#temple destruction

[forgotten-bharat]

Let's talk about the idolized Aurangzeb. What he did and why is he considered great?

We will be focusing on the destruction of temples and hindu genocide done by him to debunk claims deny that this.

By the order of Aurangzeb (1645 AD) according to Mirãt-i-Ahmadî, Temple of Chintaman situated close to Sarashpur (Gujarat) and built by Sitaldas jeweller was converted into a mosque named Quwwat-ul-lslam (might of Islam) (1645 AD.) A cow was slaughtered to 'solemnize' the 'ceremony'.

Slaughtering a cow was a heinous choice, cow being one of the holiest animal in Hinduism. As well as, Hinduism prohibits animal slaughter, to do it right where their place of worship used to be where now stands a Mosque was simply to mock and destroy the souls of the indigenous population. The Pandits and Cows were always their main targets.

This was done before he even became the king, he was just a prince at this point.

When he became the king he sent Mir Jumla on an expedition to Cooch Bihar. Mir Jumla demolished ALL temples in that city and erected mosques in their stead. The general himself wielded a battle-axe to break the image of Narayana.

Mirãt-i-Ahmadî continues, In 1666 AD, he ordered the faujdar of Mathura to remove a stone railing which had been presented by Dara Shukoh to the temples of Keshav Rai. He explained: “In the Muslim faith it is a sin even to look at a temple and this Dara had restored a railing in a temple!”

You can still argue that Islamic Colonization simply had a political motif and not a religious one, if that would have been the case, none of the indigenous people would have been harmed, none of them would have been forcefully converted, their heritage would not have been destroyed right in front of their eyes, their schools and texts would have been burned. This is downright evil and was done in the name of Allah by all the Mughal tyrants.

“The richly jewelled idols taken from the infidel temples were transferred to Agra and placed beneath the steps leading to the Nawab Begum Sahib's (Jahanara's) mosque in order that they might be “pressed under foot by the true believers”. Mathura changed its name into Islamabad and was thus called in all official documents.”

In the same year, Sita Ram ji temple at Soron was destroyed as also the shrine of Devi Patan at Gonda. News came from Malwa also that the local governor had sent 400 troopers to destroy all temples around Ujjain.

According to Muraqat-i-Abul Hasan, civil officers, agents of jagirdars, karoris and amlas from Cuttack in Orissa to Medinipur in Bengal were instructed as follows:

“Every idol house built during the last 10 or 12 years' should be demolished without delay. Also, do not allow the crushed Hindus and despicable infidels to repair their old temples. Reports of the destruction of temples should be sent to the court under the seal of the qazis and attested by pious Shaikhs.”

(1672 AD) several thousand Satnamis were slaughtered near Narnaul in Mewat for which act of 'heroism' Radandaz Khan was tided Shuja'at Khan with the mansab of 3000 and 2000 horse.

(1675 AD) Guru Tegh Bahadur was tortured to death for his resistance against the forcible conversion of the Hindus of Kashmir. The destruction of gurudwaras thereafter is a well-known story which our secularists have succeeded in suppressing because the Akali brand Sikhs have been forging ties of friendship with Islam as against their parent faith, Hindu Dharma.

Mirãt-i-Ahmadî goes ahead: “On 6th January 1680 A.D. Prince Mohammad Azam and Khan Jahan Bahadur obtained permission to visit Udaipur. Ruhullah Khan and Yakkattaz Khan also proceeded thither to effect the destruction of the temples of the idolators. These edifices situated in the vicinity of the Rana's palace were among the wonders of the age, and had been erected by the infidels to the ruin of their souls and the loss of their wealth”. Pioneers destroyed the images. On 24th January the king visited the tank of Udayasagar.

His Majesty ordered all three of the Hindu temples to be levelled with the ground. On 29th January Hasan AN Khan made his appearance' and stated that “172 temples in the neighbouring districts had been destroyed.” His Majesty proceeded to Chitor on 22nd February.

Temples to the number of 63 were destroyed. Abu Tarab who had been commissioned to effect the destruction of idol temples of Amber, reported in person on 10th August that 66 temples had been levelled to the ground.’ The temple of Someshwar in western Mewar was also destroyed at a later date in the same year. It may be mentioned that unlike Jodhpur and Udaipur, Amber was the capital of a state loyal to the Mughal emperor.

