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  • Immoral Unethical Behaviour Hindu Texts Explanation

    I have received  comment which highlights the seeming contradictions/immoral and unethical behaviour in the Hindu Puranas and Ithihasas.

    Let me answer the general explanation and shall offer my views under each query in detail.

    1. Hindu Puranas and Ithihasas are facts.

    Vishnu's Discus.
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    As such there is no need to window dress events and characters.The facts are presented as they were.

    Though there ideals in place for people to follow not all followed them.

    2.According to indian texts the Yuga Dharma, values change with Time.

    As society evolves behaviour changes and so are the norms of behaviour.

    Sociologically speaking Polyandry was practiced so was polygamy. Later came one man one woman relationship.

    At the same time people were practicing all this at the same time as it is even today.

    3. There is a universal scheme of things. Human activities , seemingly independent have Butterfly effect in that any action by an individual has a ripple effect on others and the society.

    Universe taken as a whole has a design though we may not be aware of it.

    Universe is Teleological.

    So an act meant  for the welfare of the society or the Universe may result in harming the bystander and others involved.

    Humans in their arrogance believe that they are at the top of the totem pole of creation are yet to accept that they are pawns in the Universe’s scheme of things.

    This is the import of Lord Krishna’s statement in the Bhagavad Gita that Dharma is ver difficult to define.

    The seeming contradictions in Hindu texts can be seen in a different light with this perspective.
    ‘Respected Sir,

    Why is that the Puranas are full of contradictions?

    [1]Durvasa Munivar grants Kunti a boon-she can use the boon but she has to atone for it.

    It is in the process of getting rid of Adharma and people who perpetrate it.

    This is one such instance.

    Durvasa’s act was for welfare of society and Kunti as a tool and as such has to atone.

    If Lord Krishna wanted to get rid of Kauravas and other wicked people He could have easily done so within the batting of an eyelid.

    He tried as much as possible to adhere to Dharma and when it was not possible He resorted to seemingly unethical means though they were for the welfare of Humanity.

    So also Rama killed Vaali hiding behind Tree.

    [2]Ambika and Ambalika can have children through sage Vyasa without marrying him just because he is the step brother in law born to sathyavathi before her wedding..It is sad that in the midst of all this Vidura is sidelined because his mother who co habited with sage Vysya is a maid. I thought The purana sons took the lineage of the father and not the mother.If that was the case Vichitravirya and chitraganda are fisherboys and not “Kuru Vansh ” princes.Like Yuyutsu and Vidura.

    The caste is determined by attitudes and functions and not by birth though there are exceptions followed in exercising the Raja Dharma, Qualification and duties of Kings.

    As Vidura’s mother was a maid and Pandu had a better qualification of being a Kshatriya had head start over Vidura.

    And though eldest Dhritharashtra was denied the Throne because he was blind.

    This was because a King is expected to be fully fit.

    [3] Sathyavathi who is desperate tat her sons or grandsons or even great grandsons should sit on the throne at the cost of Bhishma does not have to atone for any sin.

    As to Bhisma, it is because of his ptatignya not to marry so that his father Santanu could marry Satyavati.

    So there is no sin involved in the case of Satyavati.

    [4] The Kuru Vansh as it is called is continued after a certain stage through Vyasa’s Lineage and not through Shantanu’s.By logic,Vyasa is the the son of Sage Parashara. Thereby Ambika and Ambalikas sons are in the lineage of Sage Parashara..How can you call them Kuru Vansh?

    Earliest progenitor was Kuru and hence his name was carried.

    [4]With so much talk about atonement for sins,What is right and what is wrong?

    It is difficult to define as Krishna says.

    He says one has to follow what great sages said.

    At the philosophical level there no Right and No Wrong.

    Everything is relative.

    The smooth functiong of society needs code of conduct.

    For those who realize the Self these rules are irrelevant. 

    They perform Nishkamya Karma.

