Some of the conversations between ‘Durrjanatheertha’ and ‘Sajjanatheertha’ vaguely reminds me of ‘Bohr-Einstein’ conversations. The fundamental epistemological difference between ‘Durrjanatheertha’ and ‘Sajjanatheertha’ makes it even more interesting to hear their own thoughts. Unlike Bohr-Einstein, ‘Durrjanatheertha’ and ‘Sajjanatheertha’ shared contrasting opinions against each other.
‘Durrjanatheertha’, a fictional higher-order priest
comprises of practical thinking, takes pragmatic approach, opposes foolish and
superstitious beliefs, monotheist and coherent. On the other hand,
‘Sajjanatheertha’ is also a fictionally created higher-order priest comprising
of illogical reasoning, previously held beliefs, vaguely intuitive, polytheist,
upholds community over humanity, places religion and ritual above science.
‘Durrjanatheertha’ in literal sense means a unholy pilgrim
who is wicked at heart, anything negative ranging from Morally bad, unrighteous,
unpleasant or annoying. However, in my note, I have portrayed ‘Durrjanatheertha’
as a character with intense pragmatism and critical of practical consequences,
someone who is righteous with facts and science. Durrjanatheertha upholds
humanity over community and operates his seat of wisdom from well-knows pubs in
town.
‘Sajjanatheertha’ on the other hand, is typically a narrow
minded individual and a holy pilgrim. Sajjanatheertha believes religion, caste,
creed and colour are the core foundation of our social system and it should be
respected irrespective of unchristian practices and discrimination among the
civil system. Sajjanatheertha operates his seat of wisdom from the holy
hermitage (locally known as Mattas) and ashramas.
Students of Durrjanatheertha comprise of rational thinkers
and possibly some agnostics who challenge the illogical religious practices and
condemn those who are threat to the society in the name of caste, creed and
colour. However, students of Sajjanatheertha hail mostly from conservative families
with limited or no exposure to upscale civilisation, aggressively defend the preachings
of Sajjanatheertha and segregate people by caste, creed and colour. Preachings
of Sajjanatheertha is often deemed as nuisance with limited or no scientific
accuracy and mostly fictitious pantomimes.
During a highly anticipated debate between Durrjanatheertha
and Sajjanatheertha and with some of their high profile disciples,
Durrjanatheertha tore apart some of the illogical and unscientific approaches
promoted by Sajjanatheertha such as direct relation or consequence of Punya
(merit) and Karma (the cumulative consequences of deeds) resulting in more
favourable future rebirth and very existence of marketing agents who promote
religious practices and encourage segregation within the society by treating disciples
of Durrjanatheertha as outcast and thus not having any relationship with them
and/ or invite them to their house or not share any food or festivals with
them.
Durrjanatheertha once made an iconic speech about the logical
shortfalls claimed by Sajjanatheertha disregarding the baseless understanding of
borrowing blood during medical needs thus not knowing from whom the blood was
drawn, leading to a possibility of someone so-called outcast donating blood to
Sajjanatheertha or his clan by saving lives. Sajjanatheertha would never be
brave enough to know from whom the blood was drawn thus leading to failure of his
own illogical theories.
On the other hand, Sajjanatheertha assembled like-minded
conservatives across similar religious and caste lines, prompting them to
segregate the society based on upper and lower castes and claim to be superior to
others. These conservatives are mostly meek, timid and unable in resorting to any
aggressive or assertive opposition. Followers of Sajjanatheertha are often
found in Groups and associations of like-minded characters who promote
division, aloofness and bring segregation within the society. Most of these people
hesitate to openly admit or promote their pressing desire to segregate the society
on religious lines. However, when confronted or met in social gathering, they
leave a trace of evidence exhibiting their behaviour and or inflicting ethnic cleansing.
Ironically, Sajjanatheertha and his followers hail from lower or middle-class
families, mostly prevailing from rigid mindset and primitive practices.
Ironically, most houses and households of these people are shabby and look like
tenement shacks.
Durrjanatheertha often involves people of all caste, creed, colour
and promotes his followers to develop collaborative behaviour amongst all classes
of society. Durrjanatheertha encourages people with new ideas, scientific
approach and modern thinking. Durrjanatheertha and his followers finds solace in
International History, music of all genres, culture of all continents, peace
and love for all mankind. Durrjanatheertha thinks that all creeds of the
society should come together with common interests and create a harmonious landscape.
In our society, we will come across several Durrjanatheerthas
and Sajjanatheerthas. In every walk of life, we are tested to make a choice
between right or wrong. There are Durrjanatheerthas who will teach us to
co-exist with every class of society and broaden our horizon, and then Sajjanatheerthas
who will continue to divide and rule. It is us who need to make this world a
better place. With each day has come to pass, we multiply the followers of Durrjanatheertha
and Sajjanatheertha. With already existing social complexities, we need to make
a conscious decision to treat all of us equally, honourably and kindly. Lead,
Kindly Light is only the divine guidance, especially when life appears
uncertain. It underscores the righteousness and our belief that can
illuminate even the darkest paths.