Khafi Khan records in his Muntakhab-ul-Lubab: ‘On the capture of Golconda, the Emperor appointed Abdur Rahim Khan as censor of the city of Haiderabad with orders to put down infidel practices and innovations, and destroy the temples and build mosques on the sites.’ That was in 1687 AD. In 1690 AD, he ordered destruction of temples at Ellora, Trimbakeshwar, Narasinghpur, and Pandharpur.

Aurangzeb also destroyed, Kashi Vishwanath Temple in Kashi, Uttar Pradesh - which considered as the most scared hindu temple and land.

In 1698 AD, the story was repeated at Bijapur. According to Mirat-i-AhmadT: 'Hamidud-din Khan Bahadur who had been deputed to destroy the temples of Bijapur and build mosques there, returned to court after carrying out the order and was praised by the Emperor.' As late as 1705 AD, two years before he died, 'the emperor, summoning Muhammad Khalil and Khidmat Rai, the darogha of hatchet-men' ordered them to demolish the temple of Pandharpur, and to take the butchers of the camp there and slaughter cows in the temple.' Cow-slaughter at a temple site was a safeguard against Hindus rebuilding it on the same spot.

The saddest part is, all of this information, the bloodiest part of Indian History is never shown to the people, they grow up learning, Mughals were great emperors that built great things. When none of that holds any ounce of truth. It should be said without any censorship, these tyrants destroyed the culture, tradition and religions of India.

With all this information, if you're still defending these tyrants, if you still "want them around", if you still insist "it wasn't that bad", you absolutely do not care about "human rights", every activism you take part in is just performative. And I do not respect you or your opinion on any social issue.

#aurangzeb #mughal empire #hinduphobia #ancient india #colonisation in india #temple destruction #mughal invasion #hindublr #hindu temples #pseudo secularism #hindu genocide

[officialyourdailyinspiration]

The Widow's Mite

1 He looked up and saw rich people putting their contributions into the Temple treasury. 2 He also saw an impoverished widow putting in two tiny copper coins.

3 ‘I’m telling you the truth,’ he said. ‘This poor widow has put in more than all of them. 4 They all contributed into the collection out of their plenty, but she contributed out of her poverty, and gave her whole livelihood.’

Signs of the End

5 Some people were talking about the Temple, saying how wonderfully it was decorated, with its beautiful stones and dedicated gifts.

‘Yes,’ said Jesus; 6 ‘but the days will come when everything you see will be torn down. Not one stone will be left standing on another.’

7 ‘Teacher,’ they asked him, ‘when will these things happen? What will be the sign that it’s all about to take place?’

8 ‘Watch out that nobody deceives you,’ said Jesus. ‘Yes: lots of people will come using my name, saying “I’m the one!” and “The time has come!” Don’t go following them. 9 When you hear about wars and rebellions, don’t be alarmed. These things have to happen first, but the end won’t come at once.

10 ‘One nation will rise against another,’ he went on, ‘and one kingdom against another. 11 There will be huge earthquakes, famines and plagues in various places, terrifying omens, and great signs from heaven.

12 ‘Before all this happens they will lay hands on you and persecute you. They will hand you over to the synagogues and prisons. They will drag you before kings and governors because of my name. 13 That will become an opportunity for you to tell your story. 14 So settle it in your hearts not to work out beforehand what tale to tell; 15 I’ll give you a mouth and wisdom, which none of your opponents will be able to resist or contradict.

16 ‘You will be betrayed by parents, brothers and sisters, relatives and friends, and they will kill some of you. 17 You will be hated by everyone because of my name. 18 But no hair of your head will be lost. 19 The way to keep your lives is to be patient.’

