Lord Shiva is a very cool God. He is the dude of gods, says Amish Tripathi

Author Amish Tripathi

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• Reflecting on a talk between Nachiket and Lord Yamraj, Amish Tripathi explained how the role of society was to help man reach a state of divine consciousness.
• Tripathi disputed the claims of religious fanatics and extremists. He said that often religion is misused for the wrong reasons by groups of men.
• Tripathi held forth on how religion can and has been used for good and how the task for modern liberals is to fight against religion being used for crime.
• Tripathi stressed that God and every human being is one. He explained that God, be it Shiva or Krishna or Allah or Ram or Jesus or Buddha, lies within humans itself.
• Tripathi spoke of how the purpose of life and society is to connect with one's inner divinity and connect with God.
• Asked if Shiva was above other gods, Tripathi explained that god is one and can come to people in different forms. According to Tripathi no god is below or above the other.
• He spoke about how his own rebellious nature attracts him towards Shiva who he later referred to as "Lord Shiva is a very cool God. He is the dude of gods."
• Praising Shiva, Tripathi called him a "democratic god who treats his wife with respect, dances, sings, battles evil, rebels and drinks bhang."
• Women, he said, are the most suppressed section of our society. "Men could learn a thing or two on how to treat women from ancient scripts."
• Having faced no protests against his writings, Tripathi said there is no better country than India where one can localise and modernise tradition.
• He said that India has a rich history of questioning facts and the word Upanishad actually means to sit at the feet of one's guru and question him.
• Attempting to end on a hopeful note, he added that the country's youth is gradually returning to this principle of questioning and being active learners.
   
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