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A Stick in One Hand and a

Pen in Another

(At the occasion of Shri Valinath Zazavdadev Pran
Pratistha Ceremony, Thara. February 12, 2005)

Religion holds an incomparable significance in our country.
It inspires us to do many a noble deed but unfortunately in
the last fifty years the opponents of our culture as well as
religious pretenders and hypocrites have developed such a
negative atmosphere that people now believe that they should
avoid this path. They have started believing that saints are frauds
and it is pointless to go to temples. As a result, we have neglected
the power that our society has, the power that should have been
used in social welfare and development after the independence.
This ignorance has caused a major loss to our society.

The government spends millions to spread awareness
regarding any kind of addiction. We keep on advertising that
addictions ruin people’s lives, cause cancer and so on. However,
we do not get the desirable results. However, if the same
message is given by a great saint, it has a different impact
altogether. Unfortunately, our saints have lost their charm on
the masses. They cannot appeal to them. We have not utilized
the power of knowledge to the fullest. We ignored it because of
the hypocrite secularism. Had we used this power for social
welfare instead of for dirty politics, we would have got the
desired result. However, it is said: Better late than never. Not
only our society, but the whole country can benefit from their
power. It is high time we thought about this.