The Distress of Jerusalem Predicted

20 ‘But,’ continued Jesus, ‘when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then you will know that her time of desolation has arrived. 21 Then people in Judaea should run off to the hills, people in Jerusalem itself should get out as fast as they can, and people in the countryside shouldn’t go back into the city. 22 Those will be the days of severe judgment, which will fulfil all the biblical warnings. 23 Woe betide pregnant women, and nursing mothers, in those days! There is going to be huge distress on the earth, and divine anger against this people. 24 The hungry sword will eat them up; they will be taken off as prisoners to every nation; and Jerusalem will be trampled by the pagans, until the times of the pagans are done.

25 ‘There will be signs in the sun, the moon and the stars. On earth the nations will be in distress and confusion because of the roaring and swelling of the sea and its waves. 26 People will faint from fear, and from imagining all that’s going to happen to the world. The powers of the heavens will be shaken. 27 Then they will see “the son of man coming on a cloud” with power and great majesty. 28 When all these things start to happen, stand up and lift up your heads, because the time has come for you to be redeemed.’

29 He told them this parable. ‘Look at the fig tree and all the trees. 30 When they are well into leaf, you can see for yourselves and know that summer is upon you. 31 In the same way, when you see all these things happening, you will know that God’s kingdom is upon you. 32 I’m telling you the truth; this generation won’t be gone before all of this happens. 33 Heaven and earth may disappear, but these words of mine won’t disappear.’

Watching for the Son of Man

34 ‘So watch out for yourselves,’ said Jesus, ‘that your hearts may not grow heavy with dissipation and drunkenness and the cares of this life, so that that day comes upon you suddenly, 35 like a trap. It will come, you see, on everyone who lives on the face of the earth. 36 Keep awake at all times, praying that you may have strength to escape all these things that will happen, and to stand before the son of man.’

37 Jesus was teaching in the Temple by day, but at night he went out and stayed in the place called the Mount of Olives. 38 And from early morning all the people flocked to him in the Temple, to hear him. — Luke 21 | New Testament for Everyone (NTE) The New Testament for Everyone copyright © Nicholas Thomas Wright 2011. Cross References: Genesis 19:32; Genesis 34:26; Exodus 4:12; 1 Samuel 14:45; 2 Kings 12:9; Psalm 119:152; Ecclesiastes 9:12; Isaiah 5:30; Isaiah 63:4; Ezekiel 32:7; Daniel 7:13; Daniel 8:19; Daniel 9:27; Joel 2:30; Matthew 2:1; Matthew 3:2; Matthew 8:20; Matthew 10:21-22; Matthew 21:1; Matthew 21:19; Matthew 24:1; Mark 12:42; Mark 12:44; Mark 13:11; Luke 12:12; Luke 13:11; Luke 17:23; Luke 19:44; John 8:2; John 15:21; Romans 2:7; 2 Corinthians 8:12; 2 Corinthians 13:5; Philippians 1:12

#Jesus #prophecy #The Widow's Mite #temple destruction #persecution #lesson of the fig tree #second coming #signs #rumors of wars #destruction of Jerusalem #mindfulness #Luke 21 #Gospel of Luke #New Testament #NTE #New Testament for Everyone #Holy Bible

[idealog]

The Temple is set.

Organized,

Written,

Molded,

Cleaved.

An End to your Violence.

#Temple #Doubt #Scorn #Derision #Condescension #Sarcasm #Dismissal #Vanity #Selfishness #Callous #Marginalization #Hate #Othering #MESSIAH #Temple Destruction #Zion #Temple Mount #JERUSALEM #Salem #Peace #New Jerusalem #Swords to plowshares #2nd Coming #You're Welcome! #:) #Truce #New KINGDOM #SACRED #Temporal #Superficiality

[idiotsonlyevent]

broken glass

#sorry for making chilchuck ashkenazi. it will happen again #for those unfamiliar: at jewish weddings its tradition to break a glass (sometimes wrapped in cloth) to represent destruction of the temple #but also that relationships are fragile and take work #idk if im going to clean this up/color it so i wanted to post this sketchy version #L.txt #L.pix #chilposting #slavchuck #dungeon meshi #chilchuck #chilchuck tims

[artthatgivesmefeelings]

Francesco Hayez (Italian, 1791-1882) The Destruction of the Temple of Jerusalem, 1867 Dorsoduro, Venice, Veneto Tisha B'Av (lit. 'the ninth of Av') is an annual fast day in Judaism, on which a number of disasters in Jewish history occurred, primarily the destruction of both Solomon's Temple by the Neo-Babylonian Empire and the Second Temple by the Roman Empire in Jerusalem.

