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BARACK OBAMA’S PLAN TO SECURE AMERICA AND RESTORE OUR STANDING

“I
am running for President of the United States to lead this country in a
new direction… Instead of being distracted from the most pressing
threats that we face, I want to overcome them. Instead of pushing the
entire burden of our foreign policy on to the brave men and women of
our military, I want to use all elements of American power to keep us
safe, and prosperous, and free. Instead of alienating ourselves from
the world, I want America – once again – to lead…

This must be
the moment when we answer the call of history. For eight years, we have
paid the price for a foreign policy that lectures without listening;
that divides us from one another – and from the world – instead of
calling us to a common purpose; that focuses on our tactics in fighting
a war without end in Iraq instead of forging a new strategy to face
down the true threats that we face. We cannot afford four more years of
a strategy that is out of balance and out of step with this defining
moment.”

— Barack Obama, Washington, D.C., July 15, 2008

Barack Obama’s Plan

Iran

• The Problem: Iran has sought nuclear weapons, supports militias inside Iraq and terror across the region, and its leaders
  threaten Israel and deny the Holocaust. But Obama believes that we have not exhausted our non-military
  options in confronting this threat; in many ways, we have yet to try them. That’s why Obama stood up to
  the Bush administration’s warnings of war, just like he stood up to the war in Iraq.
• Opposed Bush-Cheney Saber Rattling: Obama opposed the Kyl-Lieberman amendment, which says we should use our military presence in Iraq
  to counter the threat from Iran. Obama believes that it was reckless for Congress to give George Bush any
  justification to extend the Iraq War or to attack Iran. Obama also introduced a resolution in the Senate
  declaring that no act of Congress – including Kyl-Lieberman – gives the Bush administration authorization
  to attack Iran.
• Diplomacy: Obama is the only major candidate who supports tough, direct presidential diplomacy with Iran without
  preconditions. Now is the time to pressure Iran directly to change their troubling behavior. Obama would
  offer the Iranian regime a choice. If Iran abandons its nuclear program and support for terrorism, we will
  offer incentives like membership in the World Trade Organization, economic investments, and a move
  toward normal diplomatic relations. If Iran continues its troubling behavior, we will step up our economic
  pressure and political isolation. Seeking this kind of comprehensive settlement with Iran is our best way to
  make progress.

Renewing American Diplomacy

• The Problem: The United States is trapped by the Bush-Cheney approach to diplomacy that refuses to talk to leaders we
  don’t like. Not talking doesn’t make us look tough – it makes us look arrogant, it denies us opportunities
  to make progress, and it makes it harder for America to rally international support for our leadership. On
  challenges ranging from terrorism to disease, nuclear weapons to climate change, we cannot make progress
  unless we can draw on strong international support.
• Talk to our Foes and Friends: Obama is willing to meet with the leaders of all nations, friend and foe. He will do the careful preparation
  necessary, but will signal that America is ready to come to the table, and that he is willing to lead. And if
  America is willing to come to the table, the world will be more willing to rally behind American leadership to
  deal with challenges like terrorism, and Iran and North Korea’s nuclear programs.
• Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Obama will make progress on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict a key diplomatic priority. He will make a
  sustained push – working with Israelis and Palestinians – to achieve the goal of two states, a Jewish state in
  Israel and a Palestinian state, living side by side in peace and security.
• Expand our Diplomatic Presence: To make diplomacy a priority, Obama will stop shuttering consulates and start opening them in the tough
  and hopeless corners of the world – particularly in Africa. He will expand our foreign service, and develop
  the capacity of our civilian aid workers to work alongside the military.
• Fight Global Poverty: Obama will embrace the Millennium Development Goal of cutting extreme poverty around the world in
  half by 2015, and he will double our foreign assistance to $50 billion to achieve that goal. He will help the
  world’s weakest states to build healthy and educated communities, reduce poverty, develop markets, and
  generate wealth.
• Strengthen NATO: Obama will rally NATO members to contribute troops to collective security operations, urging them to
  invest more in reconstruction and stabilization operations, streamlining the decision-making processes, and
  giving NATO commanders in the field more flexibility.
• Seek New Partnerships in Asia: Obama will forge a more effective framework in Asia that goes beyond bilateral agreements, occasional
  summits, and ad hoc arrangements, such as the six-party talks on North Korea. He will maintain strong ties
  with allies like Japan, South Korea and Australia; work to build an infrastructure with countries in East Asia
  that can promote stability and prosperity; and work to ensure that China plays by international rules.

