Guruji, these days keeping the family small is recommended. Is this not destroying the extended family structure of maternal and paternal relationships, such as aunts and uncles?
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: No! The family should be united. It need not be small. There was a time when people thought population is a curse to our nation. Now they think differently. Population is a boon to our country. Do not think it is a curse.
If Brazil, China and India are strong today, the reason is our population, and nothing else except population. This has become the biggest market in the world. If the population had been less, we would have been wrestling with scams even more, and there would have been no talk of progress.
This does not mean I am advocating that population should be increased further. I am not saying that we should increase the population more, but do not consider it a curse. It can be a boon for us.
If Brazil, China and India are strong today, the reason is our population, and nothing else except population. This has become the biggest market in the world. If the population had been less, we would have been wrestling with scams even more, and there would have been no talk of progress.
This does not mean I am advocating that population should be increased further. I am not saying that we should increase the population more, but do not consider it a curse. It can be a boon for us.