    [5] Yuyutsu’ is not born to Dhritarashtra but The former does not have to atone for any sin.

    [6] The story of sathyavathi’s grandfather Vasu is strange.How he begets children while at penance in the forest is very difficult to comprehend and accept. even though the book gives the happening in detail.

    Having sexual intercourse solely for progeny is not considered as a sin.

    As a matter of record Hinduism does not call Sex as Sin.

    It advocates moderation in everything and reminds one of the consequences of his act and its effects on his family and society.

    [7]I am not even talking about the number of Pandava Wives apart from Draupadi

    I have replied in the general comment.

    [8] The story of Draupadi in her previous birth as Nalayini the wife of Sage Mauggalya should be followed by every “chaste” Indian woman,I suppose.

    Value judgement of chastity is different in Hinduism. 

    Of the seven Chaste women of Hinduism only Sita fits the bill

    Please check my article on this.

    [9] Chastity in those days was ONLY for women ,I think.

    No.

    It was expected if men as well.

    But being the torchbearers of culture women’s role was highlighted.

    Men could have wives,girls,concubines,their maids and the works.If that;s not enough Maudgalya wanted his “chaste ” wife nalayini to carry him to a whorehouse.Is this a kind of joke?

    Please check my general comment at the beginning of the article.

    [10] I am not able to understand the stories of Brihaspathi and Mamatha.Did Brihaspathi do right according to the Vedas.

    Please check my general comment at the beginning of the article.

    The story of Sugreevan and Vali lusting for each other’s wives means its right for the man. You cannot say this example is 2 of a kind.We have the story of Devendra and Ahalya too.

    The husband always punishes the wife severely for not being Chaste.

    Please check my general comment at the beginning of the article.

    11] All the ancient texts treat and refer to the widows like bad omens and fit to wear only dowdy dresses that is if they dare to live without burning on the funeral pyre.

    This has no Vedic Sanction.

    The Puranas Widowers are the celebrated species-It wedding time for them-Celebrations!

    Misconception.

    [12]I can go on with myb questions butI will be happy if you can give me answers to the above questions. behaviour.’

  • Morality For the Society First By Sanatana Dharma To World

    Sometimes I receive interesting comments.

    They are straight from the heart, they do not pretend they know things even though many may find it difficult to admit.

    In an Ocean called Hinduism., one gets doubts all the time and one is encouraged to question it.

    Atharva Veda on Effort. Atharva Veda on Effort.

    When I keep posting on researched articles, I find people are interested, intrigued and many have started reading Sanatana Dharma Texts, setting aside the prejudice of them being myths(propagated by the west) in anew Light.

    At the same time they get some  doubts and they convey it to me.

    Some through direct email or by comments to the Posts .

    One such comment is below.

    ‘Even though I am Hindu and yeah I don’t believe in idol worshipping but sometimes I doubt what was the first society or first rules made on earth whether it’s Hinduism or other Relevant religion.. Please can u light on some confusion’

    It requires a Hinduism to  allow you to say that you do not follow some of its tenets and yet say I am a Hindu!

    Sanatana dharma does not call it as heresy.

    It calls it as enquiry which it feels it ought to clarify and clear.

    As to the Moral principles rules by a society for the first time in the world, it is undoubtedly Hinduism.

    It is in the form of Vedas.

    Vedas are nothing but the exposition of Dharma, loosely translated as righteousness.

    It is much more than that.

    Dharma is the Natural state of Being, unsullied by experience.

    The effort of the Vedas lie in the direction of making the Pure Self to realize its pristine nature.

    In this effort many deities are worshiped in the abstract form, which later became Gods with forms.

    For more on this please read my posts.

    Does God have Name and Form

    Why many Gods in Hinduism

    In this endeavour, Hinduism lays down rules throughout the Vedas.

    Right from the Rig Veda, which states,

    ‘bathram karnebi srunuyaama devaa”

    Let Noble thoughts reach my ears from all directions, thereby indicating what is good and what is not Good.