Nuclear Weapons

• A Record of Results: The gravest danger to the American people is the threat of a terrorist attack with a nuclear weapon and
  the spread of nuclear weapons to dangerous regimes. Obama has taken bipartisan action to secure nuclear
  weapons and materials:
  1. He joined Senator Dick Lugar in passing a law to help the United States and our allies detect and stop the
     smuggling of weapons of mass destruction throughout the world.
  2. He joined Senator Chuck Hagel to introduce a bill that seeks to prevent nuclear terrorism, reduce global
     nuclear arsenals, and stop the spread of nuclear weapons.
  3. And while other candidates have insisted that we should threaten to drop nuclear bombs on terrorist
     training camps, Obama believes that we must talk openly about nuclear weapons – because the best way
     to keep America safe is not to threaten terrorists with nuclear weapons, it’s to keep nuclear weapons away
     from terrorists.
• Secure Loose Nuclear Materials from Terrorists: Obama will secure all loose nuclear materials in the world within four years. While we work to secure
  existing stockpiles of nuclear material, Obama will negotiate a verifiable global ban on the production of
  new nuclear weapons material. This will deny terrorists the ability to steal or buy loose nuclear materials.
• Strengthen the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty: Obama will crack down on nuclear proliferation by strengthening the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty so
  that countries like North Korea and Iran that break the rules will automatically face strong international
  sanctions.
• Toward a Nuclear Free World: Obama will set a goal of a world without nuclear weapons, and pursue it. Obama will always maintain a
  strong deterrent as long as nuclear weapons exist. But he will take several steps down the long road toward
  eliminating nuclear weapons. He will stop the development of new nuclear weapons; work with Russia to
  take U.S. and Russian ballistic missiles off hair trigger alert; seek dramatic reductions in U.S. and Russian
  stockpiles of nuclear weapons and material; and set a goal to expand the U.S.-Russian ban on intermediate-
  range missiles so that the agreement is global.

Bipartisanship and Openness

• The Problem: Under the Bush administration, foreign policy has been used as a political wedge issue to divide us – not as
  a cause to bring America together. And it is no coincidence that one of the most secretive administrations
  in history has pursued policies that have been disastrous for the American people. Obama strongly believes
  that our foreign policy is stronger when Americans are united, and the government is open and candid with
  the American people.
• A Record of Bringing People Together: In the Senate, Obama has worked with Republicans and Democrats to advance important policy initiatives
  on securing weapons of mass destruction and conventional weapons, increasing funding for nonproliferation,
  and countering instability in Congo.
• Consultative Group: Obama will convene a bipartisan Consultative Group of leading members of Congress to foster better
  executive-legislative relations and bipartisan unity on foreign policy. This group will be comprised of the
  congressional leadership of both political parties, and the chair and ranking members of the Armed Services,
  Foreign Relations, Intelligence, and Appropriations Committees. This group will meet with the president
  once a month to review foreign policy priorities, and will be consulted in advance of military action.
• Getting Politics out of Intelligence: Obama would insulate the Director of National Intelligence from political pressure by giving the DNI a
  fixed term, like the Chairman of the Federal Reserve. Obama will seek consistency and integrity at the top
  of our intelligence community – not just a political ally.
• Change the Culture of Secrecy:
  Obama will reverse President Bush’s policy of secrecy. He will
  institute a National Declassification Center to make declassification
  secure but routine, efficient, and cost-effective.
• Engaging the American People on Foreign Policy: Obama will bring foreign policy decisions directly to the people by requiring his national security officials
  to have periodic national broadband town hall meetings to discuss foreign policy. He will personally deliver
  occasional fireside chats via webcast.