#coming up this year from 26th-28th of July #francesco hayez #hayez #italian #italy #mediterranean #europe #southern europe #the cradle of civilization #cradle of civilization #Tisha B'Av #1700s #1800s #the ninth of av #tisha b'av #art #classical art #european art #europa #the destruction of the temple of Jerusalem #oil painting #painting #art history #historical art #history #the Bible

[whogirl42]

Me watching atla live action 🤝 me watching Percy Jackson show

THEY'RE CHILDREN😭

#Istg in atla episode 1 seeing Zuko face up against Sokka was wild #CHILDREN PLAYING DRESS UP #CHILDREN PLAYING AT WAR #It was definitely a good idea to actually SHOW the destruction of the Air Temple cause holy shit #Just seeing the show played out in live action by age appropriate actors was always gonna make the tragedy hit harder #And I like that they decided to lean into it #I've only seen the first episode so far #But I kinda feel that if the animated series was able to somehow get away with being a kid's show #The live action adaption enjoys no such privilege #And it should be fascinating to see #Atla #avatar: the last airbender #avatar the last airbender #Pjo #percy jackson

[metamatar]

Geography and landscape come into focus in the area of religious belief. Places of pilgrimage – tirthas and ziarats – are scattered all over the subcontinent. Pilgrimage crosses frontiers and carries cultural idioms from one place to another. Some sites are specific to a religion and retain their prominence as long as they can count on the patronage of that religion. But many more places acquire an association with the sacred and this brings about a cluster of religious connections, sometimes in succession and at other times simultaneously. Somanatha and its vicinity in Gujarat were home to places of worship revered by Vaishnavas, Buddhists, Shaivas, Jainas and Muslims. Patterns such as this cannot be explained by simply maintaining that there was religious tolerance, as there were expressions of intolerance at some places. Evidently there were other concerns that made such places attractive. Sacred sites could also be taken over by a winning religion – thus a megalithic site was appropriated for the building of a Buddhist stupa at Amaravati, a Buddhist chaitya was converted into a Hindu temple at Chezarla, a Hindu temple was converted into a Muslim mosque at Ajmer, and there are many more examples. Possibly some sites were thought to be intrinsically sacred and therefore attracted new religions, or perhaps taking over a sacred site was a demonstration of power. Sacred groves and trees, mountains , caves in hillsides, springs and pools are part of popular worship where landscape and belief come together. When they are appropriated by the powerful and the wealthy, then the landscape has to host monuments.

Early India: From the Origins to AD 1300 (2003), by Romila Thapar

#romila thapar #what im reading #religion #another perspective on temple and mosque destruction

[xieice]

Strength In Ruins

#animation #digital art #star wars #star wars rebels #lothal #fire #ghost #tie fighter #laser #the father #the son #the daughter #jedi temple #this was longer than i expected #artists on tumblr #stars #sunset #night #destruction

[starplusfourletters]

When Thrawn was like "give me all the intel you have on Ahsoka" I would have given ANYTHING to have him try an Art Insight Check. I need Lars Mikkelson painted blue, stroking his chin with one hand, and examining Ahsoka's Hand Turkey from Jedi Kindergarten with the other. I NEED IT

#don't ask me how the box of ahsoka's creche art projects survived the destruction of the jedi temple #BUT IT DID #AND IT'S IN THE IMPERIAL ARCHIVES NOW #AND THRAWN WILL CRIPPLE THE NEW REPUBLIC USING ONLY COLOR BY NUMBERS WORKSHEETS #ahsoka tano #thrawn #ahsoka show #ahsoka spoilers

[1tsjusty0u]

wow this has such majoras mask vibes! (guy who is currently playing majoras mask)