    As disipline for a Man the Taittriya Explains the duties and responsibilities of an individual.

    In Shikshavalli,

    Bhriguvalli,

    Narayanavalli, and Ananadavalli.

    In this the responsibility of a celibate, householder,the semi renounced, and the renounced are explained in detail

    Not only this.

    These texts expalin the necessity of respecting nature,Plants, animals, food, air.

    Shikshavaali begins with ‘Annanna Nindhyaath Tat vratahm’

    Take a Vow,

    Never insult food( By not taking it or wasting it or eat alone

    Goes on to add,

    It is because of food one lives and one is made of food.

    If a religion can pay so much respect to such an intricate issue, by making it a part of Teaching syllabus at the beginning, can there be any doubt which Religion, Society gave the first Rules to the Mankind?

    It is Sanatana Dharma, first through the Vedas later through the Smritis, Manu Smriti being one of them.

    • I shall be writing in detail on Taittiya Mantra Kosa.
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  • Hinduism Daily Rules To Follow.

    Hinduism sets down Rules for every one.

    Lifestyle tips from the Vedas.
    Hindu Rule for Life,From the Veda.

    It does not say that Hindus alone should follow these rules.

    Nor does it sat that only those who follow these Rules are Hindus.

    These are suggested ways o Life as found by wise men.

    We have these sets of Rules, not classified as rules as such in the Vedas, Puarana, Epics Like the Mahabharata and other literature .

    So it becomes difficult to codify all these under one head.

    But efforts have been made earlier with various Smritis, like Manu Smriti,Sukra Neethi,Vashista Needhi,Vidhura Needhi.

    Even these texts are too long and at times difficult to understand.

    Sree Vatsa Somadeva Sarma,under the guidance of Kanchi Maha Periyavar, published a book in Tamil,’Vaidika Samvardini’,containing the essentials of behavior according to Hinduism.

    These rules, contrary to popular misconception, is to be followed by all, not meant for only Brahmins.

    One wil notice that these rules have a scientific bearing and are conducive to good Health , both mental and Physical.

    The Rules:

    Do not look at the Sun, during,

    Sun Rise,,

    Sunset,

    At Noon,

    as a Reflection in Water,

    and during Eclipses.

    2.Always perambulate in a Clockwise direction, Brahmins,Temples,Idols of God,Cow, Married woman, and Pipal tree (AswathaTree)

    * King Dileepa did beget children because he perambulated these  anti clock wise.

    3. What not to do with Fire.

    Blowing out by Mouth,

    Jumping over,

    Touching,

    Keeping on the ground(keep on a non combustible) container,

    Douse it with Water,

    Warm the feet,

    Drop unclean things and

    add more fire to the existing Fire.

    4.How to approach a Holy Rivers.

    Do not keep your feet first.

    Sprinkle water on the head first(Prokshana),

    Then wash feet.

    Do not take bath without clothes , have a cloth for private parts’

    Do not spit or gargle .

    If you need to, take water in a vessel and gargle.

    Do not urinate or pass motion.

    Do not Drop stones.

    5.Never do the following for only for one self.

    Cooking.

    Prepare Garlands.

    Prepare Snacks.

    These are to be offered to God and Guests first.

    6.How to Sleep.

    Sleep only after washing and drying  the feet.

    Pray God.

    Do not sleep. keeping the head in the North.

    Do not sleep in a dilapidated building.

    Do not Sleep in a Cot that is disrepair.

    Never wake up one who is sleeping.

    Never wake up the elders.

    7.Do not do the following with a woman in Menstruation.

    Do not go near them for the fist three days.

    Do not talk with them nor hear them while eating.

    Do not eat what is left after they eat.

    You can approach them only after the fifth day.

    8.How to treat a Cow.

    perambulate in a Clock wise direction.

    Scratching it.