On Israel

• Ensure a Strong U.S.-Israel Partnership:
  Barack Obama strongly supports the U.S.-Israel relationship, believes
  that our first and incontrovertible commitment in the Middle East must
  be to the security of Israel, America’s strongest ally in the Middle
  East. Obama supports this closeness, stating that that the United
  States would never distance itself from Israel.
• Support Israel’s Right to Self Defense:
  During the July 2006 Lebanon war, Barack Obama stood up strongly for
  Israel’s right to defend itself from Hezbollah raids and rocket
  attacks, cosponsoring a Senate resolution against Iran and Syria’s
  involvement in the war, and insisting that Israel should not be
  pressured into a ceasefire that did not deal with the threat of
  Hezbollah missiles. He believes strongly in Israel’s right to protect
  its citizens.
• Support Foreign Assistance to Israel:
  Barack Obama has consistently supported foreign assistance to Israel.
  He defends and supports the annual foreign aid package that involves
  both military and economic assistance to Israel and has advocated
  increased foreign aid budgets to ensure that these funding priorities
  are met. He has called for continuing U.S. cooperation with Israel in
  the development of missile defense systems.
• Read the full Israel Fact Sheet

On Africa

• Obama’s Record:
  As a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Barack Obama has
  fought to focus America’s attention on the challenges facing Africa –
  stopping the genocide in Darfur, passing legislation to promote
  stability in the Congo and to bring a war criminal to justice in
  Liberia, mobilizing international pressure for a just government in
  Zimbabwe, fighting corruption in Kenya, demanding honesty on HIV/AIDS
  in South Africa, developing a coherent strategy for stabilizing
  Somalia, and travelling across the continent raising awareness for
  these critical issues. He has also increased America’s focus on the
  long term challenges of education, poverty reduction, disease,
  strengthening democratic institutions and spurring sustainable economic
  development in Africa.
• Stop the Genocide in Darfur:
  As president, Obama will take immediate steps to end the genocide in
  Darfur by increasing pressure on the Sudanese and pressure the
  government to halt the killing and stop impeding the deployment of a
  robust international force. He will hold the government in Khartoum
  accountable for abiding by its commitments under the Comprehensive
  Peace Accord that ended the 30 year conflict between the north and
  south. Obama worked with Senator Sam Brownback (R-KS) to pass the
  Darfur Peace and Accountability Act in 2006.
• Fight Poverty:
  Obama will double our annual investment in foreign assistance from $25
  billion in 2008 to $50 billion by the end of his first term and make
  the Millennium Development Goals, which aim to cut extreme poverty in
  half by 2015, America’s goals. He will fully fund debt cancellation for
  Heavily Indebted Poor Countries in order to provide sustainable debt
  relief and invest at least $50 billion by 2013 for the global fight
  against HIV/AIDS, including our fair share of the Global Fund.
• Expand Prosperity:
  Obama will expand prosperity by establishing an Add Value to
  Agriculture Initiative, creating a fund that will extend seed capital
  and technical assistance to small and medium enterprises, and reforming
  the World Bank and International Monetary Fund. He will launch the
  Global Energy and Environment Initiative to ensure African countries
  have access to low carbon energy technology and can profitably
  participate in the new global carbon market so as to ensure solid
  economic development even while the world dramatically reduces its
  greenhouse gas emissions. Obama will also strengthen the African Growth
  and Opportunity Act to ensure that African producers can access the
  U.S. market and will encourage more American companies to invest on the
  continent.

