Queen’s Park, Toronto
Beware of Bad Rap
On the wedding day of Krishna’s
parents, King Kamsa led the chariot of the newly married couple through the
crowds when a prophetic voice from the skies revealed his fate; being slain by
their eighth son, who would be Krishna. Kamsa became very defensive, unsheathed
his sword and was prepared to behead his sister right on the spot. Vasudeva,
Kamsa’s new brother-in-law, stepped into action holding back Kamsa’s sword-held
arm. The crowd was in a panic. Vasudeva tried to reason with the impulsive
king.
On several angles of whisper into
the tyrants’ ears, the wise Vasudeva tried to convince Kamsa of his wrong
doing. “Think of your reputation.” “This is your sister.” “It’s her wedding
day.” “A true warrior doesn’t slay a woman.”
Reputation’s preservation became
the theme of our Gita Discussion Group this night. In Chapter two of the
Gita Krishna reminds his friend, Arjuna, that reputation is important,
and since Arjuna contemplated on walking out on responsibility that prestige
would be majorly hurt. “Dishonour is worse than death!” Krishna declared.
Who really wants to go down in history with a bad rap, a bad reputation? So, from the story of Krishna’s relatives and the story of His friend, we can takeaway the message that dignity has a place in culture.
May the Source be with you!
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