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Kşmāvāņi Parva. Festival of seeking and giving forgiveness

May 11th, 2008 by Dr Shugan C Jain

Fed up of hearing and experiencing the ills of terrorism, war, anger and hatred in your world. Welcome to the world of forgiveness and join us in understanding and expressing the same on Kşmāvāņi Parva, celebration of seeking and giving forgiveness. Just imagine if Bush and Osama can forgive each other and start a new life. Or take a look at your own life. How much time and energy do you spend in taking revenge from someone who has done some (or perceived to do some) harm to you? We shall be amazed to see how forgiveness adversely affects the anger and ego, and even eliminates them. Anger and ego consume all our energy and deprive us from enjoying our nature i.e. being happy. The well known saying “ To err is human and to forgive is divine’ if practiced sincerely can solve all such problems and bring peace and harmony in life. Read the rest of this entry »

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