The American Age: A Commentary

The words of The Great Teachers, the Buddhas, the Krishnas, the Christs, nevertheless continue to be pertinent to our age. Maybe we should all just reread their works. The Great Teachers seem to keep repeating the same thing, mostly some version of The Golden Rule, even though in different literatures and different traditions, in sacred texts known and unknown.

Christians when they want to go to war always quote from the Old Testament, as we have mentioned. We recall when Americans were making their logic for war, asking a prominent Baptist minister whether to go to war. So this minister quotes the Old Testament. Christians are not an Old Testament people, as we have mentioned. They are a New Testament people. Even though the Old Testament is part of the Christian Bible and the Christian theology along with the new. Nevertheless, those who are genuine and authentic Christians must realize that Christianity is a new covenant, as we have mentioned.

Americans can be Old Testament Christians if they want to be. But that is not authentic Christianity, nor the abuses of the Crusades.

Conflicts and disagreements are necessary. People can not agree on just anything and everything. Everything is not acceptable.

The same people who teach individuals conflict resolution might have to at some point deal with nations. Everything is not acceptable. Whether it’s the Romans or the Christians or the Jews or the Muslims. Everything is not acceptable.

Haven’t you watched the show the Nanny, where she comes into these families and teaches people to behave. Then the families all thank Nanny.

Who is the Nanny for these national and human conflicts? These conflicts of religions and civilizations? There is a phrase called “internecine war.” If Christianity and Buddhism are correct, and other religions that adhere to the highest principles, then are not all wars internecine wars?

Traditionally, The Great Teacher has been masculine, although there have been feminine great teachers in certain of the Eastern traditions, although many are not necessarily recognized in the West.

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To quote from this article by Chockalingam Eswaramurthi

THE real genius who not only propounded great ideas but also put them into practice, the visionary who dared to launch the process of transfiguring the vision into ground reality, is widely known as the Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram at Auroville, the `city of dawn’ which she designed for a new community of seekers from all over the world aspiring to transcend racial prejudices, religious differences as well as egoistic preferences and become the fore runners of a spiritual future. The whole nation celebrates her 125 th Birth day.

However, The Great Teacher need not be either/or, as we need both masculine The Great Teachers and feminine The Great Teachers.

Reread the texts of The Great Teachers.