On Latin America & the Caribbean

• The Problem:
  George Bush’s policy in the Americas has been negligent toward our
  friends, ineffective with our adversaries, disinterested in the
  challenges that matter in people’s lives, and incapable of advancing
  our interests in the region. As the Americas have changed, we have sat
  on the sideline, offering no compelling vision and creating a vacuum
  for demagogues to advance an anti-American agenda.
• Start a New Chapter of Engagement with Latin America and the Caribbean:
  Obama will rebuild diplomatic links throughout the hemisphere through
  aggressive, principled, and sustained diplomacy in the Americas from
  Day One. He will bolster U.S. interests in the region by pursuing
  policies that advance democracy, opportunity, and security and will
  treat our hemispheric partners and neighbors with dignity and respect.
• Promote Democracy in Cuba and Throughout the Hemisphere:
  Barack Obama will support democracy that is strong and sustainable in
  the day to day lives of the people of the Americas. In the case of
  Cuba, he will empower our best ambassadors of freedom by allowing
  unlimited Cuban-American family travel and remittances to the island.
  Using aggressive and principled bilateral diplomacy he will also send
  an important message: if a post-Fidel government takes significant
  steps toward democracy, beginning with freeing all political prisoners,
  the U.S. is prepared to take steps to normalize relations and ease the
  embargo that has governed relations between our countries for the last
  five decades. Throughout the hemisphere, Obama will increase support
  for the building blocks of durable democracies—strong legislatures,
  independent judiciaries, free press, vibrant civil society, honest
  police forces, religious freedom, and the rule of law.
• Work Towards Energy Security:
  Barack Obama will bring together the countries of the region in a new
  Energy Partnership for the Americas to forge a path toward sustainable
  growth and clean energy. He will call on the American people to join
  this effort through an Energy Corps of engineers and scientists who
  will go to the region and beyond to help develop clean energy
  solutions.
• Advance Opportunity from the Bottom-up:
  Obama will substantially increase our aid to the Americas and embrace
  the Millennium Development Goal of cutting extreme poverty around the
  world in half by 2015, and he will double our foreign assistance to $50
  billion to achieve that goal.
• Trade Policy That Works for All People in All Countries:
  Obama believes that trade with foreign nations should strengthen the
  American economy and create more American jobs. He will stand firm
  against agreements that undermine our economic security and will use
  trade agreements to spread good labor and environmental standards
  around the world.
• Advance Security Across the Region:
  Obama believes that we need to target all sources of insecurity through
  a new hemispheric security initiative. This initiative will foster
  cooperation within the region to combat gangs, trafficking and violent
  criminal activity. It will strive to find the best practices that work
  across the hemisphere, and to tailor approaches to fit each country.

Gautama Buddha: Human Religion and Peace

Dr. Ravindra Kumar - 9/16/2007

A
consideration has been continuing since utmost early stage of human
life. The consideration is regarding controlling others. A person wants
to keep him or herself in a higher position in comparison to others.
This factor has been responsible for disintegration of society. Many
nations faced degradation on this accord. A person forgets that he
cannot be master of others. He is master of self only. Sooner or later,
we shall have to admit and adopt the concept of equality and it
indicates friendliness. Lord Gautama Buddha preached this in times past:

“Attahi Attano Natho Ko Dwinatho Parosiya
Attana Va Sudanten Natham Labhati Dhullabham”

That
is: Man is himself his master. No other one can be his master. Hard
earned mastership is gained only after sublimating oneself adequately.
Lord
Buddha was in favor of equality amongst all human beings. ‘Man’ or
‘woman’, all were equal for him. There was no caste or class in his
vocabulary. He was not only deadly against the words - master and
slave; he struggled during whole of his life to eliminate them. It was
during this struggle that he established human religion based on
equality in order to ensure that all may tread path of peace. He wished
that no one should exploit any other. All must control themselves. We
must give up desire to become masters: such a desire is false and
should be given up heartily.

There has been a tendency in human
society to control others or to keep others as slaves. This tendency
has been there since quite long. The tendency has been at all levels:
personal, social and national. It was on this account that not only
human blood was shed in personal, social or national struggles but
societies were also disintegrated. The existence of humanity was
challenged and its peace was disturbed.

