SRIMATHE RAMANUJAYA NAMAHA. I wonder whether the basic thrust of my mails (4 mails in all) has indeed made itself felt.. First, the very rules of doing Vedaadhyayanam are such that not even men of today will be qualified to do. Second, like many practices of previous yugas (like animal sacrifices to name the most important one)which have lost relevance in Kali yuga in there being no right persons to do them (there are pramanas to this effect), the extinction of ashrama dharma renders vedhadhyayanam in the original way, out of reach for many. It is in the background of this, an attempt has been made to find out what best replaces vedaadhyayanam (in the 4th mail). One can find a similar replication in the growth of temples and temple-worship in Kali yuga, in that temples are replicas of YAga-shalas of previous yugas. jayasree saranathan --- ravi sukhparia <ravi_sukh2000@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > SRIMATHE RAMANUJAY NAMAH.. > > I have been reading an interesting subject "Women & > chanting Vedas.." Various logical arguments have > been put up, but I humbly believe that Gita has a > reply while interpreting teachings of great gurus, > Ramanujachary, Raman etc. It says: "Tasmaat shastram > pramaanam.." I think, we should avoid applying our > measurement of today's surroundings. See, our > shaastras have not banned women from "MUKTI", they > have presented 18 puraans for all of us. Every one > is entitled to have a deep in the Ganges. But if I > want to be a doctor and practice medicine > professionally, I have got to get MBBS or other > degree first and then I can go for specialization > course. Any road goer can not stand up on the road > crossing and start regularizing traffic by giving > side, he must be necessarily a traffic constable or > inspector appointed by the authority. Only qualified > and licenced engineers or architects can prepare and > submit building plans and thereby practise as > architects and engineers and nobody else can > either get licence to practise or do the > profeession. So there are numbers of such examples > of man made rules, regulations and laws in our > society to regulate it. If we formulate our > constitutions, rules, regulations, laws; should we > not 'permit' Him to have His constitution, > regulations, rules and laws ? He created man & > woman. See, there is no discremination between the > two as there is the same "aatma" in man what the > woman has. But the 'shukshma' difference is in > respect of their bodies. > > One has got to accept that there is fundamental > physical difference between the two. A woman > concieves, can a man do ? Both have vocal coard, but > still there is a difference between their voice. Can > there be a similar quality of voice of Ms Subhalaxmi > and Pandit Jasraj ? Why don't we object to this > descriminations ? You are sitting in a large > auditorium and suddenly light goes off and some one > speaks on a loud speaker, you will immediately know > as to the speaker is a woman or a man. So we have > got to accept that there is a difference between man > and woman. Communist theory or political > consideration of equality would not work there. I > cannot expect rice to grow on Punjab land and wheat > to grow on West Bengal land. There are perfact rules > of nature. The groom sits on an elephant and not on > donkey or monkey, though all have the same aatma > inside them. We forget our arguments of eqality > there..! > > Then why do we fight for breaking the rules of God > who does not permit chanting of Vedas ?! And over > and above, as I said earlier, 'Shaashtras' do not > prohibit women to attain "mukti", "aatma-kalyaan" or > climbing the highest peak in spiritual upliftment. > But He has worked out the routes for man and woman > to reach their targets. Two trains depart from Hawra > (Calcutta) everyday for Mumbai- one via Nagpur and > another via Pune. You have a reservation in a train > via Nagpur train: Coach No. 4, Berth No.10. Now if > you go to a train via Pune, with a ticket for the > Coach No. 4, Berth No.10; will the TT permit you to > travel by that train despite your arguments with > him, "See, I have a reservation for Mumbai, > coach no.4, Berth No. 10.. I have paid for that and > why don't you allow ?" He would simply say, "Sir, it > is true that you have a reservation ticket for the > same coach, but it is for the train which goes to > Mumbai via NAGPUR, and not via PUNE... see, that > train is on the another platform, you can go there > and can travel by that train though both are going > to Mumbai only. > > Shaashtras do not stop us from going and reaching to > Mumbai, but both trains are different like our > physical bodies. Man can chant Vedas because his > reservation is in the train via Nagpur, women can > chant and study 18 "puraanas" and reach Mumbai by > the train via Pune. Both trains reach and bring to > Mumbai, however subject to your reservation, of > course ! > > I am, therefore, of the humble opinion that women > should restraign themselves from chanting Vedas. At > least I am practising this and both my daughters do > not chant Vedas following aagya of our Guruji while > taking mantra-diksha.. > > Let me humbly clarify that I am not at all expert on > the subject. However, your beautiful article on the > subject attracted my attention and I have attempted > to participate in the discussion. I shall be very > happy to see if the discussion continues by > experts.. > > Regards. > > -Bharat Sukhparia > Advocate, > Jamnagar-361001 (Gujarat) > bsukhparia@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> $9.95 domain names from Yahoo!. Register anything. http://us.click.yahoo.com/J8kdrA/y20IAA/yQLSAA/XUWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Oppiliappan/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: Oppiliappan-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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