#this is about botw (an au for it) #just. if you take it as ganon hurting everyone else like hes been hurt (being trapped under tbe castle forgotten for ages and ages with nob #ody but himself and the people who trapped him directly above him. also corrupting the sheikah tech used against him (thats a stretch consi #dering the only way he was able to do that was that the king 10000 years ago was awful and buried the tech UNDER THE CASTLE while chasing t #he sheikah out)) + the eye motifs? (majoras eyes being indicators for bosses weak points and ganons malicw eyes) it just. huh #though in botw link doesnt really. well he sort of calls out to people (the champions which could be interesting for character arcs) but ot #herwise its kind of just. three people having a 2 v 1 in a ruined world that just ended up hurtinf all of them #literally nobody can turn back to what they had. not ganon in the past. not link (though i Do have feelings about pre cal link but thats al #l hcs so im not putting that here). and not zelda #and not the champions either (though the only ones grief we really see is miphas. maybe revali?) #its just. literally everything Is There Still. #the guardians. the older ruins like the forgotten temple. the great plateau #on one hand i see the destruction of the castle/monarchy great and will lead to good. but also People Died #deya village. the tabantha village. the characters couldve seen the time before the calamity as Great (even if it wasnt? it all depends! bu #t nostalgia and all that) #so. yeah. #i dunno what the thesis is here i just think its neat #also that one image i can stretch botws theme as much as i can concieve #this also gives me a fic idea. however i feel like i would be doing characters dirty in it

[danwhobrowses]

Ahsoka Eps 1 & 2 Spoilers Out of Context

more in-depth discussion in the tags

#star wars #ahsoka #ahsoka series #ahsoka spoilers #ahsoka tano #sabine wren #the whole puzzle stuff with the temple and the floor and the orb did feel a tad too obvious #something something order 66 something something 1% #choreography is a bit stiff #new republic so bad that they see a speeder do a fancy trick and go 'respect on your way' #if Qui Gon had a tatooine currency for every time someone survived a lightsaber stab to the gut he could've bought Anakin & Shmi's freedom #Merrin could've used this sudden nightsister woman when she needed company on Dathomir #not feeling Sabine as a force sensitive still she lasted longer than they should've...tbf so did the villains against Ahsoka #insert a gif for HYDRA infiltrating SHIELD #why do we need death stars when 3 self destruct droids can vaporize an entire temple area #rip Sabine's long hair #being next to hyperspeed apparently will have no force or effect to your flight #decent enough but didn't blow me away

[news4dzhozhar]

Literally undermining Al Aqsa & now blocking Muslims from accessing the mosque during Ramadan, refusing Christians and Catholics access to church for Palm Sunday (and likely Easter as well) and no one makes a peep. The smallest of the 3 religions that hold Jerusalem sacred are in control by military force and no one sees a problem? I feel like I'm in the Twilight Zone sometimes.

#ramadan #checkpoints #palm sunday #easter #jerusalem #al aqsa mosque #undermining #cultural and religious destruction #apartheid #save palestine #ethnic cleansing #israel is an apartheid state #seek truth #free palestine 🇵🇸 #genocide #illegal occupation #israel is committing genocide #israeli war crimes #stolen land #stolen heritage #sacred site #Jerusalem #temple mount #west bank #jewish voices for peace #spread awareness #share #save al aqsa #israel is a terrorist state #intentional destruction of religious sites makes Israel no better than Isis

[officialyourdailyinspiration]

The Widow’s Mite

1 He looked up and saw rich people putting their contributions into the Temple treasury. 2 He also saw an impoverished widow putting in two tiny copper coins.

3 ‘I’m telling you the truth,’ he said. ‘This poor widow has put in more than all of them. 4 They all contributed into the collection out of their plenty, but she contributed out of her poverty, and gave her whole livelihood.’

Signs of the End

5 Some people were talking about the Temple, saying how wonderfully it was decorated, with its beautiful stones and dedicated gifts.

‘Yes,’ said Jesus; 6 ‘but the days will come when everything you see will be torn down. Not one stone will be left standing on another.’

7 ‘Teacher,’ they asked him, ‘when will these things happen? What will be the sign that it’s all about to take place?’

8 ‘Watch out that nobody deceives you,’ said Jesus. ‘Yes: lots of people will come using my name, saying “I’m the one!” and “The time has come!” Don’t go following them. 9 When you hear about wars and rebellions, don’t be alarmed. These things have to happen first, but the end won’t come at once.

