| Such a
spiritual force is less likely to come from Islamic countries. They are still caught in a
karma of violence and oppression, in a religion that is more a political movement to gain
worldly power, than any spiritual search. Their religion is dominated by fundamentalism
and militancy, not with respect for life and seeking of truth. China, the other great culture of Asia like India, unfortunately
will take decades to assimilate communism and develop economically before recovering its
more spiritual roots, but it too will arise in time. Its great Buddhist and Taoist
traditions are too strong to remain suppressed for much longer.
India alone as a country has the potential to take the role of spiritually guiding the
world. But if there is corruption in India, in its leaders and thinkers, it can have no
moral force in the world or even within its own borders. Or if India is unwilling to
offend any country, group or religion by challenging the negative and thoughtless
practices of our times, it will have no voice. |
