The grave crisis that has developed worldwide due to the spread of a tiny invisible virus reminds us of the well-known story of the Samudra Manthan, the churning of the milky ocean. Continuous churning went on for centuries in which the Devas and the Asuras both participated in the hope that great gifts would emerge. Instead, suddenly a dark and deadly poison – the garala – emerged and spread throughout the world. The Devas and Asuras fled in terror, and it was only when Lord Shiva, Karunavataram, the Incarnation of Compassion, collected the poison in his hands and swallowed it, thus containing it in his own throat which turned blue – hence his name Neelkanth – that the churning continued and the great gifts began to appear.
If we consider the violent churning that the human race has indulged in over the last few centuries – the ruthless exploitation of nature, the cruel destruction of millions of plant, insect and animal species, the pollution of the air, the earth and the oceans,...
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