would meet its end, culminating with the Civil War during the early 1860s. However, even after the abolition of slavery, blacks were still discriminated against, especially in the Southern portion of the country, where they would periodically be lynched or harassed in other ways. This treatment continued for almost one hundred years, until the Civil Rights movement of the late 1960s. Due to this history of racism, many blacks felt that the country was forever doomed and incapable of electing a black person to any meaningful position of power. The election of Obama was redemption for them, offering a glimmer of hope that maybe people no longer made judgments about others based on their ethnicity or skin color.

      On the surface it appears that progress has been made, but according to the Vedic teachings, it hasn’t. The central tenet of any religion, but especially the Vedas, is that we are not our bodies.

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