10 ‘One nation will rise against another,’ he went on, ‘and one kingdom against another. 11 There will be huge earthquakes, famines and plagues in various places, terrifying omens, and great signs from heaven.

12 ‘Before all this happens they will lay hands on you and persecute you. They will hand you over to the synagogues and prisons. They will drag you before kings and governors because of my name. 13 That will become an opportunity for you to tell your story. 14 So settle it in your hearts not to work out beforehand what tale to tell; 15 I’ll give you a mouth and wisdom, which none of your opponents will be able to resist or contradict.

16 ‘You will be betrayed by parents, brothers and sisters, relatives and friends, and they will kill some of you. 17 You will be hated by everyone because of my name. 18 But no hair of your head will be lost. 19 The way to keep your lives is to be patient.’

The Distress of Jerusalem Predicted

20 ‘But,’ continued Jesus, ‘when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then you will know that her time of desolation has arrived. 21 Then people in Judaea should run off to the hills, people in Jerusalem itself should get out as fast as they can, and people in the countryside shouldn’t go back into the city. 22 Those will be the days of severe judgment, which will fulfil all the biblical warnings. 23 Woe betide pregnant women, and nursing mothers, in those days! There is going to be huge distress on the earth, and divine anger against this people. 24 The hungry sword will eat them up; they will be taken off as prisoners to every nation; and Jerusalem will be trampled by the pagans, until the times of the pagans are done.

25 ‘There will be signs in the sun, the moon and the stars. On earth the nations will be in distress and confusion because of the roaring and swelling of the sea and its waves. 26 People will faint from fear, and from imagining all that’s going to happen to the world. The powers of the heavens will be shaken. 27 Then they will see “the son of man coming on a cloud” with power and great majesty. 28 When all these things start to happen, stand up and lift up your heads, because the time has come for you to be redeemed.’

29 He told them this parable. ‘Look at the fig tree and all the trees. 30 When they are well into leaf, you can see for yourselves and know that summer is upon you. 31 In the same way, when you see all these things happening, you will know that God’s kingdom is upon you. 32 I’m telling you the truth; this generation won’t be gone before all of this happens. 33 Heaven and earth may disappear, but these words of mine won’t disappear.’

Watching for the Son of Man

34 ‘So watch out for yourselves,’ said Jesus, ‘that your hearts may not grow heavy with dissipation and drunkenness and the cares of this life, so that that day comes upon you suddenly, 35 like a trap. It will come, you see, on everyone who lives on the face of the earth. 36 Keep awake at all times, praying that you may have strength to escape all these things that will happen, and to stand before the son of man.’

37 Jesus was teaching in the Temple by day, but at night he went out and stayed in the place called the Mount of Olives. 38 And from early morning all the people flocked to him in the Temple, to hear him. — Luke 21 | New Testament for Everyone (NTE) The New Testament for Everyone copyright © Nicholas Thomas Wright 2011. Cross References: Genesis 19:32; Genesis 34:26; Exodus 4:12; 1 Samuel 14:45; 2 Kings 12:9; Psalm 119:152; Ecclesiastes 9:12; Isaiah 5:30; Isaiah 63:4; Ezekiel 32:7; Daniel 7:13; Daniel 8:19; Daniel 9:27; Joel 2:30; Matthew 2:1; Matthew 3:2; Matthew 8:20; Matthew 10:21-22; Matthew 21:1; Matthew 21:19; Matthew 24:1; Mark 12:42; Mark 12:44; Mark 13:11; Luke 12:12; Luke 13:11; Luke 17:23; Luke 19:44; John 8:2; John 15:21; Romans 2:7; 2 Corinthians 8:12; 2 Corinthians 13:5; Philippians 1:12

#Jesus #prophecy #temple destruction #the widow's mite #persecution #lesson of the fig tree #second coming #mindfulness #signs #end times #Luke 21 #Gospel of Luke #New Testament for Everyone #NTE #Holy Bible

[piosplayhouse]

I'm just like shen yuan except insteadof knowing about worldbuilding I just have an encyclopedic knowledge of every time a character has an emotional breakdown