    Provide food .Never beat it in any form,

    Never inform owner if the Cow grazes on the field.

    8.Do not use the following which others have used,

    Dress,

    Footwear,Seats,Vessels used for drinking water, partaking Food,bed ,Japa Mala and Garlands.

    10.Never,

    Inhale the smoke from the Corpse,

    expose yourself to Early morning Sun,

    Shadows of Men,

    Shadows of the morally deviant.

    To be Continued.

    Aswatha Stotra:

    Among the trees Aswatha is the most religious for all Hindus. In most of the places, an idol of God is consecrated below the tree. In Kerala and Tamil Nadu, the family which plants the tree, does sacred thread ceremony to the tree and then conducts its marriage with the neem tree. Most of the serpent temples in Kerala and Ganesa temples in Tamil Nadu are below this tree. Women who are not able to beget children are asked to go round the tree daily.  The great shade of the tree is used as the meeting place of senior citizens in every village.)

     

     

    Moolatho Brahma roopaya , madhyatho Vishnu roopine,

    Agratha shiva roopaya Vruksha rajaya they nama.                                          1

     

    My salutations to the king of trees.

    Whose root is the form of Brahma,

    Middle is the form of Lord Vishnu,

    And top is the form of Lord Shiva.

     

    Aswatha sarva papani satha janma arjithanicha,

    Nudhaswa mama vrakshendra , sarva aiswarya pradho bhava.                          2

     

    The holy fig(banyan)  tree pushes away , all sins earned,

    In several hundred births, and Oh king of trees,

    Please grant me all different types  of wealth.

     

    Ayurbalam yaso varcha , praja pasu vasooni cha,

    Brahma prajnam cha medham cha thwam nodehi Vanaspathe.                           3

     

    Would you not give me, Oh product of the forest.

    Long life, fame, splendour , children , cattle and riches,

    As also knowledge of God and intellectual wisdom.

     

    Sathatham varuno raksheth thwamarad vrushtirasrayedh,

    Parithasthwam nishevantham thrunani sukhamasthu they.                                   4

     

    You are always protected by Varuna as you are rain dependent,

    And you do not allow any grass to grow in the shade round you.

     

    Akshi spandham bhujaspandham duswapnam dhurvichinthanam,

    Sathroonam cha samuthanam hyaswastha samaya Prabho.                                    5

     

    Oh Lord Aswatha , please control pain in the eye,

    Pain of hands , bad dreams , bad and evil thoughts,

    And help me in destruction of my enemies.

     

    Aswathaya varenyaya sarva aiswarya pradhayine,

    Namo duswapna nasaya , suswapna phala dhayine.                                                  6

     

    Oh Aswatha who blesses us and grants all type of wealth,

    My salutations to you , who destroys bad dreams and grants good dreams.

     

    Yaam drushtwa muchythe rogai,

    Sprushtwa papapai pramuchyathe,

    Yad ashrayath chiran jeevi,

    Tham Aswatham namamyaham.                                                                                  7

     

    I salute that Aswatha ,

    Seeing which diseases flee,

    Touching which sins are destroyed ,

    And surrendering to which ,

    You get long healthy life.

     

    Aswatha sumaha bhaga , subhaga , Priya darsana,

    Ishta kamam cha  may dehi shatrubhyascha parabhavam.                                                8

     

    Oh great Lord Aswatha, who is pretty and looks pretty,

    Please fulfill all my desires and give disappointment to my enemies.

     

    Aayu prajam dhanam dhanyam soubhagyam  sarva sampadam,

    Dehi deva maha Vruksha , thwam aham saranam gatha.                                                    9

     

    I surrender fully to you  and ,

    So be pleased to give , oh great tree,

    Long life, sons, wealth , cereals,

    Great luck all types of wealth.

     

    Rig yaju sama manthrathma, sarva roopi, parathpara,

    Aswatho veda moolo asou rishibhi prochyathe sada.                                                        10

     

    Great sages go in search of Aswatha ,

    As it is the soul of Rig, Yajur and sama Vedas

    And takes all forms , greater than the greatest,

    And is the root of all the three Vedas.