Lord Gautama Buddha
induced human-beings to know his reality. He did not permit concealment
of innumerable evils that emerge from policy of non-equality. He
stressed perpetual need of equality based on affection and
friendliness. This was propounded by him as Human Religion. It is a
remedy to all problems. He initiated a non-violent
movement-cum-revolution against mastership spirit of human beings. A
particular class had been keeping its all-out hold on society. This
class had been prescribing false and selfish rules again and again.
Human society was being made fearful of God in order to achieve selfish
goals. Lord Buddha alerted this class and stated:

“These persons
believe in one God. We can be up to that God only through them. The
Human Beings can enter ‘Pawana Pawananam’ only after their permission.”
It
was, as such, made mandatory for people to offer them things in form of
Dakshina. They were required to worship them and to be on the way shown
by them. They were as a way asked to give all of theirs to them.

“This
tendency of such persons in World-history is like that of a beastly
thirsty and hungry lion. This is actually the nature of people who
consider themselves born to exploit others. These persons prescribe and
manage thousands of regulations.”

He said: “They are motivated
to establish their hold on society. They want control on the people in
any deliberate manner. They describe simple regulations in a complex
way so as to keep their position intact. They produce stories before
people for this very purpose. The stories are enframed in a way so as
to get their doctrines confirmed. Thereafter, they combine these
stories with human service pertaining to others so that people may
remain obedient out of fear. How sweet the dream shown by them is -
they say - in case a person wants to flourish in his life and wishes to
be in heaven after death, he can expect so only through them. The
people shall have to perform various rituals and rites etc. in
accordance with the path shown by them. They have made life so unreal
and complex. They have made mind so perplexed that life cannot go on
adequately - this can be straightforwardly stated. A man can learn
nothing except dissatisfaction. This is like reducing a man in a state
of idiotness after intoxicating him very gravely.”

Gautama
Buddha came forward to save human society from these rites and false
rituals etc. He said…. A man shall get welfare in proportion to his
being away from these vices….. Lord Buddha accorded such a warning
against the class that was arbitrary. Distressed people at large at
once comprehended that. They put their attention to what he said. Lord
Buddha continued struggle against the class dominating since centuries
in a broad perspective - this class was exploiting human society
arbitrarily. He achieved victory ultimately. Human religion based on
equality could spread itself and the concept of peace could find its
way.

That class in Buddhist era was in favor of policy of
inequality in humanity through false rituals or regulations etc. The
people belonging to this class were not in favor of equality to all. A
spirit of fear was forced unto people’s mind through attractive things
like God, or Heaven. These things were done by the so called higher
class. A particular class was not permitted to exercise rites,
activities pertaining to education or to perform rituals. Behaviour
towards them was worse than that towards animals. The people belonging
to this class were called Shudras.

All know that it was
prescribed…. no Shudra should get even a word of Vedas in to his
ears. If so happens in any eventuality molten lead must be poured into
his ears. This class could not reside with other classes. The persons
belonging to this class were refused to eat with, keep company or sit
with persons of other classes. This class was without rights. The
position of this class in society was next to animals. Lives belonging
to this class were dedicated to one aim: this aim was to remain
subordinate to the will of other classes and to do whatever people of
other classes would want. A person belonging to Shudra class could only
breathe as per their indications.
Ultimately, Gautama Buddha could
not tolerate this all. He perused ghastly sin in this policy of
inequality. He had acquired intellect and energy. His heart was as open
as the open sky. He observed the extent of unjustness in those who were
leading the people. He could also realize a feeling of glory in them
along with their unjust power. Afterwards, Lord Buddha opened his mouth
fiercely and cleared the way to human society through compassion and
affection. Gautama did not want to force any right on anyone.

