As I believe in Hinduism and I have heard and read more about it then any other religion, so my discussion here will take examples of Hindu Gods and Mythological figures.
Is cheating or lying a bad thing rather a crime?
I’ll get back to this question later; let us consider the other question first:
Is cheating or lying the way to succeed in this world?
Probably answer would be “Are you out of your mind? This sure is not the way to succeed.”
But I disagree with all of you who don’t think cheating is the way to succeed because Most of those who have become famous are the ones who are either cheaters or liars in one way or the other. Starting from the ancient world with Lord Vishnu, Lord Ram, Lord Krishna to the modern world with Bill Gates, Dhirubhai Ambani and our politicians are some of the those whom we either worship or regard as our role models. But can you imagine what all of them have in common? ”They all have cheated or lied? And they all have ruled over the world in there fields”
Based on User’s category I would like to divide my discussion in two parts, one with Mythological figures (Please switch off your modern scientific thinking while reading this section) and other concerning with modern time:
i)
Starting from the beginning of the world when “nectar pitcher” came out of ocean as a result of “Samundra Manthan” both Devtas (Angles) and Danavas (Devils) should have given the part of that but Lord Vishnu cheated on Devils and gave all the nectar to angles.
Lord Rama cheated on Bali and Ravan. While killing Bali he hid himself behind a tree, not even having courage to fight directly. While killing Ravan he used Ravan’s brother against him to know the secret.
Lord Krishna got a second name “Chaliya ( Cheater )” so need not to explain anything, but for just one reference: Arjun vowed to kill Jayadrath before the sunset next day; or if he could not kill him before the sunset then to immolate himself. But he couldn’t find him then to save looser Arjun’s life Krishna cheated and hid the sun to fake the sunset.
Every war from the beginning of the universe is won by the cheaters. The two famous “Dhram Yudhs” (Just war) of Ramayana and Mahabharata would not have been the same without cheatings.
Some of you must be thinking that all of these were not cheatings but the necessity of time, “If Lord Vishnu had given the nectar to the Devil, it would have created a havoc.” Or “If lord Ram have not killed Ravan, he would have made more damage.”
But let us rethink again, “What these Devtas (angles) like Indra (head of angles) do to us except fearing and running from one God to another for help and snatching all our Punaya (result of our good deeds)”. On the other hand Raven promised that he would make stairs from earth to heaven, wouldn’t had it been different from the present situation. I don’t know what result all these changes could have caused, may be the outcomes would have been worst. BUT we can not question whether this outcome is perfect or the one with no cheating would have been perfect because we are forced to think in this way for more then 10000 years. For all these years we were told to think them as path setters for the humanity and their deeds as the holy work.
In case of our Mythological figures as they were example of success and fame, over the period of 5000-10000 years their cheatings are transformed as the earthly deeds of supernatural power.
ii)
Bill Gates and Dhirubhai Ambani couldn’t even have started their business without cheating. MsDOS, which gave birth to the huge Microsoft industry, was not gate’s own idea. Dhirubhai’s export and mobile signal transmission strategies were some of the cheatings that made him successful. Cheatings of our politicians need not to be discussed here as everybody knows about them a lot.
You might be thinking if Ambanis would not have used his mobile signal transmission strategies, India had not been having mobile revolution, but this could have been done without cheating by paying the requisite amount first rather than making money from it first and then paying a little penalty for that.
As they became famous and successful, over the time the Cheatings of these modern era people have become the successful business strategies and have become a part of business tactics used by all new emerging entrepreneurs around the globe.
It’s not like that the cheaters get success easily, they have to face great opposition and humiliation in their time as one will face on a normal day if he cheats on someone.
BUT
Your all cheats and lies will be forgotten or transformed as necessity of time if you get succeeded or get famous enough to be a role model. It’s not that if you are a cheater, you will become successful. But cheatings are necessary and if you become successful your cheatings will become lessons. It’s the end result that matters not the cheatings you have done or the lies you have told.
The questions remain;
“Is cheating or lying a bad thing??”