     

    Brahmaha guruha chaiva daridhro vyadhi peeditha,

    Aavarthya  laksha sankhyam tham sthothram yedath sukhee bhavth.                               11

     

    If this prayer is repeated one hundred thousand times,

    Even those cursed by Brahma or the teacher,

    And those who are  poor and diseased,

    Would get cured of all ills and lead a pleasant life.

     

    Vyaktha avyaktha swaroopaya , srushti sthithyantha karine,

    Adhi madhyanth soonyaya vishtarasravase nama.                                                             12

     

    Salutations to the very stable one,

    Who has clear and unclear forms,

    Who creates , looks after and destroys,

    And who does not have beginning, middle and end.

     

    Ravim rava vadharaogye,

    Shivam some Shivaya cha,

    Shakthim bhoume jayarthi cha,

    Vanijyarthi budhe saran,                                                                                                    13

     

    Gurou gurum cha Vidhyarthi,

    Dhanarthi bhargave sriyam,

    Sarva dukha vimoksharthee,

    Sarvesam mandha vasare.                                                                                                 14

     

    Sarvada sarva devam scha ,

    Viseshanmada somayo,

    Aswatha roopino devan,

    Vruksha rajo prapoojayeth.                                                                                                15

     

     

     

    Go round on Sundays and worshipping Sun  to get heath,

    Go round on Mondays and worshipping Shiva to get pleasant life,

    Go round on Tuesdays and worshipping Parvathy  ,to get victory,,

    Go round on Wednesdays and worshipping devas , to get luck in business,

    Go round on Thursdays  and Worshipping Guru to get good knowledge,

    Go round on Fridays and worshipping Goddess Lakshmi to get wealth,

    Go round on Saturdays and worshipping  the greatest god , to get rid of all sorrow.

     

    Always all gods  especially Saturn and the moon,

    Worship the God in the form of Aswatha,

    And offer prayers to this Lord of all trees.

    (http://stotraratna.sathyasaibababrotherhood.org/o28.htm)

     

     

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  • Mom Pimps Her Daughter of 6 Years! Teacher A Porn Star

    Sexually Abused child.
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    We have come across news of a lady Teacher crossing over half the world to have intimate relation ship with her teenage Student;a Lady teacher eloping with a boy;a teacher(man) deserting his Family for his teen age student.

    A father imprisoning his daughter for over a decade and fathering her children(his wife stays in the same house,yet knew nothing)

    (read my blogs on this under family,relationship)

    The perversion continues.

    Now we find a mother pimping her 6-year-old.

    If this is not enough a Teacher is rumoured to be a Porn Star.

    ”

    A middle school teacher has been placed on administrative leave pending an investigation into rumors that she’s also a hardcore porn actress,KCAL-TV reports.

    Haydock Intermediate School officials released a statement saying the teacher, whose name is being withheld, is not facing criminal charges — but that the school considers the activity to be inappropriate.

    “It has been alleged that one of our teachers is depicted in at least one pornographic video and possibly others on the internet…These sites contain extremely graphic and inappropriate pornographic material.”

    KTLA-TV reports that officials were alerted when students showed administrators a pornographic video allegedly starting the teacher.

    “These allegations do not involve any Oxnard School District students,” the school’s statement says, according to KTLA. “We are asking teachers to discourage the children from searching for and/or visiting these inappropriate sites. We ask that you be particularly vigilant over the next few days with respect to the Internet content being accessed by your child on his or her telephone or other Internet-ready devices.”

    Superintendent Jeff Chancer told the Ventura County Star his main worry — other than students trying to search for videos of the teacher — is that it will disrupt productivity.

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/07/teacher-rumored-to-be-hardcore-porn-actress_n_1328020.html

    Are we worse than animals?