He
intended to break spiritual and mental obstructions pertaining to
humanity. It was for this reason that open hearted Buddha suggested
ways and means to salvation and liberty to those persons who were
downtrodden and devoid of rights. He suggested simple ways and means
through his exquisite intellect.
Lord Buddha could know the real
reasons that aggrieve us. He searched a way to put an end to agonies.
He collected the treasure of all solutions in his great mind and
thereafter opened that way equally for all without any distinction. He
was a master. He inspired all to gain “Sambodhi” peace. Such a person,
Lord Buddha, was-an inspirator who was peaceful, one who sermoned human
religion and who could accord liberation. He said:

“Jachcha Na Baslo Hoti, Jachcha Na Hoti Brahmno,
Kammana Baslo Hoti, Kammana Hoti Brahmno”

It means - No one is Brahmin by birth. No one is low. A man is Brahmin or low as per his deeds.

Mahatma
Buddha, who accepted the doctrine of “Karma Shreshtha”, achieved a
victory by stipulating human beings as equal in struggle between
priests or saints and then Lord Buddha paved an easy way that was for
emancipation of humanity. It has been described in Lord Christ’s
‘Sermons on the Mount’ as well as in the Gita. The priestly or saintly
class had negated it. This class had adopted the diction pertaining to
“great by birth and position by fate”. They had expressed that no truth
could be known by simple or straightforward way. These people used to
talk about 2000 hells and heavens and public in general was dreadful of
them. These people used to suggest that salvation of public was
possible only through the ways prescribed by them. Only then they will
get entry in to heaven or shall have to suffer hell.

Innumerable
persons of society were in want of knowledge vividly. The sphere of
Vedas had been made limited and mysterious. The human society was
chained to misbeliefs and deceptions. Lord Buddha gave the message to
human society of leading life through non-violence, compassion,
affection and intellectual ingredients. Non-violence, compassion and
affection are true and fundamental assumptions. These assumptions are
sacred and non-complex. They are mighty basis of human religion. Lord
Buddha adopted these basic assumptions in his sermons. His sermons were
grasped by people in general very soon.
Behavior of Lord Buddha was
simple but that of equality. His language was that of a common man. His
tongue became sacred on this account for all: educated &
non-educated or rich and poor. Undoubtedly, Lord Buddha raised the
voice of perpetual compassion and peace on this earth which was
suffering and was under duress. He visualized agony and its cause. He
clarified sacrifice and saintliness of high order. He gave truthfulness
of indifferent order, welfare of others and sublimity to human
character. These were means to liberation. He made people understand
the factors behind disasters and cause of agonies. He stated that
whenever there is some grief or disaster, we must clearly understand
that there is certainly some evil within ourselves. As such, we must
know both “Samvrattik” and “Pramarthik” truths.

Lord Gautama Buddha advised people to ponder over their shortcomings and said:
“We
very easily see a defect in others. It is difficult to see any
shortcomings unto self”. A man spreads shortcomings of his neighbors
like straw whereas he tends to hide any shortcomings unto self. The
truthfulness of life lies in the fact that a man should examine his own
shortcomings and causes of agony.
Lord Buddha dedicated himself to
eradicate many evils including that of finding faults with others. He
also conveyed a message about absolute integrity through non-struggle
device. He stressed upon understanding the reality of this life without
any discrimination. His message was for all. Human equality was not
only a message of his religion: it was also an all-sided basis.

Morality
is integrally connected with humanity. In case it is separated from
humanity, it shall be a social irony. It so happened in the time of
Lord Buddha; morality was out of scene. Free inspiration regarding
development was under deep pressure. The class which was required to be
a source of inspiration became instigator of darkness in society as per
their deeds. The people of this class began to accord unfair claims on
power and privileges. A person from this class could even murder
someone and was not liable to be punished. Anyone born in a home
belonging to this class automatically controlled other persons. A
person of this class was worthy of reverence even if he was
characterless. Such were the dictums. A person belonging to that class
could commit a sinful act and even then he was patron of religion along
with being representative of God. A Shudra was not authorized to
worship freely unto Almighty even if he carried out sublime activities.
Such were the moral circumstances. Lord Buddha said on this very
account:

“Those cannot be learned who cannot control themselves.
They cannot be full of wisdom, who do not make themselves fit according
to their education. Those cannot be learned people who cannot engage
themselves in sublime activities.”
In his own words:

