Saints realize the truth that the bondage of subjectivity is a seed of all maladies and is a problem common to all; and the only panacea is NAMASMARAN! Hence they do not get dragged in any piecemeal approach of overt reactivity; how much ever valiant and commendable it may appear to others! Neither do they yearn for public admiration; nor are they disheartened or deterred from their path of practice and promotion of NAMASMARAN; by the public flak, insults and humiliation as cowards!

1. COURAGE
AND
NAMASMARAN
DR
SHRINIWAS
KASHALIKAR

2. Student: Sir, don’t you think the saints were timid, when
compared to warriors, revolutionaries or even activists?
Teacher: This is totally wrong!
Student: But sir; they never endangered their lives. They
never faced threat to their lives. They never had to go to
jail for being active against injustice!
Teacher: Most of the time it is thought that being
physically or overtly reactive in spite of danger is
equivalent to being courageous!
Student: Is it not true?
Teacher: It is true when compared to being unable to
react out of fear of one’s life, property or risk to one’s
children! But the saints were not overtly reactive; NOT
because of timidity! It was because of the realization of
the helplessness of criminals and the victims alike! They
could see through the pining souls of the sinners and
sufferers alike!
Hence they were not impulsively and overtly reactive but
far more courageous than the rest! This can be testified
by their assertion in face of every threat to their life from
inside as well as outside! They could face all adversities

3. with the valor that was unmatched! This has to be
differentiated from the incidental and impulsive courage;
in face of a particular challenge (which is also
commendable if compared to outright cowardice).
Student: I did not think of this! This courage and bravery
concealed in apparent lack of reactivity, responsiveness
and violence is not easily apparent!
Teacher: True! Wars, insurgencies, terrorist activities,
street fights, spying, policing, adventures and even
crimes, abusiveness, mudslinging, admonishing, insulting
someone; are associated with courage and heroic image!
Saints realize the truth that the bondage of subjectivity is
a seed of all maladies and is a problem common to all;
and the only panacea is NAMASMARAN! Hence they do
not get dragged in any piecemeal approach of overt
reactivity; how much ever valiant and commendable it
may appear to others! Neither do they yearn for public
admiration; nor are they disheartened or deterred from
their path of practice and promotion of NAMASMARAN;
by the public flak, insults and humiliation as cowards!