PM Narendra Modi: Spiritual Lessons from the Movie

One significant instance that impressed me in the movie was about the spiritual lessons that Narendra Modi got from a Saint in the Himalayas.  Narendra Modi  leaves to the Himalayas in quest of an answer about the world and himself.  At the Himalayas,  he meets a Saint and seeks guidance on his life’s direction.  The Saint says that he will ask questions every day based on which he would give his judgement in the end.  Three responses of Narendra Modi to the questions of the Saint is the basis for his commitment to the people and the Nation.  For a question  on crossing the river, Modi opts to take a boat as he can take many people with him rather than walking alone on waters, the second was about cutting of an old tree, and collecting seeds of the tree to grow new trees and the third is about how he hands over a knife by holding the blade so that the other person does not get hurt.  In response to the course of action chosen by him, the saint identifies that he is a person who lives for others. He brings the distinction between a Karma Yogi and a Jnana Yogi. He judges that  he who seeks to live must perform Karma and that he who does not must give up all desires. He directs modi to take path of an activity rather than the path of renunciation.  This provides Modi greater clarity and the way he has to align himself with the world.  Modi in his interviews has said that he had revelations during his travel and he returned home with clarity and with a guiding force which lead his way to serve the nation.  

In one of his interviews Modi has said "I realised that we're all tied down by our thoughts and limitations. When you surrender and stand in front of the vastness -- you know that you're a small part of a large universe”. Also in his recent speech after winning the elections, he calls himself as a Fakir. Modi is able to transcend all the challenges, as he had these experiences of oneness with the Universe. All of us are fortunate to have such an exceptional person who has a spiritual foundation as a guiding force to lead the Nation.