“Attana Evam Pathamam Pathirupe Nivesayam,
Athamjamanusayeyaya Na Kilissepya Pandito”

It
means - first of all, we should engage ourselves at adequate actions
and it is only after that we may accord sermons to others. The learned
man can be without disaster only by doing so. He also said:

“Attanache Tatha Kapira Yathanjmanusasati,
Sudantovata Dammetha Attahi Kiraduthdhamo”

It
means that we should upkeep our conduct in accordance with the sermons
which we are scheduled to pass over to others. We must first control
ourselves and only then we should say to others. It is very difficult
to control own self. This is a reality. This was a simple but real
message of Gautama Buddha. This was amazing and sadly that the
regulations framed by a specific class were symbolical of injustice.
They were only to sub dice the Shudras. These rules had no need or
utility. Truth is ubiquity to us. Why can we not approach a truth
straightforwardly? In case God is true, the way to Him should be
straightforward. Why God and man cannot meet each other in a direct
manner?

Persons indulging themselves in evil deeds hide
themselves from God under the pretext of religion and its epitaphs. The
nature of truthful God cannot be such that someone should be meddling
between Him and a human being. When God is real, such distinctions
cannot be spiritual and cannot constitute a religion. Only a class
cannot be worthy of truthfulness. Why should not people in general be
capable of that? All these questions were before Lord Buddha. He
announced these queries and said:

“In case it is so, Man does not need such deliberate truth, religion or spirituality, He should refuse such a false conduct.”

Lord
Buddha negated the unreality of rituals and he held that a society must
have clean and developed moral standards because if the moral position
of society is inferior [as it was then in human society], any force
shall lead only to disaster. Resultantly, political situation shall
also be degrading. All evils including causing grief, misutilization,
corruption and arbitrariness that can break society shall flourish. In
such a situation, the politics shall also be such that will fully
turmoil human values. In contradiction, the mental plane of people
shall be selfless in case there is adequate moral force in society. The
life shall be based on equality and it shall be simple. It will be real
and peaceful. Political situation shall also be accessible. It shall be
leading to progress. Lord Buddha found society ‘devoid of moral
values’. He also found monarchy to be center of misdeeds. Even then he
did not attack any religious dogma. He permitted others also to equally
march forward.

Subsequently, he took upon himself those people
in general who were exploited and did not possess rights. He took
society towards a simple, practical and real objective.

Lord
Buddha did not wish to gain power. He did not need to prescribe complex
regulations. He had no reason to impart education of might to his
followers. He was well acquainted with the amazing weaknesses of so
called priests. He knew that it was essential in this world to take a
human being to a right path. He did this all as a brave warrior and a
person of the era who was really mighty. He stressed on human religious
establishments and said:
“A hungry person cannot have religion and
action. We shall have to fulfill his want in order to get religion and
action unto him. As such we cannot control anger also in someone by
making him without a want.”

He emphasized that it is the
religion of a human being to understand first the reality of life. This
is the religion of a good order. One who cannot foresee and adopt good
religion lives uselessly a life of 100 years. A life of a day is good
in case it is full of knowledge of good religion. It means that a
person has become familiar with reality of life. In his own words:

“Yo Cha Vassatatam Jeeve Apassam Dhamma Muttam,
Ekamha Jivitam Seyoo Passato Dhamma Muttam”

Why
after all there is agony in our life. Mahatma Buddha considered it. He
deliberated and said: “Because we are full of selfishness; we are
narrow-minded in our thoughts. We work in selfishness. We aspire for
personal pleasures and amenities.”

He also said: “We forget
humanity while doing so. Result of all these things is bound to be
agony. Then what to do? Should we give up soul? Should we consider that
there is no rule of God and this deceiving world is at rule? We observe
only this world directly. There is no element like soul after the cycle
of Birth and Death. It is all a notion. A science subsequently follows
other. Every science gets existence within a moment. That very moment
that one becomes out of scene. A significant thing is that there is no
scientist of science. As such, there is no soul. Body undergoes changes
every time. Consciousness and intellect also change in the same manner.
As such, soul is dubious dogma which we cherish. Selfishness occurs
when we try to remain attached to this dubious spirit of soul. This is
the truth. As such, we can be gay if we realize the truth that there is
no soul.”

