Author: HK
Publication: Haindava Keralam
Date: September 14, 2007
URL: http://www.sarvesamachar.org/click_frameset.php?ref_url=%2Findex.php%3F&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.haindavakeralam.org%2FPageModule.aspx%3FPageID%3D4389
Spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar on Thursday
criticised the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government for its judicial
affidavit that said there was no historical evidence to prove the existence
of Lord Ram.
In a statement issued from Germany, Sri Sri
said: "Ramayana and Mahabharata are called "Itihasas" (histories).
Itihas means it happened. That Sri Ram did exist is recorded in the epic Ramayana.
"The ancient seers had made clear distinction
between "Puranas" (classical literature) and Itihasas. Puranas are
mythological, symbolic stories, while Itihasas are that which actually happened."
The founder of the Art of Living Foundation
said it would be wrong to assume Lord Ram was a mythological character and
not real because there was no scientific evidence to prove his existence.
"There were unproven miracles in the
lives of religious figures of other faiths. If we dismiss Lord Ram as a fictitious
character, then we have to dismiss all miracles in the lives of Jesus, Moses
and Mohammed as myths," he said.
