Competitions and hatred

We have failed miserably to understand the meaning of competitions. Our competitions put the roots of hatred into the minds of our kids. We fail to teach our kids that the competition is between the skills and not the persons. What we always think is person A competing to person B, school A competing to school B , country A competing to country B. We never differentiate person or communities from skills. Many people will say it is just game of words, or many will say there is no difference between the two.

Let me explain with example of Mahatma Gandhi. He was the only freedom fighter who knew what he was opposing. He opposed rulers of India who were ruling on the basis of discrimination. In the course of time they were British. Thats why he did not had personal hatred with British as other freedom fighters were having. The philosophy of nonviolence came because of his maturity to understand this fact. If there is no personal hatred, there was no need of violence. And thats why he opposed Subhashchandra Bose.

Shrikrishna in Geeta goes to very high lever of similar awakening. If there is no personal hatred, the action is being opposed and not the person, then it does not matter what action you make. Because you have to defend yourself in some cases