“If this is the end result that matters, should I cheat to get to the end?”
Is cheating or lying a bad thing rather a crime?
I’ll get back to this question later; let us consider the other question first:
Is cheating or lying the way to succeed in this world?
Probably answer would be “Are you out of your mind? This sure is not the way to succeed.”
But I disagree with all of you who don’t think cheating is the way to succeed because Most of those who have become famous are the ones who are either cheaters or liars in one way or the other. Starting from the ancient world with Lord Vishnu, Lord Ram, Lord Krishna to the modern world with Bill Gates, Dhirubhai Ambani and our politicians are some of the those whom we either worship or regard as our role models. But can you imagine what all of them have in common? ”They all have cheated or lied? And they all have ruled over the world in there fields”
Based on User’s category I would like to divide my discussion in two parts, one with Mythological figures (Please switch off your modern scientific thinking while reading this section) and other concerning with modern time:
i)
Starting from the beginning of the world when “nectar pitcher” came out of ocean as a result of “Samundra Manthan” both Devtas (Angles) and Danavas (Devils) should have given the part of that but Lord Vishnu cheated on Devils and gave all the nectar to angles.
Lord Rama cheated on Bali and Ravan. While killing Bali he hid himself behind a tree, not even having courage to fight directly. While killing Ravan he used Ravan’s brother against him to know the secret.
Lord Krishna got a second name “Chaliya ( Cheater )” so need not to explain anything, but for just one reference: Arjun vowed to kill Jayadrath before the sunset next day; or if he could not kill him before the sunset then to immolate himself. But he couldn’t find him then to save looser Arjun’s life Krishna cheated and hid the sun to fake the sunset.
Every war from the beginning of the universe is won by the cheaters. The two famous “Dhram Yudhs” (Just war) of Ramayana and Mahabharata would not have been the same without cheatings.
Some of you must be thinking that all of these were not cheatings but the necessity of time, “If Lord Vishnu had given the nectar to the Devil, it would have created a havoc.” Or “If lord Ram have not killed Ravan, he would have made more damage.”
But let us rethink again, “What these Devtas (angles) like Indra (head of angles) do to us except fearing and running from one God to another for help and snatching all our Punaya (result of our good deeds)”. On the other hand Raven promised that he would make stairs from earth to heaven, wouldn’t had it been different from the present situation. I don’t know what result all these changes could have caused, may be the outcomes would have been worst. BUT we can not question whether this outcome is perfect or the one with no cheating would have been perfect because we are forced to think in this way for more then 10000 years. For all these years we were told to think them as path setters for the humanity and their deeds as the holy work.
In case of our Mythological figures as they were example of success and fame, over the period of 5000-10000 years their cheatings are transformed as the earthly deeds of supernatural power.
ii)
Bill Gates and Dhirubhai Ambani couldn’t even have started their business without cheating. MsDOS, which gave birth to the huge Microsoft industry, was not gate’s own idea. Dhirubhai’s export and mobile signal transmission strategies were some of the cheatings that made him successful. Cheatings of our politicians need not to be discussed here as everybody knows about them a lot.
You might be thinking if Ambanis would not have used his mobile signal transmission strategies, India had not been having mobile revolution, but this could have been done without cheating by paying the requisite amount first rather than making money from it first and then paying a little penalty for that.
As they became famous and successful, over the time the Cheatings of these modern era people have become the successful business strategies and have become a part of business tactics used by all new emerging entrepreneurs around the globe.
It’s not like that the cheaters get success easily, they have to face great opposition and humiliation in their time as one will face on a normal day if he cheats on someone.
BUT
Your all cheats and lies will be forgotten or transformed as necessity of time if you get succeeded or get famous enough to be a role model. It’s not that if you are a cheater, you will become successful. But cheatings are necessary and if you become successful your cheatings will become lessons. It’s the end result that matters not the cheatings you have done or the lies you have told.
The questions remain;
“Is cheating or lying a bad thing??”
“If this is the end result that matters, should I cheat to get to the end?”