    Freedom in Lifestyle breeds despicable acts fit only of degenerates.

    Deterrent punishment, Islamic style is the only solution, to stem the rot.

    ”

    A Florida mother has been jailed in Georgia, accused of prostituting her 6-year-old daughter to support herself and her drug habit.

    Police in Columbus, Ga., arrested 39-year-old Dalina Nicholas, of Jacksonville Beach, Fla., on March 1 on a warrant accusing her of child neglect. She was locked in the Muscogee County Jail. Quinn Brooks, 56, and John Hagans, 47, are behind bars in Jacksonville Beach in connection with the case, accused of paying for sexual favors with the child. A third man, 51-year-old Norman Thompson, is being sought by police.

    According to a report by Jacksonville Beach police, the investigation into the case began on Jan. 7, when a homeless man flagged down a patrolling police cruiser. The man said he knew of a young girl, later identified as Nicholas’ daughter, who was being sexually abused by several men, police said.

    The homeless man told police the abuse had been ongoing for about two years and said that he had witnessed Nicholas use drugs. The man also said he was present once when Nicholas allegedly accepted $20 from a man and told her daughter to get naked and lay on a living room mattress so the man could have oral sex with her, police said.

    The witness, according to police, said the girl had confided in him that she was being sexually abused and asked him to “help her make it stop.”

    Nicholas, confronted by investigators at her Jacksonville Beach apartment, denied her daughter had been sexually abused. She told police that she had been abused as a child and would “know if her daughter was going through the same thing,” the police report states.

    The 6-year-old girl told police detailed accounts of sexual abuse that she had suffered in her home, by various adult males, police said.

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/07/dalina-nicholas-sex_n_1327686.html

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  • Lesbian on TV. What Next? Demo for Children?

    It is atrocious that nonnormal behavior is being touted in Public in the name of Freedom of Choice,expression.

    Television channels with an eye of TRP rating air these programs.

    New York has legalized Gay Marriages.On my comment in the TIME on this subject, I have received comments where(never mind personal attacks on me,I do not respond to them any way),I have noticed that the self-professed Homosexuals do not even recognize that this behavior is not normal and go on to question Normal Behavior.

    While it is warranted that Gays/Lesbians be given leeway for their behavior and the Family needs to be supportive and Society ensure their Safety and desist from ridiculing them, this should not be taken to the extreme of glorifying an abnormal behavior especially when they refuse to accept that their behavior is not normal and in most cases refuse Counseling even.

    Too liberal attitude may result in the acceptance and glorification of Abnormal behavior.

    Coming to the TV show, what exactly do these people and the TV station want to convey?

    That Homosexuality is normal and needs promotion, especially among children?

    Do these people who ai these programs not have a Family or are all of them of the same ilk?

    I was puzzled by a comment in the TIME on’ Gay Marriage Legal in New York’ that these laws are passed because most of the decision makers are Homosexuals.

    By not taking action against TV Station and producers of this show might confirm that Media is following the law makers.

    I will receive hate mails. spewing venom for these views.

    In fact Newsvine of MSNBC removed my article for my views.

    Medicine may be bitter for children.

    Parents can not help prescribing .

    A series of clever yet risque promos for a British reality show about a group of London lesbians has sparked an investigation by a UK media regulator. The promos for Candy Bar Girls, a reality show about the “lives and loves” of six lesbians living in London’s Soho neighborhood, have received at least ten complaints about their mildly racy content airing during daytime hours when kids could be watching. As the Guardian reports, “each of the on-air promos for the new reality show feature teasing close-up images that appear to be of two women engaged in sexual activity, intercut with lines such as ‘Red… hot… lesbians’ and ‘Pussy… loving… ladies’” only to pull back and reveal innocent activities, such as working out, playing chess, or petting a cat.

    http://www.mediaite.com/tv/uk-tv-network-facing-investigation-over-daytime-promos-for-lesbian-reality-show/