Not only that, we shall render happiness unto others.
This was Lord Buddha’s logical sermon. He himself spent his life in
accordance with this sermon.
Lord Buddha stressed on compassion
towards every living being and not only towards man. He questioned: “In
case it is good to sacrifice an animal as per slaying, it shall be
better to utilize a person in this regard.”

He offered himself
for such a sacrifice. He considered animal - sacrifice to be very
disastrous belief which was irrational. Lord Buddha said all this
emphatically. He prescribed that all are slaves equally to deed and
result. What shall be the justification of creation of Universe in case
we do not stick to the rule of result as per deed? He refused that
ruler is there in some heaven. That ruler may rule as per his wish and
may leave us here to suffer agonies.

According to him: “It is
all a lie. Our whole life is perpetual disaster. There is no use of
exercising false rituals and different rites etc.”

Lord Buddha
prescribed that there is only one ideal in the World. All
religious-rites are false. We have to discard attachment. After that,
only truth shall be in balance. Sun will shine when clouds shall not be
there. Do not work towards any misbelief and adopt this principle in
total. Sacrifice in real spirit even for the lowest creature. Do not
work to please someone or to have an award. Work in order to get
salvation through demise of soul. He also said:
“Do not accord regards and worship someone about whom you are ignorant.”
Really,
Lord Buddha opposed the regulations that were framed for selfish ends
on the ground of deceptions and misendeavorers. Inhumanity,
beastliness, poverty and exploitation were the forces of these
regulations. These regulations had combined Soul and God. Humanity was
destroyed. As such, he undertook real deliberations and explained
agony, its cause, its remedy and the ways that were required for this
purpose. This explanation grasps the basic tenets of humanity. He
called upon to remove the obstacles in the practical aspect of these
doctrines through eight middle ways. Middle way i.e., to come out of
extreme harshness and simpleness that is not possible.
Eight ways are:

• Samyak Drishti;
• Samyak Vaak;
• Samyak Sankalpa;
• Samyak Vyayaama;
• Samyak Karmanta;
• Samyak Aajivika;
• Samyak Smriti; and
• Samyak Samadhi

Mahatma
Buddha is a champion of equality. As such, his religion is
human-religion. This is directly connected with humanity. Non-violence,
Compassion, Sacrifice, alliance, that is friendliness and peace are
integrally associated with it.

These are all fundamental and
best grounds of human-equality. Above mentioned ingredients must be
practiced as far as possible. This will lead to establishment of a
human society based on equality. Our way to peace shall be in broader
sight.

Lord Buddha considered behavior to be the foremost. He
was one who equated a principle with practice. He was a preacher of a
clan in which preachers make a truth, a perfect truth. He presented a
burning example while investigating Truth. We shall have to be aware of
prime reason behind the calamities that render sufferings unto whole of
human-world today. We have ourselves nourished all disasters as per
selfishness unto us.
Our old ailment is that of human-distinction.
This will have to be finished at all planes: personal, national and
international. Spirit of inequality at all levels is basic reason
behind evil and turmoil.

The way shown by Lord Buddha is clear.
He does not at all compromise with so called priests. He has no
attachment with those with might or with rulers. He does not cherish a
man to be a means to misconduct. Lord Buddha did not cherish that a
human-being should stop before traditions based on the misbeliefs: to
whatever extent old they might be. He did not want that a person should
adopt rituals that have been continuing since very long in case they
happen to be the means of exploitation. He only wants equal welfare of
every human-being. This is also predominantly significant and
contextual today. We shall make our lives meaningless if we follow the
policy of human-exploitation being guided by and having within
ourselves spirit of inequality. This is the sermon of Lord Buddha. This
is the essence of his peace-oriented human religion.