#favorite svsss scene . binghes breakdown before sqq self destruction #favorite mdzs scene. wwx breakdown after killing jzx where he begs someone to tell him what to do #second favorite mdzs scene . jiang cheng breakdown at wwxs feet at guanyin temple #favorite tgcf scene . when hualian tie qi rong up outside their house like a dog and he insults all their visitors

[alittlebitoftruthcan]

Two types of people are needed to run a temple: a learned person and a very stupid one. And this is how all temples are run—two types of people: the learned who have become the priests, and the stupid who follow them. This is how every temple is run. If stupid people disappear from the earth there will be no temples. If learned people disappear from the temples there will be no temples. A duality is needed for a temple to exist. That’s why you cannot find God in a temple—because you cannot find him in a duality. These temples are inventions of the clever people to exploit the stupid. All temples are inventions—clever people exploiting… they have become the priests.

Priests are the most clever people, they are the greatest exploiters, and they exploit in such a way that you cannot even revolt against them. They exploit you for your own sake, they exploit you for your own good. Priests are the most clever because they spin theories out of nothing: all the theologies, all that they have created—tremendous! Cleverness is needed to create religious theories. And they go on creating such big edifices that it is almost impossible for an ordinary man to enter those edifices. And they use such jargon, they use such technical terms, that you cannot understand what they are talking about. And when you cannot understand you think they are very profound. Whenever you cannot understand a thing you think it is very profound—‘It is beyond me.’

Remember this: Buddha speaks in a very ordinary language which can be understood by anybody. It is not the language of a priest. Jesus speaks in small parables—any uneducated man can understand it—he never uses any religious jargon. Mahavira talks, gives his teachings, in the language of the most ordinary and common people. Mahavira and Buddha never used Sanskrit, never, because Sanskrit was the language of the priest, the brahmin. Sanskrit is the most difficult language. Priests have made it so difficult—they have polished and polished and polished. The very word SANSKRIT means polishing, refining. They have refined it to such a pitch that only if you are very very learned can you understand what they are saying, otherwise it is beyond. Buddha used the language of the people, Pali. Pali was the language of the people, of the villagers. Mahavira used Prakrit. Prakrit is the unrefined form of Sanskrit; Prakrit is the natural form of Sanskrit—no grammar, not much. The scholar has not entered yet, he has not refined the words so they become beyond common people. But the priests have been using Sanskrit, they still use it. Nobody understands Sanskrit now, but they go on using Sanskrit because their whole profession depends on creating a gap, not a bridge—in creating a gap. If the common people cannot understand, only then the priests can survive. If the common people understand what they are saying they are lost, because they are saying nothing.

Once Mulla Nasruddin went to a doctor—and doctors have learned the trick from the priests: they write in Latin and Greek, and they write in such a way that even if they have to read it again it is difficult. Nobody should understand what they are writing. So Mulla Nasruddin went to a doctor and he said, ‘Listen, be plain. Just tell me the facts. Don’t use Latin and Greek.’ The doctor said, ‘If you insist, and if you allow me to be frank, you are not ill at all. You are just plain lazy.’ Nasruddin said, ‘Okay, thank you. Now write it in Greek and Latin so I can show it to my family.’

The clever have always been exploiting the common people. That’s why Buddha, Jesus and Mahavira were never respected by brahmins, scholars, clever ones, because they were destructive, they were destroying their whole business. If the people understand, then there is no need for the priest. Why?—because the priest is a mediator. He understands the language of God. He understands your language. He translates your language into the language of God. That’s why they say Sanskrit is DEV-BHASHA, the language of God: ‘You don’t know Sanskrit?—I know, so I become the intermediate link, I become the interpreter. You tell me what you want and I will say it in Sanskrit to God, because he understands only Sanskrit.’ And of course you have to pay for it.

— Osho (No Water, No Moon)

#osho #priests #theology #temple #esoteric #jargon #stupid #exploitation #simple #ordinary #language #sanskrit #destruction #business #jokes #lbotca

[girlactionfigure]

#OTD #5783 #Nebuchadnezzar #king of Babylon #Jerusalem #destruction of the First Temple