Hinduism is vast and diversified. A person can use it both for good or for evil ends. Both Gandhi and Nathuram, who killed him, thought their actions in life were motivated by Hinduism. Thus one needs discernment and inner vision and conscience. Otherwise, even the best things can be bent into evil and a source of suffering for all.
GITA CHAPTER 6
‘By the Self one should raise the self,
but one should not degrade the self,
for the self is the Self’s true friend,
and may indeed be the Self’s foe.
‘The self overcome by the Self
has the Self as its companion;
but the Self is inimical
to the self that is unsubdued.
‘The supreme Self of the self-subdued
and tranquil one is collected
in cold, heat, pleasure and pain,
in honor and dishonor too.
‘Whose self, subdued, is satisfied
by knowledge and insight, aloof,
and sees clods, stones and gold nuggets as one,
is said to be a yogi.
“Who sits apart, indifferent
to foes, associates and friends,
neutral to enemies and kinsmen,
righteous and wicked, is renowned.
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