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His holiness Sri Sri Ravi Shankar answers questions, this time about politics and the question of fraud and corruption.
Question: "I feel that spirituality and politics have separated in today’s world. How will the two meet?"
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: Spiritualize politics. Spirituality is essential to keep politics away from corruption, fraud and war. Politics without spirituality will lead to narrow-mindedness. Mahatma Gandhi was an extremely spiritual man, and that’s why he was able to lead a non-violent revolution in India. We must also encourage spiritual people to take an interest in politics. They shouldn’t think that it is dirty, and for corrupt or fraudulent people.
Any post – a minister’s, chief minister or an officer’s post – is to serve others, not to enjoy yourself. You get the post so that you can serve the citizens. You have to neither hold on to it nor run away from it.
Leaving a rank is not about leaving prestige or position. This should be understood. Politics is supposed to be an important limb in the administration of a country. In ancient times, kings, and ministers used to take a keen interest in spirituality. Those who were not spiritual, were unable to support society’s progress.
Leaders should have five types of qualities: satya-darshi (truthfulness), sama-darshi (equanimous), priya-darshi (pleasantness), paar-darshi (transparency) and door-darshi (visionary). Then the country can progress.
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